Dollhouse ending

[dangermousie]

So, I read detailed spoilers/summary for the ending of Dollhouse.

I have only one thing to say: BWAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAA.

Though I am glad for Victor and Sierra. They were the only worthwhile thing in this whole repellent mess.

Comments

[walkwithheroes]

Agree. Here's the thing about that show: it was so disappointing as a whole. They seriously spent way too much time on the Echo character. WAY too much time. Eliza D. can't carry a show, I'm sorry. She's a sweet lady, but lacks as an actress. I believed she wasn't just a tough-girl Faith knockoff twice in season one, and maybe. . .four times in season two. So, yeah.

I liked the growth of Topher in the second season, and was sorry for he and Bennett - they were cute in a 'we're both sociopaths' kind of way. It sucks that Alpha was just a love-sick psycho and not a true Big Bad. But, I adored Victor/Tony and Sierra/Pirya, so I'm glad that they at least got a happy ending.

I could care less about boring!dead!mind!Paul and Echo. And, and that Boyd thing? WTF, where they on drugs? Oh, and Dewitt. . .yeah, I liked her alright. So, maybe she can become an awesome person now?

[dangermousie]

Eliza is hot and charming but she cannot really act.

To be fair with the storyline this bad, nothing could have saved it - the biarre rape fantasy that this show too often was was off-putting from the start.

[walkwithheroes]

the biarre rape fantasy that this show too often was was off-putting from the start.

I agree. Yeah, they (well, some of them) signed contracts and volunteered for it, but there bodies were used for goodness knows what. It was creepy. The idea that you could remove a person's personality and memories, but a part of that person (be it a soul or whatever) remains and that it (soul, whatever) can evolve and become, almost someone new, is interesting. But, the first season wasted so much on Echo and her "clients" and the show really became the "rape fantasy sci-fi" show. It was supposed to be about these "Dolls" evolving, and it became a waste.

[meganbmoore]

Did the show EVER show anyone voluntarily going in? The episodes I saw implied that Mellie/Madeline/November may have, but never confirmed it. Alpha was literally sold to them, CVaroline and Sam were told to sign or get permanently disappeared, and Priya goes without saying.

[walkwithheroes]

Wait, whose Sam? I think voluntarily going in could be seen as subjective. Because, some people go in to disappear, but I think Victor/Tony and Mellie/Madeline/November went in wanting to forget. However, I do think the number one reason people go in is to disappear for a while.

[meganbmoore]

Sam was the "villain" in Caroline's origin ep, who was stealing Rossum's secrets to sell to a competitor.

[meganbmoore]

Eliza can act. Provided she has a certain character type. Sadly, Dollhouse, if anything, proved that she can be excellent in that role, but is awful outside of it. Sad, considering it was meant to be a vehicle for her "range."

(On the flipside, Duchen Lachman and Enver Gjojak showed that they can pull off almost anything, including voices and accents, and it will be criminal if they don't immediately get snapped up for starring roles. Also, they appear to both be sweethearts in RL.)