Spoilers for Young Sheldon can be found throughout this story! Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Over the past few days, Iain Armitage has been asked a lot of questions about wrapping Young Sheldon without Lance Barber. His TV dad George’s story concluded tragically in “A New Home And A Traditional Texas Torture,” but fans of the long-running CBS sitcom knew his death would be coming eventually , thanks to information we learned in The Big Bang Theory .
While a subsequent episode showed George’s sendoff, some eagle-eyed fans thought they caught Lance Barber in the background. Turns out they were right. The family patriarch wasn’t playing George during the funeral episode.
Instead, he donned a dress, wig, and some glasses to appear as a funeralgoer in the penultimate episode of Season 7 (and the series as a whole). Social media guessed this had happened days ago, but it’s only now been confirmed that those theories were absolutely on the money. Take a look: Lance Barber attended his own character George Cooper’s funeral in disguise.
pic.twitter.com/1mqLVmu2wg May 18, 2024 After Discussing Film’s post went viral, a spokesperson for Young Sheldon confirmed the cameo to Deadline , and it’s pretty obvious once you see it.
Lance as an older lady in the crowd stands out quite a bit for fans who have stuck with the characters for years. But Barber’s mourner lady is in the background in shots in the scene, and it took eagle-eyed fans to really make a connection. I c.
