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The ending of “Young Sheldon”<\/a> may have provided its fans with a lot of closure, but it also gave viewers a very confusing and muddled final message. In many ways, it shows how the titular character (portrayed as an adult by Jim Parsons, returning from “The Big Bang Theory”<\/a>) continued to keep his selfish disposition despite supposedly discovering generosity in the finale of “The Big Bang Theory.”<\/a>\u00a0The entire closing episode of the series is all about how Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage) must do something unselfish to comfort his mother, Mary (Zoe Perry), and give her some solace in the wake of his father’s sudden death. Even though he’s an atheist, he puts on a wet suit and allows himself to be baptized. As he tells his mother, he doesn’t believe in God, but he loves and believes in her.<\/p>\n But in the present day, Sheldon is recalcitrant about making any kind of sacrifice regarding his children. He wants to spend his time alone in his study, working on his memoir, instead of going to his son Leonard’s hockey game. Amy has to talk him into it through coaxing, wheedling, and pointing out that he’s failed to practice what he preaches regarding self-sacrifice and discipline. He finally agrees to go \u2014 and even don the jersey of his son’s hockey team after insisting he wouldn’t \u2014 but one last jab puts Sheldon’s redemption in question.<\/p>\n