Sheldon and Mary’s summer in Heidelberg came to an end in Season 7, Episode 3 of the Big Bang Theory prequel, but this was not made clear during Thursday’s locomotive-themed episode.

George Sr. and Mary’s letters cleverly conveyed the passage of time by stating that it took them each roughly ten days to travel from Texas to Germany and vice versa.

Mary expressed in one of her final letters how much she had missed her husband. “I’ve been sitting here, staring at your picture, thinking about how I may have taken you for granted the last few years,” she wrote in response to her reflection on their years of dating.

“I apologize for not saying it enough—or at all—but I do love and appreciate you. So, get some rest because I’ll show you how much when I return.

A brand-new Young Sheldon Season 7 clip shows Jim Parsons’s grownup Sheldon coming to terms with the Coopers’ hard reality. Thanks to Parsons’ voiceover, the spinoff manages to stay connected to The Big Bang Theory even though it is a prequel with numerous story holes.

Although it hasn’t been used much in the most recent season, Young Sheldon season 7 saw its constant usage. That’s precisely what happens in a new Young Sheldon season 7, episode 4, “Ants on a Log and a Cheating Winker,” clip when Parsons shares the unvarnished truth about the Coopers.

Sheldon joyfully returns to his dorm room in the Young Sheldon season 7 film, fully anticipating that it will still be his alone. However, adult Sheldon acknowledges that going back to school helps him deal with the fact that he is no longer the Coopers’ primary focus.

Will the Young Sheldon Finale Feature Jim Parsons’ Sheldon?

There will only be 10 episodes remaining in the abbreviated Young Sheldon final season after this week’s episode until it concludes in full in May.  This implies that the remaining episodes will likely concentrate on resolving unresolved storylines and providing answers rather than introducing new arcs.

Hopefully, that explains why adult Sheldon is recounting his boyhood story. After receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics at the conclusion of The Big Bang Theory, Einstein discusses his ongoing research on certain hypotheses in his autobiography, which seems like the ideal justification for his voice-overs.

There’s also the question of whether Parsons will make an appearance in the Young Sheldon finale, assuming that this is the case. Although he has been a part of the prequel from the beginning, the actor hasn’t appeared in the role since the nerd-focused sequel concluded in 2019.

Maybe Sheldon and the rest of the Pasadena group may make a brief appearance together in the Young Sheldon finale, a like The Big Bang Theory.