Scott Wolf returns to Doc as Dr Richard Miller to direct episode

Scott Wolf will return to the Fox medical drama Doc in a multiepisode guest arc later this season and will direct an episode scheduled to air in early 2026, producers announced Tuesday. Wolf will reprise his role as Dr. Richard Miller, the former chief of internal medicine at Minneapolis Westside Hospital who was fired at the end of Season 1 after a past mistake was revealed.

Co-showrunners and executive producers Barbie Kligman and Hank Steinberg said they always expected the character to resurface. "We always knew when Richard got fired that would never be the last of him. But no one expected him to come back to Westside like this, least of all Amy," they said in a joint statement. Wolf, who appeared in all 10 episodes of the first season, played a character who balanced professional ambition with personal pressures, including caring for a seriously ill child.

Season 1 concluded with Dr. Amy Larsen, played by Molly Parker, uncovering that Miller had been responsible for an error during a code blue that resulted in a patient death. Miller had shifted blame onto Amy, prompting an internal investigation. Amy ultimately cleared her name with the hospital board, and Miller was...