I've just finished watching season 2 of Dollhouse on DVD. I enjoyed the end of the series and I'm a bit sad that no more episodes are being made. It's another glorious failure by Joss Whedon (the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer). It's not as good as the greatly missed Firefly series (or the spin-off film Serenity) but it is entertaining enough.
Dollhouse had a high concept at its core. It tells the story of a sinister agency that has some rather unpleasant technology. They have the ability to implant different personalities and abilities into the minds of 'dolls' who are rented out to serve the whims of rich, morally dubious men. The star of the series is Echo, a 'doll' who begins to overcome her programming.
Dollhouse was a different sort of science fiction series. It isn't space opera on horror fantasy. Thankfully there were no vampires or werewolves. It is more in the spirit of something like The Prisoner. Some of the episodes make you feel generally uneasy - probably because in some ways the show is about prostitution and mind control. Some of the episodes are dud but some of it really worked. The characters are interesting and involving enough for me to care about them. Both the first and second season improve in later episodes so you may need to persevere a bit if you want to check this out but it is probably worthwhile.
The series is wrapped up fairly well in the last episode of season 2. We are left with a few unanswered questions but nothing that will keep me up at night. I wouldn't mind seeing more of this but I know that is unlikely to happen.
A bit of a loss but probably too smart for success.
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