The Dollhouse came back for a second season, but will it come back for a third?

We have some nice plot development as expected. You have some nice character development as well with Echo especially. We now know that no one ever truly leaves the Dollhouse, unless you count Alpha. We also now know that the Dollhouse has politicians in their pockets and they have bigger plans than just filling fantasy, which is nice to see.

We now for the first time had a peek at another Dollhouse and were introduced to some of the characters in that location. In all the episodes are getting better, but I feel that this show does miss out on some of the pacing of some of Joss Whedon’s other shows. I also personally miss the rip roaring humour that has been a trademark of many of his other shows.

I would like to see more plot and character development. I think they made good use of Victor in the most recent episode and I would like to see more of that continue. All in all the Dollhouse is a good show, but it’s a show that you have to watch to stay tuned in and aware of what is happening. It’s not a one episode here and there like other shows. I think with the Dollhouse you either get it or you don’t. The question is how many will get it?

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Characters without character

I was watching the Dollhouse and trying to figure out why this show might or might not succeed. One of the neat things about the show is that it is written by Joss Whedon, which is a plus.

The problem with the show where it might fail is that you have characters without character. Not to say you don’t get lot’s of personality with this show, because you do, but you have some main characters who’s personalities are wiped at the end of every episode, so it’s hard to establish who the characters true personalities are vs their imprints.

Echo is the main character and though we see her with many different imprints at the end of the day that is all that they are, they are just imprints that get wiped at the end of the episode. This is true for at least two other key characters Victor and Seirra. We like them and want to like them, but at the end of the day, it’s hard to get a true sense of who they are.

We see character growth and development with the people around them such as Dewitt, Ballard, which is great. We get a better sense of who is who, and what each is capable of, but with mind controlled dolls, it’s hard to know who is the essential character, vs what is just an imprint.

We saw this tested in episode six with Millie who we later learn is November and we are left to wonder who the true Millie is? If she is just an imprint then it’s hard to decide if you like or dislike the character because at the end of the day, you do not know who the true essential being is.

I think this show overall has a lot of potential, but I think the challenge unlike other shows will be selling us main characters who primarily do not get to have characters of their own, something that is vital to the development and growth of a series.

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