In an interview with TVLine, showrunner Michelle Nader discussed how Matt and Eve’s kiss will influence Matt’s journey in a potential sophomore season. At her dance studio, Eve confessed to Matt that she dinged his car on purpose to get his attention before pulling the mechanic into a kiss. It was only a few weeks earlier that Matt was deep in mourning over the death of his wife, Diane. Read more of what she had to say below:
Yes to more Eve! We are so lucky to have Jenna in the show. And Eve and Matt are such unlikely animal friends. Their chemistry is very spicy so I am personally dying to see where this goes.
[We] weren’t sure if [the kiss] was too soon. But that is from Matt’s perspective. Eve is on a different timeline. Hers. And she’s impulsive. So she went in for the kiss.
Matt was very in love with his wife and was in a relationship for his whole life. Dating another woman is going to be hard for a guy like him. But yeah, he definitely is intrigued by Eve. How could he not be?
They are seemingly opposites, but they are both self-made business people with lots of integrity and strong core beliefs in what’s right and wrong. They are two sides of the same coin in some ways.
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However, Elfman’s Eve isn’t Matt’s first potential love interest. Last Man Standing alum Nancy Travis guest-starred in Shifting Gears‘ episode 6 as Charlotte, a widow Matt meets at his late wife’s gravesite. While Charlotte and Matt definitely had chemistry, not unlike their roles as Mike and Vanessa Baxter on Last Man Standing, Eve appears to be a more natural fit. As a recurring character in Shifting Gears, she’s already part of Matt’s world, owning the dance studio across from his shop and even employing his daughter, Riley (Kat Dennings).
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