The Sheldon-pocalypse is finally upon us

To be fair, we don’t know what form Armitage’s appearance on the series will take. It could be as simple as a fun little flashback, allowing Jim Parsons (who also narrates the spin-off) to wax nostalgic on his marginally more heartwarming childhood. (The additional guest-casting of Armitage’s co-stars, Lance Barber and Montana Jordan, would suggest that that’s probably pretty likely.) But we also don’t trust The Big Bang Theory not to stick Parsons and Armitage in the same room together for some sort of goof, and then we’re only one laugh track-assisted pratfall away from a repeat of what happened to poor Ron Silver at the end of Timecop.