Is it me or in each episode it's getting more and more emotional. Sheldon is ideal kid who's doing his best to help mother and he does it well. He's so smart and cute. Loved it.
Young Sheldon (TV Series)
A Crisis of Faith and Octopus Aliens (2018)
User Reviews
Review this title12 Reviews
8
Edvis-199722 April 2019
Goof
disneypindiva7 October 2018
The science/logic isn't perfect, but it's a nice emotional episode anyway
brianjohnson-2004312 September 2020
The controversial part of this episode to most of the negative reviewers seem to be some of the teleological arguments for a creator that Sheldon makes near the end of the episode to comfort his mom.
I personally thought the more annoying line was the one right after his talk of physics fine tuning where Sheldon said that his Mom was the best mother for him among all 5 billion people of the world.
What bothers me isn't that they wrote a story of Sheldon comforting his mom with kind words to make her happy. What annoyed me is that those sort of sentiments that Sheldon made could have been expressed in more accurate and honest ways and still worked to help his mother in the scene.
Sheldon could have said, "If I could, I wouldn't trade you for any other mother on the planet because you're my only real biological mother and I love you, and know that you love me."
And, "The universe has specific properties whose attributes could be sufficiently explained with a God arranging the universe just as it is."
It's a nice idea to occasionally remind the viewers that Sheldon is scarcely rude, mean, or bad intentionally, and that Sheldon appreciates his family despite not relating to them very well. But there is no need to make his commentary as flawed as a common religious apologist.
I personally thought the more annoying line was the one right after his talk of physics fine tuning where Sheldon said that his Mom was the best mother for him among all 5 billion people of the world.
What bothers me isn't that they wrote a story of Sheldon comforting his mom with kind words to make her happy. What annoyed me is that those sort of sentiments that Sheldon made could have been expressed in more accurate and honest ways and still worked to help his mother in the scene.
Sheldon could have said, "If I could, I wouldn't trade you for any other mother on the planet because you're my only real biological mother and I love you, and know that you love me."
And, "The universe has specific properties whose attributes could be sufficiently explained with a God arranging the universe just as it is."
It's a nice idea to occasionally remind the viewers that Sheldon is scarcely rude, mean, or bad intentionally, and that Sheldon appreciates his family despite not relating to them very well. But there is no need to make his commentary as flawed as a common religious apologist.
Good episode!
bsamad-5008820 February 2020
I don't know why some here would rate this episode 1 or 2 just because he disagrees with what sheldon said about gravity or because sheldon's attitude changed here ! This is ridiculous, sheldon does not believe in God but he loves his mom so much and he knows her happiness is when she is praying to God and worshiping him , at dinner table he always accepts his mom saying grace at dinner ! This is all because he loves her and that's why he is doing it , in this episode he noticed his mom being upset about god and start questioning his existence so he tried to help his mom and that's why he said those things regardless if they are true or not
Sheldon's mom begins to question her strong Christian faith until Sheldon explains the galaxy to his bereaved mother
Ed-Shullivan10 October 2018
As if I thought the previous episode (Season 2, episode 2) couldn't be topped for sheer entertainment value, season 2, episode 3 comes back to back and knocks another one right out of the ballpark albeit with a more dramatic overtone. As the Cooper family, especially Sheldon's mother Mary questions her own religious faith as they struggle to deal with another parish families loss of their 16 year old daughter through a fatal car accident, Sheldon is more preoccupied with finding someone to drive him to his favorite store, Radio Shack.
There is some fun interaction in the church congregation between young Sheldon and the church's minister as Sheldon questions the minister's weekly sermon and Meemaw (Grandma) purposely and gleefully urges Sheldon to ask his questions during the Minister's sermon. Sheldon's mom Mary also has some questions for her minister relating to why would their Lord and Saviour take away a 16 year old girl through a fatal car accident from her loving family?
The subsequent interaction between Sheldon and his mother is simply priceless. Once again it is great Emmy award screenwriting and Sheldon's and Mary's lines are delivered so realistically that Mrs. Shullivan and I felt that we were sitting alongside mother and son on their front porch after dinner.
This is another wonderful episode of a new TV series that I hope will continue to grow its audience in a similar manner that previous EMMY award winning TV series such as Leave It To Beaver (1957), Mash (1972) and Mary Tyler Moore (1970) were all well received for many years.
There is some fun interaction in the church congregation between young Sheldon and the church's minister as Sheldon questions the minister's weekly sermon and Meemaw (Grandma) purposely and gleefully urges Sheldon to ask his questions during the Minister's sermon. Sheldon's mom Mary also has some questions for her minister relating to why would their Lord and Saviour take away a 16 year old girl through a fatal car accident from her loving family?
The subsequent interaction between Sheldon and his mother is simply priceless. Once again it is great Emmy award screenwriting and Sheldon's and Mary's lines are delivered so realistically that Mrs. Shullivan and I felt that we were sitting alongside mother and son on their front porch after dinner.
This is another wonderful episode of a new TV series that I hope will continue to grow its audience in a similar manner that previous EMMY award winning TV series such as Leave It To Beaver (1957), Mash (1972) and Mary Tyler Moore (1970) were all well received for many years.
Funny, smart, heartwarming and relatable.
aayushhshah10 October 2018
Stuff the science vs religion
matthewdjb-829-16743010 May 2022
Mary's faith is consistently in this series authentic. Anyone who knows Christians will recognise the character - whether they hate her or love her.
