He tells her he’s not going to East Texas U — not yet. Instead, he’s using the money from the tire shop and a small loan from Meemaw (Annie Potts, fresh off a casino lawsuit settlement) to buy the closed-down gas station on Route 36. He’s renaming it “Cooper’s” — tires, coffee, and eventually, barbecue.

Sheldon doesn’t turn. “I’m calculating the opportunity cost of happiness, Missy. The variables are… uncooperative.”

May 16, 2025 Runtime: 52 minutes (expanded series finale) Written by: Chuck Lorre & Steven Molaro Directed by: Iain Armitage (acting debut as director)

Sturgis: “I didn’t. One day, the questions I wanted to ask were no longer in this building. They were in my head. And that was terrifying. So I stayed another year.”