Pink Flamingos (Wonderfalls)

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“Pink Flamingos”
Wonderfalls episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 2
Written by Aaron Harberts
Gretchen J. Berg
Directed by Todd Holland
Guest stars Kari Matchett
Chelan Simmons
Neil Grayston
Production no. 1AHM01
Original airdate April 1, 2004
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"Pink Flamingos" is the second episode of the television show Wonderfalls, although it was the fourth to be aired.

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[edit] Plot Synopsis

Still trying to ignore the talking inanimate animals, Jaye accidentally runs over her father with his car, breaking his leg. Feeling guilty about her father, Jaye listens to the stuffed fish that tells her to help an annoying high school classmate, Gretchen, plan her high-school reunion. In helping Gretchen with the reunion, Jaye becomes aware of her struggles with her distant husband. When a rooster hair clip tells her to "destroy Gretchen," Jaye defies the chicken and tries to help her, inadvertently causing her husband to have a car accident. Giving into the voice, Jaye "destroys Gretchen" by pouring a drink on her in front of everyone at the reunion, which leads to her having a talk with an admirer from high school in the bathroom. That conversation leads to her realizing that she doesn't love her husband and Gretchen leaves the reunion intending to divorce him and feeling more empowered. Gretchen's husband finds a romantic interest in the woman from the towing company. Meanwhile, Sharon gets stuck taking care of Darrin and his leg, and she slips him some sleeping pills so that she can have a date with Beth. Much to Sharon's surprise, Beth reveals that she isn't a lesbian -- she's bisexual. Sharon isn't quite sure how she feels about that fact. Darrin returns to the hospital for a follow-up visit where he learns that they found a blood clot in his leg that might have killed him.

[edit] Arc Significance

  • Beth's bisexuallity will cause Sharon to doubt her in "Safety Canary."

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[edit] Quotes

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Karen: "Your sister's not a cold-blooded murderer. She's never been a planner."
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Gretchen Speck: "He's much more Jewish than I am. Mostly because he was born that way. I'm sort of a Christmas and Easter Jew."
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Jaye: "Eric can't talk right now because he's servicing me sexually."
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Mahandra: "Have you been huffing puff paint? Because this just isn't like you."
Jaye: "What do you mean, 'like me'? There is no 'like me.' I'm not 'like anything' and if I were, it certainly wouldn't be me."
Mahandra: "Why are you doing this?"
Jaye: "I don't have a choice. I'm a puppet. The universe just sticks its hand up my butt, and if I don't dance, people get hurt!"
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Mahandra: "I'll go to your little shindig."
Jaye: "You will? Great! Okay, here's the list Gretchen gave me--"
Mahandra: "Oh, no. I've got my own list of things to do, and at the top of it? Destroy Gretchen Speck. You may be the universe's butt-puppet, but I'm its right-hand fist of fate. And tonight...accounts are comin' due."
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Gretchen: "I changed religions for God's sake! I'm not going to heaven now. What more does he want?"
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Mahandra: "That is not the Janet I wanna be."

[edit] Trivia

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  • Chelan Simmons previously worked with co-creator Bryan Fuller on Dead Like Me.
  • Gretchen and Robert's address is listed on their couples card as 146 Bonny Meadow Road, New Rochelle, New York, which is a reference to the The Dick Van Dyke Show. Rob and Laura Petrie lived at 148 Bonny Meadow Road; Millie and Jerry lived at Gretchen's address.
  • In bed, Darrin is reading Made in Texas: George W. Bush and the Southern Takeover of American Politics by Michael Lind.
  • Robert's cell phone number has a Manhattan area code.

[edit] External links

  • Television Without Pity Recap