S01.E12: Typhoid Georgie

[chitowngirl]

Georgie worries he's letting his family down when he's forced to stay home with a cold; Mandy worries about how her career will affect her marriage.
 

Airdate February 27, 2025 on CBS

[ams1001]

Aw, George. I forgot he was going to be in this one. The hug was sweet...at least until he turned into zombie George...

 

[DoYouLikeMutton]

It grossed me out watching Georgie sneezing in everyone’s face and inspecting the mucus in his hanky.

I had such high hopes for the George & Georgie scenes.  I thought they could have been so tender and endearing.  Disappointed.

Didn’t think Mandy’s new dress was appropriate for a tv weather girl.  It looked more like a dress she’d wear clubbing.

[ams1001]

9 minutes ago, DoYouLikeMutton said:

Didn’t think Mandy’s new dress was appropriate for a tv weather girl.  It looked more like a dress she’d wear clubbing.

I thought it should have had sleeves, at least.

[shura]

1 hour ago, DoYouLikeMutton said:

I had such high hopes for the George & Georgie scenes.  I thought they could have been so tender and endearing.  Disappointed.

I’m of two minds here.  I couldn’t imagine how George’s scenes were not going to be gratuitous, and they kind of were.  But I loved the final “I thought we were having a moment here” - “We are, son” exchange.  On the third hand, as someone pointed out before, bringing YS characters back just underscores how this show keeps being afraid to stand on its own.

 

[possibilities]

I'm enjoying Connor.

CeeCee wasn't in this episode, was she?

The dreams were Georgie's internal stuff about his dad, not an actual visit from George, Sr. So I think representing it as his insecurity and internal conflict made some sense. 

But yes-- sneezing in someone's face is NOT OKAY.

[Snow Apple]

I guess the only way to bring George Sr back is in dreams or flashbacks but I still loved his appearance.

But it just made the laugh track worse since it highlight the fact it's not a live audience. If it was live, there would've been a reaction when George Sr. appeared. I don't understand the decision for a laugh track. YS did perfectly fine without it, and TBBT was in front of a live audience so laughter and reactions were fine there.

[Browncoat]

10 hours ago, DoYouLikeMutton said:

Didn’t think Mandy’s new dress was appropriate for a tv weather girl.  It looked more like a dress she’d wear clubbing.

 

10 hours ago, ams1001 said:

I thought it should have had sleeves, at least.

For the era, it probably should have been a little more modest, but the women on my local news wear sleeveless dresses most of the time.  And their hemlines are quite short, which makes it a little bit awkward when they have the sitting-on-a-chair interviews.

I really thought Mandy would get sick and miss her opportunity.  Glad they didn't go that direction.

Edited Friday at 01:41 PM by Browncoat

[EtheltoTillie]

OMG. Knitting pet peeve. Fake knitting by actors. This one is ridiculous. Audrey is knitting continental style and Connor is knitting English style, which means Audrey is holding the yarn in her left hand and Connor is holding the yarn in his right hand. Yet she is purporting to teach Georgie the English style by asking him to follow her fake movements of the other style of knitting.  She actually looks like she really knows how to knit continental style and is not faking that. 

[Tom Holmberg]

It's pretty bad when the best character in an episode is Connor.  I liked seeing George, but the scene was sort of meh, and really? Zombie George?

Since the writers think what people want is the return of YS characters, I'm waiting for Bobbi Sparks to appear.

I doubt she's going to get the weather girl job based on her performance.

Living with Sheldon, you'd think Georgie would know how to not infect the whole world with his cold.

[txhorns79]

23 minutes ago, Tom Holmberg said:

I liked seeing George, but the scene was sort of meh, and really? Zombie George?

The hug between Georgie and George was very sweet.  Then they really ruined the moment with the Zombie George. 

 

11 hours ago, DoYouLikeMutton said:

 

Didn’t think Mandy’s new dress was appropriate for a tv weather girl.  It looked more like a dress she’d wear clubbing.

It did feel like it was closer to something she'd wear on a date than to work.  I know the sleeveless, form-fitting look is popular now for female tv reporters, but I'd probably have expected something a little looser with a jacket.

[appositival]

I didn't think there was anything wrong with the 'old' dress Mandy was wearing, but at least it gave Audrey a chance to be less horrible.

[proserpina65]

13 hours ago, DoYouLikeMutton said:

Didn’t think Mandy’s new dress was appropriate for a tv weather girl.  It looked more like a dress she’d wear clubbing.

It was exactly like what the tv weather girls I saw in the early 90s were wearing.  They weren't there to be taken seriously at the time. They were just eye candy.

3 hours ago, Browncoat said:

For the era, it probably should have been a little more modest,

They weren't modest in the early 90s.  At least not in my market.  Maybe in Texas, though.

