Dollhouse

[vervet_monkey]

Dollhouse! Watched it this morning, tried to avoid posting until my head had stopped squeeing and might actually be able to form full sentances. But I'm still not promising anything!

Firstly I am going to go back and re-watch. I think I missed quite alot and think that things will make alot more sence if I watch again in a slightly less excitable state. I was also determined not to think of this ep as the best just coz it was supposed to be. And I don't nessecarily think that it was (although that may change with the aforementioned re-watch) but it is definatly up there.

So, I would like to appologise for my doubting of Elizas ability to fill this role. I haven't been overly impressed with her throughout the series tbh, but she was AMAZING. There was a huge distinction between Alphas imprint, Echo and Echo with all her imprints. I thought her portrayal of Echo+imprints was so beautifully done, you could almost see all the cogs turning as they all shifted inside her.

Those scenes also put such a new and orginal spin on the whole concept of the Dollhouse. I hadn't really been thinking of Echo as a person previously, but this kind of, woke her up maybe? So that Echo and Caroline were seperate entities, and it was almost like Echo was looking after Caroline... in a strange kind of way. And the fact that Caroline was still willing to fullfil her contract, even though things obivosly weren't going entirely to plan. I think maybe it would have worked better if we had seen more flashbacks of Caroline previously, so that we could see her way of talking and moving etc. letting you recognise it in a new body. I really had no care about Caroline, just Echo. Which may be slightly illogical in my head...

Alan as Alpha! Don't know whether I can do anything other than squee over that. I liked him in Firefly but haven't acutally seen him in anything else (I don't think) but OMG. Beautifully done. And the complete differance of him as a doll. I would love to see more of him pre-insane doll. And 'watch you step' was possibly the cutest thing ever! I do wonder why they allowed him to become so aware though... it seems like they should have noticed something wasn't quite right.

Whiskey. I am so wanting to know her backstory. And what relationship she has/had to Topher. I've seen referance to her possibly being the birthday imprint... I don't know. Think there must be some connection there. And if so why is she a doll? And does that have anything to do with why Topher is working for the dollhouse? Is he serving his time too? Also raises some interesting points that she now knows she is a doll, but didn't freak out over it. But then, as far as she knows she is Claire... so would you be killing Claire to bring Whiskey back? Is she consenting to continue being a doll? Does she have the right to consent to being a doll, its not technically her body after all? What happens when Whiskeys contract ends, do they just tell Claire its time for her treatment and she'll come or does that fact that she knows what a treatment is mean she'll try to resist? is it OK to wipe Claire for Whiskey or is that as bad as wiping Whiskey in the first place? Obivously that part raised more questions than it answered!!

Ballard... I still don't know. The turn round to suddenly release November seems a little odd. I know I was moaning about his lack of caring for November, but why ignore her for so long, then release her? doesn't quite gel in my head. And why would he come work for the dollhouse? I know he can bring it down from inside or whatever, but he was so single minded that it really doesn't feel like he would. Even for November...

This ep did make one thing clear at least. We NEED a second season!

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[vervet-monkey.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, maybe... I don't know, Ballard intrigued me to begin with but he never really fullfilled it, so I'm still not sure at all.