Wilfred (American TV series) season 2
| Wilfred | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | FX |
| Original release | June 21 – September 20, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of Wilfred, premiered on FX on June 21, 2012.[1] The season consisted of 13 episodes. The series is based on the original Australian series, Wilfred, and stars Elijah Wood, Jason Gann, Fiona Gubelmann and Dorian Brown.
Synopsis
The second season begins 4 months after Season 1 ended, where Ryan is dreaming that he is in a mental hospital, and Wilfred is in a wheelchair. After an outburst, the doctor attempts to give Ryan electroshock therapy, having received permission from Ryan's dad. Wilfred saves Ryan, and Ryan wakes up in a meeting at his new job. He rushes out of the meeting and runs to the basement door to read Wilfred's will. He removes everything from the closet and destroys the wall to reveal the basement. Wilfred's will turns out to be blank, except for the words "Keep Digging". Meanwhile, Wilfred and Drew come back from Wisconsin, unusually close, and reveal that Jenna and Drew are getting married. Wilfred tells Ryan that he is selfish, and won't listen to him, until Drew attempts to give Wilfred steroids to win a dog challenge. After Wilfred loses, Drew makes fun of him, and Ryan and Wilfred become friends again. Ryan's now-pregnant sister returns from India, and Ryan discovers a restraining order against her from Arturo Ramos, the father of her unborn child.
Ryan attempts to have a dinner party with Jenna, Drew, and his co-worker, Amanda, whom he begins dating. Amanda appears odd around Wilfred, and after Wilfred and Bear ruin the dinner party, Amanda reveals that she discovered her Grandfather's two dogs consuming his deceased body, causing her fear of dogs. Amanda and Wilfred become close after he consoles her. After several weeks of dating, Ryan tells Amanda that he loves her, and they decide to move in together. After spending a night in the basement, playing a pointless game all night with Wilfred and Bruce, Ryan breaks up with Amanda. Afterwards, the company that Ryan works for loses all its investors, and his boss commits suicide. Ryan and his mother go on a road-trip, against her doctor's orders, after her cat, Mittens, passes away. After Ryan's sister shows up to retrieve Ryan and their mentally ill mother, she goes into labor, giving birth to a boy who she names Joffrey.
Jenna's career becomes a joke after her freak-out on live TV goes viral, and Wilfred finally convinces Ryan to come clean to her. Meanwhile, when Wilfred becomes jealous of the attention Jenna gives to the other neighborhood dogs, he accidentally pushes Drew's hunting shotgun over, which shoots Drew in the leg, days before his and Jenna's wedding, and Ryan offers to host the ceremony in his backyard for them. Ryan realizes that he is sad and misses Amanda, so he gets back together with her. At Drew and Jenna's, Ryan discovers that Amanda sold the formula that the company they were working for was creating, in hopes to run off with Ryan, and that she thinks that she can communicate with Wilfred, but cannot tell Ryan what Wilfred says to him. Amanda is taken to a mental hospital, and Wilfred finds a picture that Ryan drew as child that appears to have Wilfred in the background. Wilfred claims he drew the picture, and Ryan believes him until he sees a photo of himself as a child with the drawing, which has Wilfred in the background.
