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since Wilfred Elijah has been

posted 8 years ago by ma0u
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that same docile guy standing off to the side with a strange stare at the main quirky protagonist. Always coming off as that same stick-in-mud as he was in Wilfred--another British comedy. Yawn

[–] andhow-523-566233 8 years ago

Not to be picky, but I think Wilfred was Australian.

[–] cinemafreak13 8 years ago

Wilfred the show started in Australia, then was brought to the state with Elijah Wood taking the Best Friend role.

He was also super creepy in Sin City. He's an actor I enjoy watching due to the roles he chooses.

[–] terminaltrip421 8 years ago

did you not watch it all the way through? elijah has some teeth in this. and like the other poster already pointed out, the original wilfred series was australian. additionally this series I would not label a comedy.

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[–] king_of_bob 8 years ago

First of all, Wilfred only ended 2 years ago. Second, you're wrong anyway. Third, Wilfred was NEVER a British comedy. The original series was Australian and the one with Elijah Wood is an American production.

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[–] codyhoskins 8 years ago

British or Australian, I think what you all mean to say is like Wilfred, this show has Elijah playing another insecure American guy teamed up with a stranger quirky guy with an accent and an eccentric upbeat personality who comes into his life to shake him out of his miserable existence and lighten up in a new life that puts him at his wits end but changes him for the better. The reverse in this show is that his sister is the one with mental illness that he's trying to help her through while he's the rational man who has to accept that the paranormal is all for real by the end. It does feel repetitious of Wilfred though in the whole buddy dynamic in that Elijah's character keeps butting heads with Dirk and has a buddy affection that's on and off again but still comes to like him after all he's put him through just as his character was with Wilfred.