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Oct 24, 2009 10:40

Dollhouse was very good two weeks ago and absolutely fabulous last night! Hulu links:

2x03 Belle Chose
2x04 Belonging

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SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS! mundungus42 October 24 2009, 19:00:43 UTC

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Re: SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS! ubiquirk October 28 2009, 22:03:07 UTC

I get what you mean about Adelle, but your comment made me wonder if she wasn't playing her cards very close to her chest because she's being videoed? I don't put it past Rossum.

Her Miss Lonelyheart was the least of her indiscretions - it makes me want to know her backstory even more!

I would have liked her to have had a martial arts upload as well. I wish it wasn't the woman of color having to stand in for the rape metaphor of the Dollhouse, but I also wonder if it was on purpose as a statement that women do have it worse in other countries?

I'm am loving Topher more and more (and I can't wait to get to more of him changing).

Adelle was presented as evil at first, but the more we learn, the more we see she's doing the best she can to protect people from the real evil (Rossum higher ups).

1 month to evil Summer - argh, the wait!

Re: SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS! mundungus42 October 29 2009, 00:06:30 UTC

re: least/worst of her sins, yes, sorry! Mistype! I've loved Adelle since her first snarky line. I very much like your interpretation that she's feigning acceptance for the sake of Rossum's observers. And we never found out who tipped off Ballard and the congressman, did we? Right, I'll go back to loving Adelle now :D

Re: Sierra, if this show were done by anybody other than Joss Whedon, I would say that showing beautiful women (and it is mostly about the women) being turned into mindless zombies and victimized week after week by rich or powerful men is not so much a condemnation of rape culture but a glamorization of it. His lifetime feminist pass for Buffy and Firefly has taken a beating from Angel, Dr. Evil, and most of Dollhouse. They're certainly taking their sweet time to get to the "taking away hot women's minds isn't really cool" part.

And while I'm glad we're getting Alexis and Summer this season, I'm missing Amy Acker and Alan. Is he breathtaking in person? I find that guys who can play nebbishy on TV often stun me face to

wsandrs October 26 2009, 04:20:27 UTC

I've heard nothing but raves about this show, but your post has clinched it for me. I will watch this show before 2010!

ubiquirk October 28 2009, 22:04:01 UTC

The first 5 episodes of season 1 were tinkered with by FOX execs, so it doesn't kick in till after that. But once they stepped back, it's taken off.

hellllloooooo mollyssister October 28 2009, 12:23:32 UTC

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Re: hellllloooooo ubiquirk October 28 2009, 22:04:57 UTC

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wow indeed saschia October 28 2009, 20:34:00 UTC

Loved it. Loved Viktor especially.

Missed Paul though.

Overall, this is an episode that makes the show worth watching.

Re: wow indeed ubiquirk October 28 2009, 22:07:00 UTC

Overall, this is an episode that makes the show worth watching.

Exactly! I'll hang through any more 'engagements of the week' they have to do to get episodes like this.

Viktor was excellent (and I liked the hints as to why he wanted to be a doll).

Strangely, I didn't miss Paul. I liked the actor on BSG, but I'm not completely sure here.

Re: wow indeed saschia October 29 2009, 08:45:53 UTC

Viktor was excellent (and I liked the hints as to why he wanted to be a doll). Hmmm, I missed those - looks like I'll have to watch again. Hey, it's the first homework in my life I actually look forward to! ;o)

I miss Paul as a character not as the actor - although he is one of the hot ones ;o) He is kind of part of the scenery for me - like even the "engagement of the week" episode is somehow better if I see Viktor and Sierra at least passing by.