SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the series premiere of "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,” now streaming on HBO Max. HBO Max's "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe" opens in a post-apocalyptic Pasadena,

The characters of Stuart (Kevin Sussman), Kripke (John Ross Bowie), Denise (Lauren Lapkus) and Bert (Brian Posehn) were viewed largely from a distance during the 12-season run of “The Big Bang Theory....

Stuart, Bert and Denise are captured and imprisoned alongside Raj (original Big Bang star Kunal Nayyar) who had been locked up there for years under the orders of "the evil one," the Great Khalif of S...