Dollhouse: Man on the Street. Do you think it delivered?

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UPDATED: Thursday, March 26, 2009 07:41
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PHYRELIGHT

Saturday, March 21, 2009 4:30 AM

ABSOLUTELY!!

YINYANG

Saturday, March 21, 2009 5:26 AM

My thoughts on this episode are a little scattered, so I'll use bullet points:

- Porn! Loved that part. Made me lol.

- Pretty much expected the neighbor to be a doll... but for Ballard and her to get it on? Um, that's bad.

- The Sierra and Victor subplot is cute, and I'm glad it wasn't him, even as what the handler did was horrifying.

- I'm not sure I liked the way the "news" footage was used. It was nice to have the Dollhouse condemned some more, though.

- The interaction between Echo's imprint and Ballard (the second time) was strange. So was the conversation he had with Joseph (?) the Internet mogul.

I may watch this episode again because there was so much going on. I'm definitely interested in the show now.

Edited to add more.

FIREFLYPASSENGER

Saturday, March 21, 2009 5:29 AM

Definitely delivered. This was Joss' Dollhouse and you could tell the difference.

I loved it!!! Joss is back.

Up until now it's been breadcrumbs, this was a treat but I know more goodness is coming.

PHOENIXROSE

Saturday, March 21, 2009 7:16 AM

I had suspicions about Mellie, but they kept seeming empty. That moment really blew me away. There was a lot to make my eyes widen, and a lot to make me think, but that phone call was a real kind of 'Holy !' moment. Not only because it confirmed she was a doll, but because she had embedded programing within her programing. It reminded me a lot of River and the safe word.
And her eyes changed color! I wonder what that indicates...

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KHAMBILO

Saturday, March 21, 2009 11:48 AM

Best. Episode. Yet.

This episode proves the FOX-meddling theory in my mind. This episode was fresh, compeling... it was Joss!

SISTER

Saturday, March 21, 2009 1:36 PM

very, very good - nice twisty-turns!

WHOZIT

Saturday, March 21, 2009 1:53 PM

At the start of the episode I heard the line "Whore with a heart of gold", a message for us Browncoats? the ep was written by joss.

GWEK

Saturday, March 21, 2009 6:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by FireflyPassenger:
Definitely delivered. This was Joss' Dollhouse and you could tell the difference.

I loved it!!! Joss is back.

Up until now it's been breadcrumbs, this was a treat but I know more goodness is coming.

I agree. I think that the show has been getting incrementally better with every episode (which is good, because it started out pretty low), but this week's episode was a BIG jump up.

The question is, is it too little too late? And the answer, sadly, will probably be "Yes." Even though this was the best episode yet, how many people were still around to see it? (Further compounding any sliding ratings is the unfortunate timing of this key episode going up against the BSG finale.)

I've noticed a potentially troubling pattern with the show: it's at its best when Eliza Dushku is not on the screen.

It was especially apparent in last night's episode (and will hopefully change in the coming weeks), but in almost every episode, what's going on back at the Dollhouse or with Agent Ballard is far more interesting than echo's mission. Heck, in "True Believer," the "man reaction" sub-plot was a thousand times more compelling than the A-story with the cultists. Given that this is supposed to be Dushku's vehicle, that could be problematic.

www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."

ZEEK

Saturday, March 21, 2009 6:11 PM

This was like an episode from a totally different show. The engagement this time seemed exactly like something someone would pay a ton of money for. It still went wrong but for a reason that felt normal. The twists and turns were awesome. It really kept the episode going. Now I'm wondering what the purpose of the Dollhouses are. World domination? Right now I feel like DeWitt is the mole. She's in so deep that the only way out is to take the whole thing down. She seems to be grooming Ballard for that purpose. Though it could easily be someone else.

I'm just worried we're going to get a canceled show with no answers.

PMing you a synopsis FLT.

TUJIAOZUO

Saturday, March 21, 2009 7:33 PM

I must say, the pilot didn't feel like a Whedon show, second ep, an inkling, and from then on more and more of that Jossian vibe, last night's ep though made me one happy nerd. 100% Whedon and no network leash. Really did feel like an entirely different show compared to the pilot (and could have easily passed as a pilot if it had been slightly tweaked imo).

I liked the engagement this week, as said above it really came across as something someone would pay for; being able to reenact a moment of happiness, to play out something that was marred by tragidy.

Mellie's a Doll! I was cringing in fear with her tragic death I felt I knew would happen, but then the remote trigger was made of win (and Adele is teh s**t btw) and she was suddenly as badass as River in the Maidenhouse (with roses instead of fruity oaty bars). I really like her character, sleeper doll and all, her current personality is a cute pairing with Ballard.

Ballard isn't the brightest bulb to be announcing his case to a civilian... Then again... we got Tomah with his shirt off for a good deal of the ep, and I am rather shallow this week so I'll let it slide for now.

Echo got to be Faith! That no holds match was awesome, and iy bring another twist to the story.

And Victor and Sierra, was so sad in the beginning, and tragic her handler was behind it all. It was handled nicely though, I like Joss addressed the fact that having so many helpless, attractive people around others who were completely fully aware could lead to Dolls being mistreated. Regardless people who get hired on probably have to jump through hoops to get on the Dollhouse payroll, I had thought of from the beginning it was only a matter of time someone got it in their heads to use a Doll. And the handler caught was definitely not long for this world...

I think the biggest woobie moment I had was when Victor looks plaintively up at Echo and announces he did something wrong with the demeanor of a five year old, and then Echo asks why and he replies they won't tell him.

So yeah, great ep.

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

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