This post contains spoilers from the May 9 episode Young Sheldon.
Iain Armitage says goodbye to Young Sheldon — and a member of his on-screen family.
The 15-year-old actor who plays Sheldon Cooper in the movie Big Bang Theory spinoff since it was 9 years old, shared a short but sweet post on May 10 following the penultimate episode of the CBS sitcom on May 9.
In the episode titled “A New Home and Traditional Texas Torture,” Sheldon faced a major tragedy: the death of his father, George Cooper Sr., after a heart attack.
The death was not unexpected, as previously established in Big Bang Theory that George (played by Lance Barber) died when Sheldon was 14, but it still hit a hard chord with fans — and Armitage himself.
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In his post, the teenage actor shared two photos, a Young Sheldon a photo of Sheldon and George interacting and a smiling behind-the-scenes selfie of him and Barber.
And, in a nod to George’s last episode on the show before the May 16 finale, Armitage wrote: “Love you George! I love you Lance!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
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From left: Zoe Perry as Mary Cooper, Raegan Revord as Missy Cooper, Lance Barber as George Cooper Sr. and Iain Armitage as Sheldon Cooper in ‘Young Sheldon’.
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More Young Sheldon star — Zoe Perry, who plays George’s on-screen wife, Mary Cooper — also had an emotional reaction to the events of the May 9 episode.
Even though she knew George would die of a heart attack, the news caught her off guard, Perry, 40, told TVLine ahead of the episode.
Recalling her first look at the episode — in which George’s friends break the news of his death as the Cooper family plans to move to Houston — Perry said, “When I started reading, seeing all the plans come to fruition — the excitement, [Missy Cooper]excitement — I cried while reading it.”
“The loss was so incredible,” she said, adding: “It was the loss of a future.”
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“It’s been half my life, it’s kind of wild to think about it, but so much fun, so wonderful, and I couldn’t have asked for a better way to grow up,” he said, adding: “Every person that I get to work with, I feel so honored to be able to to work with them and be their costars or … be part of their work and part of their livelihood.”
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Iain Armitage as Sheldon Cooper in ‘Young Sheldon’ 2017.
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Armitage also said he wanted to tackle a project that was “exactly the opposite end of the spectrum” from his stint on the CBS sitcom.
“It’s funny, because I had so much fun doing this character for seven great years that it would be great to do something … completely different from Sheldon in every way,” he told PEOPLE.
“I’d love to do something indie, maybe something action, maybe something sci-fi, just something super different and weird,” he added. “Like drama, again, somehow Big little lies.”
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