Dollhouse, Infusion, and a mosty-idle day...

[fajrdrako]

I felt immobile and sick most of the day, so I lounged on my sofa and watched the most recent three episodes of Dollhouse together. The quick-potted comments:

1. 1x04 - "Gray Hour". Loved the job this time: art heist, and I liked Echo as Taffy the safecracker. But... predictably, as always... she fails to complete her mission. This time I was more forgiving, since the circumstances of her failure were interesting - Alpha messing up the signal. Cool.
   
   Ever since the revelation that Victor is a Doll, I suspect everyone of being a Doll. Everyone except Ballard: I refuse to believe it of him, just because that would be too disappointing.
   
   
2. 1x05 - "True Believer". Thought the religious compound theme squicked me at first, I came to like it. I thought Brian Bloom as Jonas Sparrow (great name!) was too good looking for my own good. It was great to see Echo in a role that didn't involve prostitution. And why, why on earth, does Ballard trust Mellie so easily? Isn't she an obvious plant, and probably a Doll?
   
   
3. 1x06 - "Man on the Street". For the episode that was supposed to be a mind-blower, I was less than overwhelmed. It was a good plot, granted, and it took the story in several interesting directions. For a brief shining moment I got my hopes up that Mellie wasn't (predictably) a Doll, but no, it turned out that she was one, after all. I love the way the scene transpired - activation by phone call - so I forgive a lot. But don't understand why Ballard tells everything to her, and can only hope he's setting her up in order to rescue her.
   
   This episode was less centred on Echo than most, and, sadly, I think that's the main reason I liked it better. I am now convinced that most of the Dollhouse staff are also Dolls, though they don't know it themselves.
   
   I really loved the TV interviews with 'the man on the street' regarding their thoughts on the 'urban myth' of Dollhouse.
   
   I keep wanting to like this show more than I do. For me, Eliza Dushku is the weakest point; Tahmoh Penikett is the strongest. But even he still isn't a fully characterized protagonist. We don't have a hero anchoring us, or a reliable reality to cling to. It's a jigsaw puzzle with way too many pieces missing.
   
   Spent the afternoon discussing Dollhouse on e-mail, and napping, and even managed to do something useful, like washing the dishes. Still feeling as if I'd been the victim of a ten-ton truck ... with fangs.
   
   Then miraculously by late afternoon I started to feel much better. Better enough to go out for dinner with maaseru, maaboroshi and Catherine, because it's Catherine's last evening in Canada - at least on this trip - she's back off to the UK tonight. So we went to Infusion Bistro and had a lovely meal, topped off with their crème brulée, which was totally delicious.
   
   I'm also having a whale of a time listening to the audiobook version of Terry Pratchett's Night Watch.
   
   

Comments

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I was just waiting for someone to explain to Vimes that this was wibbly-wobbly time-wimey stuff.

You need to read Thief of Time for that, although "wobbly" isn't one of the words.

So much less fuss and muss, and then they'd get people who knew what they were doing

And probably cheaper to boot!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

probably cheaper to boot!

Yes. Considering that such emphasis is put on how expensive they are, I can't imagine that a regular call girl wouldn't be a better deal.