The essential episodes of Wonderfalls

Watch these 13 in order and you've got Wonderfalls — each pick states its reason.

1. 01

   S01E01 · Pilot · October 4, 2004 · 1h

   Wax Lion7.6

   Jaye fears for her sanity when a "smoosh-faced" wax lion and other animal-shaped trinkets begin speaking to her. At the lion's urging, she sets up her sister Sharon on a blind date that leads to a surprising revelation.

2. 02

   S01E02 · Top rated · October 11, 2004 · 1h

   Karma Chameleon7.2

   When Jaye meets Bianca, a mousy twentysomething with a bad stutter, a stuffed bass tells her to help the young woman "get her words out." But as the two spend more time together, Bianca begins to dress and act exactly like Jaye, raising suspicions that she's not exactly what she seems. Is Jaye's life being stolen from her?

3. 03

   S01E03 · Top rated · October 18, 2004 · 1h

   Wound-Up Penguin7.5

   A wind-up penguin seems to be instructing Jaye to help a former nun regain her faith. But when Sister Katrina learns of Jaye's communication with inanimate objects, she decides an exorcism is in order.

4. 04

   S01E04 · Top rated · October 25, 2004 · 1h

   Pink Flamingos7.3

   Jaye ignores the advice of some talking lawn flamingos, inadvertently causing a car accident that injures her father. Guilt-stricken, she agrees to help former high school nemesis Gretchen Speck organize a class reunion – until a ceramic rooster hairpin instructs her to "destroy Gretchen."

5. 05

   S01E05 · Top rated · November 1, 2004 · 1h

   Crime Dog7.5

   When the Tyler family's Canadian housekeeper Yvette is deported, a cow creamer sends Jaye across the border to retrieve her. Aaron, who accompanies Jaye on her strange mission, is increasingly suspicious of his sister's behaviour, and demands to know why she's conversing with inanimate objects.

6. 06

   S01E06 · Top rated · November 8, 2004 · 1h

   Barrel Bear6.3

   A barrel bear at the gift shop steers Jaye toward Millie Marcus, the first American woman to successfully plunge over the falls in a barrel. Jaye arranges for her to speak at a charity fundraiser, but gets a shock when another elderly woman shows up and accuses Millie of stealing her life.

7. 07

   S01E07 · Top rated · November 15, 2004 · 1h

   Lovesick Ass7.0

   Jaye's growing attraction to Eric is complicated by the fact that he's still married. However, her romantic problems seem to pale in comparison when she meets Katya, a young Russian woman who has come to Niagara Falls to marry the man she met online, only to discover that he's really a 13-year-old boy.

8. 08S01E08

   S01E08 · Top rated · November 22, 2004 · 1h

   Muffin Buffalo7.5

   Jaye tries to help out neighbour Fat Pat, who's been secluded in his trailer as he struggles to lose weight. But things go awry when Pat mistakes her friendship for romantic interest. Meanwhile, Aaron talks to psychiatrist Dr. Ron about Jaye's conversations with inanimate objects.

9. 09S01E09

   S01E09 · Season 1 peak · November 29, 2004 · 1h

   Safety Canary7.8

   Jaye inadvertently causes zookeeper Penelope to lose her job, and tries to make amends by helping her to get a couple of endangered macaws to mate. Turns out mating is on everyone else's mind too, as Sharon works to win over Beth and Aaron flirts with Mahandra. Jaye is floored when Eric's unfaithful wife Heidi re-enters his life.

10. 10S01E10

    S01E10 · Top rated · December 6, 2004 · 1h

    Lying Pig6.5

    Heidi appears to suffer a case of amnesia after Jaye accidentally hits her on the head with a television set, and claims that she can't remember her infidelity. Jaye admits to Aaron that inanimate objects have been speaking to her, and tries to decide whether to tell Eric about her feelings for him. Jaye's mother goes out to dinner at the Barrel with a handsome doctor.

11. 11S01E11

    S01E11 · Top rated · December 13, 2004 · 1h

    Cocktail Bunny7.0

    Heidi announces that she and Eric are returning to New Jersey. Jaye begins spying on Heidi after a brass monkey warns that "she's going to kill him."

12. 12S01E12

    S01E12 · Top rated · December 20, 2004 · 1h

    Totem Mole6.8

    After visiting the Satsuma Reservation, Jaye tries to help Bill Hooton follow in his grandmother's footsteps as spiritual leader of the tribe – but all the signs suggest that Jaye is the real seer. Meanwhile, Sharon has an unpleasant encounter with former law school rival Diana Littlefoot, and Mahandra tries to verify her own Satsuma heritage so that she can qualify for a grant to pay off her student loans.

13. 13S01E13

    S01E13 · Series finale · December 27, 2004 · 1h

    Caged Bird7.3

    Jaye has one last chance to reveal her true feelings to Eric before he leaves town with Heidi, but a dangerous hostage situation at the Wonderfalls store complicates her plans.