'Dollhouse': Michael Hogan underused

First, I mostly enjoyed the episode despite the flaws. The 'kindly uncle' isn't just a client - I believe it was also stated that the family was a major shareholder in the Dollhouse parent company - Rossum Corp., I assume? The drawn out slow mo shot of Echo's body was a little much and the switching of minds a little convenient that it was only her mind that was affected but I figured that the switch happened because of the overload of the computer system. Ballard found Victor by flashing his picture along the street. It is probably not far from both the metroline and where Terry was hit by the car. All in all, not one of their better episodes.

Good points, Angela. Still, even a shareholder - would the Dollhouse expand so far beyond it's true capabilities? And why not dump Terry's mind into a doll, revive him and let him loose, using the Doll's GPS to track him to the lair, free the girls, and then get him some serious psychological help? And perhaps some lithium?

I guess my ignorance of the location is part of my dubiousness on how quickly Ballard found Victor. LA/Hollywood....those are big places right? The assumption that where Terry was found after being hit by the car was near to his liar and therefore is where he would return seemed a bit presumptions. Who knows how long he could've been stumbling about in his drugged haze or how far he could have gone?

I think the issue was not that the person they'd be imprinting was a regular joe, but that it was a serial killer. While it may hve been nice to imprint another doll and send them out, they were in enough dookie (nicest word I can think of) having ONE serial killer loose and uncontrolled on the streets, let alone two. While yes, they would have both ended up at his lair, who knows how many people could get hurt or what other damage could've been done with friggin' serial killers running free.

that said, I don't know what his facial recunstruction surgery has to do with his tracking implant, and near as i'm concerned it was a terrible plot device.

also, my assumption was that the wipe glitch switch (ha! Try that three times fast) probably happened across the board, but the only case we were seeing was the prime one involving a loosed serial killer.

Mal - I am not sure I understand what you mean...if they had gone with the GPS plan I mentioned, Terry would still be contained in a coma, and just the doll with his psyche would be out and about - and closely tracked by the GPS as well as a prepared team to monitor his doings. If they had done this instead of wasting time with the whole profiling and trying to get the info out of him through conversational tactics, they wouldn't have lost such control of the situation by having the uncle break him free. In essence, they would be doing what the uncle suggested - showing Terry that they were trustworthy and gaining his trust to get the info they wanted.

Totally agree on the facial reconstruction angle though.

oh I see what you are saying, I thought you'd meant after the fact with victor. I suppose the only thing I can think is that they didn't want a killer on the streets, as the uncle was doing this to keep his nephew out of the public eye in the first place. Not trying to defend the show, just.... Find the logic haha.

I suppose we'll never know. In the meantime, I will keep remembering victor's dance and his huggy moments with paul. Least i've got hapy images to keep me company in my dreams tonight.

victor hit it out of the park. I was a little bothered by eliza's inconsistency vs. Terry and victor, but also realized it was the first time we'd seen the terry personality that upset. But it kinda made eliza look like she wasn't acting great. I mean victor had the whole guy's walk and demeanor down. Eliza was.... Eliza. Love the girl, but it's a tragedy to be upstaged pretty frequently on a show that wouldn't exist if you didn't.

mal - absolutely - each time we get to see him, I am blown away by Enver's talent. I really hope we see lots more of him.

I absolutely agree. Eliza is very nice, but it's not good for a show that I'm more interested in Enver and Dichen's characters. The preview for the next episode looks really good (but maybe that's cause it seems like it won't actually be centered around Eliza) lol.

i personally thought this epi was a huge step up. i mean at least i actually enjoyed it!!

Victor is by far my fave character. The actor who plays him must be awesome. meanwhile, poor Eliza isn't managing to pull her character off. all in all though, i thought this was one of the handful of better ep's (esp if you overlook the whole remote wipe business).

oh Jessica, you are right, they should've just imprinted a doll and followed them to the lair. i guess it was a plot device, because your solution is much more logical. i hadn't caught that myself during the show but it's a great idea! you def get an "A" for problem solving on that one!

plot holes aside, this was okay. i mean, we cant really pick on silly little but annoying plot holes when we accept the whole concept of dolls. that said, enver is absolutely fantastic!! seriously, and poor eliza, upstaged this eppy by him, next(in 2 weeks) by dichen, and after that by summer!!!good for us, bad for her