Sheldon almost certainly knows he's not telling her the whole truth (there are non-religious arguments to explain fine-tuning), but that's not what matters. He just wants to comfort his mum. And he absolutely (and irrationally, because emotions are of course not rational (Spock)) loves his mum.
Sheldon almost certainly knows he's not telling her the whole truth (there are non-religious arguments to explain fine-tuning), but that's not what matters. He just wants to comfort his mum. And he absolutely (and irrationally, because emotions are of course not rational (Spock)) loves his mum.
A Crisis of Faith
phuketboy16 October 2018
Faith is not black/white
cyclingsun2 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Faith is not black/white & this episode confronts the shunned grays that result in so many different churches/denominations. Doubting, as Mary does, is good for faith, because the return to it is a CHOICE that strengthens that Faith. Many religious platitudes do NOTHING for the yearning soul, as Mary discovers.
I've a son who's rather like Sheldon (including being a physicist). He is not religious but is spiritual, believing there *IS* some higher power, like a yet-undiscovered force of physics. What Sheldon tells Mary is in keeping to that mindset. And the odds that an atypical kid like Sheldon would have a mom who'd lovingly & unconditionally raise him to be well-mannered despite not comprehending his mindset is indeed mathematically unlikely. Some people say winning Powerball is "luck"; others believe the win is so statistically unlikely that it may as well be a miracle (but you gotta buy a ticket).
I've a son who's rather like Sheldon (including being a physicist). He is not religious but is spiritual, believing there *IS* some higher power, like a yet-undiscovered force of physics. What Sheldon tells Mary is in keeping to that mindset. And the odds that an atypical kid like Sheldon would have a mom who'd lovingly & unconditionally raise him to be well-mannered despite not comprehending his mindset is indeed mathematically unlikely. Some people say winning Powerball is "luck"; others believe the win is so statistically unlikely that it may as well be a miracle (but you gotta buy a ticket).
Every show has its bad episode, this is it
marc547723 May 2019
Everything we love about Sheldon gets thrown out the window in this episode as he makes a incorrect and illogical argument for creationism. Its not that creation cannot be true (no proof either way), rather, his argument is total garbage.
Adjusting gravity and electromagnetic forces most certainly would NOT result in the collapse or spread of the universe. It would only result in a different alignment and for all we know, might result in more life than less. Its total nonsense which tells me the writers did not finish high school level physics or chemistry never mind anything higher level.
Imagine Star Trek without reason or science... I hope this does not go the way of star trek discovery...
Adjusting gravity and electromagnetic forces most certainly would NOT result in the collapse or spread of the universe. It would only result in a different alignment and for all we know, might result in more life than less. Its total nonsense which tells me the writers did not finish high school level physics or chemistry never mind anything higher level.
Imagine Star Trek without reason or science... I hope this does not go the way of star trek discovery...
That final nail to it's science fans..
Sjark11 October 2018
Warning: Spoilers
BBT is thankfully in it's swan song now, and all that will be left will be the awkward reruns of coupling the cast over and over, even though by the 3rd season we pretty much know where things were heading, down down down...
YS does persist however, and while the 1st season was enjoyable, the 2nd seems to be picking up the tone of poor quality, of the show it's spun off from.
As we struggle to feel Mary's crisis of faith, young Sheldon actually manages to take america 30 years back, and defends creationism, that with the make up of our planets tender balance for life, it's only logical to conclude there is a creator.. never mind that we _know_ it will end, thanks to actual science, and that there are millions of worlds that aren't inhabitable, for our form of life anyway. But hey, science is just for a bunch of meanies trying to prove things!
As we struggle to feel Mary's crisis of faith, young Sheldon actually manages to take america 30 years back, and defends creationism, that with the make up of our planets tender balance for life, it's only logical to conclude there is a creator.. never mind that we _know_ it will end, thanks to actual science, and that there are millions of worlds that aren't inhabitable, for our form of life anyway. But hey, science is just for a bunch of meanies trying to prove things!
The betrayal of Sheldon
Zett7616 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I liked the whole "crisis of faith" arc. Because, you know, that happens. Especially when your imaginary friend kills a kid.
Then the writers made Sheldon - an Atheist - look and talk like an idiot.
Or maybe not an idiot. More like a priest who thinks he knows something about science, but doesn't.
But I guess the difference is marginal.
The Christian theory of creation is deeply flawed, and Sheldon would be the very first person to point that out. By the lines the writers made him say, they betrayed him. Big time.
I let it slip the first time (some episode in season one), but this time, I had to rant.
Thank this imaginary friend for the internet.
Otherwise, a solid episode.
P. S.: if it needs a hugely complex being to create this complex thing called universe, then who created this complex being...?
If your answer is "nobody", then you admit that complex things CAN come from nothing.
See? Flawed.
Then the writers made Sheldon - an Atheist - look and talk like an idiot.
Or maybe not an idiot. More like a priest who thinks he knows something about science, but doesn't.
But I guess the difference is marginal.
The Christian theory of creation is deeply flawed, and Sheldon would be the very first person to point that out. By the lines the writers made him say, they betrayed him. Big time.
I let it slip the first time (some episode in season one), but this time, I had to rant.
Thank this imaginary friend for the internet.
Otherwise, a solid episode.
P. S.: if it needs a hugely complex being to create this complex thing called universe, then who created this complex being...?
If your answer is "nobody", then you admit that complex things CAN come from nothing.
See? Flawed.
See also
Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews
