osprey_archer | Wonderfalls: the First Four Episodes

THEY PLAYED THE VERONICA MARS THEME SONG IN EPISODE THREE. For this alone I am filled with love for Wonderfalls.

Fear not, I like Wonderfalls for other reasons too. Jaye may be the most obnoxious heroine in the history of the universe, but four episodes in I am filled with Jaye-love. The exorcism scene? Priceless. Hilarious AND creeptastic.

The female characters on the show generally are good. They have depth! They talk to each other about things that are not men! I like Jaye and Jaye’s sister (whose hair is a refugee from World War II, I swear) and the nun; even Jaye's mother might grow on me.

Also, Jaye’s brother: way cool. And the cute bar guy Jaye likes (yay romances with actual chemistry! One problem with Firefly: except for Zoe and Wash the romances lack spark).

However, I could get very tired of the talking inanimate objects that are always right. My tolerance for anything that’s always right is very, very low, especially if said things just sit back smugly until their victim abandons hope of an explanation and gives in to the Incredible Aura of Rightness, at which time everything works out.

Also, there’s this odd thing where there will suddenly, randomly, be shots of Niagara Falls. It’s like in Torchwood where there are all these inexplicable airplane shots of Cardiff at night. Either I am missing something deeply thematically significant (possible with Wonderfalls; I don’t think the Torchwood people have the subtlety) or the shots just got shoehorned in because, gosh darn it, we spent too much money shooting ‘em not to use ‘em.

I’m looking forward to the next DVD.