What's Up With People Lying About The 'Young Sheldon' Ending? The Memes About The Show's Finale Explained

Young Sheldon, a show that for many felt like a shared hallucination but lasted for seven seasons, ended on Thursday. America watched the "Bazinga" guy from The Big Bang Theory grow up — or rather, most were aware that somewhere on television, the geekiest of all the science dorks from a long-running, lighthearted sitcom was growing up in a dramedy.

The show had an ironic fandom throughout its time on television, buoyed mostly by people inventing plot details that sounded ridiculous and spread because many weren't interested enough to fact-check them.

This came to a head for the show's finale, as people got in their last jokes about the curious CBS show ahead of it leaving television forever.

What Are The Jokes About Young Sheldon's Finale?

Throughout the show's time on the air, the common way to joke about Young Sheldon was to make it sound more violent and dramatic than it actually was. Ahead of the finale, the show was advertising some sad and dramatic plot points.

All the melodrama promised gave jokesters free rein to get their last quips off about what actually happens in Young Sheldon. These tended to focus on the idea that Sheldon dies at the end of the show.

What Actually Happened At The End Of Young Sheldon?

Of course, the show didn't actually kill off Sheldon, as that would create a time paradox within the Big Bang Theory franchise.

Instead, the episode follows the Cooper family attending the funeral of the father, George Cooper, who had died in a previous episode from a heart attack. The show explains some loose threads from Big Bang Theory, such as why Sheldon's mother seemed more religious and harbored unresolved anger towards Sheldon's father.

The show then peels back to reveal that the narration that plays throughout Young Sheldon comes from grown-up Sheldon's memoir, which he's writing as a Nobel Prize-winning scientist in the present day. Big Bang Theory actor Jim Parsons reprises his role as adult Sheldon alongside Mayim Bialik as Amy Fowler.

For the full history of 'Young Sheldon' finale memes, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.