Meanwhile, Mary is dealing with a distinctly terrestrial crisis: her aging, frizzy hair. Meemaw (the glorious Annie Potts) gifts Mary a home hair-perming kit, leading to the titular "frizzy hair machine"—a disaster that leaves Mary looking electrocuted just in time for parent-teacher night.
Sheldon: "I’ve calculated that my asteroid has a 0.4% chance of hitting Earth in 2045." Missy: "So you’re saying there’s a 99.6% chance it misses? Cool." Sheldon: "That is not how probability works!" Stream "Young Sheldon" Season 1, Episode 16 on Max or Netflix. young sheldon s01e16 satrip
This is the episode where George Sr. stops being just a beer-drinking, football-obsessed dad and becomes a tragic figure. The episode opens with Sheldon in full panic mode. He has calculated that an asteroid (later named "Sheldon 1") has a minuscule, but non-zero, chance of colliding with Earth in 30 years. To a neurotic prodigy, a 1-in-250 chance is a crisis. He dedicates himself to building a laser defense system for his school science fair. Meanwhile, Mary is dealing with a distinctly terrestrial