Along the way, Sheldon gets a rather fragmentary and disjointed view of Catholicism from a Vietnamese-American schoolmate, and an equally fragmentary and disjointed view of Judaism from a friend (Richard Kind) of his beloved grandmother, MeeMaw (Annie Potts).
But as fans of both shows also know, Sheldon and his mother have a strong relationship, even though she was faced with the prospect of raising a child who turned out very different from the rest of the family.
At an event yesterday at the set of “Young Sheldon” (which just got picked up for a second season) on the Warner Bros. lot, Perry (who’s the daughter of Laurie Metcalf, who plays Mary on “Big Bang Theory”) described Mary’s dilemma this way:
Mary Cooper is a very attentive parent and very solid in her beliefs about how the children should grow up. … She brings her faith to the table and expects a certain amount of accord from her children, even if they don’t always meet those standards.
… She can be, at times, rigid in her beliefs, but there’s this constant give and take about what to do when it comes to parenting children who don’t necessarily share her beliefs regarding faith or just how to operate in the world.
Young Sheldon, Sheldon meets the Jew.
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