You do NOT want tickets to this crazy train.

Alright. It’s finale time once again in Wilfred World. That was a pretty good WTF cliffhanger too. It wasn’t as “HOLY SHIT” as last season’s finale. It was more of a “Ah, this is getting interesting!” kind of cliffhanger. I’m intrigued to see how they’re going to move forward in this vein without giving away too much. As much as I enjoy this show, I’m getting a little scared it can’t last much longer without getting frustrating. But I think maybe the writers realize that, and that’s why we get the total mindfuck episodes like the season premiere, and the one with Ryan’s Indian spirit guide. Those episodes told us very little, but were entertaining as shit, you know?

But we’ll have all next season to discuss that. Right now, the season finale – which was actually full of information. Not necessarily about Ryan and Wilfred (though that’s where the cliffhanger comes in), but it also neatly tied up the plot about Kevin (Rob Riggle) selling the company secrets. Turns out he was framed! But, we’ll get to that.

So, it’s the day of Jenna and Sheboygan Lager’s Drew’s wedding. Ironically, they’re hardly in the episode. LOLS. All the weirdness of the episode starts when Wilfred is acting really strangely, and he accuses Ryan of holding back a secret from him. Ryan finally admits to him that he and Amanda (a.k.a. Crazy Bitch) are back together, but that’s not what Wilfred was talking about. Ya see, Wilfred found a picture that Ryan had drawn as a child that featured his family, his old dog Sneakers… and another dog who’s hanging out behind a floating tree. And it looks an awful lot like Wilfred. Um, WTF?! Read the rest of this entry »

You know what I find both hilarious and infuriating about this show? Next week is the season finale, and I have no freaking clue what’s going to happen, what kind of revelations Ryan is or isn’t going to have, or how they’re going to leave us until next season. I guess that’s really why you have to be so go-with-the-flow with this show. As someone who searches for meaning where there sometimes isn’t any, I occasionally have trouble understanding where this show is going until I remind myself that I can’t care. You can’t. We as viewers just have to enjoy what comes.

Take for instance the episode from two weeks ago. I loved it because Ryan had revelations, you guys. He realized things about himself. And I LOVE when that happens, when characters actually develop from episode to episode. But while Ryan may have learned something about himself last night, what with manning up and going to Amanda’s apartment and it seeming to turn out so well (smiles all around!) – it wasn’t what I enjoyed about the episode at all. Like, hey, good for Ryan. But, no. It was the damned dog and his doggie ways that stole the episode for me. Completely.

I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard at an episode of Wilfred in a really long time. Read the rest of this entry »

Awww.

You know, I don’t know about you guys, but I think that might be one of my favorite epsiodes of Wilfred ever. My favorite episodes of this show are generally the ones where really outrageous things happen, and ones that are riotously funny. Last night’s episode certainly had its funny moments, and I had to rewind and rewatch a few things, not to mention chuckled quite heartily through possibly one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen on this show. But the thing that I really loved about this episode was that… we finally got some character development out of Ryan, you guys! FINALLY!

Since the beginning of last season, Ryan hasn’t really changed much. His world has changed yes – he met Jenna and Wilfred, he felt guilty about causing her to get fired, he’s had flashbacks to his old childhood dog, he witnessed Wilfred violate a stuffed giraffe, he got lorded over by his sister, and he helped her deliver her baby. But not much about what’s going on inside Ryan’s head has really changed. Until now. If this is what EP David Zuckerman promised me when he said I would dig what they’re doing later in the season, then he was fucking right, man.

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Alright, so we’re going to make this quick and dirty, just like Wilfred likes it. Last night’s life lesson was all about being honest. And how the truth can set you free, and all that bullcrap. Or, you know, horribly mess up friendships. It depends, really.

So Rob Riggle’s character Kevin, it seems, was arrested for giving trade secrets to another pharmaceutical company – which resulted in Ryan’s company losing the race for the cure for cancer (or whatever they were trying to do), and you know JEREMY’S SUICIDE. Way to go, Kevin. Oh, and guess who Kev’s lawyer is? If you guess Ryan’s dad, you win ALL the prizes! So the point of this is basically that Jenna wants Ryan to help her score an interview with him. Which, given Ryan’s history with his father doesn’t really seem likely, so DREAM BIG, GURL!

Since Ryan sees the same irony in that request that I do, he’s not even going to bother asking his dad. But he’s not willing to come clean about the pot candy that Jenna ate before work, causing her to trip her tits off and grope herself, henceforth letting her be known in the industry as “Squishy Tits.” The whole debacle was really his fault, which Wilfred reminds him of several times.

Okay, so now that we’ve established the guilt for this episode, here’s what went down. Wilfred comes to Ryan’s house with scratches on his face, which he claims he got from a gang of “dobies,” or Dobermans (“’Dobies’ is their word.”). But it turns out they’re from a pack of cats, those bastards. So Wilfred did the only logical thing and captured them, and is keeping them in a secret compartment in the floor of Ryan’s basement. Man, that must be one magical basement to have a trap door in the FLOOR of it. That is extra secure. Read the rest of this entry »

Beautiful. Too bad something AWFUL is about to happen. Eventually…

This week we’re getting a twofer, folks! So first, let’s talk about last week’s weird shitstorm of an episode.

