In the season finale of FX's Wilfred, Jenna (Fiona Gubelmann) eats drug-laced candy that Wilfred (Jason Gann) leaves laying out at Ryan's (Elijah Wood) place. The resulting strange behavior causes Jenna to lose her job as a news anchor. Ryan puts his lawyer hat back on to help Jenna with her boss (Ray Wise, Chuck, Reaper), but must resort to blackmail to get her position back.
Because Ryan touches the dark side of himself, left behind until now, he begins to be sneakily manipulative in other parts of his life, too. Ryan drives a wedge between Jenna and her boyfriend, Drew (Chris Klein), because he wants Jenna for himself. However, this backfires, and soon Jenna is planning on marrying Drew, thinking she is pregnant, while Ryan's sister Kristen (Dorian Brown), a pawn in his game, is left by her husband, Leo (J.P. Manoux), not realizing she is the one carrying the baby. Plus, she tells Ryan he is dead to her. To make matter worse, Wilfred is hit by a car, leaving Ryan without any help in fixing the mess he made, as well as finding his "Identity." "Identity" being the title of the episode.
"Identity" is a confusing episode of Wilfred for a number of reasons. First of all, Ryan struggles to comprehend what exactly is going on with Wilfred. His canine companion, whom he sees as a man in a dog suit, is perceived as a dog by others. Is Wilfred a dream? Is Ryan in purgatory, as Wilfred hints when he references Lost this week? Is Wilfred sent to better or worsen Ryan's life? Or perhaps he is a dark part of Ryan's psyche manifesting itself. This last explanation makes some sense, given that Ryan's bad qualities apparently disappear when Wilfred arrives on the scene, and after Ryan takes them back, Wilfred is left severely injured and with amnesia.
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Article comments
1 - Scotchguard
I was a huge fan of LOST. I remember reading an article about JJ Abrams, and he was asked about the Smoke Monster. And he admitted he had no idea what it was. I was very disappointed. I kept watching the show, but I knew there was no plan. They were making shit up as it went along.
2 - Jerome Wetzel
That's disappointing! Well, JJ wasn't the day to day runner of the series, so maybe he didn't. But I think the guys who did do the show gave a fantastic ending, so I won't complain.
3 - Leandro27
thats a lot of bullshit what you just write.. Ryan's basement never dissapered it was never there, just try and remember when her sister told him " I didn't remember we had a basement" when Ryan told her he was doing some stuff in there. Also remember the quote on the first episode “Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination“. The shows starts telling all of us that Ryan its insane so don't start making stupid conclusions. One more thing the thing of lost.. IT WAS JUST A JOKE! He is not on fucking purgatory. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??!
Please just think before you critizice a great series.
4 - Jerome Wetzel
You make a good point about the sister's comment. I am not sure that quote means that Ryan is insane, but it is certainly one of the major possibilities.
No need for the profanity and anger. I enjoy Wilfred, as well, but that doesn't mean it can't be questioned. In fact, a series like Wilfred begs to be so.