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Stuart Fails to Save the Universe contradicts Big Bang Theory lore and, according to the creators of the new HBO Max show, it's a 'deliberate choice'

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe contradicts Big Bang Theory lore and, according to the creators of the new HBO Max show, it's a 'deliberate choice'

Don't ask me what happened in any episode of The Big Bang Theorybecause I honestly don't remember.

Over the course of 12 seasons, a wealth of in-jokes, long-running jokes, and endless scientific lore were created, and you can bet your bottom dollar that hardcore fans won't have forgotten a thing.

Initially, this level of detail made me nervous when trying to watch the new HBO Max spinoff. Stuart fails to save the universe.

“You are not obliged to be consistent”

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“One of the wonderful things about going from one universe to another is that you're not forced to be consistent,” Prady tells me.

“We're in a different universe. When we were doing this, I always remembered an episode of doctor who where the Doctor confronts the inconsistency of the episode they are in. He points out that time is more of a kind of vague thing, and I think we had a lot of that saying, 'This is a different universe, and this is how it is in this universe.'”

Even from episode 1, which will premiere on HBO Max on July 23, you can see how it would break your brain to try to comply with the rules and regulations of TBBT.

Stuart and the gang frequently face alternate versions of themselves and the others are aware of completely different things… and that's before we consider that there's always an overall physical difference in every universe visited.

“We kind of approached it as if we weren't trying to build this perfectly organized sci-fi idea,” Penn adds. “We actually want to violate the ideas that we established and then have the characters recognize that that's what we've done. We do that a lot.

“There are characters throughout the season who mention that things don't really make sense… no one can follow it. That was a deliberate choice because. The show is not designed to be something that is a puzzle to solve perfectly.”

As the saying goes, if you can't beat them… let yourself be baffled by the decisions being made around you. Trust me: Part of the fun is trying to keep up with the madness of the multiverse and guessing what's coming next, and you'll never, ever be right.