Wonderfalls: Season 1 (2004)

I heard good things about this show but now I can say that it won me over from the first minute of the first episode. Think of a quirky and beloved series such as Dead Like Me, but with a greater, Wes Andersonesque, cinematic eye as well as tourist-trap kitsch and a Gen-Y too-cool-to-care perspective. Inanimate animals (like the wall-mounted fish in her favorite bar) give Jaye cryptic commands, and they make life difficult if she does not comply; is she going nuts, or ultimately helping others through mysterious and circuitous paths? This series was cancelled before airing the impressive episode 4, where a runaway nun thinks she has lost her faith. Her poetic and theological reflection on the biochemistry of cheese and the cosmos is proof positive that the writing in this series is excellent. The entire ensemble cast also works extremely well together. I could binge-watch this series back-to-back indefinitely. Enjoy! 5 stars. (3-9-2017)