According to TVLine's Michael Ausiello, Damon Wayans Jr. is finalizing a deal to return as Coach for a major arc in season 3 of New Girl. Here's an excerpt from the article:
You’ll recall Wayans appeared in the New Girl pilot, but was forced to drop out when Happy Endings scored a surprise Season 2 renewal; Lamorne Morris’s Winston was brought in to fill the void. Endings‘ official (and extremely unfortunate) demise paved the way for Wayans’ likely return. (Fox declined to comment for this story.)
Jake Johnson, who’s currently shooting the comedy Let’s Be Cops with Wayans in Atlanta, kicked up the Coach comeback buzz last month when he told TVLine in the wake of Happy Endings ABC cancellation that he’d be thrilled to “welcome [Wayans'] back to the loft,” adding, “I would be surprised if he doesn’t come back for a while. There would be such funny episodes with the Coach seeing what’s happened in the past two years since he’s [been] gone.”
Link to the full article:‘New Girl’ Season 3: Damon Wayans Jr. Returning as Coach - TVLine
My thoughts: I have to say that I actually have mixed feelings about Damon Wayans Jr. returning to New Girl in any capacity at this point in time. On the one hand, I'm a huge fan of Damon Wayans Jr., and I especially loved him on Happy Endings. I also really liked the character Coach in the pilot. On the other hand, in retrospect I feel like it was a good move on the producers' part to replace Damon Wayans Jr. with not only a different actor, but also a different character. I say this because Coach was a very whacky character, and Jess, Nick and Schmidt are all very whacky and quirky characters as well. I've always felt like Winston/Lamorne Morris really helps balance out Jess, Nick and Schmidt's personalities, while also having a tendency to be kind of crazy at times, such as when he's trying to play pranks on people.
Hannah Simone/Cece has also helped balance out the other characters as well, but I feel like bringing Damon Wayans Jr. and the character Coach back could potentially be overkill on the show's silliness factor even though New Girl is a comedy and is supposed to silly and funny. Plus, I really felt like the show has really moved on and evolved past the point where bringing Damon Wayans Jr. and the character Coach would feel organic and not feel forced at this point in time. With all that said, I'm willing to keep an open mind regarding Damon Wayans Jr./Coach's return next season. It will definitely be interesting to see what the writers come up with for his return.
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