Except when he's having sex with Melanie.

Or when he had the "Bitch, please!" face talking to Patton Oswald last week.

Oh, yes, Ballard gives good 'bitch please' face.

I wish he had more moments to express it. Cause in this episode, he was made of BOR.ING.

Although he looks fine with no shirt. Which there was none of in this ep. More gratuitous half-naked violence, please. It's the American way!

Although he looks fine with no shirt. Which there was none of in this ep.

There was a perfect opportunity to have his shirtless while cooking breakfast!

Her walking out on him would have been way less plausible that way, though.

That's for damned sure.

t smug

Tamoh Penikett called me a sweetheart last year at Dragoncon.

t /smug

Tamoh Penikett called me a sweetheart last year at Dragoncon.

Clearly, he calls 'em like he sees 'em.

He's totally dreamy.

So the GF and I had a TV-watching marathon this weekend and got caught up on Heroes (4 episodes) and Dollhouse (6 episodes). I think watching the Dollhouse episodes straight through like that helped, because I think if I'd to wait a week after the 2nd and 3rd episodes, I'd probably have given up.

Still not loving the show, but I am enjoying it.

Side note, since there was a lot of complaining about it, I thought the woman giving birth in episode 4 or whatever it was said "I don't want to forget", though I could have mis-heard.

It seems like her programming is more complicated than that of the others. Maybe she is an experiment? Do others think she has three distinct personalities programmed within her? That was the impression I got from the three flowers thing.

I hadn't thought about Mellie having three personalities, but that actually makes sense. Third flower (or whichever number Adele said) is "green"= personality three is now active. Third flower is "yellow", third personality is now in a standby state, revert to default personality. (With Red potentially meaning the personality is offline until she gets another "treatment".) I wonder what the third personality is, beyond the Mellie and Ninja personalities.

Also, have we gotten any explanation as to why Ballard is SUCH a badass?

Not beyond the kickboxing scene with Toa in the pilot. Though he very much is, and Tamoh moves really well which make his fights a lot of fun to watch. Ballard also seems to enjoy fighting. There was absolutely no hestitation or sense of him holding back in his fight with Echo, and he actively closed the distance again a couple times when he could have tried to escape had he wanted.

I liked the way that played out. Also glad she got have sex and live. Earlier in the episode, Lea and I were saying "Oh, she's doomed." It's a formula I was a little bored of, so ... kudos! (Also, she is still damn hot.)

I agree with you on all points.

who the hell uses an answering machine anymore, anyway?

I do. Voicemail doesn't let you screen your calls while it's recording and potentially pick them up if it's someone you want to talk to whose number you didn't recognize.

Random other thought: Why motorcycle guy needed to go to the Dollhouse makes sense now (since we were all questioning his original engagement with Echo in the first episode.) His fantasy seems to be turning a "good girl" into a "bad girl".

Having read the original pilot script, I definitely think I would have been onboard much more-readily with the show as Joss originally envisioned it.

As for who the inside man/men is, I'm agreeing the people voting for Boyd, Tech Girl and Dr. Saunders. It's got to be at least two of the three, IMO. I can't see why else Boyd would want to be at the Dollhouse, barring something from his backstory we haven't learned yet (which is entirely possible).

I enjoyed the hell out of Lubov, and am sorry we probably won't see that imprint again (though the actor playing Victor is definitely a lot of fun to watch in his other roles). Poor Ballard, everyone around him is a CylonActive.

Definitely want to see more of FBI computer lady, too.