Felicity Huffman had a weekly presence on the small display screen for years as one of many co-leads of Determined Housewives, which ran for eight seasons and 180 episodes on ABC from 2004-2012. Now, greater than a decade after she wrapped her time as Lynette Scavo, Huffman is ready to tackle her first community TV collection common position since Determined Housewives, and her new character on Doc within the 2025 TV schedule appears about as completely different from Lynette as could be.
The actress will debut her new collection common position on September 30 within the second episode of Doc Season 2, following a hostage state of affairs premiere which will have ended the present’s central love triangle for a bit. She has starred on a multi-season present for the reason that finish of Determined Housewives with USA’s American Crime, in addition to made one-off visitor appearances on community exhibits like The Good Physician and Accused, however Doc is her first common community TV position since 2012.
Talking with Deadline forward of her Doc debut, Felicity Huffman stated this in regards to the second season’s expanded episode rely:
The truth that we get 22 is actually uncommon, and it simply means you get 22 photographs at doing it slightly higher and dealing on slightly extra and seeing what you probably did improper and the way you may enhance.
Huffman is aware of what she’s speaking about in relation to seasons operating for 20+ episodes. Aside from the shortened fourth season that was affected by the 2007-2008 WGA writers strike, no season of Determined Housewives ran for fewer than 23 episodes. Exhibits with such excessive episode counts are a lot rarer these days than when she was taking part in Lynette on ABC, and even Doc solely had ten episodes in its first season. (That first season is offered streaming with a Netflix subscription now.)
Her new character positively isn’t Lynette 2.0, simply as Doc is a far cry from Determined Housewives. Felicity Huffman performs Dr. Joan Ridley, the brand new chief of inner medication at Westside because the substitute for Dr. Richard Miller after he was outed as a foul man on the finish of Season 1. She’s additionally the previous mentor of Amy, who might have all the assistance she will get in her Season 2 journey of making an attempt to regain recollections that she misplaced as a consequence of her automobile crash and TBI. Huffman shed some gentle on what to anticipate from her new character:
What she noticed in Amy was actually David Beckham of the medical subject, and [she] needed to champion her. So that they’ve been pals and colleagues for a very long time. Then there’s a chance for her to step into the chief of inner medication position at Westside, and he or she picks up the gauntlet as a result of she desires to make that hospital among the finest within the state or within the nation, or probably even on this planet.
I’m very curious to see what Joan and Amy’s relationship is like, contemplating that she wasn’t seen or talked about in Season 1 regardless of the 2 being “pals and colleagues for a very long time.” Amy may actually need any person goal coming in with none connections to the love triangle. Then once more, which will rely on whether or not she and Amy have been socially shut sufficient for her to additionally know Michael. Try a primary take a look at the brand new character:
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See Felicity Huffman again on community TV as a part of Doc Season 2 with new episodes on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Fox, straight after new episodes of Homicide in a Small City Season 2. It’s also possible to stream the latest episodes subsequent day with a Hulu subscription, whereas the primary season is now solely streaming on Netflix.