The Comeback Season 3 Features Very Cool Friends Throwback

After keeping us waiting for more than a decade, Lisa Kudrow has donned that coiffed red wig for one last outing as Valerie Cherish.

The Comeback’s third (and, apparently, final) season premiered in the UK on Monday, with our central anti-heroine returning to the artform that first launched her to “stardom” – the sitcom.

In the new episode, Valerie learns that she’s been hand-picked as the lead in a new TV sitcom, How’s That?, but is contractually obligated to keep it secret that the whole thing has been generated by AI.

While promoting the latest iteration of The Comeback, Lisa shared that Valerie’s How’s That? scenes hold particular significance for her, as these parts of the show were filmed at Warner Bros.’ Stage 24 – the very same soundstage where she shot her scenes as Phoebe Buffay in Friends.

Appearing on CBS Mornings over the weekend, Lisa shared: “[It’s special] on different levels. We finished up Friends, which was one of the biggest things in my professional life – and life, period. And now I’m finishing up The Comeback trilogy in the same place where I finished the other most important thing.

“So, that made me a little emotional.”

During a previous interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Emmy winner said: “That was really strange and kind of emotional. That’s where we ended [Friends and The Comeback], so it was the ending of two really important things. So, it was a big deal.”

Asked about this by the New Yorker, she also joked: “I’m trying to think of a word that’s not ‘mindfucky’.”

The Comeback’s final outing sees the return of some familiar faces, including Laura Silverman as Jane and Damian Young as Valerie’s husband Mark, as well as new characters played by Andrew Scott, Jack O’Brien and Ella Stiller.

It’s also the first season not to feature fan-favourite Robert Michael Morris as hairdresser Mickey Deane, following the actor’s death in 2017.

The first episode of The Comeback season three is now streaming on Sky and Now in the UK, with new instalments every Monday.