Community Service and the Key to a Happy Marriage

"" is the 10th episode in season seven of the sitcom Young Sheldon. The episode aired on May 2, 2024.
==Summary==
Meemaw gets assigned a tough probation officer, and Georgie takes marriage advice from his father-in-law.https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/young-sheldon/releases/?view=109726-meemaw-butts-heads-with-her-probation-officer-on-young-sheldon-thursday-may-2
==Plot==
Meemaw goes to the Medford Courthouse to see her probation officer, she decides to put on an "elderly" act but the probation officer, Rhonda, sees right through her and criticizes her for doing so, Meemaw hears her suggestions for doing other things other than 180 hours of community service: Building a home for the homeless, cleaning a sewage pipe, animal shelters, libraries, churches, Meemaw thinks of the church thing she recommended and jokes about it but Rhonda tells Meemaw that she has the power to put her in jail.
Missy organizes the beans and preservatives in the shelves wrongly which starts a fight between Sheldon and Missy, the fight is immediately ended by Mary whom lets Missy go due to her paternity test, Meemaw comes in and tries to get Mary to sign her time sheets for community service at the church, Mary gets offended by it but when Meemaw makes a reference to her old age and how much time she's got, Mary sarcastically says that she's glad she's gonna spend it with her.
Audrey reads a book while CeeCee cries on the baby monitor, Mandy comes in and immediately starts questioning her about it, Audrey tells Mandy to not coddle CeeCee so much but Mandy gets offended by it saying it as "You're telling me to stop baby'ing my baby?", In the middle of the fight, CeeCee stops crying which makes Audrey proud of herself but it then gets interrupted by CeeCee crying, which makes Mandy proud of herself.
Being late to come in, Meemaw comes in at the church and tries to take a nap when Pastor Jeff comes in, he is glad that Meemaw is helping out and suggests her first assignment is to get his suit from the dry cleaner's next to the nail salon but Mary interrupts by making Meemaw arrange the donation room, Pastor Jeff agrees with it, and so Mary leads Meemaw to the donation room, which is filled with a bunch of stuff.
When Georgie tries to clean CeeCee's pacifier, Audrey puts the thought of self-reliance on him, but Mandy interrupts and takes the pacifier from Georgie, Georgie doesn't know what to do and just follows Mandy, yelling out that they should just tell him what to do.
After a terrible first day of community service, Meemaw only put in 6 hours of work, George makes a joke about it, when Meemaw finds out he knows Rhonda from high school, Meemaw asks him to talk to her but George tries to make her say the magic word, Meemaw tells him about the payment she did on the house, which makes George actually go to Rhonda.
Georgie follows Mandy into her room, Mandy is offended Georgie took her mother's side while Georgie keeps referencing that she's her elder.
George comes in Rhonda's office which surprises Rhonda, George talks to her about lessening Meemaw's time but when Rhonda asks George if he would give special treatment to one of his players who would duck in practice, George tells her no and that he would be tougher on them but immediately realizes what he just said, George thanks Rhonda for the grapes and leaves immediately.
At Jim's tire shop, Georgie finally snaps and takes Mandy' side, he tries to talk to Audrey but Jim takes a walk with him interrupting his sentence, he and Georgie go into the backroom, Jim tells Georgie that if he's alone with either mothers, he should take their side.
Rhonda comes into the donation room and sees Meemaw reading a book, Rhonda gives Meemaw a talking to and reminds her that she owns her "tired old ass", after the conversation, Meemaw goes to George to give him a talking to, Meemaw has no choice but to use Sheldon to organize the donation room, in the donation room, Sheldon thanks Meemaw and immediately gets to work.
Mandy cancels the appointment her mother made, Georgie puts on an act and takes her side which makes Mandy hug Georgie.
While Sheldon and Meemaw organize the room, Mary comes in and makes Sheldon go into her office, Mary gives Meemaw a talking to.
At the dinner table, Mandy confuses Georgie on whom cooked the meat which makes Mandy finally realize the act Georgie put on, Georgie apologizes for it but he says that her mother is right for getting a new doctor but she's wrong for doing it behind her back, Georgie also points out that their current doctor put rubbing alcohol on their arm but used the other arm.
Meemaw comes into the donation room and is surprised to see Mary helping her organize, Sheldon is also helping because he couldn't sleep knowing the room is half-organized.
Meemaw enters Rhonda's office to do the weekly update, Rhonda is proud of Meemaw for doing 40 hours of work by "herself" (Mary had lied to Rhonda about working by herself), Meemaw asks her about reducing the sentence but when Rhonda gives her a look, Meemaw plays it off as a joke.
In the living room, Mandy thanks Audrey for the doctor, but when Georgie tries to speak, Mandy and Audrey get into a fight about how the husbands can't speak their mind, Georgie and Jim makes a mutual decision and they both leave.
==Credits==
===Main===
*Iain Armitage as Sheldon Cooper
*Zoe Perry as Mary Cooper
*Lance Barber as George Cooper Sr.
*Montana Jordan as George Cooper Jr.
*Raegan Revord as Missy Cooper
*Jim Parsons as the voice of Sheldon Cooper
*Annie Potts as Meemaw
*Emily Osment as Amanda McAllister
===Recurring===
*Will Sasso as Jim McAllister
*Rachel Bay Jones as Audrey McAllister
===Guest===
*Octavia Spencer as Rhonda Thomason
==Notes==
*The 28th and final time Young Sheldon Cooper absent in cold open.
==Vanity Card==
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==Critics==
==Trivia==
*Missy appears in only one scene in this episode.
*Jim and Audrey have been married for 35 years.
==Quotes==
:(In the donation room)
:Mary: "(sighs) Also Sheldon couldn't sleep knowing the room was half-organized."
:Sheldon: "It's true! It's like my brain was itchy and I couldn't scratch it, very irritating."
:Mary: "It was, VERY."
==Gallery== 
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==References==
Category:Young Sheldon Episodes
Category:Season 7 (Young Sheldon)
Category:Young Sheldon Cooper absent in cold opens