The Glade 4.0

While the Fox hate runs deep for firefly (I love that little ship), at least we get an ENDING this time, and it sounds like it will be a good one. I'm extremely excited to see the rest of the series.

I never argued that their handling of firefly wasn't criminal, just that I think Joss, who showed a bit of boneheadedness on going with them again, got quite a bit fairer shake this time.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Fairer, yes. And while the abysmal ratings are typical for a Friday night show, i'm not sure dollhouse ever would have gotten the following firefly could have. That said, Fox's marketing and handling of it were still poor.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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Dollhouse was a difficult concept to sell at best, and the initial handling of the series did absolutely nothing to help it (in fact, it hurt it pretty badly). The first five episodes or so were just dreck. Even though I give them something of a pass for the aired pilot (the worst episode of the series to date), they're still culpable for the introductory mishandling. Even a die-hard Whedon fan such as myself tired of the poor show construction, and only barely talked myself into watching episode six, mainly due to promises that it was when the show would truly take off.

Lo and behold, "Man on the Street" aired, and it righted the ship. From there through the end of the first season, it was an increasingly deep and fascinating show, delving into ever deeper moral quandaries and ambiguities.

Season two kicked off as Whedon shows always do, for some reason: slowly. Two episodes in, I was scared that they were going to fall back into the arena of rancid early episodes, but Tim Minear swooped in with "Belle Chose" (the serial killer episode) and dammit, the series hooked me again. It's hit higher highs with each subsequent episode, including the two from Friday night (which Phe and I just finished watching). It's not going down in the annals of classic, archetypal Whedon works, but all signs point to the show going out with one hell of a bang.

In short, I feel Fox did do some disservices to the construction and promotion of the show, but I don't blame them for canceling it. Every time Dollhouse's ratings seemed to hit absolute rock bottom, it seemed to bring in a backhoe, and I blame the tepid kickoff episodes (as well as a challenging premise that really needed those early episodes to sell it) as the main weakness of the series.

Edit: by the way, after the past few episodes, I really want to see Enver Gjokaj in more stuff. The guy's amazingly versatile.

Edit: by the way, after the past few episodes, I really want to see Enver Gjokaj in more stuff. The guy's amazingly versatile.

QFT! Amazing episode.

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Raell Kromwell

Yes. that was quite special, as was Summer, and really every moment of that double episode

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

"Tallyho then! In fact, whats say we tally your hos."

Man. That first episode from Friday night ("Meet Jane Doe") was one helluva game-changer, with

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I loved this weeks double episode (Stop-Loss/The Attic), I missed last week somehow, but every time Rossum shows themselves to be evil we understand that they just get more and more evil....

OK, so did everyone stop watching this? I just watched Fridays episode on my DVR, and I did not see that coming at all.

No, Phe and I just watched it today. Great stuff. When the show first started, I wasn't really inclined to miss it if it were canceled. Such is no longer the case. It's turned into a damn fine show, and I can't wait to see how it ends.

I've also been sadly counting down the episodes. I've come to really enjoy this show.

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The offhand remark about Bennett killing people with her brain was pure win and the episode only went uphill from there.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Yup. Right now, it's amazing, and I find myself exclaiming loudly multiple times per episode.

2 episodes left!!

I would have been ok if last nights was the final episode.

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Raell Kromwell

Yes me too. However it looks like we are gonna come back and tie up that loose end in a hour rather than leaving it open to some kind of future project.

I'll wait to see the result before I say if that's good or bad.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

So, what did you think of Epitaph Two?

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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I thought it excellent and unexpected moving, give the plot-centricity of wrapping up the series.

I thought it was just about as good an ending as it could be. I want more, but at least they got the chance to end it right.

I missed it...

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Raell Kromwell

I'm really going to miss this show. I'm going to have to snag the DVD's I suspect.