Melissa Rauch returns as Bernadette — as a 60-foot monster — in HBO Max's Stuart Fails to Save the Universe

Melissa Rauch reprises Bernadette Rostenkowski in Episode 3 of HBO Max's "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe," now streaming. This Bernadette is a wizard-demon who becomes a 60-foot monster destroying Pasadena. Chuck Lorre pitched the alt-universe role to Rauch personally. She also performed motion capture for the creature — her first mocap work, per Variety (7 August 2026).