Jim Parsons' Young Sheldon Return Was Different From The Big Bang Theory In One Major Way

Jim Parsons relished getting to return to his “TBBT” character with his on-screen wife, Mayim Bialik. “To get to go with Mayim, in a world we’re really guests and revisit these characters a little older … It just felt different, but it felt really, really sweet,” he gushed to Entertainment Tonight. This reunion marked the first time they’ve shared the screen since “TBBT” ended in 2019. However, revisiting their characters wasn’t totally smooth sailing.

Five years away had made them a little rusty, and it was as easy as they thought it would be to slip back into the shoes of “Shamy.” Parsons explained, “We finished our first read-through, we didn’t tape it. We just went in and felt around the set, and Mayim nailed it when she walked back and said, ‘Uh, I thought I’d feel a lot more confident than this.’ I said, ‘Me too.’ I really thought it’d be like putting on a pair of old shoes and then eventually it was, but not for about an hour or so.”

Eventually, the actors felt comfortable bringing Sheldon and Amy back to the small screen, though, and when fans finally get to see it, they might not be alone. Their “sweet” reunion will most likely be part of a flash-forward scene and it could very well see their son, Leonard Cooper, make his first official appearance in “The Big Bang Theory” universe, too.