''since Sam had a rough divorce with Paul, she might have plotted his murder and was likely lying about leaving town to see her parents'' - what do you mean by ''likely lying'', we literally saw Sam arriving to her parents' with her kids???

Except their separation will be temporary (evidenced by "first marriage" in the title) and there could be many other contributing factors. Doubt that Mary and Audrey's conflict is the main reason, that's a bit simplistic view on marriage dynamics.

"what's with this hyperbole" and proceeds to use hyperboles lol))) Noone is giving Audrey a , she did try to make amends and Mary rejected it in a rude manner. Audrey has been shown in a more sympathetic light recently, she's trying with Mandy and even Georgie and Mary, she loves and appreciates her husband etc. Get over "hating" on any fictional character or projecting it on other people.

Except it does match up. What we see now is a transition from Mary we knew in Young Sheldon to Mary we knew from TBBT. Right now she is going through acute grief so all her worst tendencies are heightened.