12. Wonderfalls

Fox didn’t really give this unique portrait of twentysomething existential angst a fair chance. Caroline Dhavernas (pictured) was a wonderfully offbeat heroine, a 24-year-old college graduate who majored in philosophy and spent too much time pondering her life and looking for direction. In surreal flashes, she got advice from the figurines at the Niagara Falls gift shop where she worked.