It could be the strangest TV series you’ve ever seen. It could also be one of the funniest. Elija Woods stars as Ryan Newman, a severely depressed man on the edge of suicide whose life is turned around when he makes an unexpected bond with his neighbor’s dog, Wilfred. The joke – and the weirdness – stems from the fact that Wilfred is an actor, Jason Gann, in a dog suit. Or at least that is how Ryan, and the audience, sees him. The other people in the show treat him like he was a real dog. If you have trouble wrapping your imagination around the concept, just wait. The adventures – drug-fueled adventures for the most part – that Ryan and Wilfred share would be surreal if it was just two actors and not a man and his ‘dog.’ The key to it all is to be like Ryan and just sit back and enjoy the ride.
I think that the two main characters in Wilfred definitely do have a special kind of chemistry which is why the show works so well. I was wondering how they would tie seasons one and two together. Unfortunately I missed the premiere last night but a co-worker here at Dish mentioned dishonline.com as a solution. It’s great because I was able to watch the new episode right on the computer and I had thousands of other choices as well, including movies. Now I don’t have to wait to get home to be entertained.
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