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  • Dollhouse: season 2, episode 4

    "Belonging"

    October 23, 2009 - 11:10p.m.

    Programming note: As many of you have probably heard here or elsewhere, FOX has decided to pull Dollhouse from its November sweeps line-up, replacing it with reruns of House and Bones instead. It’s a serious bummer, but the numbers ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 2, episode 3

    "Belle Chose"

    October 9, 2009 - 11:10p.m.

    A little business first: If you’re a Dollhouse fan and you spend a significant amount of time on the Interwebs—and I’m assuming I’m describing all of you here—you’re probably aware of (and perhaps participating ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 2, episode 2

    "Instinct"

    October 3, 2009 - 12:10a.m.

    Here was my first thought on “Instinct,” the second episode of this season and the Dollhouse debut for the writing team of Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas: “Uh oh.” Having abandoned the adventure-of-the-week format of the first five episodes of ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 2, episode 1

    "Vows"

    September 25, 2009 - 11:09p.m.

    Entering this second, improbable season of Dollhouse, there were a couple of questions that I was looking for the first episode to answer: 1. How much of an effort would the show be making in order to bring in new ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 12

    “Omega”

    May 8, 2009 - 10:05p.m.

    “The wrongness of this is so large.”

    Two pieces of bad news: First off, Scott’s out of town tonight (and Zack, Scott’s designated replacement, is having cable issues), so I’ll be guiding this first (and only?) season of Dollhouse into port. Second off, and ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 11

    "Briar Rose"

    May 2, 2009 - 11:05a.m.

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    Well, we can say this about tonight’s episode for sure: No one on the message board guessed Alpha’s identity right.

    Meet your special guest star: This season’s Big Bad! After weeks of speculation about the former doll ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 10

    "Haunted"

    April 24, 2009 - 11:04p.m.

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    Okay, I’m going to keep this briefer than usual, because I’m coming to the episode late and the end of the week has ground me down to a nub:

    After four solid weeks of heady, plot-advancing episodes, Dollhouse ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 9

    "A Spy In The House Of Love"

    April 10, 2009 - 11:04p.m.

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    In case some of you missed yesterday’s Dollhouse-related Twitstorm, here’s the story in brief: FOX has opted not to show the 13th and final episode of the season, which for now will not be available until ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 8

    "Needs"

    April 4, 2009 - 12:04a.m.

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    Back when Dollhouse premiered, I had tagged it as a cross between Alias and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. The first seven episodes have heavily favored the former over the latter: Lots of standalone operations where Echo goes out ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 7

    "Echoes"

    March 28, 2009 - 12:03a.m.

    I have to admit, I was a little worried about this episode going in. The screener that FOX sent out to promote the magical Joss Whedon-penned sixth episode (which actually lived up to billing) also included the eighth episode, but ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 6

    "Man On The Street"

    March 20, 2009 - 11:03p.m.

    So here we are, at the fabled sixth episode of Dollhouse, which everyone from creator Joss Whedon to stars Eliza Dushku and Tahmoh Penikett has hyped in interviews as the hour that takes the show to the next level. As ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 5

    "True Believer"

    March 13, 2009 - 01:03p.m.

    Okay, now we’re getting somewhere.
     
    I have some nitpicky issues with the standalone storyline of this week’s episode, and of course I’ll get to them in a second, but the table-setting for the fabled Episode Six: Where ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 4

    “Gray Hour”

    March 6, 2009 - 04:03p.m.

    “I don’t like this room anymore. Where are the better rooms?”
    Scott’s in Ohio today, depressing young people by giving a little talk about the end-times for pro critics, so I’ll be covering this fourth episode of Dollhouse, “Gray Hour,” in which our favorite body-for-hire Echo becomes a safecracker ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 3

    "Stage Fright"

    February 27, 2009 - 05:02a.m.

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    Okay, Ms. Dushku, how long again until the show gets awesome? (Three more, apparently.)
     
    Tonight’s monster-of-the-week episode, “Stage Fright,” was a reminder that series are a marathon, not a sprint, and they often need some time to find their ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 2

    "The Target" 

    February 20, 2009 - 05:02p.m.

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    Okay, so I was talking to Eliza Dushku earlier today. (How’s that for shameless name-dropping? It’s like we’re old chums or something.) Our discussion will run later in the week, but the line she was pushing on ...

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  • Dollhouse: season 1, episode 1

    "Ghost" 

    February 13, 2009 - 05:02a.m.

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    (Note: I’ll be writing about Dollhouse every week for TV Club, but since this review is being posted before tonight’s premiere, I’ve tried to avoid discussing any third-act twists and turns that might spoil the episode for ...

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