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While having dinner in family, George discusses with Meemaw asking for her secret brisket recipe, the best in Texas in their opinion. Meemaw refuses, creating a family problem. Missy overhears a discussion of her parents and believe they may divorce because of Meemaw refusal.

"A Brisket, Voodoo, and Cannonball Run" is another hilarious episode of "Young Sheldon". I am still laughing at the scenes of Missy hitting at Georgie' door or George traveling to NOLA to buy ingredients for the fake recipe. Sheldon's recollection of the recipe since Meemaw told him before his second year-old is an amazingly good conclusion to resolve the Cooper family feud. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "A Brisket, Voodoo, and Cannonball Run"

I think this was a great episode, it provided the neurosis of Sheldon, and the typical family turmoil that exists. The only thing that would've made it perfect, is if they had actually revealed that brisket recipe...c'mon Chuck...it could've been an excellent vanity card! :D.

This is the best written episode of this newly released television series so far. There is a battle going on in the Cooper household that has continued over the past 15 years between Sheldon's father, and Sheldon's meemaw (grandmother) as George Sr. (dad) has been trying to get his hands on his mother-in-law's recipe for her delicious beef-brisket since he first start dating Sheldon's mom, Mary.

Now meemaw has her own reasons for not relinquishing her famed beef-brisket recipe to her ungrateful son-in-law George Sr., which leads meemaw to continue to tease George Sr. with a promise to release her famed beef-brisket recipe to no avail. Meemaw's refusal to share he recipe with her son-in-law is driving a wedge not only between Sheldon's dad and his meemaw, but all three Cooper kids are worried that the word "divorce" is in the cards for their parents if their dad does not get his hands on meemaw's secret beef brisket recipe.

So the chase is on and it really does get ugly, but this episode is also oh so funny. As in previous episodes, the adult Sheldon narrates to the audience how this dilemma eventually is resolved between his dad and his meemaw, and we eventually also find out the reason why meemaw would not share her recipe with George Sr, and also why she took such great pleasure in teasing her son-in-law.

The episode ends with a one on one conversation between George Sr. and meemaw with the entire Cooper clan listening in, and there is a very touching moment in the adult Sheldon's narrative as to how the Cooper clan resolve their internal issues in such a loving manner that everyone's opinion is respected, and no one gets hurt anymore.

I still believe this TV prequel spin-off of the 2007 multiple Emmy award series The Big Bang Theory, will surpass a season 1 with such strong and creative writing episodes in helping us the audience understand how adult Sheldon grew into the man he is today.

Mrs. Shullivan and I look forward to watching many more fantastic episodes of Young Sheldon as it is a very creative series, and the series extends to us their family values that are mostly lost or are non-existent in many of the other cheap and campy TV series that try to use shock value to maintain an audience. Much credit is also given to the entire cast whose parts are all extremely well done and the family is so intertwined and represent what could be many American households, minus most of us ever having a genius child/brother prodigy like the young Sheldon.

I give this episode a perfect 10/10 and I hope they win an Emmy for both the series on the back of episode 7, of Season 1.

Ian Armitage is great as the younger version of Sheldon Cooper, but I'm not sure this show would have survived if it was all on his head. Look at 'Frasier', it worked because all through the cast it had quality characters who you wanted to spend time with. Look at 'Joey', which despite my love for it you can't say the same about.

George Sr is a great character and it is nice to see Lance Barber having his time in the sun, having done guest spots on lots of other shows for a very long time. Including 'Joey'.

It's not the best episode from this first series, but it does have enough charm and light humour to carry it.