I mean that in the best possible way, of course. Last week saw the reappearance of Dwight Yoakam’s character Bruce. Remember, he was in the episode last season where… some weird stuff happened. Honestly, I don’t remember much of that episode because it was my least favorite of the whole season. Last week’s episode, though, was a little easier for me to pay attention to. Possibly mostly because it may be the end of Creepy Chick, a.k.a. Amanda, Ryan’s scientist girlfriend. God, I hated her, and I really don’t know why.

Anyway, so, Creepy Chick and Ryan are playing a game called “What’s Your Second Biggest Secret,” and Ryan reveals that he loves her. For some reason, this leads him to ask her to move in with him. Ryan seems to think he has his shit together, which is just adorable. Wilfred, on the other hand – like me – thinks that he really, really doesn’t. Ryan can keep his secrets hidden for a while, but eventually he’s going to have to let Creepy Chick in on them.

As if that wasn’t enough, Wilfred spends the entire episode sure that something horrible is going to happen. He even spends the beginning of the episode spouting crazy talk about the impending apocalypse (which includes children eating other children?). God, I would love to see Wilfred’s episode of Doomsday Preppers. Anyway, it seems that Wilfred’s premonitions are coming true, because there’s an earthquake that topples a bookshelf on top of Ryan, pinning him there in the basement. Read the rest of this entry »

Jizz hands! JAZZ. I mean JAZZ hands…

I kind of feel like the Russian gymnasts who got silver and bronze in the All-Around about last night’s episode. The writing was good, the performances were pretty great, but it just didn’t quite get there for me. And I’m kind of upset about it. Not every single episode is going to be a Gabby Douglas*, but they had been so good lately, this one just felt a little lackluster.

*It feels a little wrong to compare this show to sweet, smiley 16-year-old gold medalist, but we all know an effective analogy when we see one.

As always, the human-only storyline mirrors the Wilfred story line in order to teach Ryan some valuable lesson, and as always, the Wilfred story line was far more interesting and entertaining. While out to lunch with Kristen (I had wondered where she went), who still hasn’t had the baby, but who has, surprisingly dumped Arturo to the curb, an old friend of Ryan’s comes up to them. He’s all excited to see Ryan, and starts dropping all these inside jokes on him, and it just feels weird. Of course the awkwardness is because Ryan is feeling it pretty hardcore, too, so it’s not just me.

He invites Ryan out for a drink later, but Ryan kind of hems and haws because he and this guy, James, used to work together at his father’s firm. They were going to quit on the same day, but instead of walking out, James took a promotion. And Ryan has harbored a grudge every since. Of course Wilfred suggests just talking to the guy, and hearing his side of it. Wilfred always has the best advice. And that’s the human-only (mostly) side of it. This is where things get weird. Read the rest of this entry »

“Note to self.”

This may have been my favorite episode of the season – and that includes the acid trip of a premiere – for one reason, and one reason only: Bear. Okay, so there were other good parts to the episode, and some parts that pissed me off (in a good way), but everything pertaining to Bear was fucking golden. GOLDEN. I swear, writers, any episode you make where Wilfred invokes Bear is a winner in my heart. So it’s funny, then, that Jason Gann said on Twitter last night that it was actually his least favorite in the writers’ room.

https://twitter.com/JasonGann/status/228676053047050240

But “the funnest to shoot.” Oh, I believe it. There was just so much. So much Bear. So little time. But I’ll get to that. Because there WAS other good shit that went down in this episode. Ryan’s still dating Creepy Chick, and he thinks it’s time for her to meet his friends (i.e., Jenna), so he orchestrates a dinner party where they can all meet (including Drew, WHO BRINGS SHEBOYGAN LAGER! Oh, Sheboygan Lager, you have been missed.)

From the start, Wilfred has been staunchly anti-forcing Jenna and Creepy Chick to be friends because you can’t force people to like each other. This is true, and once again, Wilfred wins the Sound Advice Award. Until it’s taken away when he explains this philosophy by telling a story about a boy dog (Rex) and girl dog (Lady) who were forced to be friends. The boy dog ends up killing the girl dog, and continually went out to look at the dead dog’s body, whereupon “I would find myself – Rex would find himself getting aroused.” Exquisite. Read the rest of this entry »

YOU’RE NOT HIS REAL DAD!

You know, I completely believe in the writers of this show, but sometimes I just worry where it’s going to go, how it’s all going to turn out. But I can rest easy for another week because once again Wilfred delivered. This episode was a bit more toned down, even more so than last week, but once again the weird dog shit breaks through as the best material of the episode. I don’t mean literal dog shit, though there was some of that in the episode. I’m talking the quirky little details that remind us that the rest of the world sees Wilfred as an actual dog. This episode, it was that he got so scared and stressed at being held at gunpoint, he lost his sense of smell. I, for one, wasn’t aware that this was a thing, but I haven’t owned a dog since I was two. He was a cocker spaniel named Max, and I don’t even remember him. :( Oh, Max.