Cast
Main cast
- Elijah Wood as Ryan Newman (13 episodes)
- Jason Gann as Wilfred (13 episodes)
- Fiona Gubelmann as Jenna Mueller (8 episodes)
- Dorian Brown as Kristen Newman (5 episodes)
Special guest cast
- Allison Mack as Amanda (8 episodes)
- Robin Williams as Dr. Eddy (credited) / Himself (uncredited) ("Progress")
- Dwight Yoakam as Bruce ("Truth")
- Mary Steenburgen as Catherine ("Service")
- John Michael Higgins as Dr. Cahill ("Service")
- Brad Dourif as P.T. ("Questions")
Recurring cast
- Chris Klein as Drew (5 episodes)
- Rob Riggle as Kevin (4 episodes)
- Steven Weber as Jeremy (3 episodes)
- Rodney To as Dr. Bangachon ("Now")
Guest stars
- Eugene Byrd as James (2 episodes)
- Nestor Carbonell as Arturo ("Guilt")
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Progress" | Randall Einhorn | David Zuckerman | June 21, 2012 | XWL02001 | 0.96[2] |
| 15 | 2 | "Letting Go" | Randall Einhorn | Reed Agnew & Eli Jorné | June 28, 2012 | XWL02002 | 2.53[3] |
| 16 | 3 | "Dignity" | Randall Einhorn | Cody Heller & Brett Konner | July 5, 2012 | XWL02003 | 1.45[4] |
| 17 | 4 | "Guilt" | Randall Einhorn | Steve Tompkins | July 12, 2012 | XWL02004 | 1.35[5] |
| 18 | 5 | "Now" | Randall Einhorn | David Baldy | July 19, 2012 | XWL02005 | 1.34[6] |
| 19 | 6 | "Control" | Randall Einhorn | Scott Prendergast | July 26, 2012 | XWL02006 | 1.28[7] |
| 20 | 7 | "Avoidance" | Randall Einhorn | Jason Gann | August 2, 2012 | XWL02007 | 0.83[8] |
| 21 | 8 | "Truth" | Randall Einhorn | David Zuckerman | August 9, 2012 | XWL02008 | 0.95[9] |
| 22 | 9 | "Service" | Randall Einhorn | Reed Agnew & Eli Jorné | August 16, 2012 | XWL02009 | 1.05[10] |
| 23 | 10 | "Honesty" | Randall Einhorn | Jason Gann | August 23, 2012 | XWL02010 | 0.84[11] |
| 24 | 11 | "Questions" | Randall Einhorn | Cody Heller & Brett Konner | August 30, 2012 | XWL02011 | 0.72[12] |
| 25 | 12 | "Resentment" | Randall Einhorn | David Baldy | September 13, 2012 | XWL02012 | 0.64[13] |
| 26 | 13 | "Secrets" | Randall Einhorn | Story by: David Zuckerman Teleplay by: David Zuckerman & Scott Prendergast | September 20, 2012 | XWL02013 | 0.54[14] |
Production
On August 6, 2011, Wilfred was renewed for a second season of 13 episodes.[15] Season two commenced on June 21, 2012 with the season premiere labeled a special preview. On June 28, 2012, the season officially premiered following Anger Management.[1] Prior to the official premiere date, FX released the season premiere on internet services such as Hulu, Yahoo!, FXnetworks.com and Wilfred Facebook page, for only a two-week period.[16]
References
- ^ a b "Shows A-Z - wilfred on fox". The Futon Critic. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (June 22, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Swamp People' + 'Suits', 'Burn Notice', 'Snooki & JWOWW', 'Mountain Men', 'Men at Work', & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (June 29, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Anger Management' Wins Night, 'Suits', 'Burn Notice', 'Wilfred', 'Awkward', 'Men at Work' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 6, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Swamp People' Leads, 'Anger Management' Falls + 'Mountain Men', 'Louie,' 'Snooki & JWOWW', 'Wilfred' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (July 13, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Swamp People' Wins Night, 'Suits', 'Anger Management', 'Burn Notice', 'Awkward', 'Wilfred' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 20, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Burn Notice' Wins Night, + 'Mountain Men', 'Suits', 'Anger Management', 'Sullivan & Son' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 27, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Burn Notice' Wins Night + 'Suits', 'Anger Management', 'Sullivan & Son', 'Snooki & JWOWW', 'Awkward' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (August 3, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Burn Notice' Tops 'Suits', + 'Sullivan & Son', 'Snooki & JWOWW', 'Awkward', 'Project Runway', 'Anger Management' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (August 10, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings:NFL Pre-Season Football wins Night, 'Burn Notice', 'Suits', 'Awkward', 'Anger Management','Project Runway' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (August 17, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Suits' Wins Night + 'Burn Notice', 'Great White Highway', 'Sullivan & Son', 'Anger Management' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (August 24, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Suits' Finale Wins Night, 'Burn Notice', 'Awkward', 'Project Runway', 'Anger Management', 'Louie' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (August 31, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: College Football Wins Night + RNC Coverage, 'Project Runway', 'Sullivan & Son', 'Snooki & JWOWW' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (September 14, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: Thursday Night Football Tops Night, + 'Awkward', 'Sullivan & Son', 'Snooki & JWOWW', 'Project Runway', 'Impractical Jokers' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (September 21, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: Football, 'Awkward', 'Project Runway', 'Impractical Jokers', 'The Daily Show', 'Braxton Family Values' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
- ^ Todd VanDerWerff August 6, 2011. "FX renews Wilfred, Louie, and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | TV | Newswire". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (June 7, 2012). "FX to Offer Special Preview Episode of 'Wilfred'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
