First Impressions: Dollhouse 1.2

[jdotmi]

Due to crazy busy weekend, I didn't get to blabber about Dollhouse this weekend.

If you were worried that this show couldn't kick ass after the pilot (which was not the best pilot ever), this episode should turn that thought around. This episode, which could function as a second pilot although there were a couple of continuity things brought from the first episode, was made of awesome.

Having watched the pilot a few times I can see what they're doing with these episodes. Each stands on it's own, but when you watch them together you get these different layers pulled away to give you a more complete picture.

Excellent excellent episode.

Comments

[mat-t.livejournal.com]

What gets me too is that part of what I enjoy about typical Joss shows are the quirky characters and quippy dialogue....Dollhouse pretty much doesn't do either.

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

I think he's got the quriky characters, it's just that it's not EVERYONE. The andrew/warren-esque scientist dude is minorly quirky. And there's some promise for Agent Ballard, at least in the off his rocker sense. I do miss the banter, but he has said he's trying to stay away from the quip-a-minute style of writing that people claim is the only thing he knows how to write. There were a few moments of it in this episode, though. Hoping for more of that.

[mat-t.livejournal.com]

I suppose for me, the issue with the characters is that they're all much darker than what I personally prefer. It's not a condemnation of the show itself, just that I'm not sure it's really to my taste. And yeah, the scientist guy is a Warren...and I never liked or enjoyed Warren (even pre-Tara killing). Everybody (with the exception of the Agent) is more skewed to the villain side of every other Joss show in the moral sense.

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

Eh. The only character I see that is really on the dark side of grey are the chief of security. The Johndrewen geek is pretty much smack in the middle of grey. Doctor Fred is on the light side of grey. The Handler is definitely on the white knight side, and Lilah3.0 edges more towards light grey then her Jossverse predecessors.

Really this reminds me more of the final season of Angel than any of the rest of Joss' work.

[mat-t.livejournal.com]

Yeah but see, I didn't actually like the final season of Angel. ;)

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

Just because you have no taste... ;)

I liked parts of the final season. I woulda liked more story arc, though.