Anyway, so before we get to the good stuff, let’s just sum up. Ryan wants to invest money so that he can create a cushion for himself for the future. So Rob Riggle (or Kevin, as his character is known) introduces Ryan to his investment guy, who after deeming Ryan worthy, allows Ryan the opportunity to get involved in a project to repurpose some abandoned buildings and unused land for the low, low price of $10,000.

Here’s where Wilfred comes in.  Wilfred, who we know can’t even feel guilt for more than five seconds, doesn’t believe in planning for the future. It’s all about living in the now. I generally try to follow this philosophy myself (because it’s more fun), but that’s mostly because I don’t have enough money to invest anyway. Sigh. So Wilfred tries to sabotage Ryan, first by scaring him with a gun, only to have a couple of thugs come down the alley, point a gun at Wilfred and take Ryan’s wallet. As I mentioned earlier, the traumatic event causes Wilfred to lose his sense of smell. And because the sense of smell is so important to a dog… all hell breaks loose… in Wilfred’s mind. Read the rest of this entry »

Anyone who is ANYONE is in the PEN15 club.

You know what it is that I really love about Wilfred? Yes, watching Wilfred, a man in a dog suit, run around doing dog things is hilarious. Yes, the situations Ryan gets into because of Wilfred are hilarious (see last week’s ep… and all of season 1). But the thing(s) that I find the most hilarious about this show are the details, the throw-away lines, the fact that Wilfred was reaching toward a pregnant Kristen with a wire hanger on a stick. These fucked up little moments are what make this show so special, you guys. And last night’s episode was chock full of them.

Where to even begin? Well, Wilfred once and for all confirms all of our suspicions that there is, in fact, a war between dogs and babies to see who is cuter. And it is a goddamn bloodbath, apparently. So when Ryan’s sister Kristen comes back fromIndiaall 6 months pregnant, Wilfred is incensed. Ryan feels guilty about the manipulative shit that went down at the end of last season, and because he can’t let go of the guilt (unlike Wilfred, whose guilt only lasts five seconds), he agrees to let her stay with him.

See, apparently she and Arturo are getting a condo together, but there’s construction going on and that’s bad for the baby. But while Wilfred is searching for information to take down that fucking terrorist baby, he finds a restraining order in Kristen’s bag – from Arturo against her. But still, Ryan’s guilt is so much that he can’t kick her out. Even after she belittles his relationship with Creepy Chick. Her and Arturo’s relationship, on the other hand, is based on mutual love and compassion for each other.

And you guys, I fucking hate Kristen so much. She is a CRAZY BITCH, and I can’t even. EVEN after she realizes that while she’s blaming all this shit on Ryan, she’s actually the reason all this crap has happened to her. I just can’t take her anymore. But enough about her. Read the rest of this entry »

BAAAAALLLLLSSSSSS!

I really enjoyed last night’s episode. Last week I talked about how much I like the surreal episodes, but this one is a prime example of how to use the straight weirdness (the dog stuff, the one-liners – as opposed to acid trip-style stories, which I do love) to the show’s advantage.  Honestly, I keep waiting for the “dog stuff” to start getting old, but they manage to keep it fresh and entertaining even when you know it’s coming. I mean, who didn’t see the old slipping on the polished floor bit coming and ending disastrously? I kind of want to cuddle and pet Wilfred too – and then promptly disinfect my entire body.

I think I might have identified a bit of why I wasn’t too keen on last week’s episode: Ryan and Wilfred were at odds. “Yes, of course they were. Aren’t they always?” you say. But it was different. They were at odds because Wilfred was angry, and I like it better when he’s trying to be friends. In last night’s episode, Jenna and Drew appear to be out of town for a few weeks (thank god), so Ryan is dogsitting Wilfred. Which is why Wilfred calls him while Ryan is at work, both a) getting ready to leave on a date with Creepy Chick, and b) getting fucked gently with a chainsaw by his boss. In a typical dick move, the boss is all, “I need this review by Friday. How about Thursday? Let’s make it Wednesday.” What a dickweasel. And because Ryan is a major pushover, he totally gives in and cancels the date.

Luckily for everyone Ryan no one involved, Wilfred has just the advice: Ryan needs to stop letting people walk all over him. Okay, maybe I was a little hasty with that sentence because this is actually good advice. Of course this is exactly what Wilfred does every single day of their lives, and manages to convince Ryan to take him into the office. And it actually turns out better than you might expect. Everyone is all excited about the cute dog, and they’re all petting him, and he’s showing them his balls. It’s adorable. Even Jeremy, the cranky boss seems calmed and he even tells Ryan to just get him the report “whenever.” WHAT. If I knew it was that easy, I’d totally have been throwing puppies at my bosses for years! Read the rest of this entry »