Lorre’s latest venture, alongside his longtime collaborators, Steven Molaro and Steve Holland, is “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” a CBS sequel to their hit series “Young Sheldon.” The latter is a prequel of “The Big Bang Theory,” which Lorre, Molaro and Holland worked on for its run from 2007 through 2019.

Although Georgie & Mandys First Marriage was always guaranteed to struggle with Sheldon, the character's absence isn't the real issue with its pilot.

Mandy (Emily Osment) struggles to get Georgie’s (Montana Jordan) family to join him for his first Thanksgiving without his dad; ‘Young Sheldon’ vets Zoe Perry (Mary), Annie Potts (Meemaw), Raegan Revord (Missy) and Craig T.

Sheldon Cooper is notably absent from Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage ep 1 & there is a good reason for that, already established by Young Sheldon.