List of Wonderfalls episodes

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The following is a list of episodes for the television show Wonderfalls.

[edit] Season One (2004)

The episodes are presented in the order as seen on the DVD.

Screenshot Title Writer(s) Director Original airdate Production code #
"Wax Lion" Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller Todd Holland March 12, 2004 1AHM79 1
After being passed over for a promotion at her dead-end retail job, Jaye begins hearing voices from a defective wax lion and a brass monkey. Trips to her mother's therapist and the local bar, where she meets the cute new bartender whose wife cheated on him on their honeymoon, do nothing to assure Jaye that she is not going crazy. After a night of verbal harrassment from the Wax Lion, Jaye grudgingly agrees to do what the voices tell her. She arranges a horrible blind date between her sister and Thomas, a lovesick EPS worker. Sharon has no interest in Thomas because, as she reveals to him and Jaye, she is a lesbian, and the date ends in a trip to the hospital when Thomas has an allergic reaction to peanuts. Thomas' ex-wife visits him at the hospital and she and Sharon are immediately attracted to each other. Thomas also finds a new romantic interest in his nurse. Despite the good effects of her actions, Jaye remains unconvinced that she isn't crazy or that the voices aren't evil.


Memorable Quotations

  • "Sweetheart, when was the last time you had an orgasm?" (Darrin)
  • "Your ass is ringing." (Jaye)
  • "You're my sister." "You tell people we're not related." "It was just that one time." (Jaye & Sharon)

Trivia

  • Pickup shots for this episode were filmed six months after the original filming, and these replacement shots are rather obvious because Caroline Dhavernas's face looks thinner and tanner.
  • The actress who appears as Heidi in this episode is not Jewel Staite, who played Heidi later in the series. The production team decided that she looked enough like Jewel Staite that they didn't need to do a pickup shot.
  • The Wax Lion sings "Hello! Ma Baby," which is the theme song of Michigan J. Frog, the spokes-character of The WB.
  • The moment of Sharon struggling to buckle her seatbelt was born out of Katie Finneran, who lives in New York and rarely drives, having problems with the seatbelt.
  • Director/co-creator Todd Holland tried to correct Caroline Dhavernas' pronunciation of "larynx" on the set. He had been mispronouncing it "larn-nyx."
  • Katie Finneran coordinated the effect of getting the ink smear on her chin when she tries to perform a tracheotomy on Thomas with a pen.
  • Kari Matchett wears a brunette wig as Beth because FOX forbade the hiring of another blonde actress.
  • The remnant of Caroline Dhavernas's Canadian accent is apparent in her pronunciation of "proverbial."
  • The left sconce in Jaye's bedroom is off because at the time of the original shooting that light fixture didn't work.
  • Two of the last scenes -- the scene with Sharon and Jaye in Jaye's trailer and the scene between Jaye and Thomas in the gift shop -- were extended at FOX's request to provide more closure.
  • Jeffrey R. Smith provided the uncredited voice of the Brass Monkey.
"Pink Flamingos" Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg Todd Holland April 1, 2004 1AHM01 2
Still trying to ignore the talking inanimate animals, Jaye accidentally runs over her father with his car, breaking his leg. Feeling guilty about her father, Jaye listens to the stuffed fish that tells her to help an annoying high school classmate, Gretchen, plan her high-school reunion. In helping Gretchen with the reunion, Jaye becomes aware of her struggles with her distant husband. When a rooster hair clip tells her to "destroy Gretchen," Jaye defies the chicken and tries to help her, inadvertently causing her husband to have a car accident. Giving into the voice, Jaye "destroys Gretchen" by pouring a drink on her in front of everyone at the reunion, which leads to her having a talk with an admirer from high school in the bathroom. That conversation leads to her realizing that she doesn't love her husband and Gretchen leaves the reunion intending to divorce him and feeling more empowered. Gretchen's husband finds a romantic interest in the woman from the towing company. Meanwhile, Sharon gets stuck taking care of Darrin and his leg, and she slips him some sleeping pills so that she can have a date with Beth. Much to Sharon's surprise, Beth reveals that she isn't a lesbian -- she's bisexual. Sharon isn't quite sure how she feels how that fact. Darrin returns to the hospital for a follow-up visit where he learns that they found a blood clot in his leg that might have killed him.


