Young Sheldon finale DEVASTATES fans who are left in tears over heartbreaking death – as Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik reunite for the last time as Sheldon and Amy

Young Sheldon viewers were reduced to tears after the emotional finale, which saw Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik reprise their roles as Sheldon Cooper and Amy Fowler from The Big Bang Theory and reunite for the first time in five years.

After seven seasons, the beloved CBS prequel ended Thursday night with two heartbreaking episodes.

The penultimate episode – titled Funeral – opened with the open casket funeral of George Cooper Sr after his sudden death following a heart attack at work.

In another blow, Young Sheldon, played by Iain Armitage, decided he didn’t want to say goodbye to his father before the funeral and was wracked with guilt.

The final chapter, Memoir, in which the 14-year-old discovered he would be attending CalTech, also jumped into the future and revealed that Amy and Sheldon had two children, son Leonard and a daughter.

At the last minute, Sheldon arrived on campus to a man asking him, “Did you lose?”

‘No. I’m exactly where I need to be,” he replied as the series, which launched in September 2017, ended.

Fans expressed their sadness as the series, with many claiming the devastating scenes had reduced them to tears.

“My face is literally drenched in tears watching this Young Sheldon finale lmao,” one viewer wrote on X. “I didn’t expect this to be so heartbreaking.”

Another wrote: ‘Young Sheldon Finale. I am completely broken. To see Sheldon and Amy again, it’s so sad.”

A third said: ‘The Young Sheldon finale was beautiful, I’m crying.’

A fourth added: “Not the Young Sheldon finale that made me shed so many tears.”

“The Young Sheldon finale was everything it was supposed to be and more!” a fifth wrote. “There were a lot of tears, but I loved every moment of the two episodes that aired.

“I will miss the cast of that show more than people will know. Thanks for the memories and a pure comfort show for me.”

Viewers last saw Amy and Sheldon together in the finale of The Big Bang Theory, which aired for 12 seasons on CBS from September 2007 to May 2019.

In one of the flashforward scenes that aired Thursday, Amy told Sheldon to get ready for their son’s hockey game.

“Oh, I’m not going to do that,” Sheldon said as he showed Amy his first laptop from 1994.

‘Awesome. What do you mean you’re not going?’ Amy replied.

‘Children on skates hitting a rubber puck with a stick. Why would I want to see that?’” Sheldon said.

“Because Leonard is your son, and he’s one of those kids,” Amy snapped, revealing that they named their boy after Sheldon’s best friend and roommate Leonard Leakey Hofstadter, who was played by Johnny Galecki on The Big Bang Theory.

‘That’s why I wanted to wait until cloning was possible. Because we got a hockey player the old-fashioned way,” Sheldon said.

The show then briefly flashed back to Sheldon’s mother Mary Cooper (Zoe Perry), just weeks after her husband’s death, when she told Sheldon and Missy (Raegan Revord) that they needed to be baptized.

“Sheldon, I know you’re not a fan of sports, but it would mean so much to Leonard if his dad could support him in the stands,” Amy said.

“He knows I love him, despite his silly and embarrassing hobby,” Sheldon shot back.

Amy then told Sheldon to go upstairs and shower.

Back in Texas, Missy opted out of getting baptized at the last minute, but Sheldon went through with it wearing yellow rubber boots, life jacket, snorkel and mask.

“Oh my,” Amy said as she read his memoirs. ‘You never told me you were baptized.

‘Yes. And because of my problems, I got a pretty nasty ear infection,” Sheldon added.

“And you only did it to please your mother,” Amy pointed out.

‘She may not have understood me or the things I cared about, but she did everything she could for me. My dad too,” Sheldon said.

“That must have been wonderful, to have parents who supported you despite all your differences,” Amy noted.

‘Yes. Looking back, that was the ultimate gift,” Sheldon said.

“Hey, smartest man in the world. I took you to the water. Take a sip,” Amy said.

At this point, Sheldon then realizes that Amy drew a parallel and agreed to go to his son’s hockey game.

“And besides, your daughter wants to take acting classes,” Amy added.

“I told you we should never have let Penny babysit,” Sheldon joked, referring to their aspiring actress neighbor Penny, who was played by Kaley Cuoco on The Big Bang Theory.

The episode then showed young Sheldon in his childhood home after his mother sold it.

Executive producer Steve Holland explained why Big Bang Theory stars Mayim and Jim became such big players in the grand finale.

Speaking to Variety, he said: ‘We decided we wanted to use them at the end as more than just a cameo because we thought that was also something that more people were expecting and that it might catch them off guard.

“Even though they know they’re in the episode, but then you come to them in the middle of the cold. I think we have found a very good balance in that.

“Maybe some people expected to see them, but is there a way to do it and maybe surprise people a little bit? So that’s very nice to hear.’

Young Sheldon recently found a new audience on Netflix and quickly became a hit on the streaming service.

CBS ordered a spin-off titled Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, focusing on characters from Young Sheldon.

It centers on Sheldon’s brother Georgie, played by Montana Jordan, and his wife Mandy, played by Emily Osment.

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage is expected to premiere later this year or early 2025.