LAST MAN STANDING SEASON 9 EPISODE 14 SERIES
LAST MAN STANDING SEASON 9 EPISODE 14 FREE

The only time that happened all season long. And we almost didn't get her then, because when we had rescheduled it, that was when we had a couple of positive tests on the set. So that was really an extremely positive thing. We got very lucky that we were able to get her, and that was almost the only time we were able to have.

But we took that out and just restructured a little bit so that it could be an evergreen and just dropped in any place. We restructured the script so that it could be dropped in at any point in time, as opposed to, originally it was kind of more of an introductory episode with this first couple episodes, as we were trying to reset the show in the timeframe. We did finally manage to get the opening several months later. So it became very problematic getting her.

LAST MAN STANDING SEASON 9 EPISODE 14 SERIES

The fact that she was working on other projects – Dear Evan Hanson, and I believe she had another Netflix series – complicated things, because there had to be that 14-day quarantine window back at the time we were doing it.

LAST MAN STANDING SEASON 9 EPISODE 14 FREE

So we just kept trying to figure out free dates. Here's how Kevin Abbott continued explaining the challenge behind securing Dever for Season 9: Instead, all the COVID protocols created a new normal in Hollywood that made it even harder for shows to utilize guest stars, since the self-quarantining period required for filming created even more of a time crunch for busy actors like Kaitlyn Dever. While Last Man Standing's bosses did a solid job of finding an interesting way to jump into Season 9 without the need for pandemic-heavy humor, they obviously couldn't rewrite real life in a way that allowed everyone to go all out for the final season. That delay forced showrunner Kevin Abbott and his creative team to frustratedly cut losses and shelve the episode entirely, which then led into the show introducing the two-year time-jump that optimistically set the Baxter family's current stories in a post-COVID world. Unfortunately, the show was in the final stretch of the episodes production when the call came down that filming needed to stop, and it remained halted for months. So suddenly, I'm kind of looking at that like we may just lose the episode, much like we lost last year's season finale episode to COVID.įor those who might not remember, Last Man Standing had plans to wrap up Season 8 in a big way on Fox by bringing Kaitlyn Dever back as Eve for two fun episodes involving Kristin Baxter's pregnancy and more. We'd actually written that to be the third episode filmed, and because we got pushed back – the city had COVID issues, and the original schedule got pushed back a couple of weeks – she was no longer available. And in actuality, the next episode with Aunt Eve in it, was supposed to be shot third. This year was even harder because of COVID. She always wanted to come back, but she was working on movies and whatnot. So, you know, the last couple seasons, it was always trying to make certain that we could get her in a couple of slots.

The fact that she is such an immensely talented actress gets in the way, because she's got a lot of work.

She was always fantastic, but she just grown so much, and she's just an immensely talented actress. I've known her for 10 years now, starting on the first season, and we just see her blossom.

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