The Positively Positive

Alan Tudyk in Dollhouse, season 2, episode 8 “A Love Supreme”. Image from www.daemonstv.com

You know, ever since I heard that Dollhouse was going to be cancelled, I told myself I wasn’t going to do any more reviews. In fact, I wasn’t even sure if I was going to watch it. After all, why get myself excited over a show that soon enough won’t exist?

Well as you can see, I’ve decided to do both. Once again, I simply can’t help it. I started this blog so that I could talk about the things I love about good tv shows out there, and Dollhouse is still one of those shows.

Not only is this show good, but in the past few weeks it’s gotten phenomenal. Just my luck that I’m beginning to love a show more and more, now that its head is firmly placed on the chopping block.

Oh well, I’m a fan of Joss Whedon. Getting my heart broken is part of the territory, right?

Fox is now showing two eps every week, I’m sure so that they can get it off their roster faster. Sigh. I’m only going to talk about the last one though. The one that had me literally squealing in delight, laughing hysterically and nearly in tears? Yeah, that’s the one.

It’s not just the return of Alpha that’s making this show so good. Though I’ll admit, as a huge Alan Tudyk fan, that is a big part of it. But it’s also the fact that Echo is more than just a mere “doll” now. She’s gained the ability to pick and choose her personas at will, whenever one suits her needs. Plus she and Ballard didn’t sleep together and just like Alpha, I totally knew that meant he loved her and she him.

So now we have the characters all going in new directions and poof! here’s Alpha to screw it all up royally. Implanting himself with Ballard (and causing his “brain death” in the process) is the latest trick up his sleeve.

I can’t wait until next week, when we get another two hours to see what happens next and how Echo is going to fix it……because she has to fix it, right???

More Dollhouse….
Dollhouse, season 2, episode 3 “Belle Chose”
Dollhouse, season 2, episode 4 “Belonging”

Creation’s Salute Firefly/Serenity Convention 2009

Eliza Dushku and Tahmoh Penikett in Dollhouse, season 2, episode 3 “Belle Chose”. Image from www.daemonstv.com

Dollhouse is really starting to grow on me this season. While it’s true that I missed most of last season due to a lack of DVR, it’s also true that what few episodes I did catch, I couldn’t follow. I’m happy to say that I’m having no such trouble this season.

What first attracted me to this show was that it was created by Joss Whedon and stars Eliza Dushku. I have loved Joss’s work since Firefly and after going back to watch all of Buffy and Angel, I fell in love with Eliza as well. The past couple episodes have made me fall for both of them all over again.

While last season suffered (at least for me) from delving too much into its own mythology, this season has been simply concentrating on individual storylines and the characters. From that we’re getting the great dialogue I’ve always loved from Joss’s work and great performances from not only Eliza, but the rest of the cast.

This episode had some creepy, scary moments as well as some hilariously funny ones. The sicko psycho drugging the women to make them all stand around like his person doll collection gave me chills. Then the character of “Kiki” travelling from Echo to a spectacular turn in Victor, had me laughing. Enver Gjokaj was amazing, really making me believe that he was a young female college student.

Overall this show seems to be getting better and better each week, making me very excited to watch what comes next.