simply DOLLicious?!!....watching 'Dollhouse' right now and just noticed...

[NewtonMP2100]

...this episode is gettin' really really good.....I mean much much much better than previous episodes (IMHO)....

....it all seems to be coming together nicely....took some time to get there....but.....

[Doc]

Typical Whedon.

It gets really good after it's canceled.

[estnyc]

I'd say it's typical Fox; cancelling something just as it's getting good.

[Paul F.]

Good Episode(s)!

The actor that plays "Victor" can play Tofer pretty damn well :-)

Like estnyc said; Dollhouse was just hitting it's stride when it was cut down. Just like Firefly.

[Doc]

estnyc wrote:
I'd say it's typical Fox; cancelling something just as it's getting good.

I think that JW sometimes needs a kick in the butt to get the story moving.

Look at the "Angel McBeal" episodes of "Angel," for example. Until they got news that the show was canceled, it had become a stifling series of character studies with cheap and almost invariable sets. Then all of a sudden they finally did something interesting with Fred's character, ruined Wes, put a damaged Gunn in a hell-dimension, got Angel all evil-like, etc.

Whedon works best under pressure.

[WHiiP]

Doc wrote:
[quote=estnyc]
I'd say it's typical Fox; cancelling something just as it's getting good.

I think that JW sometimes needs a kick in the butt to get the story moving.

Look at the "Angel McBeal" episodes of "Angel," for example. Until they got news that the show was canceled, it had become a stifling series of character studies with cheap and almost invariable sets. Then all of a sudden they finally did something interesting with Fred's character, ruined Wes, put a damaged Gunn in a hell-dimension, got Angel all evil-like, etc.

Whedon works best under pressure.
There were probably character developments he had planned further down the line. Once cancelled, he put them into play, rather than lose them . . . :dunno:

[RAMd®d]

There were probably character developments he had planned further down the line. Once cancelled, he put them into play, rather than lose them . . .

I agree.

But for me, Dollhouse was interesting from the jump and it wasn't just because of all the perky B-cups. Although I'd like the show much better if it were on Showtime, with lots of visible rather than implied gratuitous nudity.

And yes, the last few episodes raised the level noticeably. I don't know that I really liked the direction the story line went after the unaired episode, though.

[Mac-A-Matic]

Paul F. wrote:
Like estnyc said; Dollhouse was just hitting it's stride when it was cut down. Just like Firefly.

But really, who's fault is that?

It took most of last season for the story to really get moving and interesting. Seven episodes is a long time to meander and wander aimlessly in a thirteen episode season. By the time it started to get really good, I imagine most people had abandoned the series which led to its' now demise.

I like the show and have enjoyed the second season, but the problems with Dollhouse are from Whedon himself.

And the only reason I maintained and suffered through seven meandering and lost episodes was because I'm a fan of Eliza Dushku.