Wonderfalls is another canceled gem, a show about a girl (Jaye) who suddenly has stuffed animals talking to her, telling her to do good deeds. Eric is a married man, and his wife’s affair immediately after their wedding has scarred him. Jaye has her own issues (is she insane or talking to God?). They do come together at the end, however.

Fuller will adapt the John Christopher novel The Lotus Caves for Syfy. Set on a moon colony in 2068, the narrative revolves around two boys who discover a series of caves ruled by “a super intelligent plant-like being.” The nature of the format is unspecified, though Syfy often likes to develop miniseries as backdoor pilots with the option to turn it into a weekly series if successful (think Battlestar: Galactica).

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This show seemed to have quirky enough of a hook to catch me. Sure, Jaye was easy on the eyes, but I like slacker-in-a-family-of-overachievers plotlines. Much of the fun of the show revolved around characters trying to figure out what objects were telling Jaye, and Jaye’s quest to find out if she was sane.

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Wonderfalls is a quirky little series from Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller that aired on Fox for just four weeks back in 2004. It centers around 24-year-old Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), a cynical, underachieving Brown graduate who works at a Niagara Falls gift shop, lives in a trailer, and reluctantly engages in conversation with various animal figurines and statues: a wax lion, a wind-up penguin, a plastic flamingo, etc. Basically, if it’s fake and it has a face, it talks to her. And not just about anything. The muses, as they’re called, give Jaye enigmatic instructions that seem at first to cause problems but ultimately help people who may not have even realized they needed help—including Jaye herself. It sounds ridiculous, I know. And it is, a little. But it’s also incredibly sweet and engaging. If you can suspend your disbelief long enough to watch an episode or two, you’ll see what I mean.

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Best performance by a damaged lion figurine: Talking damaged lion figurine in the awesomely weird “Wonderfalls.”

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Caroline Dhavernas headed the cast of the 2004 hour-long comedy that, when it could not find its audience, was cancelled by Fox after four episodes.

Over it’s 13 produced episodes, Wonderfalls combined a cynical wit that oozed irreverence with a premise strange enough to work.

Jaye Tyler (Dhavernas) worked a dead-end job at a Niagra Falls gift shop when she began to hear voices. Instead of a burning bush, though, these voices come from inanimate animal figures. The animals could be anything from a wax lion to a stuffed bear. The one thing they all have in common is that they had advice for Jaye.

Each episode saw Jaye become an unwilling miracle worker, righting wrongs and doing good deeds while following the cryptic advice of her voices.

Dhavernas’s performance as Jaye Tyler is like an exotic fungus. You won’t notice it at first, but over time it will grow on you until the only thing that keeps you from sharing it with others is to wear shoes in the shower.

At first glance, Tyler is the stereotypical slacker, dishing out more sarcastic remarks and bored expressions than a sullen teenager. Fortunately, Dhavernas’s Canadian charm is more contagious than the SARS virus and audiences will begin to look past her bitter exterior.

Her unwillingness to follow, let alone believe in, the voices that drive her insane is as believable as the slow and unavoidable character growth that occurs during the series’ run.

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The quirkiest product to come from Bryan Fuller’s fun factory of quirk, “Wonderfalls” saw a Ivy League slacker start to talk to inanimate objects – that give her missions. We never found out why Jaye had been given this responsibility, but it was sure fun to watch while it lasted. Canceled after 13 episodes.

This is also a show by the creator of Pushing Daisies—Bryan Fuller. It was really amazing and it makes me angry that it was canceled. I’m not sure how well it would have done with more seasons, but the first season of Wonderfalls was simply AMAZING. I am always recommending this show to people because no one has heard of it!

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Wonderfalls had a mind-numbingly bizarre yet awesome premise and it’s no wonder that it attracted a loyal fanbase—the standard operating procedure for Bryan Fuller, the immensely talented but seemingly cursed producer of this and Pushing Daisies. In Wonderfalls, a gift shop sales clerk (Caroline Dhavernas) had conversations with animal figurines that told her to go to the aid of people who needed help; it was kind of like Son of Sam in reverse, and it wasn’t nearly as cutesy as it sounds. Fox killed the show after a poorly-advertised timeslot change and showing the episodes out of order, making this decision after only the fourth episode had aired.

Georgia Lass (George) of Dead Like Me works as a temp, has wacky friends, and struggles with her relationship (or lack thereof) with her family. She is also a grim reaper who ‘reaps’ souls that are ready to move on, can only observe her family grieving and growing from afar, and must assume a new identity (and body). Jaye Tyler from Wonderfalls is forced to shape the destiny of her dull existence when inanimate objects start talking to her. Ned bakes pies, fights with his girlfriend, and wakes the dead in Pushing Daisies. Simultaneously, their worlds are delightfully exotic and all too familiar, askew only a little off-center.

The level of unknown is just enough that we from planet Earth, with our constant queries about God, science, and fruit-at-the-bottom yogurt, can relate. An explanation as to why Ned has the magic touch, where souls go after they leave the reapers, or who the voice is that talks to Jaye are neither given nor necessary. Instead, we visit these characters once a week and watch them thrive in these odd, fantastical situations, all the while feeling somewhat at home.

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Though critics called this 2004 comedy “an unexpected treat,” it lasted only one season. Episodes chronicle the bizarre existence of a Niagara Falls gift shop cashier who takes direction from talkative inanimate objects. What? Like you’ve never done it.

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Sci Fi is developing a new take on “Alien Nation,” the 1988 feature that previously spawned a spinoff series on Fox.

“Angel” alum Tim Minear—no stranger to sci-fi tales, having worked on “The X-Files,” “Firefly” and “Strange World”—is penning the fresh take on the franchise. Fox 21, the alternative production arm of 20^th Century Fox TV, will produce.

“Alien Nation” centers on the partnership between a veteran cop and his alien detective partner, set against the larger tale of alien “newcomers” who move to Earth and attempt to assimilate into society.

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“Children,” which will kick-off the festival’s 55^th season when the curtain goes up Wednesday evening, is A. R. Gurney’s classic tale of a dysfunctional “WASP” family. The production, which takes place in a large summer home on an island off the coast of Massachusetts, centers around the matriarch’s announcement that she will remarry and leave the house to the three children.

“It’s a really interesting play,” Finneran said.

“I like to do characters I’ve never done before. My character, Barbara, is interesting because she has the spirit of a teenager who never really grew up. She became a woman trying to follow the rules her mother laid out for her.”

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Wonderfalls, another Fox show, was Bryan Fuller’s first original creation. This dramedy followed Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), an “overeducated, unemployable” twenty-four year old that talks to inanimate objects. This show bit the big one when its first four episodes were shown out of order and it failed to attract big numbers midseason.

It’s a smart series with rapid-fire dialogue and razor-sharp wit. Deliciously snarky, cynical yet cute, at times fantastical and very often hilarious (like finding out why Jaye’s sister has short fingernails), it’s a highly entertaining show that was unfairly overlooked by most people during its brief run.

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