‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’: Lance Barber to Return as George Sr. After ‘Young Sheldon’ Death
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage is welcoming back another familiar face from Young Sheldon as Lance Barber is set to make an appearance as George Sr.
As viewers will recall, his character tragically died of a heart attack in the final episodes of the prequel to The Big Bang Theory, and that storyline has been carried over into Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage. Earlier in the season, Georgie (Montana Jordan) grappled with the loss of his dad through panic attacks and a first Thanksgiving without the Cooper family patriarch.
But now, George will manifest in a more physical way for his son as Barber returns in the form of a dream. The creatives behind the series confirmed that Barber would return during a press panel on Thursday, January 30 ahead of the midseason premiere episode.
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When asked about potential returning guest stars from Young Sheldon, executive producer Steve Holland said, “We’ve got Lance Barber. [He’s] gonna be returning as George Sr. in an episode coming up, which we’re really excited about, and it was so much fun to have him back on the set, especially after killing him off on Young Sheldon.”
As laughs roared from audience members and the panelists, Holland chimed in, “That was our apology,” suggesting this moment is really for the fans. When another reporter questioned what fans can anticipate from George Sr.’s appearance, Holland responded, “Georgie’s thinking about his dad, and he’s sort of worried that his dad… might be disappointed in him and so he, his dad visits him in a dream.”
Holland revealed, “[The idea] came out of a conversation we’d had with [series creator] Chuck [Lorre] even early on talking about the show and Chuck had said about his own father that he still dreams about him, but he still visits him and so that was the thing we had sort of thought about and then when we were breaking this episode, it just seemed like a great opportunity to bring George back.”
In a joking aside, Lorre added, “And yeah, my father was disappointed in me too.”
Stay tuned to see when and how Barber returns in his role as George Sr. as Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage continues on CBS, and let us know what you hope to see in the comments section, below.
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Yes. Glad he’s back. Don’t like the mom character though. They should be living with memaw and still have Georgie’s mom and sister on.
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This show would have been worth watching is they had Annie Potts in it.
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Need more of me ma she's so funny!
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It will be good to see Lance again. I'm glad he's returning for a bit
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So happy to hear George Sr is coming back even thru a dream. Totally enjoyed his character!
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I ♥️ this show and didn’t think it would work with out George Sr. But I was wrong because I think Mandy dad fills that void!
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Excited to see this but I feel I will be crying
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We loved Young Sheldon. The new show is nowhere near as good as YS. Georgie is still funny, but the other characters are not. Too much over acting, with very little funny lines. My recommendation is to can the fake laughter, because it isn't, tone down the sarcasm of the Mom, and stop having Mandy over exaggerate her lines. Let Georgie be the star, otherwise the show is going to fail.
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Its not fake laughter, Mr Producer. The show is filmed in front of a live audience. The show is great, your advice, not so much.
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Their advice is spot on! My hubs and I have been saying the exact same thing!
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The death of George was a rather big mistake by those who made this decision. Somehow they are trying to correct it unless he wasn’t dead after all in the casket. The father figure was a huge importance to the series. Now it is their plan to fix it somehow.
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Yeah, No.
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I loved the character, George was my favorite, but he had to die … because of the main show, “The big bang theory”… how could he not?
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Definitely mom sister and something about memaw don't like how it's like georgie family just abandoned him when was so supportive in young sheldon
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Will Missy and Mary also see George? And will Sheldon make an appearance??
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No. No. And no.
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I love it! I loved George I hate they killed him off.
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Can't wait to see him on the show. I really miss all the cast of young Sheldon ..❤️❤️
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Bring him back full time he's awesome
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Had such high hopes for this series, but the truth is, it just isn’t very funny . They need to ditch the phony laugh track and make the characters, especially Mandy, more likeable. She just comes off as a hateful shrew.
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I do not like Rachel's character. She's just a big bully and mean. And in times like now kids nor adults do not need to see this kind of character. I love Jim's character but I think he needs to grow a pair and stand up to Rachel. No grown man should be scared of his wife like he is. I know that the writers thinks this is funny but it's not. And I think more of Georgie's family needs to be on the show more often. And I would have loved to see Georgie and Mandy and memaw buy the house that Georgie grew up in. At the end of young Sheldon it said that the mom eventually sold the house, where do they move? Maybe to a more bigger and better health and Georgie and Mandy moved in with her? That in itself could eliminate Rachel and then we would see Jim daily because George works for him. With that being said Georgie and Mandy could finally stand up to Rachel the bully. I have loads of ideas for this show.