 

[iarwain]

I'm finally starting to warm up to Connor a little.  This episode suggests that he has some aptitude for a career in healthcare, at some level.  I'd like to see him pursue that - maybe an EMT, tech, nurse, NP, or even doctor.  The latter few would take more years than this show likely has left though.

Nice to see George again, although yeah the scenes were strange.  Didn't care for the zombie George scene, although that's just the sort of thing you might see in a dream.

Mandy is always wearing those short shorts, isn't she?  Not that I'm complaining.

Did anyone else notice on the vanity card that one of the things Chuck Lorre has been busy with is "scripts for a Big Bang Theory spinoff"?  

[ams1001]

2 minutes ago, iarwain said:

I'm finally starting to warm up to Connor a little.  This episode suggests that he has some aptitude for a career in healthcare, at some level.  I'd like to see him pursue that - maybe an EMT, tech, nurse, NP, or even doctor.  The latter few would take more years than this show likely has left though.

I don't know how he'd do in a fast-paced hospital setting or something like that, but he might be good as a home health care provider or nursing home aide where he'd be more one-on-one with the patients.

3 minutes ago, iarwain said:

Did anyone else notice on the vanity card that one of the things Chuck Lorre has been busy with is "scripts for a Big Bang Theory spinoff"?  

I saw something about a spinoff but not sure what it's supposed to be. Not sure if we really need more BBT universe...

[chitowngirl]

1 hour ago, iarwain said:

Did anyone else notice on the vanity card that one of the things Chuck Lorre has been busy with is "scripts for a Big Bang Theory spinoff"?  

There is talk of this with media links in TBBT General Discussion thread. Go to the last page and scroll down…

[iarwain]

1 hour ago, chitowngirl said:

There is talk of this with media links in TBBT General Discussion thread. Go to the last page and scroll down…

Okay, thanks.

[txhorns79]

4 hours ago, iarwain said:

Mandy is always wearing those short shorts, isn't she?  Not that I'm complaining.

I think Mandy is written and wardrobed like someone a lot younger than she actually is.  Half the time I forget she is supposed to be in her 30s.   

[iarwain]

5 hours ago, txhorns79 said:

I think Mandy is written and wardrobed like someone a lot younger than she actually is.  Half the time I forget she is supposed to be in her 30s.   

That's crossed my mind too.  It's almost like she's supposed to be the young one, not Georgie.  If I were to guess the character's age without being told, I'd say she was in her early or mid 20s.

[Chit Chat]

I was really disappointed in the scenes with Georgie & his dad.  What a wasted opportunity.   

[snarkylady]

I have watched nearly all TBBT and YS episodes.  I have not watched a single G&M episode yet.  I started one and turned it off midway.  It just doesn't interest me.  I think picking Georgie and Mandy rather than Missy and/or Meemaw was the wrong choice for the new series.  Now they were interesting characters!  Neither Georgie nor Mandy are worth watching.  And, when they decided to bring George Sr back they missed a wonderful opportunity to have Missy, who had a mostly positive relationship with her father, or Meemaw, who had a mostly negative relationship with her son-in-law, to interact with this fan favorite.   A Meemaw/George encounter could have been hilarious.   I am surprised the show was renewed and don't expect it to last more than one more year. 

[txhorns79]

1 hour ago, snarkylady said:

I am surprised the show was renewed and don't expect it to last more than one more year. 

It's one of CBS' highest rated shows. 

1 hour ago, iarwain said:

It's almost like she's supposed to be the young one, not Georgie. 

I do feel like she is written sometimes as though she is less mature than Georgie.  However, that might just be because they live with her parents and the dynamic that creates. 

[shura]

9 hours ago, txhorns79 said:

I do feel like she is written sometimes as though she is less mature than Georgie.  However, that might just be because they live with her parents and the dynamic that creates.

That is an interesting thought.  She is all attitude, eye-rolling and snarking at people outside of home too, though.  Plus she keeps telling her coworkers and customers how she is going to be on TV and famous, and, of course, it doesn’t help that her job is something we can easily picture a teenager doing.

[Dimity]

10 hours ago, txhorns79 said:

 

I do feel like she is written sometimes as though she is less mature than Georgie.  However, that might just be because they live with her parents and the dynamic that creates. 

I think it's just to minimize the age difference between her and Georgie.   They aren't ignoring it - even in this episode Mandy references that Georgie is still a teenager - but by having her immature and Georgie Mr. Grown Up they are meeting in the middle somewhere.

