I’ve watched all of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe and it’s a smarter spinoff than we’ve given it credit for — ride through the rough first episode to reach sitcom glory

I’ll level with you: I was never the biggest fan of The Big Bang Theory. I held a torch for Young Sheldon like my life depended on it and was even happy to give Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, but something has always felt off with TBBT in my eyes.Maybe it was the bright lights and constant laugh track, or maybe it was the fact that I always felt too dumb to understand the nerdy science at its core. But there’s good news — new HBO Max spinoff Stuart Fails to Save the Universe has made me feel like a born-again sitcom fan.Logically, a TBBT spinoff should have followed Sheldon (Jim Parsons), Leonard (Johnny Galecki) or Howard (Simon Helberg) in their days after Caltech. That was what the fans wanted, right? Some even outright lobbied for Young Leonard, which would have been worthwhile for Christine Baranski screentime alone.What we weren’t…

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