
Citadel
Citadel is stylish, silly and salacious. But its amnesiac spies may well leave conscientious viewers wishing they could forget.
Most newlyweds get to enjoy the bliss of starting a new life together. But the beginning of Georgie and Mandy’s marriage is not as blissful as they may have hoped.
Their baby, Ceecee, is nearly 1 year old. Georgie’s job (at his father-in-law’s auto store) doesn’t pay that well, and he’s struggling to make ends meet. And they’re living with Mandy’s parents, Jim and Audrey McAllister.
At first, Mandy finds living with her mother unbearable. She claims that “Every day I’m in this house with her, a little piece of me dies.” They even move out for a while. But soon they’re back, forced to deal with their cramped living situation and their quirky relatives. Mandy’s younger brother, Connor, loudly plays his self-composed music. Mandy and Georgie must share a room with their baby. And Audrey believes that Georgie—a 19-year-old high school drop-out—ruined Mandy’s life by marrying her.
When Audrey expresses her concern to Jim, he refers to the younger couple’s 12-year age gap, and retorts, “He’s a kid. If anything, she ruined his life.”
But despite the McAllisters’ doubts about him, Georgie takes initiative to become a responsible father and husband.
And it appears his efforts might pay off.
In 2017, CBS released Young Sheldon, a show that depicts the childhood of know-it-all physicist Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. The spin-off became almost as big a success as the original: Audiences fell in love with young Sheldon and his East Texas family—including Sheldon’s Christian mother, Mary, and older brother, Georgie.
You’d think seven seasons of the Young Sheldon spin-off would satisfy audiences’ itch for more The Big Bang Theory content, but in 2024 Chuck Lorre released Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, which continues Georgie and Mandy’s relationship where Young Sheldon left it.
Like Lorre’s other shows in this franchise, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage contains content issues that are common in television sitcoms. Characters use mild profanity including “p-ss” and “d–n,” and their humor occasionally relies on ridiculing other individuals. Additionally, some jokes also rely on sexual innuendo, and characters frequently refer to the unconventional aspects of Georgie and Mandy’s relationship, including their 12-year age gap and their pregnancy out of wedlock. And a couple episodes in Season 2 deal with Mandy’s unorthodox views on God—episodes that come with some scoffing and jokes at Christian expense.
So while the main story ultimately centers around a family that learns to care for one another despite their differences, not all the humor here would be approved by Georgie’s Christian mom.
(Editor’s Note: Plugged In is rarely able to watch every episode of a given series for review. As such, there’s always a chance that you might see a problem that we didn’t. If you notice content that you feel should be included in our review, send us an email at letters@pluggedin.com, or contact us via Facebook or Instagram, and be sure to let us know the episode number, title and season so that we can check it out.)
Georgie and Mandy look for other living arrangements when Audrey implies that she thinks Georgie is unintelligent.
While Georgie and Mandy do love their family, their interactions can be somewhat dysfunctional. For example, Mandy and Audrey frequently argue, and Audrey consistently disrespects Georgie behind his back. (Georgie eventually confronts Audrey about her disrespectful behavior.) Jim also laughs at a rude remark about his wife.
A character makes a sexual reference, and the opening credits feature a slightly sensual dance in which Mandy wears a somewhat revealing dress. Additionally, male and female characters can be seen in their underwear, and a married couple kisses while cuddling on a bed.
Characters use profanity, including three uses of “p-ss,” one use of “d–n,” a use of “dang” and a use of “sucks.” Additionally, several characters drink alcohol, and one of these characters is underage.
Georgie and Mandy brainstorm creative ways to make more money when Georgie discovers that Mandy has $12,000 worth of credit-card debt.
The main conflict of the episode revolves around Mandy’s dishonesty about her debt. She attempts to hide it from Georgie, and when he discovers her secret, she claims that the debt is her problem, not his. Later in the episode, Georgie keeps a secret from Mandy, too.
Family dynamics in the McAllister household continue to be tense. In one scene, Audrey implies that she wishes Mandy and Georgie’s relationship would end. Jim also tells Georgie that he originally wanted to shoot him when he learned that Mandy was pregnant.
A man lies in bed without wearing his shirt, and it is implied that a married couple had sex—though the action is not seen onscreen. In another scene, a man takes off his pants, and he can be seen in his underwear. A married couple kisses one another. A man states that he thinks someone’s mom is “hot.”
Characters keep their language generally appropriate, though there are single uses of “d–n” and “h—.”
A character is seen drinking a beer, and he discusses being drunk. Later, this character robs a bank, which is played for laughs.
Georgie and co-worker Ruben, now owners of Jim’s auto shop, fail to agree on how to run the business. Jim struggles with boredom in his recent retirement.
