The Big Bang Theory: Raising Hope's Kate Micucci to Play Love Interest for Raj-Hollywood Reporter

According to The Hollywood Reporter's Lesley Goldberg, Kate Micucci has been cast in a recurring guest-star role as a potential love interest for Raj on The Big Bang Theory. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some details on Micucci's role:

While details about the role are being kept under wraps, Micucci will appear in multiple episodes and play Lucy, a potential love interest for Kunal Nayyar's lovelorn Raj. She'll first appear in the Valentine's Day episode on Feb. 14.

The half-hour, titled "The Tangible Affection Proof," is shaping up to be a special one. "It's a big one for Leonard and Penny -- there might be somebody getting down on one knee," co-star Johnny Galecki (Leonard) recently told THR of the Valentine's Day episode. "We never started doing holiday event shows until two or three seasons in, when we did the Christmas episode. That was a big hit, and we struck a chord of sentimentality with our audience, and we'll continue to do so. The Valentine's Day episode will be that."

Buzz about a love interest for Raj first surfaced last summer at Comic-Con, where exec producer Chuck Lorre teased that season six might bring some good luck with the opposite sex for the shy character. "We have a romance planed for Raj this year," he said in July. "Wait until you see it!"

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My thoughts: I'm really excited about this news for several reasons. First off, I love Kate Micucci on Raising Hope, so it will be really fun to see her on The Big Bang Theory. That being said, I'm beyond thrilled that the producers are finally giving Raj a love interest that will hopefully be around for more than one episode. The news of Raj getting a somewhat long-term love interest is beyond long overdue, if you ask me. I know that some people have suggested that the writers should just have Raj come out of the closet and date men for the rest of the series, but I don't think that would be a good idea. After all, the writers have shown that Raj is very good with women, as long as he drinks alcohol when he's around them. That being said, it will be very interesting to see how the writers plan on working around Raj's inability to talk to women without drinking alcohol if Kate Micucci sticks around for a little while.