My Thoughts - Stuart Fails to Save the Universe: Spoiler: Zack's in This One (7/30/2026)

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Synopsis: After using the device to transport themselves to another universe, Stuart (Kevin Sussman), Bert (Brian Posehn) and Barry (John Ross Bowie) discover they are in a world dominated by an AI overlord that punishes anyone who shows any sort of aggression. While Bert and Barry go to Caltech in search of answers, Stuart goes in search of Denise (Lauren Lapkus).


My Thoughts:

What happens to the other versions of Stuart and company? Since they didn't run into other versions of themselves, I can only assume they replaced their alternate versions. Do those versions get transported to the universe they traveled from? Are they also using their own version of the device? Are they confused about what is happening?

Along those lines, why didn't anyone recognize Bert and Barry? Stuart apparently owns a comic store in every universe (or at least the ones we've seen). Shouldn't the same standard apply to his friends? Barry and Bert worked at Caltech and yet Ramona Nowitzki (Riki Lindhome) had no idea who either of them were and there wasn't even a geology department anymore.

The joke about taking 30 months to "rescue" them from the reprogramming camp was clever. It matched up well to the guest appearances by Zack (Brian Thomas Smith) and Penny (Kaley Cuoco), who truly seemed like a pair who could run a very inefficient resistance movement. It also reinforced the underlying premise of Stuart being the last person to be trusted to save the world.

Speaking of that though, considering who was running it, how did the resistance figure out how to suppress the AI technology's ability to punish them? That seemed like something that was way outside their combined intellect, and I didn't see any geniuses in their group.

Why does Stuart always end up back in his comic book shop? I would think activating that device would transport them to the same location in the alternate universe. And how did Bert and Barry end up in a completely different location at the end of this episode? I really hope the series explains that at some point (maybe it has something to do with where their alternate selves are standing).

Final Opinion: It was an entertaining episode, but it left me with a whole lot of questions about how it all works and I haven't figured out if that's a good thing or bad thing.

My Grade: B

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