• Kaitlyn Dever stunned Tim Allen on the set of Shifting Gears in the course of a take.
• Dever performed Allen's TV daughter for 9 seasons on his earlier sitcom Final Man Standing.
• Kat Dennings, who performs Allen's daughter on Shifting Gears, was there to have fun the reunion.

Tim Allen's sitcom daughters lately teamed as much as give him a candy shock.

Kaitlyn Dever, who performed the Santa Clause actor's daughter Eve on 9 seasons of Final Man Standing, visited the set of his present sitcom, Shifting Gears, with out telling her former TV dad that she'd be stopping by.

In a video shared by the official Shifting Gears Instagram, Allen walks on set, seemingly in the course of a take, and seems shocked when Dever pops up within the soundstage kitchen. After laughing at his shock, he embraces the Final of Us actress because the viewers cheers.

In the meantime, Kat Dennings, who performs Allen's daughter Riley on his new ABC sitcom, Shifting Gears, might be seen crouching behind the kitchen counter, hiding from the Toy Story star, earlier than she, too, celebrates the reunion.

Dever appeared to have been standing within the spot within the kitchen — the place she was holding the door of the fridge and peering into it — the place Allen anticipated to seek out Dennings, whereas Dennings ducked out of view to trick him.

"The superb Kaitlyn Dever!" an announcer tells the applauding studio viewers within the video. "Eve from Final Man Standing, and a thousand different superb credit. Kaitlyn Dever, all people! What a particular night time right here."

Dennings ultimately will get as much as hug Dever, clapping on the Booksmart star and Allen as she pumps her fists and blows a kiss to the viewers.

"Some behind-the-scenes love for you: one of the best shock," reads the caption for the Shifting Gears Instagram account. "Thanks for stopping by, @kaitlyndever!"

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Allen initially shared his pleasure in regards to the Final Man Standing reunion on X in October. "Kaitlyn Dever stopped by my taping tonite [sic] at Shifting Gears," he wrote on the time. "Such a fortunate man. Actually blessed to have labored [with] and liked so lots of my solid."

Dever starred with Allen as a collection common for the primary six seasons of Final Man Standing, from 2011 to 2017. She appeared as a recurring character for its subsequent three seasons, displaying up in 12 episodes. The sitcom concluded in 2021.

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Since ending her time as a collection common on Final Man Standing, Dever has headlined movies like Booksmart, Rosaline, and No One Will Save You, and performed key supporting roles in films like Ticket to Paradise, Stunning Boy, and Expensive Evan Hansen. On the small display screen, she has earned Emmy nominations for reveals like The Final of Us and Dopesick.

Dever will subsequent seem within the movies Godzilla x Kong: Supernova and See You After I See You.

Shifting Gears airs new episodes on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

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