Wonderfalls - Living Dead Guy

Synopsis

Although a recent graduate of Brown University, Jaye Tyler decides to ignore her degree, live in a trailer and work at a tourist gift shop in Niagara Falls called Wonderfalls—-much to the despair of her well-to-do family. But Jaye’s aimless life takes a startling turn after a lion figurine begins talking to her. Her family calls it an “episode” … but Jaye knows better.

Fearing for her sanity, Jaye nevertheless starts doing exactly what an increasing number of inanimate objects tell her to do and is amazed when her outrageous actions begin changing people’s lives in unexpected ways.

Created by Bryan Fuller and starring Caroline Dhavernas, Diana Scarwid, William Sadler, Katie Finneran, Tyron Leitso, Tracie Thoms, and Lee Pace.

Behind the Scenes

Scripts

Season 1

Episode 1

Wax Lion

Jaye is coerced into helping a stranger, against her better judgment and desire to avoid human interaction, when a wax lion at the Wonderfalls gift shop begins talking to her.

Episode 2

Karma Chameleon

Jaye mentors Bianca, a young run-away who finds a job at Wonderfalls, but before Jaye knows it, Bianca has taken over Jaye’s life a la “Single white female”

Episode 3

Wound-Up Penguin

Jaye and Eric set out to find a woman who had been living in the barrel, they discover that she is a nun who has run away from the convent and Jaye is instructed by the talking animals to “Bring her back to him.”

Episode 4

Pink Flamingos

After Jaye accidentally caused her father to be run over by her car, the muses coerce her into helping a despised former classmate plan a 6 1/2 year reunion.

Episode 5

Crime Dog

Jaye is arrested while crossing the Canadian border. Meanwhile Aaron begins to discover his sister’s secret when he sees her talking to a cow- shaped creamer dispenser.

Episode 6

Muffin Buffalo

Jaye tries to help a shut-in neighbor re-enter society while the muses tell her not to give another neighbor her disability checks that were delivered to Jaye by mistake.

Episode 7

Barrel Bear

Jaye and Mahandra end up on opposite sides of a battle between two older women both claiming to be the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Episode 8

Lovesick Ass

Jaye and Eric start to get closer while helping a Russian woman who came to America to meet her on-line fiancé, Peter, who turns out to be less that she expected. Meanwhile, Peter falls hard for Jaye and will do anything to keep Eric away from her.

Episode 9

Safety Canary

Jaye and Eric’s first date goes awry when Jaye, upon a muse’s instruction, causes a rare bird to go wild and gets the bird keeper fired. Jaye, Eric, and the bird keeper then go on a mission to “save the lovebirds” while Mahandra tries to warn Jaye against getting too close to Eric.

Episode 10

Lying Pig

When Eric’s estranged wife returns to town, Jaye is instructed by the muses to “mend what was broken.” Afraid of losing Eric, Jaye turns to her brother for help and tries to ignore the muses orders.

Episode 11

Cocktail Bunny

When the muses tell her to “save him from her” Jaye becomes convinced that Eric’s life is in danger and begins investigating Heidi. Meanwhile, Jaye is coerced by her parents into returning to therapy with Dr. Ron.

Episode 12

Totem Mole

Jaye, Mahandra, and Sharon visit a Native American reservation where Sharon sparks up an old college rivalry with a local catching Mahandra in the crossfire. Jaye, meanwhile, has a conversation with the deceased seer and tries to get the woman’s accountant grandson to find his spiritual gift, despite the signs saying that Jaye is, in fact, the chosen one.

Episode 13

Caged Bird

As Eric prepares to leave Niagra forever, Jaye, Sharon, Alec, and Wade are held hostage in Wonderfalls by a bank robber on the run.