The finale marked the end<\/a> of the series, and saw Jim Parsons reprise the titular role<\/a>\u2018s older version for a special flash-forward scene.<\/p>\n The shortened seventh season also set up Georgie and Mandy\u2019s spin-off<\/a>, and featured the dreaded death of a major character.<\/p>\n One familiar face was missing, however. Many fans were shocked when child prodigy Paige Swanson didn\u2019t return for the final season.<\/p>\n Played by Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire<\/a>), the fan favourite character was last seen in season 6, when she was enlisted by Sheldon\u2019s sister Missy to help her run away to Florida.<\/p>\n The pair were caught before they could cross state lines, and though Missy is reprimanded, Paige\u2019s fate is never explained, prompting fans to wonder whether the fact her name is never mentioned in The Big Bang Theory means she met a dark end.<\/p>\n Young Sheldon producer Steve Holland recently shed some light on Paige\u2019s absence, though \u2013 read on for more.<\/p>\n Holland addressed fans\u2019 questioning of Paige\u2019s absence during a recent interview with\u00a0TVLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople ask about Paige all the time, and she was only in [nine] episodes of Young Sheldon,\u201d he said, before addressing suggestions that she could\u2019ve been mentioned in the final Big Bang Theory season.<\/p>\n \u201c[By the time her role was expanded,] Big Bang was done, and there was no way to go, \u2018Can we go back and retrofit [her] into Big Bang Theory?\u2019\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n As for why Grace wasn\u2019t brought back for season 7, it sounds like it was a scheduling conflict<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople online respond to Paige, and I think that\u2019s because Mckenna is incredible,\u201d Holland added.<\/p>\n \u201cThe downside of Mckenna being incredible is that Mckenna is a movie star, and that makes Mckenna very difficult to get.\u201d<\/p> Young Sheldon seasons 1-6 are available to stream on Netflix. Sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. Netflix is also available on\u00a0Sky Glass<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.\u00a0For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Young Sheldon producer Steve Holland opened up about Paige’s fate in The Big Bang Theory prequel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":51855,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/what-happened-to-paige-in-young-sheldon-absence-explained-scaled.jpg",2560,1705,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/what-happened-to-paige-in-young-sheldon-absence-explained-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/what-happened-to-paige-in-young-sheldon-absence-explained-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/what-happened-to-paige-in-young-sheldon-absence-explained-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/what-happened-to-paige-in-young-sheldon-absence-explained-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/what-happened-to-paige-in-young-sheldon-absence-explained-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/05\/what-happened-to-paige-in-young-sheldon-absence-explained-2048x1364.jpg",2048,1364,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Young Sheldon producer Steve Holland opened up about Paige's fate in The Big Bang Theory prequel.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/51854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What happened to Paige in Young Sheldon? 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