I'm eager to see it.

 

And still, every day I wonder why a network starved for original programming like Sci-Fi can't fund a couple new seasons of Firefly.

Sorry, I tried to help myself...:blush:

 

In a day when there are so few original ideas that we are remaking knight rider it boggles my mind as well. What a good show that was.

Not sure about the premise of this show but I will certainly give it a chance.

 

I'm looking forward to this show. I hope it is good, at least if anything we'll get to see Eliza Dushku for a few weeks.

 

It was alright not sure how the ratings were. I'll keep watching it, looks pretty cool.

 

It was odd.

A show is always built on its characters, and how/how much the audience identifies and empathizes with the main ones; I don't know how much an audience can identify with a core character about whom we know so little, and additionally who changes personalities every week.

A lot of it is going to be built around Dushku; her likability, and - let's face it - her beauty.

Let's see if that's enough.

And yeah - you saw the interlude ads with Summer Glau - they're going for the male demo, no doubt about it.

 

I think we'll learn a lot more about the Echo character if the show continues. That video of her in college was just the start. I also assume that there will be some glitch that allows her retain more of her memories. She'll definitely become the focus and I don't mean her weekly mission but rather her history. What made her have to volunteer for this, her internal struggle and her efforts to fight this big organization from within.

 

Yeah... if you think about Firefly, that was the ultimate family - characters so diverse yet thrown together by circumstance or fate. And the sense of closeness was palpable.

The creepy naked guy watching the vid of her at the end had apparently just killed her parents, or maybe her college friends.

 

Yeah, that's what I thought too. Maybe this outside antagonist will be what causes her to start remembering stuff despite the dollhouse's wiping efforts.

 

I miss firefly :(

And that creepy naked guy was creepy.

 

Well it didn't have great ratings and if they lose anymore its going to be 1 and done. Terminator SCC looks like its going to get canned.

 

I just watched it on my dvr. It didn't blow me away, but it was intriguing enough to make me watch next week. It could be a keeper.

 

Love the premise, and the second ep was great.

 

I'm liking it better.

Better than The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Man, has that show gone in the toilet.

 

I missed the 2nd episode, forgot to dvr it. Hopefully it'll be online soon. So it was pretty good?

 

I just watched it on hulu. I thought it was better than ep. 1. And the story behind Alpha could get interesting. And then her hitting her shoulder right at the end, left me waiting for this week's episode. 2 for 2, imo so far.

 

It was a solid episode. I really wanted her to smack that dick towards the end mocking her. I hope she kicks his ***.

 

I just watched both on DVR, I like it.

Reminds me of Dark Angel.

 

Yeah it does. Thats what got me into the show :D

 

Horrible. Absolutely ****ing horrible. What a goddamn waste of an hour.

The show was over 40 minutes in, but it just kept going. And going.

Add to that the fact that I'd rather have been nailed to a cross than sit through that music, and it was hellish.

The characters are NOT developing - not even in the tiniest increments.

The Sierra character is insipid, annoying and makes me want her off the screen whenever she's on; the Lawrence Dominic character is two-dimensional to a painful degree; the Boyd Langston character is the standard cliched, burnout ex-cop straight out of any boilerplate mystery novel.

And the genius doctor guy is a big FAIL as the "Wash" character on the show.

Finally, what the HELL is up with EVERYONE in that house hating Echo for no apparent reason?!

Everyone is so ****ing hostile to her; I mean, men in real life just DON'T act that way toward hot young girls - never happens.

But every male in the series except for Langston and the doc is inexplicably horrible to her on sight.

Either explain it already, or give it up!

Awful; the show went from interesting to maddeningly annoying; it gets one more week and if it doesn't improve it comes off the tivo.

 

But other than that, how did you like the show, Mrs. Lincoln?

I am actually finding it more compelling by the week. Although I will grant you, the music was annoying.

Gotta find the freedom, that's what I need ...

 

I agree with Joe. Josh Weldon is on drugs and this series sucks *** but I appreciate Steve's opinion but I think she is becoming self-aware way too soon and the story line is thin. Frankly, I think that Steve could write a more coherent plot.

 

Agreed worst episode yet. As slow as the show was its slowly unraveling Echo. Its setting up but I felt that episode was a killer very long and drawn out I was starting to fall asleep.

 

Well, I'm gonna watch ep. 3 here in a few minutes. It can't be that bad, can it?

 

It was okay, the worst of the 3. Its a story that has been told in all shows from CSI to Miami Vice.

I still like the show, she is very Jessica Alba like in Dark Angel.

 

Just a few things in defense of the episode, some of the more plot-specific points of which I'll wrap in spoiler tags.

It does feel like Echo's self-awareness is moving a bit too quickly. I wonder if this is a concession to the reality that shows today are far too often canceled after a season or less, and they wanted to move the overall arc forward.

That said, I love the concept of someone being under cover without realizing they have a cover. I have not gotten tired of this dynamic yet.

I found the element of a pop star that had not only received a death threat, but

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was actually courting that threat

to be unexpected. In fact, as unstable as she was, Mrs. Z. and I were wondering for a while if Rayna herself was an active on long-term assignment to the producer.

I found the reveal of

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Victor as an active to be ENTIRELY unexpected. I love the fact that TPTB at Dollhouse are throwing the FBI guy off by having an active pose as an informant. Very clever.

I appreciated Echo's thinking outside the box as exhibited

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saving Rayna's life by making her want to live again.

I also liked the bookend detail of

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having Echo catch Sierra as she was about to pass out at the Dollhouse and again at the end on the catwalk.

I see the doctor character can be viewed as a pale Wash substitute. That said, he's more of an a-hole than Wash ever was, so I am judging him independently.

Also, I think it's clear a lot of people distrust Echo because she was left unscathed by Alpha.

In short, the premise alone has kept me coming back, and the execution of said premise, while uneven, has been inspired at times.

 

Well, ep.3 was def. the worst yet but it wasn't that bad. The previews for next week look promising.

 

Well said. .. Ghost whisperer is inspid television.

I live in the UK and Dollhouse has not been shown here yet. . but thanks to these boards I discovered it and watched the opening 2 shows via the net. . yet to see the 3rd. .

I loved this show. . I think it's great. . the idea is fantastic although I am not sold on the 'handler' cop. . sterotypica. .l but then all cops are in any show. . drives me mad. . and the guy who (forgot his name) does the downloading and uploading of their personas is weak but other than that. . all good. .