Apparently, the powers that be decided that another good reviews and a million viewers is pretty much a win-win for everyone so Spears will be reprising her role as the bubbly secretary, Abby, on the May 12 episode that is filming this week.

When last seen, Abby was flirting with womanizer Barney (cast member Neil Patrick Harris). The new episode, which began production Monday, has Abby and Barney sharing their mutual dislike of Ted (cast member Josh Radnor) and acting on it.

“Desperate to get a rise out of his former pal, Barney pops a surprising question to Abby,” CBS said in a release.

If you didn’t see last night’s episode you missed one of the funniest episodes of the show ever and the episode that will, apparently, set up the Spears episode as Ted and Barney had a bit of a falling out. The last time I checked CBS was still showing episodes on their website so I highly encourage you to check last night’s episode out if nothing else.

As for the Britney thing… It doesn’t really bother me. To be honest, any number of actresses could have played the part she played, but she did a decent job and played the part the way they obviously wanted it played. I wouldn’t tune it just to see Britney, but I wouldn’t not tune it because Britney’s on the show. Britney actually played the secretary to a character played by Sarah Chalke from Scrubs so it’s worth checking out just for the chance that she might make an appearance.