Jaye (Caroline Dhavernas) is beginning to feel her world beginning to unfurl in Cocktail Bunny. Written by Byran Fuller, this episode is packed with lots of things going on.

Jaye returns to see Dr. Ron (Scotch Ellis Loring) at her parents’ urging, but troubling things ensue, as someone is stealing recordings of Jaye’s therapy sessions, defecating in Dr. Ron’s desk, and seems to be making Jaye’s life a living hell.

On top of that, she’s still dealing with the emotional trauma of Eric (Tyron Leitso) and Heidi (Jewel Staite) getting married again, and the muses are now telling her to save him from her.

Jaye becomes convinced that Heidi is going to kill Eric and turns her attention to trying to find a way to save him, but no matter what she does, she keeps ending up in Dr. Ron’s office, with his monkey statue offering all manner of suggestions.

In the end, she keeps ending up in the therapist’s office because it’s him she’s supposed to save, and she learns that the only reason the muses talk to her is that she listens.

In the end, thanks to her actions she’s able to save Dr. Ron (who may or may not have heard the monkey talk to her) but those same actions have caused Eric to decide to leave and head back to Jersey where Heidi has already returned to find a place for them to live.

Jaye’s life is really coming apart here. On the flip side, Mahandra (Tracie Thoms) admits to Aaron (Lee Pace) that he makes her happy, so there’s that… Though what happens if Jaye finds out?

Totem Mole the penultimate episode of the series was written by Dan E. Fesman and Harry Victor. While on a trip to a reservation so that Mahandra can claim her 1/8th birthright to the local tribe, a totem pole tells Jaye to go inside where she encounters a woman who understands what Jaye is going through and has knowledge of her abilities.

Unfortunately, it’s not going to be that easy for anyone, as the woman Jaye is speaking with is dead, and believes that Jaye may be the new seer.

Jaye is determined to prove that the grandson, Bill (Ryan Rajendra Black) is the next seer, but a ceremony seems to suggest that Jaye is the one. Something she’s not willing to do, or subscribe to.

Through it all, Aaron is by her side, as she tries to help Ben, but it becomes increasingly obvious to Aaron that Jaye is the important one.

Ben becomes the seer for the tribe, but is he doing the right thing by his family name and his people? Or has Jaye really screwed the pooch on this one?

Or do things have the possibility of working out in some bizarre way thanks to Jaye’s sister, Sharon (Katie Finneran) and her interactions with the local tribal lawyer, Littlefoot (Alex Rice)?

In the end, Jaye and Ben talk about importance, lives, purpose, and what direction life takes.

It’s a gentle, quiet episode that has some fun laughs but also allows Jaye to focus a little more on who she is and who she is supposed to be.

Caged Bird is the final episode of the season and the series. Written by Krista Vernoff the episode sees Eric getting ready to leave Niagara once and for all.

Jaye, Sharon, Jaye’s boss, Alec (Neil Grayston) and security guard, Wade (Jeffrey R. Smith) find themselves in a hostage situation when the inhabitants of the Wonderfalls store are held up by a bank robber (Glenn Fitzgerald).

When Jaye reaches out to Eric to try and make one last connection, they agree to meet, but before Jaye can get there, she finds herself in a hostage situation, and the muses urging her to help. With suggestions of ‘give him heart,’ Jaye begins to believe that she’s there to urge Wade to stand up to the bank robber, but things escalate dangerously, and violently.

When Eric shows up at the shop, Jaye is ordered to send him away so she says a number of mean things that he eventually puts together are meant to drive him away, so he’s able to get the police involved and the situation is eventually resolved.

And then he’s gone.

But he shows up at the end because he had to leave Niagara to come back, leaving Heidi behind and admitting to himself and Jaye (something she does as well) that they want to be together.

The series/season ends on a positive note, promising the potential for a nice romantic ending for Jaye, (as well as Aaron and Mahandra!) but we know the muses are still pestering her to do things.

Oh, what could have been? A brilliantly clever and entertaining show given the short shrift by Fox who just didn’t know what they had. (That sounds familiar).

Next week, we start one of my all-time favourite sitcoms, not M*A*S*H*, the other one.