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Dollhouse: “Gray Hour”

The new Joss Whedon series is back with yet another generic storyline: the old failed heist plot. Blue skies!

According to an interview with Eliza Dushku cited on the Television Without Pity site, the series is supposed to start improving with episode six. Let's hope so.

And should those of us who are old enough to remember a godawful series called Point Pleasant be unhappy that this episode never quite delivers on the promise of an “Echo goes all Carrie White on people” subplot? After all, Point Pleasant was also written by a former Buffy scribe and generally aspired to be an updated version of Carrie -- among other things. And yet it was awful. Someday I may go into detail about just how awful it was but for now... Be thankful that I don't have the patience to go back and relive that show right now.

I must confess it was fun to see the same character played by two different actresses. Or better yet, to have the type of TV show where such a development could not be considered all that unusual. But then I can't help but wonder what happened to the original person who inspired that character. And why would a “humanitarian” organization like the Dollhouse need such a person to be kept on file in the first place?

Will the next episode supply the answer to such questions? Or will we the audience be yanked around some more? Since the next episode is by Tim Minnear of Firefly fame, I'm hoping otherwise. But we'll see.