Riki Lindhome is currently killing it as part of the ensemble cast of Comedy Central’s Another Period and as Poison Ivy in The LEGO Batman Movie, as well as being one-half of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates alongside Kate Micucci.
(Fun fact, the last weird primetime romance Lindhome had on a big network show was being Fozzie Bear’s girlfriend on The Muppets.)
As such, the actress will be a welcome presence back on network primetime, even if her character puts everyone on edge.
Last season of The Big Bang Theory ended on Sheldon and Leonard’s respective elders getting chummy with one another in a romantic cliffhanger, and it sounds like we might get to see a slightly similar emotional thrust with this episode, which is set to air on May 11.