Scott Wolf is formally coming again in season 2 of Doc — however not in the way in which some is perhaps anticipating.
Fox confirmed on Tuesday, September 30, that Wolf, 57, will reprise his position as Dr. Richard Miller for a multi-episode visitor arc starting later this season. He may also direct an upcoming episode, which airs in early 2026.
Government producer Hank Steinberg solely informed Us Weekly about Wolf's extremely anticipated return, saying, “He will probably be again. He'll come again in a really stunning approach after which he'll be capable of are available in with a really completely different power than final 12 months, which must be enjoyable.”
In a separate assertion, Steinberg and fellow coshowrunner Barbie Kligman teased what followers can count on.
“We at all times knew when Richard acquired fired that might by no means be the final of him,” they famous. “However nobody anticipated him to return again to Westside like this — least of all Amy.”
Viewers final noticed Richard within the season 1 finale when Amy (Molly Parker) realized that her colleague Richard was at fault for a affected person's dying. She was about to debate his mistake to her superiors, however acquired right into a crash that wiped her reminiscence of the final eight years.
Richard confessed within the finale, which ended his profession on the hospital — for now. Wolf, for his half, beforehand spoke to Us about how Richard's secret would drive his story line on the medical collection.
“[My character on Doc] is my No. 1 favourite by way of my enjoyment of the complexity,” Wolf informed Us in January. “I've gotten to discover these completely different medical worlds taking part in docs. However I've by no means had a extra enjoyable, fascinating, difficult and generally painful character to play. And to be again working with Fox once more after I began with Get together of 5 [in the '90s], they're two of my favourite experiences by far. It's full circle in some enjoyable methods.”
Wolf mentioned he cherished taking part in “a flawed human being,” including, “It wasn't like I had to determine how one can justify a foul man doing dangerous issues. This was an excellent one that any of us may wind up being. However along with his circumstances, he winds up on this horrible state of affairs the place a mistake has occurred and his response to it's to simply get protecting.”
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On the time, the actor, who's at the moment going by way of a messy divorce from estranged spouse Kelley Wolf, identified that followers shouldn't count on to at all times know the place every story is headed.
“It's so well-written and I'm an enormous fan of hospital exhibits, However clearly, this central premise is so fascinating, and the character improvement is unimaginable. The entire level is to create characters and inform tales that have interaction folks,” he continued. “Typically it may possibly take time and the very first episode of a present could make you come away feeling such as you solely scratch the floor.”
Wolf concluded: “I didn't know what path they have been going to go in all of them, but it surely's superb to learn one thing and really feel like I'll play any character on this present.”
Doc airs on Fox Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the subsequent day on Hulu.
