Matt and I have been working our way through the “Wonderfalls” DVDs. “Wonderfalls,” if you’re not familiar, is an incredibly funny one-hour TV series that premiered on Fox last March about a 20something slacker girl (played with a perfect mix of cynicism and vulnerability by Caroline Dhavernas) who works at a gift shop at Niagara Falls and believes that inanimate animal-like objects are talking to her – a wax lion, a lawn flamingo, a cow creamer, etc. Despite critical raves, it was unjustly cancelled after four episodes due to low ratings. Nine remaining episodes were never aired, but now all 13 are out on DVD. What did we ever do before DVD?
We’ve watched six episodes so far – the four that we first saw on TV plus the first two of the unaired ones – and I’m sad that we’re nearly halfway through. Each episode is so wonderful and unpredictable. The plot begins to develop further in the unaired episodes; I’ve been studiously avoiding spoilers (unlike some people), but I do know that the 13 episodes reach some sort of conclusion, which is good to know.
And two of the joys of watching the series are hotties Tyron Leitso and Lee Pace. Tyron Leitso is just too cute for words, and I saw the brilliant Lee Pace last year in Small Tragedy and “Soldier’s Girl.”
It’s been on my wishlist. I think I need to stop wishing, though, and just order the darn thing; I so loved the first four episodes.