Since The Big Bang Theory ended in 2019, cast member Mayim Bialik has still kept busy with acting gigs and her mental health podcast series. She still looks back fondly on her time playing Amy Farrah Fowler on the hit CBS sitcom, though. Amid the 2026 TV schedule, Bialik even returned as Amy in the spinoff series, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. While Bialik mostly seems to have good memories from making the long-running show, she has some complex thoughts on having to work with that monkey years ago.
In Season 4's “The Agreement Dissection,” Amy gets to work with a monkey, Ricky, as lab research on addiction in primates. On The Big Bang Theory’s official podcast (via YouTube), Mayim Bialik spoke about what it was like working with a monkey, and the experience defied her expectations in a few ways:
