George's future

Penny, I am going to tell you a story that I've never told anyone. All right. I was 13 years old, and on spring break from college. Not relating. Go on. I came home early because they ran out of math to teach me. Oh, now I'm with ya. Okay. My mother was at bible study. I walked in the house expecting to find it empty, and I heard a sound coming from my parents' bedroom. When I opened the door, I saw my father having relations with another woman. Oh, that's awful! I know. It's also why I never open a door without knocking three times. I mean, the first one's traditional, but two and three are for people to get their pants on.

It doesn't feel like they're necessarily building up to it, but it doesn't feel unnatural. He seems to feel unappreciated for the sacrifices he makes for his family.

Lance Barber said in an interview he would not do a storyline that involved his George Sr. having an affair.

I think George Sr. is around until Sheldon is a teen-ager. Remember the first season Big Bang episode when Sheldon gets sick? He blames Penny because she came back from a family visit in Nebraska and everyone there had the flu. "She's a carrier!" And Sheldon had no "cornhusker antibodies."

Anyway, he tells her about being ill when he was in Germany when he was fifteen. His mom had been with him but she had to return to Texas to help his dad.

At any rate, I hope the dad lasts through the entire run of the series. He's a great stabilizing force in contrast to the mom who is always frantic and worried.