Overview
- The Shifting Gears Instagram shared video of Allen walking onto the kitchen set, freezing as Dever popped up from the refrigerator door, then hugging her as the studio audience cheered.
- Kat Dennings, who plays Allen’s daughter on the ABC sitcom, hid behind the kitchen island for the prank and joined the embrace after the reveal.
- An on-set announcer introduced Dever to the audience, linking her to her Eve Baxter role on Last Man Standing and noting her many recent credits.
- Allen and Dever last appeared together in the 2021 Last Man Standing series finale, when her scene was filmed separately under COVID restrictions.
- Shifting Gears is in its second season on ABC with Allen as Matt Parker and Dennings as Riley, airing Wednesdays at 8/7c.