Dollhouse Season 1

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I finally got the opportunity to see Joss Whedan's new television drama Dollhouse on Fox. It aired Friday, but thanks to Fox's website, I was able to stream the full episode online.

In Dollhouse, Buffy and Angel alum Eliza Dushku plays a young woman known only as "Echo." She's one of the "Actives" or "Dolls" who inhabit a top secret facility known as the Dollhouse. The "Dolls" are people who have had their personalities wiped clean, leaving them as nothing but human shells that can be imprinted with new personalities -including memories, muscle memory and skills. The Dolls are available for loan to the highest bidder for any mission you can think of -from adult fantasies to crimes or assassinations.

Echo is just one of the Dolls who make up the Dollhouse's highly illegal operation. Even though only one other Doll has been introduced, Sierra, there seem to been dozens of Dolls wandering aimlessly around the facility, waiting for their next mission. Echo, as implied by the first episode, starts to become self-aware in her doll state and starts to regain memories of her past life. To make matters worse, Paul Bellard , an FBI agent, has dedicated his life to tracking down the mythical Dollhouse and bringing it down. As the series opens, he is getting dangerously close to finding it.

Sounds confusing, doesn't it? The concept is definitely well developed, but it's a little more complex than Joss's other shows. I had read little to nothing about the show prior to watching it, and it took about 15 minutes until I half-understand what was going on and the concept behind the Dolls. Once I did, however, I found it hard to accept that something like this could exist without the government or some kind of humanitarian group going after it.

Past that, the pilot episode, "Ghost" was very fast-paced and full of edge-of-your seat excitement. Echo is imprinted with an expert conflict resolution personality to help a man get his kidnapped daughter back. The story falls primarily into a crime drama-type formula, but with the added element of introducing new characters who struggle with the ethical issues surrounding the Dollhouse. Even though I feel like Joss didn't do the best possible job of introducing the audience to the cast members or making their objectives clear, he was able to clearly explain the overall premise of the show to the casual viewer.

The main issue I had with this episode is that I found myself constantly confused by something. I didn't understand the Dollhouse, once I felt like I got that down I tried figuring out who the characters where. I think that of the seven cast regulars, I figured out three of their purposes about 30 minutes in. I had to rely on Internet research to understand to others...or even to get names.

I was also surprised by the lack of humor here. I know that Joss can kick it serious sometimes, but so far Dollhouse lacks his trademark humor and quirks. It did have a large amount of Buffy and Angel alumni, which can make it difficult for Whedan fans to see them as a different characters.

Maybe this is Joss's attempt at being more serious? If so, then he succeeded -Dollhouse is a unique drama that shows promise as a new show, as long as the plot continues to move forward, the characters are better developed and Fox keeps the same time slot. The pilot was a hint above average to me, but it showcased a great new cast of characters in a fascinating new world. However, the series seems to be in a delicate state right now -if we don't get answers in the next few episodes, it could easily go the way of Firefly, Joss's failed TV space western.

Will I watch again next week? Yes, but I haven't quite gotten hooked yet.

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