Bernadette and Howard Wolowitz are officially getting back together! Night Court‘s upcoming Season 3 finale on May 6 will be a big one with back-to-back episodes welcoming Melissa Rauch‘s Big Bang Theory partner, Simon Helberg, to the Manhattan Municipal Court. He’s not the only member of the wider Big Bang universe to be swinging by for some zany courtroom antics, though, as Raegan Revford, best known for playing Sheldon Cooper’s sister Missy on Young Sheldon and, more recently, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, will also have a major role to play in the final episode. Rounding things out is the return of original series veteran Marsha Warfield once more as Roz Russell for the first of the two episodes, ensuring that the season will adjourn with a bang.
Exactly who Helberg will be playing remains a mystery, but the cameo is being described as a potential “game-changer” for Rauch’s Judge Abby Stone. He could potentially be another suitor for Abby in a callback to their time in Pasadena, since she and Jake (Ryan Hansen) have appeared to move on, for now. Revford, however, will be paying homage to an episode of the original Night Court featuring an iconic turn from Back to the Future star Michael J. Fox. She’ll play Shelby, a teenage runaway not unlike Fox’s Eddie Simms, who is dead set on marrying her soulmate. They’ll both appear in the latter of the two episodes, titled “A Decent Proposal,” which will not only see Abby grapple with the teens trying desperately to tie the knot, but see Dan (John Larroquette) and Julianne (Wendie Malick) balk at the idea that they might be friends now.The first episode on May 6, titled “Funnest Judge in the City,” will see Abby raising suspicions about the new “fun” judge that is taking over Manhattan. That judge is played by another big guest, recent Critics’ Choice Award winner Michael Urie, who was recently seen in Season 2 of Apple TV+’s Shrinking. As she tries to expose that he’s not actually that fun after all, Gurgs (Lacretta) looks to regain control of her new courthouse welcome video. With Roz as its star, the project begins taking on a life of its own. This will be Warfield’s second appearance this season after intimidating the court’s staff in “Pension Tension” earlier this year.
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Dan Rubin‘s reboot of the classic Reinhold Weege sitcom has let Rauch reunite with no shortage of fellow The Big Bang Theory stars thus far. Season 3 has already paired her up with Mayim Bialik as a heightened version of herself and reunited her with her good friend Kate Micucci, who reprised her role as Carol Ann Wheeler. Season 2 also welcomed Kunal Nayyar as a dreamy British fashion designer. Given their past connection, though, Helberg is the most personal yet and brings him back to network television after taking roles in the Kyle Allen-led film Space Oddity and the Natasha Lyonne howcatchem Poker Face. Coincidentally, his Night Court debut will come just days before he reprises his role as Charlie Cale’s ally, FBI agent Luca Clark, in Season 2 on May 8. He’s also due to join Zach Galifianakis and Billy Magnussen in their AMC Silicon Valley drama series The Audacity from Jonathan Glatzer.
Night Court Season 3 welcomes Helberg, Revford, and more with the two-episode finale on Tuesday, May 6, starting at 8 p.m. The status of the series beyond that is still up in the air. Stay tuned here at Collider for more as the episodes near and as we await a decision on a Season 4.