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If there's a way to bring him back full time done it !!! He's great
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I think George coming back in their dreams is just what the doctor ordered!!
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I am really enjoying this show. I love all the characters. It's even better when they insert a YS character back into the story. I was surprised and so happy to see the librarian who also works at the book store ....that was awesome❤I would like to see MeMaw again.
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I would love to see George Sr as a regular or semi regular. My dad passed 5 years ago and only occasionally visits me in a dream and I don't visit the cemetery very often because it's heartbreaking. I would give anything to see my dad and I bet Georgie would too.
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hooray!! Can’t wait!
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YESSSS!!! Now I will start watching! Please have him come back several times!
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Need to bring memaw
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Love that he is back
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I was wondering if how they could bring him back and thought they where going to go like they had Chet in Boy meets world for Shawn. But this will be good as well
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I think he should be a regular, maybe not every episode but more so than not. I love his character and interaction between the two of them would be fantastic.
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Can't wait to see George Sr
Come back I've watched Young Sheldon over and over. Sr was my favorite character.
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I love the show the story lune cracks me up. I would like to see a little more of meemaw and some of the other cast from young Sheldon.
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I would like to see alot more of Georgies family.
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I don't know why they ever killed him off. It was great as it was. So, yes bring him back and memaw is awesome. Get her back more too, please.
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All of Hollywood is deranged
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Love that Sr. is coming back! Favorite! I agree with others statement, get rid of laugh tracks all together! Everyone's humor is differentand I prefer to "find the funny" on my own terms! The laugh tracks bury the conversation and it's distracting. Plus, PLEASE lower the damn volume on the intro music and the commercials! I watch YS all the time over and over again, it helps me sleep. I start to fall asleep, and am startled by loud commercials. Thank you! Great show!! Love it!
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I love to see him come back. We loved his character. Cried when he passed away. Would love to see his mom have a dream about him as well.
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I think they should bring him back as a ghost.
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Oh I would love to see George Sr return in a more regular basis. Of course not every episode he is dead. I think they all should return periodically, they are family and it would be appropriate.
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Love the show! Whatever the writers create will be good!
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I think that it terrible to end of a great comedy on such a sad note. A funeral?
Unfair to all of the loyal fans.
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I personally would like to see the Cooper family fully back in the show and make it instead of a half hour an hour show and have Mary and Georgie sister as regulars in the shows. Georgie takes care of his mother and his sister and I like to see me back in it too. If they would do that I haven’t been watching this show as much, but I really love young Sheldon didn’t realize what the jerk Sheldon really was but he was.
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Watching George and Mandy I always thought when they went to George seniors’s grave to talk to him he should be there to give them his advise
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I love that you are bringing him back. I miss the show Young Sheldon. I like George and Mandy's first marriage but it doesn't compare to Young Sheldon. Now I'm getting excited to watch George and Mandy's first marriage since you are bringing George Sr back. I hope you will have him in quite a few shows. I would also like to see Mema in more shows.
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This Show is so much better then the one with the Sheldon character in it.
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I think George Sr should come back as a ghost who only is seen by his son.
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Looooove the idea!!! He was one of my favorite character ❤️
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I think that it's wonderful!
I have dreams about my sister who passed away 6 yrs ago.
I absolutely love Georgie and Mandy's first marriage.
Especially when Mandy's brother is in a episode.
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Love the Young Sheldon guest stars, and would love Sheldon to appear but actually the show is enough on its own it's freaking hilarious
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But didn't they already bring up his death in the show?
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Try reading the article. Smh
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This show is great but I wish they hadn't killed off the dad I hope they bring him back a lot. I like George and Mandy's dad's the mom's not so much.
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Seems like an obvious development with potential to turn in any direction, from madness to giving advice and solutions. Dreams could be expanded to include political and social icons of the era, mythical beings, the living (including young Sheldon), spiritual leaders that conflict with counsel given by George, and even religious icons since Georgie goes to church and pulled on over on the congregation.
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Personally, I would tune out if any of these ideas were implemented. Dreams are a pretty lame crutch to lean on. Only happy surprise was the dreams of Professor Proton in TBBT, which worked precisely because it wasn't over used.
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