Tim Allen Takes a Weed Gummy and Pressures TV Daughter Kat Dennings to Join Him in HilariousShifting GearsSneak Peek (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Tim Allenis just looking to have a good time!

PEOPLE has an exclusive sneak peek at the March 12 episode ofShifting Gears,in which “Riley is horrified when she finds weed gummies in Carter’s pocket, prompting surprising advice from Matt,” according to an official synopsis.

In the clip, Matt (Allen) exhibits some odd behavior, raising suspicion among his daughter Riley (Kat Dennings) and her son Carter (Maxwell Simkins). When he starts sniffing their house plant, Riley catches on and realizes she knows what’s going on.

“Oh my god, did you take a gummy?” she asks, questioning if her father is high on marijuana.

“What?” Matt exclaims dramatically. “No.”

Tim Allen in ‘Shifting Gears’.ABC

ABC

Obviously lying, he wanders over to the couch and sits down next to an irritated Riley with a proposal.

“I thought it would be great… What?” he says, prompting Carter to look around in confusion.

“I thought it would be great if we could do this as a family!” Matt declares, but Riley is not having it.

From left: Tim Allen, Kat Dennings and Maxwell Simkins in ‘Shifting Gears’.ABC

“How do I put this in a way you’ll understand? Weed is like China — it’s a lot stronger than it was when you were in high school!” she replies.

“Yes, it is,” he agrees, seemingly enjoying the heightened effects.

Still, she isn’t interested, saying it is an example of “the evils of peer pressure.”

“You know what I’m thinking? I can’t feel my arm. Maybe it’s a stroke!” Matt says, hysterically laughing as Riley and Carter stare at each other in horror, and the clip comes to an end.

The new ABC sitcom follows Matt, a “stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop” as he struggles to adjust to his estranged daughter Riley and her two kids moving back into his home.

In January, Denningsopened up to PEOPLEabout working alongside Allen, who she deemed one of the best people she’s ever worked with.

“We have a very funny banter. We really enjoy these scenes where we’re arguing. It’s really fun,” she added of their on-camera rapport.

Tim Allen (left) and Kat Dennings in ‘Shifting Gears’.Disney/Mike Taing

Disney/Mike Taing

Allen echoed Dennings’ sentiments in a recent interview withParade, saying they have a special onscreen dynamic.

“She’s just cut for me. I swear, the conversations we’ve had on set anyway, different human beings. But we got into it right away, interrupting each other,” he shared.

“The character, Riley, made some decisions early in her life because she was pissed at me,” Allen continued. “You do a lot of stuff because your parents keep saying, ‘Don’t do this, don’t do that,’ and you just do it because you’re sick of hearing, ‘Don’t do it.’ She goes, ‘Is getting into a relationship just because my dad’s pissed at the guy a good reason to get into a relationship?’ That’s so much what this is about. I said, ‘Bingo, we’ve got it.'”

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Shifting Gearsairs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, and streams the next day on Hulu.

source: people.com