Wonderfalls/Crime Dog

Crime Dog
Season 1, Episode 5
Airdate	unaired
Production Number	1AHM02
Written by	Krista Vernoff
Directed by	Allan Kroeker
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Wonderfalls — Season One

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Crime Dog is the fifth episode of the first season of Wonderfalls.

Starring: Caroline Dhavernas (Jaye Tyler), Katie Finneran (Sharon Tyler), Tyron Leitso (Eric Gotts), Lee Pace (Aaron Tyler), William Sadler (Darrin Tyler), Diana Scarwid (Karen Tyler), Tracie Thoms (Mahandra McGinty) (credit only)

Guest Starring: Audrey Wasilewski (Yvette Lagimodiere/Cindy Bradley), Kimberly Scott (Officer Hale), Bill Lake (Officer Sloan)

Co-Starring: Colin Fox (Fred), Joan Gregson (Helen), Lise LeBel-Wager (Elderly Yvette), James Carroll (Officer Donikian), Mike Beaver (Border Patrol Officer #1), Marcus Bruce (Older Gardener), Eldridge Hyndman (American Border Guard)

Muse Voices: Sandra Caldwell, Jeffrey R. Smith

Uncredited: Victor Hammer (Muse Voice)

Trivia

The Show

• M.I.A.: Though she appears in the opening credits, Tracie Thoms is not in this episode.

• Muse Voices: Although they aren't credited as such, the DVD commentary pointed out that Victor Hammer did the voice for the crime dog and Sandra Caldwell did the voice of the cow creamer.

Behind the Scenes

• Next Episode: Had the series not been cancelled after four episodes, this would have been the fifth episode be broadcast on FOX. The network went as far as advertising the episode in its new Thursday timeslot but the series was officially cancelled on the day it was meant to air (April 4, 2004).

• Controversy: The network didn't like this episode and/or thought that it was too confusing and didn't think it should be produced. In order to convince them that the storytelling method wasn't as confusing as they were making it out to be, executive producer Tim Minear wrote a four page "manifesto" to the executives. It isn't said what went into the manifesto, but the producers do explain that this was a very important to Aaron's character arc through out the rest of the season. Eventually they relented and allowed the episode to go into production. They added the "before the arrest" subtitles to help the network understand the episode.

• Network Notes: The network had a "violent reaction" to the big rewind moment at the end of this episode. The producers planned on using rewinds as a recurring visual motif, but they decided to drop all of the other instances to appease the network.

• Pocket Dialogue: Tim Minear wrote "pocket dialogue" in Officer Hale's tirade, which was rife with profanity. The producers figured that it would be fine for her to say these terrible things because the audience wouldn't hear the dialogue anyway. But, unfortunately for them, the scene with the audible words were on the dailies and FOX executives went through the roof. They claimed that profane lip-flapping was off-limits, even though no one would know what she was saying.