Sheldon uses his new friendship with the school bully to boss Georgie around. Also, Missy steals Meemaw’s makeup for picture day.

Sheldon attempts to build a nuclear reactor. Also, a university cocktail party gets heated when Dr. Sturgis’ colleague, Dr. Linkletter, flirts with Meemaw, and Georgie is heartbroken when he learns Veronica has a boyfriend.

When Sheldon has to spend a few days in the hospital, he turns into the world’s worst patient. Also, Missy gets a taste of what life would be like without her twin.

Sheldon experiments on Missy, and Georgie joins Mary’s bible study to spend more time with his crush, Veronica.

When Sheldon learns that people with stunted childhoods can turn into social outcasts, he tries to act. Meemaw and Dr. Sturgis’ relationship is tested when she teaches him how to drive.

Sheldon studies his family for a psychology project. Thanksgiving dinner turns into a family fight when George Sr. is offered a job in Oklahoma.

A video game takes over Sheldon and Meemaw’s life. George Sr. is jealous when Georgie bonds with Herschel at the auto shop.

Sheldon gets into trouble with fellow child genius, Paige at the science museum. George Sr. is forced to play therapist to Paige’s bickering parents. Mary, Georgie and Missy help Meemaw with a garage sale.

Mary clashes with Sheldon’s drama teacher over plans for a Halloween fundraiser for the church. Georgie falls for a rebellious teenage girl whom Sheldon is tutoring.

When Dr. Sturgis recommends Sheldon and Missy for a university research study on twins, Mary is unhappy when the test results go to Sheldon’s head.

When George Sr. asks Sheldon to keep a secret from Mary, the stress of not being honest drives Sheldon to hideout at Tam’s for his first sleepover.

When Mary’s faith is shaken by a tragedy in the community, Sheldon becomes an unlikely ally.

When Dr. Sturgis bonds with Paige, another 10-year-old genius, Sheldon’s jealousy leads Meemaw to intervene. Mary invites Paige’s family over for a play date.

After Sheldon dismantles the refrigerator to stop an annoying hum, he gets a paper route to pay for the repairs.

When Meemaw is pursued by two gentlemen callers, Sheldon interferes, forcing her to set some ground rules.

While Sheldon is busy keeping tabs on Meemaw’s budding relationship with Dr. Sturgis, George Sr. and Mary attempt to bond with their other children.

A battle erupts between the Coopers and Sparks when the Sparks’ new dog terrorizes Sheldon.

When Sheldon is no longer academically challenged at Medford High, he audits a college class taught by Dr. John Sturgis.

Mary bans Sheldon from reading a mature comic book. Sheldon decides it’s time to stop living under Mary’s thumb.

Sheldon is bullied by an unlikely character, and Mary and George disagree on how to handle the situation.

A disappointing loss at the science fair sends Sheldon’s life in a new direction.

Sheldon makes friends with an upperclassman who introduces him to a new field of science. Also, Mary and George disagree on how to handle Sheldon’s blossoming social life.

When Mary takes a job as church secretary, she finds herself becoming Pastor Jeff’s marriage counselor. Also, Sheldon and Missy spend their first afternoon home alone.

When flu season hits Medford, Sheldon takes extreme measures to remain healthy.

Sheldon asks for a computer and unknowingly sparks a heated argument between Mary and George Sr. over the family’s finances.

A worried Mary sends Sheldon to Sunday school after she finds him playing Dungeons and Dragons with his friends, Tam and Billy.

When Sheldon moves to Dallas to attend a school for gifted children, the family struggles to cope with his absence.

George Sr. strikes a deal with Sheldon to tutor Georgie when poor grades threaten to keep him from playing football

While Mary, Memaw and Missy have their girls night at the salon, the three Cooper men plan their road trip to see the space launcher, but it doesn’t go as well as they plan.

The kids brainstorm ways to resolve a family feud when Meemaw refuses to give George Sr. her brisket recipe.

When a NASA representative visits Sheldon’s school and dismisses his science, Sheldon is set on a mission to prove him wrong

Sheldon struggles with newfound popularity after utilizing statistics to help the football team.

After choking on a breakfast sausage, Sheldon wrestles with his fear of solid foods and discovers comic books for the first time.

When George Sr. is rushed to the emergency room, Meemaw comes to babysit, and the kids have an adventure getting to the hospital on their own.

To appease his worried mother, Sheldon employs the techniques of a self-help book to try and make a friend.

9-year-old Sheldon Cooper is a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science but learns that isn’t always helpful growing up in East Texas, a land where church and football are king.