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| Friday, January 15, 2010 11:20 PM |
| On the Viewer - Dollhouse ("Epitaph One") |
 by Fëanor |
Just so you know, SPOILER ALERT!
I've been wanting to watch this unaired episode for forever, but never seemed to have the opportunity. Now that I have it on DVD, the series is nearly over, and the post-apocalypse is about to happen on the show "for real," I figured the time had finally come.
Hey, it's Felicia Day! Wow, lots of weird slang. I think I'm getting the gist of what's going on, though.
Oh man. They just stumbled upon the remains of the Dollhouse.
Felicia: "We all love the sound of our own voices. That's why we're here. We want to keep our own voices."
There are some continuity issues here, I think. But then again, this episode isn't really in continuity, per se.
Wow, we're getting to see Topher arriving at the Dollhouse for the first time! Fun.
Dominic: "Cities don't burn because everyone got smarter. Cities burn because someone lost control."
It's funny you should say that...
DeWitt: "Mr. Dominic is my ears and eyes."
Topher: "Can I be nose and throat?"
Sending the kid to go to the bathroom by herself while you take a shower alone in a giant, dark building you haven't explored completely? Not a good idea.
This is basically just a clip show, but a really clever one.
Woah! This flashback scene with Boyd and Saunders was actually reused in a recent, aired episode. Interesting.
Whiskey's here - but without her scars. What's this about?
Oh man, it's the kid! The kid's evil!
An interesting scene with Dominic, set post-apocalypse. I'm not sure this one could fit into continuity anymore... but then again maybe it could. They're talking about Caroline having the imprint blocker inside her.
Dominic: "Did I miss anything?"
DeWitt: "Just the vodka, thank God."
Victor: "You don't want to end up like November."
Sierra: "Which one?"
That's intriguing.
And now, in a new flashback, a weird post-apocalyptic religious ceremony. Here, again, Whiskey has no scars. Topher has totally lost it, apparently unable to deal with the enormity of what his technology did. DeWitt is taking care of him.
Topher: "An entire army in an instant. That's so brilliant. Why didn't I think of that? ...Did I think of that? Did I? Oh God. Oh my God."
Best scene in the episode.
Echo asks about how Whiskey's face got fixed; she says it's a long story. Okay then.
Echo stored a backup copy of herself in the Dollhouse and Whiskey stayed behind to make sure it was found and Echo was brought back, so she could eventually save the day.
A very strange, very sad episode of the series, although it ends with the slim hope that the world might be healed. I wonder how much of it will fit in with what's going to happen in the last episode of the series... |
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