Pilot (30 Mar. 2000)

Dr. Neil Harrison ( ) conducts a group therapy session with several mental health patients that quickly devolves into a heated argument... See full synopsis »

Director:

Peter Berg

Writer:

Peter Berg (screenplay)

Stars:

Ted Levine, Michelle Forbes, Billy Burke

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Ted Levine	...	Dr. Robert Banger
Michelle Forbes	...	Dr. Lyla Garrity
Billy Burke	...	Dr. Abe Matthews
Martin Donovan	...	Dr. Neil Harrison
Michael Jai White	...	Dr. Derrick Hatcher
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Becky Ann Baker	...	Dr. Reeples
Michelle Barker	...	Julie McCray
David Brown	...	Prison Guard
Jim Burk	...	Cop #1 (as Jim Burke)
Rafael Báez
Joelle Carter	...	Heather Miles
Bostin Christopher	...	Medical Student
Rony Clanton	...	Bernard
Patricia Clarkson	...	Tammy Banger
Ana Cristina de Oliveira	...	Aurora

Storyline

Dr. Neil Harrison ( ) conducts a group therapy session with several mental health patients that quickly devolves into a heated argument... See full synopsis »

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 March 2000 (USA)

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$38,947 (USA) (28 July 2000)

Gross:

$413,595 (USA) (13 October 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Imagine Television, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

Method Man cameos as an uncredited psychiatric patient.

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Connections

Followed by Wonderland (2000)

User Reviews

Well, well, basic cable comes up with an original idea and scraps it...

I'm not quite as convinced as others that the reality of the severely mentally ill in America was represented accurately with 'Wonderland' but I do know it was a well done and engrossing series that didn't survive its premiere. Its such a horrid cliché that everything good on TV snuffs it off the bat - Freaks and Geeks, Bonny Hunt, Family Guy, etc. Anyway, what was made available of Wonderland promised for good television. I was most impressed by Ted Levine (best known as the psycho from Silence of the Lamb) as a doctor coping with the end of his marriage and following civil but trying custody battle. The patients with the exception of the mass murderer introduced in the debut were decidedly ordinary to the point of banality. I recall fondly an elderly couple, one accusing the other of being crazy, citing idiosyncrasies as evidence, thus forcing the counselors considering the case to examine their own romantic relationship. Ahhh, but who needs such depth when you can force wannabe actors and models to eat raw pig parts for prizes and entertainment?