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“Conscience is the dog that can’t bite, but never stops barking.” – Proverb

In this week’s episode of Wilfred, “Conscience,” we get to see a lot more of Jenna’s boyfriend, Drew who is played by Chris Klein. Klein brings the comedy like no other actor could and makes Drew just as likable as he is detestable – since we are rooting for Ryan after all. Ryan’s competitive nature comes to the surface, especially after finding out that Drew is moving in with Jenna. But when his mischievous plan gets inside his conscience, he goes and blame Wilfred, as per usual, and attempts to clean up the mess that has been created. What I realized in this episode is that while Wilfred does provide Ryan with mischievous ways to resolve certain conflicts, Ryan is smart enough to come up with his own resolutions but is almost always too cowardly to even mention them or act them out. Ryan and Wilfred are both the brains, don’t let Ryan fool you, but Wilfred is the one who really puts things into action. That’s what drives this show and makes this buddy comedy so hilarious. Wilfred, a dog is guiding Ryan in a way that we have yet to see a dog guide a human being. Talk about a conscience.

“In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.” Steven H. Coogler

When Ryan runs into financial problems in “Pride,” which airs on August 4th, Ryan finds himself on a date with a woman that he met through one of Wilfred’s unapproved acts to solve his money problems. Noticing how apprehensive Ryan is about using the woman, Wilfred takes matter into his own hands, as per usual and what happens next is definitely worth watching. And even so, my favorite laugh out loud moment of the episode actually has nothing to do with the story line and everything to do with CLUE.

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“Anger as soon as fed is dead — tis starving makes it fat.” Emily Dickinson

In “Anger,” which airs August 11th, viewers get to see more of Ryan’s sister, Kristen, who never fails to get under Ryan’s skin. It all comes to a boiling point when Wilfred reveals to Ryan how Ryan and Kristen’s previous dog, Sneakers really died. Sometimes Wilfred says things that make as much sense as anything that comes out of Michael Scott’s mouth. But watching Wilfred have a paranormal experience takes things to an even more uncomfortable level… so much so that I actually feel bad for Kristen’s party being ruined. But in the end, we get a lot of character growth from Kristen and a love we haven’t seen up until this point surface between Ryan and Sneakers which makes ever moment worth it. It’s hard to say if I enjoyed “Anger” more than “Pride,” but because of the growing relationship here between brother and sister, I’d say this one ranks higher than the rest. Great episode. Néstor Carbonell guest stars.

Wilfred airs Thursdays at 10/9c on FX.