Wilfred

Wilfred

Jun 20, 2013

There are some weird shows on television, but weird doesn't mean not worth watching.  Take this series, "Wilfred."  We bet that if you tune in for tonight's season premiere, you're going to like what you see.  On the other hand if we were to tell you that this is a comedy about a guy, let's say he's slightly unhinged but maybe he isn't, who in order to make his way in the world imagines that this dog isn't a dog as much as he's a man in a dog suit.  Yes, that's right, this guy thinks (or pretends) a dog is actually a man in a dog suit.  Anyway, if we were to tell you that, would you tune in?  Well, you should, you'll like it.

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Wilfred

Jun 27, 2013

Last week, "Wilfred" started the season with two new episodes.  Next week, they will air but one new episode.  Here though, in week two, we are getting two episodes once more.  This is, as of this writing, the last time this season we know of there being two new episodes on a single night.  That isn't to say that things won't change in the future, that FX won't rejigger its schedule, it's just that for right now if you want two new episodes of a man and a man in a dog suit, you can't be looking towards the future, you have to be in the here and now.  If that isn't important, if a full hour of man and man in dog suit comedy isn't important, well, we just don't know what is.

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Wilfred

Sep 20, 2012

Tonight is unlucky episode 13 of the second season of "Wilfred."  Now, we don't call it unlucky simply because it's the 13th episode--we don't believe in such things--we call it unlucky because it's the last episode of the season and that is pretty unlucky.  We fully expect it o be a great episode, but the 'last episode of the season' bit does upset us.  We don't want "Wilfred" to go away, we want it to say with us forever, like a faithful dog... or a faithful dog in a man suit.  Wait, no, we have that wrong -- like a faithful man in a dog suit.  Yup, that's better.

Wilfred

Aug 30, 2012

We are, most definitely, in the home stretch for this season of "Wilfred."  Of the 13 episodes ordered (a lucky number to be sure), we have but three remaining.  Now, an effort is being made to stretch out the season a little by not airing a new episode next week, but we're not entirely sure that skipping a week alleviates the problem of having so few fresh episodes left.  There is just something about a man in a dog suit that makes us laugh, even if the man in the dog suit isn't really a man in the dog suit.  Or is he?  We get confused about reality sometimes.

Wilfred

Jul 26, 2012

There is something wonderful and wonderfully sad about this show.  It is entirely possible that the point isn't for it to be wonderfully sad, but we sometimes see it that way.  Here is this poor guy, just trying to make his way in the world, but he's constantly thwarted isn't he?  He's constantly stopped and told what to do, orders are barked at him.  Heck, he can't even cook for himself, can he?  Then, the poor guy, he's shoved into this dog suit and everyone thinks that he's just a plain dog except for one other dude.  Man, we feel bad for Wilfred.  Can't someone throw him a bone?

Wilfred

Jul 13, 2012

Wilfred becomes obsessed with maintaining a vicious rivalry with a new foe, but Ryan grows concerned about the effects the feud may have on him so he tries to end his furry companion's relentless quarrel before it escalates.

Wilfred

Jul 12, 2012

Wilfred becomes obsessed with maintaining a vicious rivalry with a new foe, but Ryan grows concerned about the effects the feud may have on him so he tries to end his furry companion's relentless quarrel before it escalates.

Wilfred

Jul 08, 2012

Ryan begins to notice that his canine friend's popularity may be causing problems for his own reputation amongst people they know, which leads to him trying to put an end to the adoring praise being received by the furry personality.

Wilfred

Jul 05, 2012

We referred to this show as a 'man be dog' world, but perhaps it's a 'dog be man' thing, honestly we're not quite sure what the best way to put it might be.  What we do know is this -- in the televisual summer, a time when we're all groping for comedy that is meant to be funny as opposed to the unintentional comedy of some reality series, FX is giving us Thursday nights.  Thursday nights have Charlie Sheen and Louis C.K. and Russell Brand and this particular series in which your kind of sort of average individual sees a regular dog as a man in a bad dog suit.  Trust us, it's funny.

Wilfred

Jun 21, 2012

When you tell someone that there's this television show you love about this one guy who talks to this dog who talks back to him, you have to be kind of worried, right?  We mean, there's a strong sense that such a show may veer into "Mr. Ed" territory and people will look at you funny.  Well, we suggest when you talk about "Wilfred" that you mention that when the dog talks back he does so as an Australian guy wearing a ridiculous dog costume.  Trust us, we've tried the explanation on the subway and we didn't get any sort of strange looks whatsoever (in fact, we got the whole car to ourselves).

P.S. - Robin Williams is on tonight.

Wilfred

Sep 08, 2011

So you see, there's this dog who is a dog, but to his owner (or the human he spends a whole lot of time with anyway), the dog isn't a dog, the dog is man in a dog suit.  Now, if we were the owner (or the human the dog spent a lot of time with), we would spend our whole life in therapy trying to make the dog just look like a dog again.  We wouldn't care what it would take, we would do everything in our power to make it happen.  We're happy though that the dog here still looks like a man, because it makes for an awfully good TV show, the season finale of which airs tonight.

Wilfred

Jul 28, 2011

Listen, we have our sources, and our sources tell us that "Wilfred" is a pretty good show and most definitely worth watching not just in general, but this week specifically.  Right now you're probably asking us why exactly this is, but the truth is that we're not going to tell you, we're just going to suggest that you watch.  We are happy to tell you this much about the show -- it's going to have something to do with this guy and his dog who looks like a human to the guy, but to no one else.  Of course, that's not really giving anything away, that's what the whole series is about.