The Big Bang Theory: 10 Questions That Must Be Answered Before The End

10. Will Sheldon Prove A Theory And Receive The Recognition He So Greatly Desires?

If you go back through the entire series, Dr. Sheldon Cooper has struggled with his inability to solve many of life (and physics') greatest mysteries. His work has consistently been either disproved or discredited with the most recent occurrence happening in season 12's "The Citation Negation."

His work alongside his wife, Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler was found to have been disproved long ago by a Russian scientist and he didn't take the news well.

Seeing as his work has reached a plateau and then failed to move forward, Sheldon may never achieve the recognition he feels his genius deserves. Will he ever solve a problem in physics that establishes him alongside his many heroes in academia?

Hopefully, the answer to this question will be a "yes" by the end of the series, but given he has worked on various problems for several seasons at a time, it seems unlikely this will occur. Perhaps the series will conclude with an 80s-style text explaining what happens to the characters after the show concludes with information suggesting Sheldon succeeds... Probably not. Whatever happens, it would be almost criminal to conclude the series with Sheldon never achieving his scientific goals.