9-year-old Sheldon Cooper is a once-in-a-generation mind, but learns that isn’t always helpful growing up in Texas, on the series debut.

To appease his worried mother, Sheldon employs the techniques of a self-help book to try and make a friend.

When George Sr. is rushed to the emergency room, Meemaw comes to babysit; the kids have an adventure getting to the hospital on their own.

After choking on a breakfast sausage, Sheldon wrestles with his fear of solid foods and discovers comic books for the first time.

Sheldon struggles with newfound popularity after utilizing statistics to help the football team.

When a NASA representative visits Sheldon’s school and dismisses his science, Sheldon is set on a mission to prove him wrong.