Well, that didn’t waste any time.
\nDealing out a dozen-and-a-half plot twists, mixing in some dialogue that’s fully too clever but works anyway, and running scenes that have their beats honed to perfection like a champion tap dancer – this is amazing, smart TV. It sets up the rest of the season without even trying.
\nBest stuff in the episode is Amy Acker as Dr Saunders, who has a great storyline with Fran Kranz as Topher. They take a revelation from the end of the last season, one that was offered in almost an off-handed way, and use it to drive the characters full-speed at each other. Pity that Amy Acker’s only available for a handful of episodes this season, she’s got huge presence here (and having watched her early work in Angel recently, it’s great to see how far she’s come).
\nBut, yeah. Dollhouse somehow, miraculously, scored a second season. Broadcast ratings will be abysmal, of course – but this is TV that is worth watching. Thumbs up.
\n(I probably won’t talk about Dollhouse again until the end of the season. Unless something AMAZING! happens along the way.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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