Awesome Friday Night Television

[arabian]

Right now, Monday and Friday nights are THE best nights for television, in my opinion. Monday has the comedy racket down wonderfully with The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, while Friday has the drama hitting all cylinders with Dollhouse and Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles (not to mention how good Friday Night Lights is once

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[musing_mia]

Excellent review of both shows. I was pleasantly surprised by how freaking good Dollhouse was. I thought it couldn't get any worse than it's been for me, but damn if Joss didn't pull me in from the opening scenes. I loved it. I swear if Tahmoh comes to DragonCon, I'm all over that. He has really shown his acting chops, and makes me glad I was on the Helo/Tahmoh bandwagon from the BSG mini.

What can I say about Terminator? Such a wonderful little gem. I was shocked by John. Who knew he was hiding all that maturity underneath a sullen teen facade? He knows who he is. He's finally accepting it. Sarah would have been so proud. Hate we didn't get her reactions to everything.

It was a terrific night for television. I plan on watching both eps again later.

[arabian]

Joss is just so ... Joss.

I still haven't decided if I'm going to Dragon*Con. I can easily afford it now, but I had such a bad experience overall last time, but if they have some panels I'm more likely to be interested in this time .... And, of course, provided I have that weekend off.

Terminator just continues to rock in so many ways. I love it so, so, so very much. Last season it, Life and Eli Stone were my absolute favorites, I loved them all so much, and this season only Terminator continues to be awesome. It's sad.

[faith5by5_1013]

I watch so much TV on Monday nights... How I Met Your Mother, House, and I just started watching The Big Bang Theory. Thursdays too...

And I love Dollhouse! I loved episode 2 and then Grey Hour and the latest one. The most recent one was the first one written by Joss.

[arabian]

Well, Joss did write the first one, but it was clearly a rewrite with the pacing/flow off, so I'll gladly consider this his REAL first one ... and it was awesome!!!!

[faith5by5_1013]

Actually, Joss wrote the pilot, but they decided to write a different first episode for the show. I think that episode was written by someone else. This one was so clearly Joss. It was awesome!

[arabian]

No, I checked to make sure, he did write "Ghost" too -- the new pilot we got. But, again, it was such a mishmash, rewrite, throw it together that I'm not counting it as real Joss.
This one was so clearly Joss. It was awesome!
AGREED!!!!

[arabian]

It was hot, I really can't wait to see what's going to happen when they have more time talking together and WHO is the inside source? Hmmmm.....

Giles was probably my second favorite character during the series run (with Xander being my favorite), so I can see why Langton would appeal on that level, definitely.

[beck_liz]

I thoroughly enjoyed both Sarah Connor and Dollhouse last night, for all the reasons you mention. I'm going to try and rewatch both, as I know I missed stuff. I especially loved John's growth. I've always had a soft spot for him, even when he was floppy haired, whiny, and being a typical annoying teenager. I love seeing him grow into himself.

As for Dollhouse, I haven't hated or been bored by the first 5 episodes as some on my flist have been, but I do feel that last night's episode was just leaps and bounds ahead of the previous episodes. Which just shows that Fox really shouldn't interfere with Joss too much.

[arabian]

Ditto on T:SCCC. As for Dollhouse, I was meh about the diva rock star episode, but I've liked the other two and then loved the last three so I guess I like it more than most? Still, I agree that Fox just needs to step back and let Joss do his thing because while I did enjoy the last two before this one bunches, the one that just aired really was AMAZING!

[dreamer_98]

Nice 'Dollhouse' review (I just recently got to watch Friday's episode). I didn't know what quite to make of the show for the first few episodes; I didn't see how the plot could last long-term, or how viewers were supposed to care about the "dolls" as characters because they change personalities every episode. But I agree that the last two episodes have been pretty good, and I'm starting to get more invested.

Aww, I like Mellie, and I thought it was sweet that she liked Ballard from the beginning (I'm a sucker for unrequited love/crushes), so when they got together in the last episode I was happy, but I do hope that he doesn't use her as a distraction or push her aside due to his preoccupation with Echo/Caroline. And yeah, I was really surprised that she's been programmed, too. That was a nice twist.

The show is kind of confusing for me at times, but it's not a bad way to spend an hour on Friday night.