In "The Big Bang Theory" Season 8, whenever Howard meets Stuart, he is on the verge of exploding. But, he cannot do much, as his mother has become Stuart's best buddy. And, it looks like Howard's ordeal is not ending any time soon. Howard's second cousin is going to make an appearance in one of the upcoming episodes and it looks like she is going to hit it off with Stuart.

TV Line is reporting that Kara Luiz has been roped in to play the role of Howard's second cousin, Jeanie. This cousin of Howard will be seen attending a party with Stuart. TV Line confirms that Jeanie is the same cousin that Howard lost his virginity to. Howard's blood pressure is likely to shoot up seeing Stuart and Jeannie together. The episode featuring Jeanie is expected to air in November.

In season finale of "The Big Bang Theory" Season 7, Stuart moved into Howard's house as Mrs Wolowitz's caregiver, after his comic-book store burned down. Howard's mother has recovered and she no longer needs a caregiver but Stuart has not showed any inclination to move out. He has no place to go and also Mrs Wolowitz's has asked him to stay at her house. The premiere episode of Season 8 saw Stuart acting like Howard's father. Howard feared that Stuart is taking his place in his mother's life. When Howard, Leonard, Raj and Sheldon decided to chip in to help Stuart open his comic-book store again, Howard learned from Stuart that his mother has already given him the money for the comic-book store.

Stuart was not there in episode 5 of "The Big Bang Theory" Season 8. The episode 5, "The Focus Attenuation," saw Leonard, Sheldon, Raj and Howard deciding to spend the weekend brainstorming ideas for an invention. They ended up procrastinating and wrapped-up their brainstorming session by watching the film "Ghostbusters." Penny, Bernadette and Amy went to Las Vegas. Bernadette and Amy got drunk while Penny stayed in the room, studying job-related material.