‘Shifting Gears’: See Tim Allen Reunite With ‘Home Improvement’ Cast on Season 2 Premiere (PHOTOS)
Tim Allen is coming home! The Shifting Gears lead actor reunites with his Home Improvement cast members on the season premiere of the ABC sitcom, which begins on Wednesday, October 1.
The logline for episode 1, titled “Secret,” reads, “Matt wrestles with his feelings for Eve, and Charlotte convinces him to go to a grief group. Meanwhile, Riley struggles with her own ‘will she or won’t she’ about her feelings for Gabe.”
Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, and Debbe Dunning are all reuniting with Allen on the Season 2 premiere. Richardson played Jill Taylor, Tim’s wife, on the show for all eight seasons. Karn played the character, Albert “Al” Borland, Tim’s friend and assistant on the show-within-a-show, Tool Time, from seasons one to eight. Dunning played Heidi Keppert, the Tool Time girl, from Seasons 3 through 8. She replaced Pamela Anderson, who played the Tool Time girl on Seasons 1 and 2. Anderson has not been announced as a special guest.
Along with his Home Improvement family, Allen will be joined by Nancy Travis, who played his wife, Vanessa Baxter, on his second sitcom, Last Man Standing. She also had a guest appearance in Season 1, as a widow who mourned her husband.
Allen, who plays widow Matt, will also be joined by series regulars, Kat Dennings as Riley, Matt’s daughter who recently got divorced, and his grandchildren, Maxwell Simkins as Carter, and Barrett Margolis as Georgia. Also returning in the premiere are Seann William Scott, as Gabriel, Matt’s coworker and Riley’s brother’s best friend, as well as Jenna Elfman, as Eve, Matt’s nemesis turned love interest, and Daryl Mitchell as Stitch, a mechanic at Matt’s car shop.
See Allen reunite with his former costars, along with other photos from the upcoming premiere. The photos are filled with memories, growing up, sad times, deep talks, hard work, and lingering feelings.
Shifting Gears, Season 2 Premiere, Wednesday, October 1, 8/7c, ABC, streaming next day on Hulu
Family Reunion
Allen, Travis, and Karn are all smiles sitting on brown leather seats in a bar.
Coming Home
Dunning, Richardson, and Karn toast Allen as they reunite in a bar.
Last Home Improvement Standing
The gang’s all here!
Friend or Foe?
Karn and Allen reunite on Shifting Gears, but Allen doesn’t look too happy about his new friend.
Leaning on a Friend
Allen and Travis mourn their TV spouses at their grave sites as they share a chat.
Gears Are Turning
Scott and Dennings stare into each other’s eyes as the tension heats up between their characters.
All Grown Up
Simkins shows off how much Carter has grown up since Season 1 with a slicked back haircut and a suit jacket.
Scott and Mitchell appear in Allen’s car shop for another day of work.
Bonding Time
Allen and Margolis return as grandfather and granddaughter, who share conversation over breakfast in this scene.
Complicated Feelings
Elfman and Allen as Eve and Matt trying to figure out their feelings for each other after they shared a kiss on the Season 1 finale.
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