[DoYouLikeMutton]

13 hours ago, snarkylady said:

I have watched nearly all TBBT and YS episodes.  I have not watched a single G&M episode yet.  I started one and turned it off midway.  It just doesn't interest me.  I think picking Georgie and Mandy rather than Missy and/or Meemaw was the wrong choice for the new series.  Now they were interesting characters!  Neither Georgie nor Mandy are worth watching.  And, when they decided to bring George Sr back they missed a wonderful opportunity to have Missy, who had a mostly positive relationship with her father, or Meemaw, who had a mostly negative relationship with her son-in-law, to interact with this fan favorite.   A Meemaw/George encounter could have been hilarious.   I am surprised the show was renewed and don't expect it to last more than one more year. 

This.👆 

The Georgie and Mandy storyline was my least favorite trajectory of entie YS series. Other storylines that were way more interesting just vanished, *poof* into thin air, never to be seen or heard from again. 

[Dimity]

On 2/28/2025 at 8:40 AM, Browncoat said:

I really thought Mandy would get sick and miss her opportunity.  Glad they didn't go that direction.

I thought that as well and I'm glad they didn't go there.  It was a little annoying though that he was as sick as he was but no one else caught it.  I wish that were the way it works in real life!

[DoYouLikeMutton]

Shows what life was like pre-Covid.  ☹️  No one thought about isolating, etc.  

[crowceilidh]

IMO Georgie is lovely and his trajectory on YS was great, but Mandy is just boring.  They sort of try to make her into a Penny character with television ambitions, but what is the attraction between the two of them other than the physical?

[MollyMelrose]

Maybe an episode with Connor interacting with the guy at the tire store who really needs more than a line or two every third episode. 

Mandy claims to be a journalist. Right ...

[Katy M]

On 2/28/2025 at 8:40 AM, Browncoat said:

really thought Mandy would get sick and miss her opportunity.  Glad they didn't go that direction.

That's exactly where I thought they were going the first time Georgie sneezed and said it was allergies.  It's never allergies on a TV show.

 

2 hours ago, Dimity said:

I thought that as well and I'm glad they didn't go there.  It was a little annoying though that he was as sick as he was but no one else caught it.  I wish that were the way it works in real life!

sometimes it does.  I was on vacay with my parents a couple of years ago and I got sick. The lasat thing I wanted to do was get them sick and I did stick to my room, but then we had to drive home, and believe it or not, neither of them caught it.  I also started a new job last year and was sick and didn't really feel like I could call out sick my first week, and luckily managed not to pass it on to anyone.  But, i was in the end stages, so probably wasn't contagious any more.

[astrohip]

On 2/28/2025 at 7:20 AM, Snow Apple said:

But it just made the laugh track worse since it highlight the fact it's not a live audience. If it was live, there would've been a reaction when George Sr. appeared. I don't understand the decision for a laugh track. YS did perfectly fine without it, and TBBT was in front of a live audience so laughter and reactions were fine there.

 

G&M is a live audience. It's a multi-cam sitcom, with a live audience. There is no laugh track.

Steve Holland (showrunner) addressed this scene in an interview this week. He said laughs didn't feel right in that scene, so they edited them out. But those scenes were filmed in front of a live audience, just like the entire series.

BBT and G&M = multicam sitcom, live audience, live laughs
YS = single camera, no live audience, no laugh track

 

On 2/28/2025 at 11:10 AM, iarwain said:

Did anyone else notice on the vanity card that one of the things Chuck Lorre has been busy with is "scripts for a Big Bang Theory spinoff"?  

They're working on a BBT spinoff, featuring Stuart (comic book shop), Denise (his girlfriend), and Bert (the geologist).

 

18 hours ago, snarkylady said:

I have watched nearly all TBBT and YS episodes.  I have not watched a single G&M episode yet.  I started one and turned it off midway.  It just doesn't interest me.  I think picking Georgie and Mandy rather than Missy and/or Meemaw was the wrong choice for the new series.  Now they were interesting characters!  Neither Georgie nor Mandy are worth watching.  And, when they decided to bring George Sr back they missed a wonderful opportunity to have Missy, who had a mostly positive relationship with her father, or Meemaw, who had a mostly negative relationship with her son-in-law, to interact with this fan favorite.   A Meemaw/George encounter could have been hilarious.   I am surprised the show was renewed and don't expect it to last more than one more year. 

If you haven't watched a single episode, how can you say they're not worth watching. I appreciate you may not like the characters they chose to use, and if you don't want to watch them, your choice. But to then say "I'm surprised it was renewed and don't expect it to last"? How would you know? You haven't watched it.

[iarwain]

On 3/1/2025 at 2:10 PM, Katy M said:

I also started a new job last year and was sick and didn't really feel like I could call out sick my first week, and luckily managed not to pass it on to anyone.  But, i was in the end stages, so probably wasn't contagious any more.

It's something of a catch 22.  If you come to work sick and infect a bunch of people, you're going to hear it.  Yet, as you say, there are certain situations where you just can't call in sick - like your first week on the job.  It's a lose/lose proposition.