It ended not with a bang however with a whimper.
Sara Gilbert, who performed Dr. Leslie Winkle on “The Big Bang Theory,” nonetheless has questions on her character’s ending.
Throughout an look on The Official Massive Bang Idea Podcast, host Jessica Radloff requested if Gilbert would have achieved extra episodes, or if she’d be open to starring within the present’s new spinoff.
“Yeah I would do more. I would have done more at the time,” Gilbert replied.
“I think the writers kind of hit a wall with the character, probably also because she leaves these dynamics quickly, you know, then kind of like, well, what do you do now? She’s wired like that, and she left, and then there’s no more story there, really.”
She added, “But yeah it was a blast, and I like to work, so I’m always happy to show up.”
Leslie was an experimental physicist who labored in the identical lab as Leonard (Johnny Galecki). The 2 had a “friends with benefits” relationship.
She appeared in Seasons 1, 2, 3, and 9.
The present ran for twelve seasons, from 2007 to 2019. It spawned two spinoffs: “Young Sheldon,” which aired for seven seasons from 2017 to 2024, and “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” which premiered in October and has been renewed for a second season.
Gilbert’s final look on the present was within the landmark 2 hundredth episode, referred to as “The Celebration Experimentation,” the place she got here to Sheldon (Jim Parson’s) birthday celebration and referred to as him a “dumbass.”
In Radloff’s e book “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series,” government producer Steve Molaro stated about Leslie, “We wanted love interests for Leonard and were just looking for stories. It was also a great way to add female scientists, because Leslie was at the university as well.”
Sequence creator Chuck Lorre already had a historical past with Gilbert from “Roseanne.” Galecki additionally performed Gilbert’s love curiosity on that present, and the actors briefly dated in actual life.
“But we were never looking for a permanent, everlasting relationship for Leonard because we always thought he would date Penny [Kaley Cuoco] on and off,” he defined. “We weren’t looking to find a permanent girlfriend for him. We were adding characters and seeing what worked and what was leading to fun stories.”
There’s reportedly a fourth “Big Bang Theory” spinoff present within the works for Max.
In line with Deadline, it will likely be referred to as “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” and can middle across the character Stuart Bloom (Kevin Sussman).
