In the final episode of Dollhouse, the final stand against Rossum gets underway. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to finish Dollhouse.
NOOOOO, EVERYTHING DARLA BREAKS MY HEARTÂ NOOOOO.
In the penultimate episode of Dollhouse, the L.A. team races to Tucson in order to stop Rossum’s plan for world domination. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Dollhouse.
Why didn’t I put this up before “Five By Five”? I DON’T MAKE MUCH SENSE.
I’m a couple days behind on writing reviews due to holiday shenanigans, but I wanted to throw this up so we could discuss it, and to say this, definitively: it is a goddamn crime that Sarah Michelle Gellar did not win any awards for her work on Buffy. This episode is a fine example of that. SHE IS SO INCREDIBLE AS FAITH.
Oh god, let’s discuss.
In the eleventh episode of the second season of Dollhouse, I can’t. I can’t do this. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Dollhouse.
In the tenth episode of the second season of Dollhouse, this is an outstanding show, y’all. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Dollhouse.
You know, you would think that having gone through Faith’s character arc, I would be better suited for dealing with characters I enjoy doing absolutely terrible things. She’s kind of the BLUEPRINT for that in the Buffyverse, the first character who is supposed to be a hero, but the writers twist her story over multiple seasons. But then you’ve got Willow and Spike and Angel and oh my god, this show has actually made everyone do terrible things.
In the 2012 Christmas special, the Doctor comes out of a forced retirement to confront living snowmen. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Doctor Who.
In the ninth episode of the second season of Dollhouse, Victor learns what life after the Dollhouse holds for him. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to watch Dollhouse.
Much like the phenomenally fun Buffy Q&A I did after finishing all seven seasons of that show, I’d like to continue the tradition of hosting a Q&A about my experience so that we can discuss overarching themes, minutia, and other such things WITHOUT HAVING TO USE ROT13.
Important things you should know before posting a question:
Otherwise, let’s discuss Angel!
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Nooooo, oh my god, CORDELIA and DOYLE and ANGEL LOOKS SO YOUNG HERE. God, remember when I thought the Wolfram and Hart storyline would only last one season? IT WAS A SERIES-LONG ARC. h e l p. In hindsight, this is a much better pilot than I thought it was, and I still enjoyed it quite a bit the first time I saw it. It really set the bar for how fucked up, morally ambiguous, and upsetting Angel would be. Ugh, it also makes me miss Cordelia forever.
The setting for this show is also one of the things Angel did super well, and I know I commented on the realistic nature of the portrayal of Los Angeles often. I’m still kind of bitter and hateful about the place, but I was born there and had a lot of shitty things happen to me, so I recognize my bias. If anything, Angel kind of reminded why I lived there for so long. It’s an unreal and massive metropolis, where a billion things are happening at any moment spread across city lines that are big enough to hold entire counties within their borders. And the show also didn’t ignore the fact that so many people flock to L.A. only to have their dreams broken. So what do those people do to survive?
PS: ANGEL KICKED A VAMPIRE OUT OF A HIGH RISE IN THE PREMIERE AND I WILL FOREVER THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I’VE EVER SEEN IN A PILOT.
Oh god, look at Lindsey LOOK AT HIS FUCKING FACE ugh can I just retroactively kill him before he ruins everything.
LET’S DISCUSS THIS, EVERYONE.
