Shifting Gears
Warning : Contains coddler for the time of year 1 finale of Shifting Gears . ABC’sShifting Gearswrapped up its first season on Wednesday , March 19 , play several ongoing plotlines to a principal . The Tim Allen led sitcom follows Matt , " a stubborn , widow proprietor of a classic car restoration shop " whose lifetime is turn upside - down when his alienated daughter ( Kat Dennings ) moves back in with her two baby . Episode 10 sees Riley ’s ex , Jimmy , return , hoping the four of them can be a family again .
While Riley struggles to make a decision , Gabriel ( Seann William Scott ) grapples with his flavor for her . Dennings ' character opts to abide put , asking Jimmy to sign their divorcement written document and officially end their wedlock . In her alcoholic drink - induced state , Riley tries to osculate Gabriel , but he twist her down , afraid to ruin the friendship . However , " Kiss " does go up to its name , as the finale terminate with Matt and his nemesis , Eve ( Jenna Elfman),sharing an unexpected moment .
EXCLUSIVE : Shifting gear wheel ' Emmy - nominate situation comedy star Jenna Elfman break down her reunion with Tim Allen , see her " active , strong " graphic symbol .
ScreenRantinterviews starsKat Dennings and Seann William Scottabout Matt and Eve ’s romanticism , whether Riley has feelings for Gabriel , and theShifting Gearsfinale ’s full - circle scene .
The Shifting Gears Cast Was Shocked By Tim Allen & Jenna Elfman’s Final Scene
“They went through some different iterations of it and this was definitely unexpected.”
ScreenRant : Kat , since you ’re also a manufacturer , did you fuck the sum of what was sound to transpire in the finale before you got the script ?
Kat Dennings : I knew a lilliputian minute . Michelle Nader , our incredible showrunner , gave me a little sneak peek , and I was also asking just continuously what was choke to happen . So I knew the overview of it , but I did not live the more fun particular of it . So I was very mad .
The conclusion is titled " Kiss . " Did you know who the kiss was go to be between ?
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Kat Dennings : No . They had toss me a different sort of version of the last . I guess there ’s no decimal point in talk about that because it ’s not what we did . But they went through some different iterations of it and this was definitely unexpected . Everyone was so shocked when it was the Tim Allen and Jenna Elfman kiss .
And , in fact , when I look out them do the run - through , I actually squeal out loud watching it , like I was an interview member . I was like , " Oh my God ! " I could n’t trust it even though I knew it was going to happen . It was very well done .
Sean , I ’m curious who you thought it was going to be . Did you think it was Riley and Gabriel ?
Shifting Gears is a drama about Matt, a widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. Matt’s estranged daughter Riley and her teenage children move into his home, challenging him to rebuild both familial and personal connections.
Seann William Scott : I did n’t , because Michelle told me what was going to pass at the end . But actually , for some reason , I did n’t even know that Tim Allen and Jenna buss until just now . I do n’t fuck how I miss that . I understand the script .
Kat Dennings : You did n’t read the microscope stage direction .
Seann William Scott : No , I do n’t do that . I only scan my dialogue .
Kat Dennings : Yeah , it ’s a Christopher Walken technique that is quite popular .
Seann William Scott : Exactly .
The Shifting Gears Writers Were Split On Riley And Jimmy’s Relationship
“It was interesting because the man writers thought one thing, and the lady writers thought another thing.”
Riley ’s been struggling with what she wants from Jimmy since he showed up earlier in the time of year . Do you believe she still had quixotic touch sensation for him , or was it purely about what would be proficient for the small fry ?
Kat Dennings : I really waver about that with the writers too , because the writer were kind of rip into two camps about the Riley and Jimmy relationship . It was interesting because the man writers remember one thing , and the peeress writers thought another thing . And I remember the same as the lady writer . It was very interesting . It ’s just interesting how humans and women process these things . But since I ’m playing the lineament , I think I can just have final say on it . [ Laughs ]
I felt like it had become so 2d nature to Riley to be with him . And she say in the episode that all she really has recognise is being distressed with him , and it ’s kind of part of her animation and part of her identity . And I recall they ’ve spring up apart so much that it ’s just too obvious to her now that even staying with him for the kids is not possible for her . I think she was with him for the kids for a long fourth dimension just because she did n’t know what else to do .
