The Good Dad We Weren’t Supposed to Love: Why George Cooper Broke Big Bang Canon

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The Good Dad We Weren’t Supposed to Love: Why George Cooper Broke Big Bang Canon

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It’s a bittersweet reality for fans of (“TBBT”) that acts as its prequel—because the narrative truths set up in TBBT still loom large. One of the most striking examples: the dramatic difference in how George Cooper Sr. is portrayed in the two series.

Two very different Georges

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In TBBT, George Cooper Sr.—Sheldon’s father—is painted (mostly in hindsight) as a flawed, distant figure: part drinker, part absentee, a man Sheldon remembers bitterly. > “From hearing older Sheldon talk George was a mean, inconsiderate drunk…”

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