Here’s Your First Look at Big Bang Theory Stars Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik on Young Sheldon

Bill Inoshita

Huge news, Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon fans. The first photos of Jim Parsons as Sheldon and Mayim Bialik as Amy on the series finale of Young Sheldon are here, and they are epic.

In March 2024 it was announced that Parsons and Bialik—who played Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler on the series that started it all—will reunite for the first time since The Big Bang Theory's series finale in 2019. The pair will reprise their roles for yet another series finale, joining the cast of Young Sheldon as they take their final bow on Thursday, May 16. (Warning: Basic Big Bang Theory spoilers beyond this point.)

For seven seasons the prequel series Young Sheldon followed the childhood origin story of theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper, played by Iain Armitage. However, before audiences fell in love with the entire Cooper family, they were introduced to adult Sheldon through Jim Parsons on The Big Bang Theory, which aired for 12 seasons from 2007 to 2019.

During the course of the hit sitcom, viewers watched as Sheldon fell in love with neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler, beginning with a blind date in the season-three finale, “The Lunar Excitation,” which also marked Bialik's first appearance on the series. “Shamy” became a fan-favorite couple as their love story survived ups and downs, including breakups, love confessions, and a wedding in season 11.

In The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series, Parsons and Bialik detailed in great length what it was like bringing their characters to life, especially since Bialik's Amy wasn't widely loved by the audience in the beginning. (There's also a dedicated chapter to Young Sheldon in the book, which came out in paperback last October.)

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And now, ahead of Young Sheldon's series finale—which will consist of two back-to-back episodes—CBS and Warner Bros. have released three images showing Parsons and Bialik reprising their roles as Sheldon and Amy. If you'll notice, there's plenty of Easter eggs in each photo, from the DNA structure that was a mainstay in Sheldon and Leonard's—and then Leonard and Penny's—apartment to Sheldon's laptop and the Nobel. Take a look!

It appears that Sheldon and Amy are in a home office, which is the first time viewers have seen the couple in their home. (When Big Bang ended, they lived in Penny's old apartment.) The style is very much in the same vein as Leonard and Sheldon's apartment, which makes sense, given that Sheldon doesn't do well with change. (It's still amazing he ever agreed to live in Penny's apartment.)

Sheldon is in his robe, while Amy's style is a bit more elevated but still the same skirt-cardigan look that fans came to know and love. Her hair is much like it was post-makeover from the 2019 finale, and Sheldon's is roughly the same too.

Parsons serves as an executive producer and narrator of Young Sheldon, while Bialik has previously appeared in two episodes via voiceover. During one of those episodes, adult Sheldon revealed that he and Amy have a son named Leonard Cooper, named after Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy…and yes, that means their son has the same first name as Sheldon's best friend Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki).

CBS is keeping additional details of their onscreen reunion under wraps, but we'll be speaking with co-showrunner and executive producer Steve Holland later this week to preview the finale (and obviously dissect those photos). Two new episodes of Young Sheldon air this Thursday, May 9, and then the final two episodes air next Thursday, May 16.

While Young Sheldon is ending, it's not the end of The Big Bang universe, as a new show, starring Sheldon's older brother, Georgie, and his new wife, Mandy, will premiere this fall on CBS titled Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage. Montana Jordan and Emily Osment will reprise their Young Sheldon roles, presumably to be set in the year 1994, which is the current year on YS. No other casting announcements have been released yet, but it would seem as though there will be plenty of opportunities for fellow YS characters to appear.

We'll update this post as more information becomes available, and have a full postmortem interview with EP Holland following the May 16 finale.

The two-episode series finale of Young Sheldon airs on Thursday, May 16, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and will be available to stream on Paramount+.

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