Alright! I’ve never devoted a whole entry to one subject, but why not? Here goes.

Dollhouse. Yup. Love it. It’s a TV show, in case you wondered. Friday night. Fox. Apparently only 4.1 million people are watching it. Hellooooo! There will be plenty of spoilers in this review, by the way, for people who haven’t seen it yet. So be warned!

Where to begin? Characters. Yikes. I just got myself a spoiler by looking up Miracle Laurie on IMDB. So, don’t do that. Okay, let’s start with her. I love her! She’s so cute! Okay, I’m not exactly objective. I love this show. But she’s so sweet. She’s the Willow/Fred. Okay, there I had to do it. Compare these characters to other Whedon show characters. But I love the leftover lasagna that was brand new. So funny. I don’t want to say too much about her now since I see where this is going. Darn you, IMDB!

I’m also wondering why Boyd Langton is written as “Boyd Langton/…” on IMDB just like all the actives….. ?? Typo? Moses! But then again Echo and Sierra are not written that way, so…. I’ll ignore it. Okay. Boyd. He’s awesome too. Let’s just assume from now on that I think every character is awesome, because it’s pretty much true. I like how he’s the good guy. Even though he works for a pretty evil organization. Claire Saunders too. They seem to be the “good” ones. Non-evil. Whathaveyou. I love the sweet relationship between Boyd and Echo. Nice! I love that he got nervous before she sang. I love that he demanded they rescue the kidnapped girl in episode 1. He’s a good guy. Stupid enough to pull an arrow out of himself, but still.

Claire Saunders. So different from anyone I’ve seen Amy Acker play. She’s goood. I mean as an actress. And the character is morally good. So far. Unless she’s the one trying to kill Echo or somesuch. You never know! But I don’t think so. I like her. She’s got secrets. She’s the one who knows everything and is bothered by everything. It’s nice. I mean, someone has to have a conscience!

“Victor/…” I can’t remember his imprint’s name. I love the criminal guy he plays. So funny. That’s all I’ve got for this one so far.

Evil security guy in a very nice suit. Have not caught his name. IMDB says Laurence. I like his… asshole-ishness. There’s really no other word for it. He’s such a jerk. But apparently in an entertaining way, cuz I like his character too. So mean. It’s nice and refreshing, I just don’t know why I feel this way. He’s the Jayne of the group! Okay, I’ll stop doing that now.

Adelle DeWitt. DUDE. She’s great! I absolutely love the little smile she puts at the end of everything she says. As if to say, “Let’s not have any trouble now, okay?” With the little head tilt. She’s controlling in a gentle polished way. I love that. She hardly ever gets ruffled. Just quietly in charge. Nice! She reminds me a bit of people I know in real life. I should probably be afraid.

Paul Ballard. He’s the Mulder. (Okay, Mulder’s not a Whedon character, but whatever!) Why does he have no partner? Okay, I’ve seen too much X-Files. I like this character a lot. Funny, badass, etc etc. Totally being played, but - okay, I guess now he knows he’s being played. Just not by who. (Whom? Lol.) Anyway, very clever, very rulebreakery. It’s a word. I made it up. It’s a made up word. By me. Hi.

Topher! Let’s all talk about Topher. Possibly my favorite character. He’s evil, but cuddly. Laid back. Genius. Amoral. You know the type. (Or hopefully you don’t personally know the type or I will feel sorry for you, but I digress…) I love how he teases Boyd. And now how he teases Dr. Saunders. “Scowly babies”. And how he makes fun of Laurence. And…. “Seriously? Gun?” Oh, my favorite laugh out loud moment, when Echo says, “Something fell on me,” and Topher says, “I bet it was something great!” Lol. Damn! And somehow he reminds me of Lorne on Angel. I must have my wires screwed up….

Echo/Caroline/Etc. Love her, of course. I love the kind of wobbly way the actives walk when they are all blanked out and childlike again. It’s so cute. I so want to be an active. So I can float around the Dollhouse, get massages, go swimming, sleep in a built-in coffin-like bed… Wait. Anyway, this character is the whole point, so I will try to focus. I’m sleep deprived. I loved the character of Miss Penn. I hadn’t seen Eliza play anyone like that before. And apparently Eliza can sing too. I guess Faith was in prison or something during “Once More With Feeling.” Darn! Anyway, I love how Echo has a personality that’s all her own. Making friends with Sierra and hiding it. Realizing she has to hide it. That was frickin’ awesome. Eeeee! Very unexpected. Let’s jump over into what I think of the whole show. ‘Jump’…
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‘Land’. Okay! I hate it. Kidding. I love it because everything is unexpected. From the ads last week I thought this week’s episode would be like an episode of Las Vegas. I braced myself. What am I, stupid? Dur. Obviously, it was going to be unexpected and great. But will the world see that? Will the world agree? I don’t know. But I am going to buy every season on DVD. Whether it’s one or five or… eleven. (Shite! Could that happen?!) The dollhouse reminds me of Wolfram & Hart from season five of Angel. I love that. Topher’s work room/office reminds me of Firefly in some way. Now I’m comparing things again. I would hate to be a professional TV critic and praise this show and have people ignore me and have to watch this wonderful thing crash and burn. So I hope it even squeaks by enough to keep going so there can be many seasons. There’s a kind of stress I don’t envy. Working on that show and wondering all the time how it is doing.

I feel like I still haven’t reviewed the show. I’ve just babbled for many paragraphs. Okay, Dollhouse: unexpected plot twists and turns, deep and meaningful this and that, very funny moments, awesome complicated characters, smart and thoughtful stories. Yep. It’s doomed. I mean, no, it’s not! Think positively! Sheesh!

Later.