Seldom do I write reviews for TV shows, but this episode killed me. Stab to the heart. Hit way too close to home. I lost my mother on February 5, 2023. She was 37 years old, I was sixteen. There's nothing in this world I wouldn't give to have her back. She was one of the kindest people the world has ever seen.
I knew this episode was coming for years and I didn't think it would be that emotional, after all Young Sheldon is a comedy, but one couldn't be more wrong. Funeral's depiction of grief covers every base out there. Not a single personal emotion, and it spans everyone in the series. Personally I was like Sheldon Cooper when I lost my mom. I constantly thought back on the last time I saw her similarly unexpected passing. I always think about how different would it be if I just talked to her a little more. Gave her one more hug, fought a little less. Even knowing that the past can never change, it's equally worth thinking about. My Dad reminded me of Missy, not exclusively because of the anger, but because of the emotions. Missy shows it the most, and so did my Dad. Missy's character throughout being so naive and sheltered at times really tore me up, especially when she asks "Why are they laughing?" at the funeral.
We never did a ceremony for my Mom, we invited everyone to view her body and say goodbye, but we were too broken and too rushed to plan a ceremony. At my Mom's funeral I saw people I hadn't seen in YEARS come in to pay their respects. That's how this episode feels too. We get to see characters who have been gone for SEASONS revisit and give their final goodbye. Mr. Givens? Brenda Sparks? Welcome back!
Seeing people care is what made it for me. It's been easy for me to forget how so many other people cared about me during the grieving process. I broke down in front of so many people who merely wished to check on me during the following weeks. Seeing Dr. Sturgis and Wayne come in and say the exact verbatim phrase "if you ever need anything, I'm here" all throws me back to those succeeding moments. I can't help but continue crying writing this because this episode felt like a one-to-one recreation of the situation I was in; The situation my entire family was in. There were an abundance of similarities between my situation and the Cooper's: younger parent, still a kid, unexpected, many visitors, southern charm. They made an episode about my life. How can it not be one of the greatest ever made?
Loss is so hard. Losing my mother at sixteen changed who I was as a person. This episode makes me feel so seen. Nothing in this I would've changed (except them making Wayne a joke). Beautiful episode, television peaked on May 16, 2024.
I knew this episode was coming for years and I didn't think it would be that emotional, after all Young Sheldon is a comedy, but one couldn't be more wrong. Funeral's depiction of grief covers every base out there. Not a single personal emotion, and it spans everyone in the series. Personally I was like Sheldon Cooper when I lost my mom. I constantly thought back on the last time I saw her similarly unexpected passing. I always think about how different would it be if I just talked to her a little more. Gave her one more hug, fought a little less. Even knowing that the past can never change, it's equally worth thinking about. My Dad reminded me of Missy, not exclusively because of the anger, but because of the emotions. Missy shows it the most, and so did my Dad. Missy's character throughout being so naive and sheltered at times really tore me up, especially when she asks "Why are they laughing?" at the funeral.
We never did a ceremony for my Mom, we invited everyone to view her body and say goodbye, but we were too broken and too rushed to plan a ceremony. At my Mom's funeral I saw people I hadn't seen in YEARS come in to pay their respects. That's how this episode feels too. We get to see characters who have been gone for SEASONS revisit and give their final goodbye. Mr. Givens? Brenda Sparks? Welcome back!
Seeing people care is what made it for me. It's been easy for me to forget how so many other people cared about me during the grieving process. I broke down in front of so many people who merely wished to check on me during the following weeks. Seeing Dr. Sturgis and Wayne come in and say the exact verbatim phrase "if you ever need anything, I'm here" all throws me back to those succeeding moments. I can't help but continue crying writing this because this episode felt like a one-to-one recreation of the situation I was in; The situation my entire family was in. There were an abundance of similarities between my situation and the Cooper's: younger parent, still a kid, unexpected, many visitors, southern charm. They made an episode about my life. How can it not be one of the greatest ever made?
Loss is so hard. Losing my mother at sixteen changed who I was as a person. This episode makes me feel so seen. Nothing in this I would've changed (except them making Wayne a joke). Beautiful episode, television peaked on May 16, 2024.