Season two of Dollhouse was great TV.
Dollhouse is still the strangest TV series I’ve ever encountered. Structurally it is *bizarre*.
The creative team never figured out what to do with the premise. They knew, right from the start, that they were sitting on a goldmine of weird and interesting and potent material. They spent all of both seasons trying to work out how to exploit it, and never quite managing.
However, they certainly created some memorable, challenging TV along the way.
The final episode, in what must be a first for any TV series, is a broadcast sequel to an episode available only on DVD. It’s a fun ride, and gets away with its cringey moments by just packing in so much stuff. It doesn’t really function as a thematic capper, it doesn’t make a final statement about the ideas in the show, and the writers still haven’t worked out what to do with their star and her character(s). But it made me think a couple times, and it did great work on the secondary characters.
Watch it sometime. It won’t be your new favourite TV show, but it carries its weight, and it’s downright provocative. I’m glad it happened.
And watch out for this guy, find-of-the-series Enver Gjokaj: dude can act like wow.
