As Sheldon is preparing to graduate from highschool, he panics when he fears that he's not ready for college.
Sheldon volunteers as a guide for a railway museum but things don't run smoothly. George faces an awkward situation with Missy when he drives her to her baseball game.
With college coming closer, Sheldon insists on riding his bike without extra training wheels.
Sheldon becomes competitive with Paige, when they end up going to the same Bible Camp.
Dale and Meemaw are trying to fix their relationship problems, while spending time with Sheldon and Missy. George and Mary go on a trip with Coach Wilkins and his wife.
The orientation day doesn't go well as Sheldon expected. George Sr. lends Pastor Jeff a hand with building a children's nursery.
Sheldon's first day of college doesn't go smoothly because of his new philosophy teacher, Professor Ericson.
Meemaw takes control of the situation when things start to get messy with Sheldon due to his philosophy teacher.
Sheldon and George Sr. have dinner with President Hagemeyer. Georgie comforts Missy, when Mary refuses to allow her to go to the school dance.
Sheldon sets out to become the lab assistant to Dr. Linkletter. Georgie receives help from Mr. Lundy for a new business project.
Sheldon is pushed by Dr. Linkletter's to form new friendships in college.
Dr. Linkletter, Sheldon and Meemaw cooperate together in a new science experiment. Mary is upset that Brenda and Pastor Jeff are hanging out together.
Sheldon refuses to get in a car after he encountered an accident with Meemaw, while Missy is taking advantage of what happened at school.
Sheldon does his best to prove the IRS wrong, when they accuse him of making a mistake.
Sheldon faces a moral crisis, when he is offered a pirated copy of a game that he is not able to afford.
Sheldon clashes with Paige, when he's asked to convince her to join his school, while she wants to join other universities.
Dr. Sturgis talks with the Coopers about the possibilities of black holes and other universes when he arrives to have dinner.
A series of events unfold with the Coopers, when Missy gets her heart broken by Marcus.