Watched the last episode of Dollhouse the other day.
Back in March I said that integrating the procedural into the serial would determine:
whether Dollhouse will be remembered as an incredible one-season show that took a little while to hit its stride, or a weird one-season oddity with great ideas and poor execution.
Turns out it was the first one. The show really delivered the goods in the second half of the season, giving solid hits on meaty ideas as well as fun plots and the twisty-twist goodness you want from a conspiracy show. It was in no way perfect – some of the reveals were undercooked, with the Alpha backstory in particular not being what I hoped it would be – but it still made me happy to be watching it. And the ideas – it gleefully kicked the lids off a half-dozen issues and tipped them out, raising many questions about identity, gender, power, memory, rights…
It also gave me my favourite TV moment of the last few years, where Victor was in the chair with the [X] imprint and being asked questions. You’ll know the one if you’ve seen it.
Anyway. I recommend it. Clipshow the first five episodes then get into the good stuff.
I forgot to mention this to you:
Josh Whedon was on This American Life, where he SANG, a song he did for a singing DVD commentary. I am trying to remember this right now, but it may have had something to do with that Sing Along Blog….
It was TAL’s live show from 2 weeks ago. You’d like it.