George Is Still Alive For An Important Sheldon Moment In Young Sheldon Season 7 Set Image

A new Young Sheldon season 7 behind-the-scenes image confirms that George will still be alive to take part in making an important decision for Sheldon.
George will still be alive when Sheldon makes an important decision about his future, as confirmed by a Young Sheldon season 7 set image. Despite Young Sheldon retconning George’s cheating scandal story from The Big Bang Theory, the prequel will stick to the established canon when it comes to the character’s future fate. Previously revealed by the creatives behind the first family comedy-drama, the Cooper patriarch will meet his end before the show wraps up.
Before that, however, George is revealed to be involved in Sheldon’s search for his post-graduate school in a new Young Sheldon season 7 set image from co-executive producer, Steve Molaro. Check out the image below:
In the behind-the-scenes image, George and Mary are wearing MIT swag items while presumably speaking with a recruiter from the school. The Big Bang Theory already revealed, however, that Sheldon would turn down the institution and go to Caltech instead.

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Sheldon has always been clear that he wants to go to Caltech, so it’s curious why George and Mary are even entertaining other schools. Perhaps, the pair want to make sure that their son is considering all of his options before committing to his choice. That being said, it’s curious if the Cooper patriarch impacts his ultimate decision. George accompanied Sheldon to Caltech in the Young Sheldon season 3 finale, “Pasadena,” where the boy genius attended Dr. Stephen Hawking’s lecture. The incident was brought up before the boy genius left for Germany in the Young Sheldon season 6 finale.

It would be poignant if Sheldon eventually reveals that part of his decision to go to Caltech despite several invites from other schools is because the place has a special memory. Jim Parsons is confirmed to make an appearance as adult Sheldon, which means that the Young Sheldon finale will feature a flashforward to a post-The Big Bang Theory world. This would be the perfect opportunity to make this revelation, especially if Sheldon also reminisces on George’s impact on his Nobel Prize win for his work on the Super Asymmetry paper with his wife, Amy.
It’s great that George will be involved in this process, but it also raises questions about the timing of his upcoming death. After Georgie and Mandy’s upcoming wedding, which doesn’t seem like it will involve Sheldon, Young Sheldon will only have 7 episodes left before it fully wraps up. That leaves The Big Bang Theory prequel limited time to execute arguably the biggest Cooper tragedy.