I read a lot about film, television etc., and I was very surprised that I had not even heard about this show at all. This short-lived series, on Fox, told the story of Jaye Tyler, who works a dead-end job as a clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. In the pilot episode, 'Wax Lion', she begins to hear voices from various toys and statues (starting with a wax lion). These voices instruct her to help the people around her, in which things end up going awry.
This show was pretty ambitious and had an interesting concept going for it, but in the end I felt that it was doing too much for a pilot episode. The pilot focused too much on CGI and fast cuts between scenes, instead of building characters worthy of a better television show. The writers were trying to make a quirky and unique television series, with dialogue that was mostly 'miss'. Unfortunately, it took me nearly the entire episode to start laughing at some of the jokes they were throwing out at the audience. I did like the ending of the episode was a good set-up for the rest of the series' episodes, having Jaye hear the voices again telling her to help more strangers. Despite the rough "take off" in 'Wax Lion', maybe someday I'll give the rest of the episodes a shot.
Part 1 of 'Wax Lion' can be seen below. Parts 2-5 can be seen after the jump (click on the video).
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