Dollhouse: Echoes - Echo engages echoes of her past. Post comments here.

POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 18:21
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SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:04 AM

I really liked the episode, not as much as last week's, but still enough to recommend it to a newbie.

Although, at first, I wasn't crazy about the "cliche" animal activist back story to Echo/Caroline it occured to me that Joss usually has something up his sleeve when it comes to the main character (I'm totally relying upon my Firefly experience here), and, if anything, I must be patient.

Things are never what they seem in Joss' verse. The snippets of Caroline's past are just that - snippets. Joss is going to tell this story over 5 years (barring any of the usual behavior from our host - Fox TV). I'm going to take my clues and file them away under "curious" and not "definitive." You know that he leaves a trail of "breadcrumbs" along the way and we are to gather them up, hold them up to the light at just the right time to get his great reveal some years later.

He did it on a smaller scope in the BDM with River "seeing" the Reavers in her "visions" leading up to the secret of Miranda. Anyway loved the humor in this ep (Mr. Dominic turning into a harmless puppy-dog was priceless) as well as Topher and Adele.

Not a great ep but solid enough to keep the momentum going in the right direction.
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Yinyang

although I'm not happy with Mellie as a doll because of the ethical problem with her relationship with Ballard*, it's nice to know that not all the female dolls are skinny.

I agree with you about having a female doll that looks like a real person instead of a Victoria's Secret model (I actually think Mellie is a cutie). But I think that ultimately the true character of of each doll comes through despite the programming. I truly believe Mellie actually has feelings for Ballard. Hear me out: Joss's theme in both Serenity and now in DH is how man should not tamper with trying to make people "better."

Remember Adele had Mellie recalled for a diagnostic. What was wrong with her? I think Mellie has gone off her programming. Another point is that she's a "sleeper" active and may have all her faculties save for when Adele uses her trigger to activate her. My point being, I think Mellie is herself when she's with Ballard.
But I do agree with you that lack of consent constitutes rape.

SGG

Tawabawho?

ZEEK

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:45 PM

I agree that all we saw was a snippet of Caroline's backstory. I think that was more like the beginning of her involvement with Rossum. DeWitt said something like "we've been dancing around this for two years" to Caroline in her "interview" with her. I really doubt the flashbacks spanned two years. I think it's more likely that when DeWitt said "she won't get far" that was the start of their two years of cat and mouse.

WASHNWEAR

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:21 PM

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Originally posted by pachelbel:
they left a lot of loose threads. Not threads that could be neatly tied up in an "ah-ha" moment later

We're now seven episodes into a Joss Whedon show... What on Earth would make you think there's going to come a moment where everything will suddenly be tied up into a pretty little bow? I am expecting nothing but the complete, total and utter lack of pretty little bows.
Hm... unless we see Echo in some lingerie.

Hmmm...okay, I guess I could endure that...

What color bows?

W W E L D ?
(What would Echoe's lingerie do?)

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