In the series pilot, Jaye has her first experience with a talking inanimate object, a wax lion that warns her not to refund money to a customer, who's purse is promptly stolen. Thomas: Gabriel Hogan. Alec: Neil Grayston. Mother: Kathryn Greenwood. Heidi: Corry Karpf. Doctor Ron: Scotch Ellis Loring. Native Princess: Melissa Grelo. Jaye: Caroline Dhavernas. Mahandra: Tracie Thoms. Sharon: Katie Finneran.