Someone mentions Jim’s tendency to comment on how attractive older actresses used to be. We see Georgie and Mandy both in boxer shorts, and they kiss before sex as the scene fades away. Georgie laments that, unlike with Mandy, he can’t “act sexy to get my way with Ruben.” Jim asks his wife if she’d like to “fool around,” and she begrudgingly agrees.
Jim drinks beer. Someone describes the man as “getting drunk in the garage.”
We hear crudities like “a–,” “d–n,” “p-ss” and “crap.” God’s name is used in vain twice.
While reporting for the news, Mandy alleges that God may be a woman, causing controversy with her audience.
Characters make a number of quips referencing God or faith throughout the show.
Pastor Jeff, who heads the Baptist church, asks Mandy to cover the church’s charity carnival. Audrey, a Roman Catholic, is upset by this, claiming that Mandy is happy to cover the Baptist church but not the Catholic church. When Mandy responds that she’d cover a cult if it got her more time in front of the camera, Audrey says that Mandy is “off to a good start.”
As Mandy interviews Jeff, she mentions that the weather should remain clear for the carnival, to which Jeff states that they can thank Him (meaning God). Mandy adds: “or her.” As the controversy around her statement grows, Mandy doubles down, saying that God would be lucky to be a woman. And to try to support his wife, Georgie states that, since God sends plagues and floods, “that kind of temperament sounds like a woman.”
Someone calls Mandy’s work to say, “that blaspheming bimbo […] can do her next weather report from hell.” (Mandy quips that it’d be an easy gig, since she knows it’ll be hot.) Someone suggests that Mandy be punished for her comment via stoning. Hate mail calls Mandy “Satan Barbie.” And when Jeff hears of the hate mail going to Mandy, he tells his congregation that sending hate mail to their neighbors is against Jesus’ teaching—instead, they should send hate mail to The Simpsons.
A woman is upset that Mandy’s outfit reveals a bit of cleavage. Meanwhile, Georgie tells Mandy that she should unbutton her outfit to reveal more for the camera.
Jim references a kissing booth at a church carnival he attended as a kid. It’s where he received his first kiss—and it was from his female Sunday school teacher. Mandy calls kissing booths “herpes roulette.” Jim states that there are four things people in Texas don’t talk about: religion, politics, money and sex. Someone tells Mandy that her comment “knocked a pregnant teenager off the top of the prayer list.” When Mandy doubts Georgie’s self-description as a “trophy husband,” he scoffs: “You’ve seen me with my shirt off.”
Jim drinks beer. Georgie references raiding his dad’s liquor cabinet when he was in high school.
We hear one misuse of God’s name and one use of “d–n.”
When Mandy discovers that her on-air statements about the possibility of God being female has caused Georgie to lose business, she sets out to fix it. Jim discovers his adult son still gets an allowance.
A rival auto shop, Fagenbacher Auto, releases an ad to capitalize on Mandy’s religious comments. In the commercial, the owner states that he believes in three things: God, Texas and quality tires. “Come on down to Fagenbacher Auto, where the only thing we put above our customers is the Lord Himself,” the man emphasizes.
When Georgie calls Fagenbacher to complain, the man laughs, asking if Georgie’s “lady god [has] been holding out” on him. “Ain’t that just like a woman?” he jokes. Jeff’s female assistant asks Jeff to allow her to preach a sermon.
Jeff and Mandy discover plenty of people upset with both of them—Mandy for her unorthodox beliefs and Jeff because the incident got Mandy fired. They both hope to earn some goodwill (and return business to Georgie’s shop) by negotiating a truce: Mandy will attend church twice a month if Jeff sends his congregation to Georgie’s auto shop. Georgie tells the congregation that they’ll get 10% off if they say, “Jesus loves you.”
Still, Mandy is upset that all she gets from the deal is prayer for a new job. “Yeah, I’m going to heaven, big whoop,” she says. Later, when a news station does hire her, Mandy and Georgie argue over whether prayer brought the job or Mandy’s work. Georgie states that, if God helped the Dallas Cowboys win the Super Bowl, surely He’d be able to get Mandy a job.
A mailman inquires whether Mandy is “still in league with Satan.” Jeff describes God as a “lover, not a smiter.” A church sign states, “Forget coupons: Jesus is the real saver.”
Someone mentions a sexual encounter he had with someone else’s mother. Upset that her dad is buttering up Georgie, Mandy asks Jim why he didn’t just marry the man. “He didn’t get me pregnant,” Jim retorts. Georgie wonders if Jim and Audrey will give him and Mandy the house after they die, and he states he’d like to stay in the same bedroom they currently have, since he doesn’t “want to have sex on some dead people’s bed.” Jim threatens to withhold sex from his wife after she goes against his wishes.
People drink wine and beer.
God’s name is used in vain once. “H—” is used once, too.
Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He’s also an avid cook. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”

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