I enjoyed the weird exchange with the minion dude and Echo when he was angry with her and she blankly responded. I felt it underscored who the screwed up one was and, also, what does he have to be so mad about? I found it funny.

At any rate, I find everything Joss does to have many layers, but then, I’m a big fan. And btw, when I mentioned in my comment on your last Dollhouse post that Willow was the one speaking, I wasn’t implying you said anything wrong or attacking your post; I was merely showing what a Buffy geek I was too because I knew who you were quoting. Sorry you thought I was attacking or correcting you.

The line “I have 4 brothers, and none are Democrats” (or something like that) when asked if she knew how to use a gun cracked me up.

As for the “risk fee” – maybe they decided to add that after the previous engagement got out of hand? My bet is that it is something added when there’s potential for an active to have – rafting and climbing could easily lead to scrapes and bruises, making her less appealing to future customers. (Ugh, that was horrible to type, but if you’re viewing her strictly as a commodity, which the Dollhouse does, that sort of logic makes sense.) The only reason it was mentioned in the episode was to create doubt about how far the Dollhouse bosses are willing to go to cater to a client’s fantasy.

I think what bothers me most is the way the minion guy talked to her at the end – mentioning how people end up dead around her, how he’d like to see her gone. She of course has no idea what he’s talking about and can’t respond in any informed way. She’s completely vulnerable to his abuse. (Also, it seems stupid on the part of the minion. Why would he talk to Echo like that, present her with any non-engagement/non-daily life information? Seems risky, especially after Alpha.)

i said the exact same thing to my roomie last week!

great posts, by the way.

heh. I haven’t watched Dollhouse yet, but I feel ya, and that’s nicely put. although I do still enjoy the Buffy comics a lot, yeah, there are…faults. always have been. they become clearer as time goes on, yes. and yeah, something about the sensibility seems a little dated as well.

As for the rest of the show, it seems to be a long game. At least last week’s episode was enjoyable for the complete absurdity of ‘massive plot twist encompassed in a shot’ before the commercial break. I was laughing through the first commercial. So that’s something. Then again, I have an odd sense of humour.

I think Dollhouse has both a vision problem (trying to be feminist and fails) and a storytelling problem.