{"id":1653,"date":"2012-12-19T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2012-12-19T13:08:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T21:08:28","slug":"mark-watches-dollhouse-s02e05-the-public-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2012\/12\/mark-watches-dollhouse-s02e05-the-public-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Watches &#8216;Dollhouse&#8217;: S02E05 &#8211; The Public Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the fifth episode of the second season of <em>Dollhouse<\/em>, Y&#8217;ALL ARE EVIL FOR MAKING ME WATCH THIS SHOW. FOR REAL, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME? Intrigued? Then it&#8217;s time for Mark to <em>Dollhouse<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I AM DONE. I AM JUST SO DONE.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This episode was a fucking <em>experience<\/em>. My god.<\/li>\n<li>The cold open reveals the name Senator Perrin received in that mysterious file when <strong>MADELINE WALKS OUT DURING HIS PRESS CONFERENCE TO STATE THAT SHE WAS A VICTIM OF THE DOLLHOUSE <\/strong>WHAT IS THIS EPISODE GOING TO DO TO ME.<\/li>\n<li>I hate Mr. Harding so much. I know I&#8217;m supposed to, and <em>I don&#8217;t care<\/em>. He represents everything that is despicable about the Rossum Corporation: their lack of morality, their endless quest for profits, their callous and reckless behavior, and their thirst for power. <em>I hate him<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s so initially fascinating about this is that Adelle is quick to realize that the only reason Rossum would even allow this to happen is to shame\/take down the Los Angeles Dollhouse. It&#8217;s very personal for her, and I initially didn&#8217;t think she was wrong about this.<\/li>\n<li>And then Ballard is watching that video with the Senator and his wife, and the Senator says that it&#8217;s like his wife was &#8220;made&#8221; for him and HOLY SHIT, THIS EPISODE JUST GOT SUPER RIDICULOUS IN THE BEST WAY. His <em>wife<\/em> is a Doll? This is going to destroy him, which is just unfortunate because I&#8217;m watching <em>Angel<\/em>, and Alexis Denisof is busy being destroyed over there, too. OH WELL.<\/li>\n<li>Oh god, we&#8217;re going to get to see another sleeper doll, aren&#8217;t we? IS THIS REAL LIFE?<\/li>\n<li>And then I&#8217;m immediately reminded of how fucked up this is. Madeline is shown evidence of what she did as a Doll, <em>by Perrin<\/em>. Oh god, she&#8217;s a Doll, and it&#8217;s so awkward and terrible. Even worse, Perrin purposely makes Paul Ballard out to be an enemy in a way. (But more on that later.)<\/li>\n<li>Okay, so now Topher has created a way to disable Dolls. I&#8217;m kind of scared to see what other tech is going to pop up on the show. I also didn&#8217;t realize until after the episode ended that Kilo was played by Maurissa Tancharoen!<\/li>\n<li>The first of MANY mistakes and misjudgments occurs when Adelle sends Echo to act as blackmail against Senator Perrin. Adelle didn&#8217;t take into account the fact that Perrin could <em>recognize<\/em> a Doll, and everything turns into a disaster. Well, for real, it&#8217;s hard to pinpoint a single moment as <em>the<\/em> thing that sends down this house of cards. It&#8217;s like everything goes wrong at once, honestly. But Perrin believes he&#8217;s been given a blessing in disguise and wants to use Echo as evidence. I can&#8217;t believe I didn&#8217;t put this together, but Ballard was at the Perrin residence, trying to &#8220;rescue&#8221; Madeline, and now Senator Perrin was heading there with Echo. How did I not realize this was going to get messed up? We already saw that Topher&#8217;s device had a much larger radius than he intended, so that meant it was going to take out Madeline, Echo, <em>and<\/em> Mrs. Perrin at once. Well, that would be chaotic, but at least Ballard could try and deal with th\u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/li>\n<li>but<\/li>\n<li>but<\/li>\n<li>no<\/li>\n<li>no<\/li>\n<li>no<\/li>\n<li>no<\/li>\n<li>no<\/li>\n<li><strong>no<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>NO THAT IS JUST 100% IMPOSSIBLE<\/li>\n<li>NOPE<\/li>\n<li>NOPE<\/li>\n<li>DONE<\/li>\n<li>THIS IS SO FUCKED UP<\/li>\n<li><strong>HOW IS SENATOR PERRIN A DOLL????<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This is a logistical nightmare!!!! How do you program a Doll to <em>win a fucking election????<\/em> He was ostensibly elected, so how the fuck is this even possible???<\/li>\n<li>Oh my god, the wife is the handler.<\/li>\n<li>Oh my god, OMEGA IS LOOSE. HOLY SHIT, ECHO IS CYCLING THROUGH ALL OF THE PAST IMPRINTS SHE HAS HAD. <em>THIS EPISODE COULD NOT GET ANY MORE SUSPENSEFUL<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Oh, of <em>course<\/em> it could. There&#8217;s that tense and nail-biting scene where Perrin&#8217;s handler tries to kill Echo and the two escape. ONLY TO HAVE THE HANDLER ACTIVATE THE PULSE SHE STOLE FROM PAUL BALLARD. GREAT. <em>GREAT<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s really important to pay attention to the scene at LAX between Ballard and Madeline. I don&#8217;t know what the hell Rossum is planning here, but despite that Ballard wants to paint himself as the good guy standing up against the corporation, Madeline still brings up Ballard&#8217;s obsession with her. He&#8217;s still complicit in what happened to her as a Doll, and that doesn&#8217;t make him better. Yes, his intentions are good, but she makes it a point to state that she <em>needs<\/em> to do this her own way, even if it is a mistake. That&#8217;s the beauty of human life. We can choose to be wrong, and if Madeline went back with Paul, she would risk giving that up.<\/li>\n<li>Hahah, fuck, that whole &#8220;white knight&#8221; shit is the subconscious key to controlling Perrin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>WHAT THE FUCK, PERRIN <em>IS<\/em> PERRIN<em>. He is an imprint of himself<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>There is no way I could have ever guessed this. Ever. <em>Ever<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Wait, is that<\/li>\n<li>Is that Summer Glau.<\/li>\n<li>IS THIS<\/li>\n<li><strong>IS THIS ANOTHER DOLLHOUSE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>OH MY GOD, IT&#8217;S THE DOLLHOUSE IN D.C.<\/li>\n<li><em>oh my god WHO THE FUCK IS BENNET. <\/em>Shit, she&#8217;s the master programmer, isn&#8217;t she? Holy shit, I <em>barely<\/em> recognized Summer Glau. SHE IS INCREDIBLE HERE.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s also immediately clear that the D.C. staff is nowhere near as morally ambiguous as the L.A. staff. Here, they are far more ruthless, brutal, and unquestioning.<\/li>\n<li>God, the whole thing is a con, isn&#8217;t it? Take out the L.A. Dollhouse and draw attention away from Rossum in the process. <em>Fuck<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Perrin&#8217;s frightened cries not to be erased are so heartbreaking.<\/li>\n<li><strong>HOW\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>HOW THE HELL<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT BENNET KNOWS CAROLINE????? WHY IS SHE TORTURING HER?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1000000000000% done with <em>Dollhouse<\/em>. I don&#8217;t know that my heart can withstand another plot twist on this show, but I know there must be a billion more of them. 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