This last episode of Dollhouse was the only one I've watched (save the first five or ten minutes of the premiere). I watched it because I have swine-flu-allergies-cancer and the remote was on the other side of the room.

What I took from it -- plot-wise -- is that the mindwipe failed because of the "glandular involvement." So some things got wiped, but other things didn't, that's how she was able to find the house, etc.

The car thing was dumb-ass, though.

I think I can't get into the show because Eliza is a doll. It's never going to work for me, because it is what it is, yo. There's no one for me to connect to. There's no there there. If the overall story was structured such that she'd already become self-aware and started out fighting the house, I think I might have been interested.

I guess I'd rather see Joss do what makes him happy than what makes me happy, so if this is where he finds his resonance, so be it.

Hey, I'd rather see Joss do what makes him happy than what makes me happy, too. I just suspect that, at some point in the future, something that makes him happy will also make me happy.

So, I'm humming along with the music playing in my head, as one does, and I think to myself "What is that?" and actually listen to what I'm humming, and it's the Dollhouse theme music.

I don't know what to make of that.

I dunno. Have you been having any mysterious "treatments" lately? Any spas with suspicious looking chairs? Is there a bulky masculine figure showing up in the background a lot whom you somehow trust with your life?

I should *probably* be embarrassed that I read the last bit and thought "Besides Keith Olbermann?" But I'm more embarrassed that I took a moment to ponder whether he'd find "trust him with your life," gratifying enough that he wouldn't consider "bulky" an implication that yoga isn't working. That'll put marzipan in your pie plate. Also.

Allyson, I just wanted to say to suggest nobody working on Dollhouse wants it to continue is kind of... bad, you know. I can say for a fact there are people who genuinely want it to continue. I know there's people who don't, and my message to them is this: get another job or be thankful for the one you have.

Having thought about it some more, I think one of the reasons I liked this episode more than others is because it was a legitimate, believable (to me) reason why someone would want a doll for something other than sex. All the other roles just seemed like a stretch to me (I'm totally blanking on the non-sex ones - hostage negotiator and midwife are the only ones I'm remembering). As in, why wouldn't you hire a real midwife and a real hostage negotiator?

As many have said, it's hard to care about Echo/Caroline/whatever. At this point, I'm way more interested in Dr. Saunders or Ballard's story.

I do sort of wonder - I would imagine that Joss would have seen this potential problem (how does the audience care about someone who changes every week) and I'm wondering how he thought he'd get around it. Because yeah, several episodes in and I still don't care about the main character.

Safecracker, which is still my favorite. I don't know...Dolls would be convenient because they wouldn't break non-disclosure agreements or get sucked into grandstanding to protect their careers, or run for mayor and stuff like that.

There's some attempt to address it in season two I think, Stephanie - in that Echo is her own personality. She's no longer a child, and all that. It actually becomes a question for me - Paul is so intent on saving Caroline, I wonder if Echo actually WANTS Caroline back now, since she's becoming a person, and if Paul would just imprint her back as Caroline anyway.

My hard core response is that it doesn't matter what Echo wants. Caroline signed her up and Caroline should get to return.

I wonder if Echo actually WANTS Caroline back now, since she's becoming a person

Sort of. She's not selling that plight as well as Whiskey. But she's not as much a person as Whiskey yet.

Paul would just imprint her back as Caroline anyway.

Oh, he totally would.

By the way, there's going to be a riot in the Delurking thread if you don't explain about the prime minister.