‘Young Sheldon’ Star Reveals Story Behind Octavia Spencer’s Guest Role
Spoiler Alert
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Young Sheldon Season 7, Episode 10, “Community Service and the Key to a Happy Marriage.”]
Young Sheldon is a series that isn’t unfamiliar with guest stars, but the show welcomed a particularly glitzy one in the latest episode, “Community Service and the Key to a Happy Marriage,” as Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer stepped in to play a probation officer assigned to Meemaw’s (Annie Potts) case after her backroom gambling ring was busted.
Forced to fulfill community service hours, she’s sent to work at the church under Mary’s (Zoe Perry) supervision, but she’s not too enthusiastic about the gig, getting George (Lance Barber) to intervene in hopes of lightening her load. The conversation backfires for Meemaw’s workload, but was a welcome one for Barber.
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“I’ll pipe up first just to say how jealous I was because I didn’t get to [shoot] anything [with Octavia],” Perry tells TV Insider. Meanwhile, her onscreen husband was extremely thrilled about sharing the screen with Spencer, even revealing the reason she guest-starred at all.
“It was just so much fun,” Barber remarks. “What was so flattering was to learn that Octavia was a fan of the show, and was interested in being on the show before she got to be.” In other words, Octavia Spencer is a fan like any who tunes into the CBS series.
“When we finished shooting our scene, I had got out my phone and I was sheepishly going to ask her to get a picture with her, and she beat me to it,” Barber continued, saying Spencer said, “‘Can I get a picture with you before I go?’ How cool is that?” Barber adds, noting, “We’ve been so lucky in the show with all of the guest stars that we’ve gotten to work with.”
What did you think of Spencer’s appearance? Let us know in the comments section, and stay tuned for more on Young Sheldon in the weeks ahead.
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I think it's kind of cool that both Barber and Spencer played minor, one-ep characters on Big Bang Theory, and now are playing more significant roles on the prequel. (Spencer played a DMV person when Sheldon got a permit, IIRC, and Barber was Leonard's HS Bully.)
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I'm sad it's ending
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Octavia Spencer had a perfect part in that episode, we can really see she was enjoying herself and loving being on the show. It was a great surprise for fans like me!
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She was hysterical as the DMV lady in TBBT and just as funny as the probation officer in YS. Loved her in Hidden Figures. She is awesome.
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I still love this show so much. and I hate for it to end! Actually it's one of my favorite sitcoms ever..Octavia Spencer had a great roll and was so funny with Lance Barber and Annie Potts....War Eagle�
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Off topic, but I have really enjoyed the story line with Georgie and Mandy. Unfortunately, young Sheldon’s role seems to have come to a natural end.
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Show had a nice run. Time to wrap it up.
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The show is loosing focus
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