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Young Sheldon
S1.E18
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A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside

  • Episode aired Apr 12, 2018
  • TV-PG
  • 19m
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7.6/10
1.8K
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Zoe Perry, Raegan Revord, and Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
Young Sheldon: A Mother, A Child, And A Blue Man's Backside
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Mary bans Sheldon from reading a mature comic book, and Sheldon decides it's time to stop living under Mary's thumb.Mary bans Sheldon from reading a mature comic book, and Sheldon decides it's time to stop living under Mary's thumb.Mary bans Sheldon from reading a mature comic book, and Sheldon decides it's time to stop living under Mary's thumb.

  • Director
    • Jaffar Mahmood
  • Writers
    • Chuck Lorre
    • Steven Molaro
    • David Bickel
  • Stars
    • Iain Armitage
    • Zoe Perry
    • Lance Barber
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jaffar Mahmood
    • Writers
      • Chuck Lorre
      • Steven Molaro
      • David Bickel
    • Stars
      • Iain Armitage
      • Zoe Perry
      • Lance Barber
    • 2User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Iain Armitage
    Iain Armitage
    • Sheldon Cooper
    Zoe Perry
    Zoe Perry
    • Mary Cooper
    Lance Barber
    Lance Barber
    • George Cooper Sr.
    Montana Jordan
    Montana Jordan
    • Georgie Cooper
    Raegan Revord
    Raegan Revord
    • Missy Cooper
    Annie Potts
    Annie Potts
    • Connie 'Meemaw' Tucker
    Jim Parsons
    Jim Parsons
    • Sheldon Cooper
    • (voice)
    Cleo King
    Cleo King
    • Mrs. Costello
    Ryan Phuong
    Ryan Phuong
    • Tam Nguyen
    Charlie Hankin
    Charlie Hankin
    • Randall
    Chris Wylde
    Chris Wylde
    • Glenn
    Corey Mendell Parker
    Corey Mendell Parker
    • Customer
    Jonathan R. Freeman
    Jonathan R. Freeman
    • Radio DJ
    • (voice)
    • (as Jonathan Brooks)
    Piotr Michael
    Piotr Michael
    • Emergency Alert
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Jaffar Mahmood
    • Writers
      • Chuck Lorre
      • Steven Molaro
      • David Bickel
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    8claudio_carvalho

    Mommy and the Tornado

    When Mary forbids Missy from reading Cosmopolitan magazine, she rats on Sheldon's comic books. The pious Mary takes his magazine and goes to the comic books store, humiliating Sheldon and forbidding the owner to sell magazines to her son. Sheldon decides to become independent and to apply to Harvard to be distant from Mary, until a tornado comes to Medford.

    "A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside" is a funny episode of "young Sheldon". The pious Mary really loves her children, but has difficult to deal with simple things due to her religious formation. Meemaw and Missy continue to be the best characters of this show with great lines and attitudes. Poor Sheldon, gifted and having a mother uncapable to let him have maturity. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside"
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    A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside

    A lovely episode of the comedy, that manages to juggle the important science vs religion debate and the importance of a mothers love.

    Good stuff from a show developing nicely.

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    • Trivia
      A lot of speculation has been made about where Medford would be if it were real. It can be approximated by clues throughout the series. It's in east Texas, but far enough from Houston to make the trip a burden. During this episode, "Angelina County" was mentioned in the tornado alert on the Coopers' TV. This would suggest Lufkin, Texas, whose location, size and population would be very similar to Medford.
    • Goofs
      The Tornado Warning shown on TV was delivered over the Emergency Alert System, which wouldn't be created and put into use until 1997. In 1989, such a warning would have been delivered over the Emergency Broadcast System, which would break into programming with a tone, not a buzzing sound.
    • Quotes

      Sheldon: What are you doing?

      Mary: Confiscating your comic books. You can have them back when you're 18.

      Sheldon: You're taking Casper the Friendly Ghost?

      Mary: Ghosts are sacrilegious. Nothing friendly about that.

      Sheldon: Very well. There's one more book that belongs to the box. Filled with adultery, genocide and even human sacrifice.

      [Tosses the Bible on the pile]

    • Crazy credits
      At the end credits we can read CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS #587

      If you were troubled that a Ramones cover song from 1993 was on the radio in the comic book store even though the show is set in 1989, I understand. Normally we would never do something like that, but the truth is I got excited by the lyrics "Someone told me long ago, there's a calm before the storm" and how they foreshadowed the tornado. I also liked the rebellious tone the Ramones set in a store that Mary felt inappropriate for Sheldon. ... If you're also wondering how a Joey Ramone cover from 2002 got in the end, I don't know... he's from Queens and so am I - what do you want from me?
    • Connections
      Features Rabbit Fire (1951)
    • Soundtracks
      Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
      (uncredited)

      Written by John Fogerty

      Performed by Ramones

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    • Release date
      • April 12, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Chuck Lorre Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
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      19 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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