TBS Network’s Foul Play is set to return Monday with a Dallas Stars crossover that puts Wyatt Johnston and Lian Bichsel at the center of the prank. In a promotional clip released ahead of the episode, the two players are shown seated at a restaurant when a woman walks up to their table and tells them she has an arrangement with her husband that gives her a “hall pass,” naming Bichsel as her choice.
Bichsel laughs through the awkward exchange alongside Johnston while former Dallas Maverick Anthony Davis watches nearby with members of the production crew. The episode fits the show’s format, which centers on pranking high-profile friends from across sports and entertainment, but this one leans on the Stars’ own profile and the outsized presence of Bichsel, a six foot seven Swiss defenseman known for his physicality and intensity.
The clip gives the episode a simple hook: a hockey player who is usually the one delivering contact is suddenly the target of the joke. That works because the setup is personal, not generic, and because Johnston and Bichsel are not just names on a roster; they are the faces of a crossover built to pull hockey fans into a comedy format that depends on surprise.
What happens next is straightforward. Foul Play premieres Monday, and the full segment will show whether the prank lands as cleanly in full as it does in the clip. For now, the preview has already done its job by turning Wyatt Johnston and Bichsel into the center of the conversation before the episode even airs.
