There’s only one show on the 2026 TV schedule that could actively destroy the universe as we know it, or at least only one with a comic book shop owner serving as its titular maybe-hero. I’m talking, of course, about Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, the impending comedy spinoff of perhaps the most successful sitcom of the 21st century. One of the biggest reasons to get excited is the fact that it’ll go hard on Big Bang Theory easter eggs, though maybe not the most normalized ones.
The new series’ co-star Lauren Lapkus knows a thing or two about the flagship series, having joined in Season 11 as Stuart’s assistant manager-turned-love interest. So she knows that audiences are going to be jazzed to recognize those callbacks when the new shows starts streaming (via HBO Max subscription.) Speaking with People about reprising Denise 7 years after the OG series ended, she says longtime fans will be pleased:
