# Stuart Fails to Save the Universe - Big Bang Theory spinoff. Spoilers after first post **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, hbomax-wb-dc\ **Created:** [July 24, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892 "2026-07-24T02:41:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/161 "2026-09-26T13:28:55Z")
In one episode, we were told that Sheldon was appearing on Broadway, so the personality might be different enough to make it interesting for Jim Parsons? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/162 "2026-09-26T15:22:18Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Now that season 1 is over, I wonder why Galecki or Helberg didn’t participate. I assume that each of them would have been welcomed with open arms if they had so desired. I assumed they’re holding them back for another season. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/163 "2026-09-26T17:56:39Z")
I presume they are sending the messages. I also think that we _will_ see Parsons by the series finale. My take is that he wouldn’t do a sequel that was him as a focus, but a one off walk on? It would be hushed until the finale is released. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/164 "2026-09-26T21:16:51Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Now that season 1 is over, I wonder why Galecki or Helberg didn’t participate. Because if Leonard or Howard (or Sheldon) show up in any universe, they’ll be able to intuit how the machine was put together, how to program it to send Stuart _et al_ back to our universe, and the series will be over. Other-universe Raj already had figured most of the machine out and Raj wasn’t even involved in its making. Barry seems to know how to adapt the device to give it a “steewing weel” but hasn’t yet been able to get the parts. ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/165 "2026-09-28T10:49:17Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Barry seems to know how to adapt the device to give it a “steewing weel” but hasn’t yet been able to get the parts. What is Barry’s science background, for those of us who didn’t watch BBT? They have told us Bert is a geologist but I haven’t been able to figure out what Barry’s deal is. And also, Denise. Is she a scientist or just geek eye candy? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/166 "2026-09-28T10:54:53Z")
> [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](#): > > What is Barry’s science background, for those of us who didn’t watch BBT? They have told us Bert is a geologist but I haven’t been able to figure out what Barry’s deal is. According to the BBT Wiki, “He is a Caltech plasma physicist and string theorist”. > [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](#): > > And also, Denise. Is she a scientist or just geek eye candy? Denise is the assistant manager at the comic book store. Not a scientist but certainly a nerd and comic book geek. “Eye candy” is in the eye of the beholder. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/167 "2026-09-28T13:41:43Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > According to the BBT Wiki, “He is a Caltech plasma physicist and string theorist”. While Barry was the group’s antagonist in BBT, this Barry is from alternate universe #1, so it’s more difficult to discern his background and relationship to the group. He did appear to have a science background before he became ultimate dictator in his home universe. Denise also came from alternate universe #1, but every iteration of her seems to be comic book nerd who was with Stuart in every universe. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/168 "2026-09-28T13:50:05Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > alternate universe #1 The main Denise is from alternate universe 2 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/169 "2026-09-28T14:23:59Z")
Maybe they’re saving it for later, but I was expecting them at some point to arrive in a universe where all that garbage (and the occasional dead body) from this Stuart’s first universe that they’d been stuffing into dimensional rifts all comes out. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/170 "2026-09-28T14:29:57Z")
Both Stuart and Bert retained their backgrounds so I think it’s likely that Kripke did as well. Also, the personalities are no different. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/171 "2026-09-28T14:54:19Z")
I think the idea is that the apocalypse happened sometime after the BBT finale, so otherwise they’re still basically the same people. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/172 "2026-09-28T15:03:33Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > That’s very mild compared to how _Rick and Morty_ handles it. For instance, [the universe](https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/Phone_Universe) [Here it is.](https://youtu.be/AUBmEDAoGOE) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/173 "2026-09-28T15:25:03Z")
Barry is a physicist that at times outshines Sheldon, and Denise is far more than eye candy (although she is quite cute). Her love for Stuart is what motivates him do do just about everything. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/174 "2026-09-28T15:53:08Z")
Stuart and Denise’s relationship can be summed up in this one clip from Big Bang Theory. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HBxOYY4Q-Ls/maxresdefault.jpg "Best Of Stuart and Denise | The Big Bang Theory") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBxOYY4Q-Ls&t=65) ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/175 "2026-10-09T23:52:44Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I noticed that the large banner as they walked out of studio city said “Young Leonard.” I’m sure they’re just screwing with us. The other two were “Two and a Half Women” which I honestly thought might have been a real show and “SFTSTU.” I finally got around to watching the season finale. The thing in the scene from the spoiler within the quote: Is it perhaps Penny, Amy, and Bernadette (as the half woman, because she’s short.) Funny? Or cringey? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892/176 "2026-10-10T01:10:36Z")
I’ve seen some [blurry screen grabs](https://www.reddit.com/r/sftstu/comments/1wpjgba/spoiler_alert_i_just_spotted_out_two_shows/). I don’t recognize any of the faces. Anyway, Chuck Lorre said that the posters mean that the characters are not in our universe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-spinoff-spoilers-after-first-post/1031892.md?page=8)