After the last season of “The Big Bang Theory” ended on such a dramatic note, fans of the show have been wondering what the producers are planning for the new 9th season. We don’t know if Sheldon and Amy are going to rekindle their relationship or if they’ll stay separated, but of course many fans have been rooting for Sheldon and hoping that he’ll find a way to win Amy back. The two made a great couple while they were still together, but in the end Amy was displeased with the way their relationship was going.
She was apparently feeling suffocated by Sheldon and at the same time felt like she wanted to explore more, so she made the difficult decision to break up and tell him that they should see other people. It’s not clear if she meant it as a temporary break or a complete break-up, but she did seem invested in what she was saying, so she likely really meant it and has been thinking about it for a while.
There have been hints that Sheldon might try to earn Amy back, but we don’t know how he might go about that as of yet. Sheldon was actually getting ready to propose to Amy before their break-up, which makes the situation that much more difficult for him. However, the proposal wasn’t explicitly described in the finale – Sheldon was just shown looking at a ring in a box, but we don’t know if he was actually planning to propose with it, or if it had another meaning.
The actress who plays Amy on the show, Mayim Bialik, recently said that fans shouldn’t jump to conclusions and should just enjoy the show as it develops, because they likely aren’t going to guess what’s coming up next. There are indeed various possibilities for how the show might proceed over its next episodes once season 9 starts airing, and while it’s pretty much guaranteed that the story between Sheldon and Amy is going to be explored in more detail, we don’t know how exactly.
Bialik also joked that “only Gollum knows the truth” about what Sheldon was planning to do with the ring, as he confided in the small figurine. Of course, we’re likely going to see the truth eventually, but it’s certainly shaping up to be an interesting plot that fans keep trying to guess about. Discussions about the show have been very active on online messaging boards after the dramatic finale of season 8, and we expect that season 9 will have quite the serious viewership.