Plot Synopsis

While struggling to find social and professional happiness, Ryan is asked by his attractive next-door neighbor, Jenna, to watch her dog Wilbur, who looks like a regular canine to everyone else but appears as a man in a dog suit to Ryan. Since he's still psychologically recovering from his recent suicide attempt, Ryan sees Wilfred as his alter-ego, intent on pushing him out of his introverted shell and maybe even giving him enough confidence to get on Jenna's good side. As Ryan develops an unexpected relationship with Wilfred, who is best described as part Australian Shepherd and part Russell Crowe on a bender, he finds that their friendship allows him to address his feelings about happiness, trust and fear. But at the end of Season 1, Wilfred ends up in the hospital and doesn't recognize Ryan -- or at least he claims not to recognize Ryan. Worse yet for Ryan, when he goes home he discovers the basement where he and Wilfred shared laughter and tears is now just a closet. Was Wilfred real or just a figment of his imagination? Gann co-created and played the title character in the Australian version of WILFRED.