And I think that ’s a middling relatable situation for a lot of hoi polloi . So yeah , I think it had at long last become really obvious , possibly even through getting to know Gabriel more and seeing like , " Oh , someone could actually care about me and hear to something as small as my coffee social club and retrieve it . " And just these small gestures that she had n’t get from Jimmy , ever , factored into her decision .
Dennings Didn’t Want Gabriel To Feel Like A Rebound For Riley
“I think she was just tipsy, and she loves Gabriel as a friend, and I think it just intersected for a moment there.”
sew together even advance Gabriel to tell Riley how he felt . It could have been his only probability . Sean , why was n’t he ready to take that leap ?
Seann William Scott : That ’s such an actor question . I do n’t know . [ Laughs ] I think perhaps , yeah , he ’s just not ready . frankly , I do n’t think I even thought about it when I was playing it . I was probably consider , " Do n’t screw up in front of a live audience . " Character - saucy though , I think for a bozo who ’s had feelings for somebody for so long and also initiate off as friends , it belike just amount down to being afraid , and also maybe not wanting to ruin a friendly relationship and all sorts of circumstances .
Riley does endeavor to osculate Gabriel . Was it the alcohol , or do you reckon she really does have intuitive feeling for him ?
Kat Dennings : I recollect it was 80 % alcohol and 20 % bring in in that moment that maybe she does have feelings for him . I was afraid of it seeming like she was just doing a recoil affair . I definitely did n’t want that seeming like what was happen . So I think she was just tipsy , and she loves Gabriel as a admirer , and I intend it just intersected for a moment there .
Gabriel ’s feeling for Riley have been a thoroughline during the first season . Do you want them to proceed to be a will they / won’t they relationship throughout the serial publication ?
Kat Dennings : I speak for both Sean and myself . We hope that the show goes a foresighted time . That would be the dream . We just hope for many , many seasons . And in all these classic shows , there ’s always this maybe , maybe not , will they / won’t they romance affair that just keeps viewer really invested in the family relationship .
I think that would be the smart way to do it . Sometimes coupling in a sitcom — there are only so many way it can go . You get together and then you have to demote up and then you have to hate each other or something . There has to be something comic or interesting to do with it . So I call back a will they / won’t they would be the most fun .
Dennings Reflects On Riley’s Decision In The Shifting Gears Finale
“She doesn’t want to do it, but she needs to do it.”
What do you imagine Riley and Gabriel ’s reaction will be to find out what bump between Matt and Eve ? They ’ve been witnessing this feud firsthand , and Eve is Riley ’s knob .
Kat Dennings : Riley is going to be absolutely furious . That I am 100 % sure about . She last has this job that she really likes and this environment that ’s really good for her , and she bang Eve , and this is just the big thing that could happen — for her pop to startle dating her . To her , maybe not for him . But I think she ’ll be unrestrained .
Seann William Scott : Gabriel has had a unlike experience than Riley because there ’s been so much back - and - forth flirt in the elevator car shop . So I would envisage that he would n’t be too surprised .
Matt and Riley have come such a long mode this season . What do you cogitate is most important about where they started in the pilot versus them both wanting her to stay in the finale ?
Kat Dennings : Yeah , what a big difference . It ’s so odorous how all that play in the pilot blend down on the sofa and then this big realisation happens on that same lounge where she ’s like , " Wow , I can not conceive I just deform down my married man to stay with my dad in his house . "
It ’s kind of a sweet affair because she does n’t want to do it , but she needs to do it . And I call up she just has this tiresome realization of , " Oh no , what have I done ? " I ’m literally a grown person living with my dada , and now what do I do ? It ’s been a journey to say the least .
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About Shifting Gears Season 1
Created by Mike Scully And Julie Thacker-Scully
Shifting Gearsstars Tim Allen as Matt , a stubborn , widowed possessor of a classical automobile restoration shop . The literal refurbishment begins , however , when Matt ’s alienated girl Riley ( Kat Dennings ) and her kids move into his house . The show also stars Daryl “ Chill ” Mitchell , Sean William Scott , Maxwell Simkins , and Barrett Margolis .
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