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| Friday, December 11, 2009 10:03 PM |
| On the Viewer - Dollhouse (Season 2, Episode 8 - "A Love Supreme") |
 by Fëanor |
Just so you know, SPOILER ALERT!
We open with a man desperately in love with an active - a woman who doesn't exist. He's thrown away his fortune on her. Interesting concept. And then: Alpha! Hoo boy!
DeWitt tortures and tests Echo.
Ballard: "So if she floats she's a witch?"
Topher: "I agree with Dr. Freudenstein."
Finally Ballard and Langton let Topher know about Echo's special nature.
Topher: "So she's a serial killer?"
Langton: "Only a little."
Topher: "I am obsolete. This must be what old people feel like. And Blockbuster."
I love Sierra's noir lady persona.
Alpha: "Am I the only one who bothered to dress for this?!"
Alpha: "There are many parts of me that know this is wrong - none that care."
Guy: "It was a blast."
Alpha: "Who doesn't love a pun?"
BOOM!
Nice! Gotta love Alpha. And Alan Tudyk.
Cool, we're bringing back Patton Oswalt's character. He's an interesting guy. It's cute how Topher gets all fanboy around him.
I knew Alpha was going to pop up any moment, but when he stepped out of DeWitt's bathroom, it was still awesome.
Alpha: "That's what I love about the British. Your talent for understatement. And Python."
And it was Ballard Alpha wanted all along. Very interesting.
Alpha: "One of my imprints was an Eagle Scout, another was a sailor. There's a dirty joke in there somewhere."
Alpha is following in the footsteps of Foreigner. He wants to know what love is! He sees that Echo loves Ballard, and that he loves her, and he wants to understand it. He's jealous!
Echo: "C'mon, Adelle, move your ass. We can hug it out later."
The thing with the virus and the portable mind-control device is pretty clever.
Alpha: "Your boyfriend's dead. Wanna snuggle? Too soon?"
How exactly did Ballard speak in his own voice through Alpha's body? And why did he bother to speak? If he hadn't said anything, Echo would have just killed him like he wanted her to! Gah!
Kind of corny, but also kind of effective scene between Oswalt and Dushku there, about love lost, and moving on.
Weird final shot of DeWitt looking sort of angry and pensive. Hmm...
So now Ballard's a vegetable, but his mind is still out there somewhere, in the body of Alpha.
This is strange and crazy stuff. Some cheesy bits in this episode, but I still rather liked it. Very exciting and eventful. |
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