Memorable Quotations

  • "Your sister's not a cold-blooded murderer. She's never been a planner." (Karen)
  • "I'm sort of a Christmas and Easter Jew." (Gretchen Speck)
  • "Eric can't talk right now because he's servicing me sexually." (Jaye)
  • "I changed religions for God's sake! I'm not going to heaven now. What more does he want?" (Gretchen Speck)
  • "That is not the Janet I wanna be." (Mahandra)

Trivia

  • Chelan Simmons previously worked with co-creator Bryan Fuller on Dead Like Me.
  • Gretchen and Robert's address is listed on their couples card as 146 Bonny Meadow Road, New Rochelle, New York, which is a reference to the "The Dick Van Dyke Show". Rob and Laura Petrie lived at 148 Bonny Meadow Road; Millie and Jerry lived at Gretchen's address.
  • The song playing in The Barrel when Jaye and Mahandra arrive to help with the reunion, during the transition between the phone call between Sharon and Beth and Gretchen's pre-party, and at the reunion just before Jaye and Eric chat in the storeroom is "We Used to Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols.
  • Darrin is reading Made in Texas: George W. Bush and the Southern Takeover of American Politics by Michael Lind in bed.
  • Robert's cell phone number has a Manhattan area code.
"Karma Chameleon" Tim Minear Marita Grabiak March 19, 2004 1AHM10 3
Jaye helps a young woman who is down on her luck until she begins assuming Jaye's identity.
"Wound-Up Penguin" Liz Garcia Todd Holland March 26, 2004 1AHM12 4
When Jaye encounters a nun who has lost her faith, she shares her experiences with the talking animals with the nun who tries to perform an exorcism on her.


Memorable Quotations

  • "Tupperware is not an eating vessel." (Karen)
"Crime Dog" Krista Vernoff Allan Kroeker UNAIRED 1AHM02 5
When their illegal housekeeper is deported, a cow creamer's urging sends Jaye and Aaron to Canada to bring her back.
"Muffin Buffalo" Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg Craig Zisk UNAIRED 1AHM05 6
Jaye is finally listening to the voices and hates that her actions are causing people to see her as a hero. Without any prodding from the animals, Jaye befriends a shut-in from the trailer park after she inadvertently hurts his feelings.
"Barrel Bear" Tim Minear and Bryan Fuller Jamie Babbit UNAIRED 1AHM03 7
Jaye helps the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel to regain some of her celebrity, until another woman shows up saying that she actually went over the Falls in that barrel.
"Lovesick Ass" Dan Fesman and Harry Victor Todd Holland UNAIRED 1AHM04 8
Worried that she isn't sane enough to enter a relationship, Jaye deflects Eric's advances while they work together to help a Russian mail-order bride whose perspective husband turns out to be a 13-year-old boy.
"Safety Canary" Liz Garcia and Alexander Woo Peter Lauer UNAIRED 1AHM06 9
Jaye is determined to turn her and Eric's first date into their last when she begins to realize that she is a maneater like her family and friends say.
"Lying Pig" Krista Vernoff and Abby Gewanter Peter O'Fallon UNAIRED 1AHM07 10
While Eric's wife Heidi tries to win him back, Jaye tries to listen to the voice and stay out the situation, even though it is difficult for her.
"Cocktail Bunny" Bryan Fuller Todd Holland UNAIRED 1AHM08 11
Upset that the voices told her to let Eric go back to Heidi, Jaye is looking for a reason to suspect Heidi of wrongdoing. She misreads the signs that the voices give her, which lead to her alienating Eric.
"Totem Mole" Dan Fesman and Harry Victor Jeremy Podeswa UNAIRED 1AHM09 12
While visiting an Indian reservation, Jaye encounters the spirit of a holy woman, who she thinks can help silence the animal voices forever.


Trivia

  • In "Muffin Buffalo" Mahandra said that she was three percent Seneca, not Satsuma.
  • The Satsuma Indian Nation does not actually exist. The Satsuma clan was a division of the Imperial Japanese Army that led a revolt.
"Caged Bird" Krista Vernoff Michael Lehmann UNAIRED 1AHM11 13
A bank robber takes Jaye, Sharon, and some of the gift shop employees hostage just as Jaye and Eric are supposed to meet to say a final goodbye.

[edit] Unaired episode

An alternate version of the first episode "Wax Lion" exists, featuring different actors playing two lead characters (Jaye's brother and her best friend). This version has yet to be aired but has circulated unofficially on the Internet.

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