It wasn’t way back that Mary had a sacrilegious fantasy about youth pastor Rob. And through Thursday’s Younger Sheldon, the boy genius’ mom turned to the mustachioed holy man for solace — not as soon as, however twice.
George Sr. had suggested his spouse to not concern what her congregation may consider Georgie having a baby out of wedlock. However with rigidity between the marrieds at an all-time excessive — as you’ll recall, final week’s household dinner culminated in a frank dialogue concerning the Coopers’ turbulent union — Mary wasn’t precisely receptive. She later confided in Rob, who doled out the very same recommendation her husband had. Solely his recommendation got here with a filtered cigarette.
Later, when George found that his spouse had consulted Rob, he wasn’t in the slightest degree stunned. “In fact,” he scoffed, earlier than declaring that Mary talks to Rob an terrible lot lately. And as soon as he realized that Rob’s recommendation was the identical as his personal, Sr. received snippy. “Subsequent time I’ll stick God in there so that you listen,” he mentioned, laying it on actual thick for somebody who has had one thing of an emotional affair of his personal.
Not lengthy after that did Mary’s worst nightmare come true. Phrase had unfold about Mandy’s being pregnant forward of her weekly Bible examine. Nobody confirmed, and the very first thing she thought to do was name Rob.
“Do you’ve gotten time to speak?” she requested.
“For you? All the time,” he answered.
By the shut of Thursday’s episode, the complete Cooper clan was within the loop about Georgie and Mandy’s predicament. George had gone and blabbed to Wayne, Mary to Rob, and Sheldon and Missy to Professor Linkletter and a classmate, respectively. Georgie was rightfully incensed when he found that everybody had opened their traps — he was having a tough sufficient time getting Mandy to return his calls, and he or she had not but instructed her dad and mom that she was pregnant — and Missy took it upon herself to apologize. She additionally assured her brother that he’ll make a terrific dad.
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