Well, everyone makes a comeback, and Felicity Huffman has definitely been doing just that. Now, she will always be from Desperate Housewives, but now she is joining one of our favorite shows – DOC.
According to Deadline, the actress will be joining the show as “Dr. Joan Ridley. Double-boarded in internal medicine and surgery, she’s the kind of doctor who never has to raise her voice. Incredibly charming and charismatic with a wicked sense of humor that masks her ferocious ambition. She proudly describes herself as an “old-school broad.” She drinks whiskey, smokes the occasional Marlboro red, and treats herself to solo steak dinners. Joan was Dr. Amy Larsen’s (Parker) med school professor and early mentor — and Amy was her standout student. Their dynamic is layered, charged, and deeply rooted in mutual respect, with just enough friction to keep it honest which is why Michael (Omar Metwally) offers her the open Chief of Internal Medicine job at Westside, succeeding Dr. Richard Miller (Scott Wolf). While it’s true that she’s here to help Amy, and the rest of the department, she also has a secret that’s motivating her even more.”
If you aren’t familiar with Doc, it is about, “a brain injury erases the last eight years of Dr. Amy Larsen’s life, she must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves or the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience.”
The second season of DOC is set to have 22 episodes. 22 episodes are a lot, and we can’t wait to see what happens. DOC airs on Fox.
