Big Bang Theory Already Spoiled Young Sheldon's Georgie/Mandy Cliffhanger
Fans are not surprised but still pleased.
When Young Sheldon appeared, it overlapped with its parent show The Big Bang Theory for two years.
Naturally, the franchise fans knew what to expect from the spin-off since adult Sheldon had spoken quite a lot about his earlier life in TBBT.
Dedicated to the original show's most eccentric character, the prequel tells the story of young Sheldon Cooper and his childhood and teenage years in Texas. Although Young Sheldon's writers aren't particularly consistent with the plot narrated on the parent show, they usually keep the events in line with what Sheldon shared in TBBT.
That's why the recent episode's cliffhanger doesn't seem to be particularly exciting for the series' fans who sort of know where the characters will end up years later.
Season 6's most recent episode ends with Sheldon's older brother Georgie asking the mother of his child, Mandy, to marry him as he finally turns 18. The dramatic ending is supposed to keep viewers in suspense, but fans already have ample knowledge to guess what's going to happen next.
As you may remember from Cooper's comments on TBBT, Georgie has at least two ex-wives. We also know from Sheldon's narration in the prequel that his brother marries for the first time at the age of 19 — in Season 1 Episode 12 of Young Sheldon, he makes a bet with George Sr. about marrying before he is 25 (but according to Sheldon's voiceover, Georgie never gets to pay the $1000 bet).
So if Mandy agrees to marry Georgie now, when he is 18, that's exactly a year to plan the wedding. Besides, as Georgie and Mandy have a child together, the chances that he meets somebody else whom he rushes to marry within a year seem very slim.
It's quite sad that Mandy probably won't be his only wife, as follows from TBBT, but fans are still glad that Georgie proposed to her. That cliffhanger, however, doesn't leave the audience very excited, as they believe that the outcome is very obvious.