Tonight ’s Dollhouse installment is clearly better than last week ’s Britney - want - to - die splashorama . We got an early review written matter a while back , and here ’s our looter - free exultation .
When we begged Fox for reappraisal copy of Dollhouse episodes , they transmit us copies of the first two installment … plus tonight ’s leather - clad embroilment . It ’s understandably better than last calendar week ’s stumble , and here are a few reason why .
For one thing , Echo gets way better outfits than last night ’s WTF vacuum tube top and dancer geartrain . Most notably , the leather gasp and spike - dog pumps . ( Although , she says several times that she always jade comfortable shoes , while prancing around in those pinchy - look stillettoes . As Blastaar would say , “ Eh ? ” )
For another , it ’s pleasingly voluminous and turny . There are enough somersaulting and swerves over the course of instruction of the episode to keep you somewhat engaged , even allowing for the extra - prospicient running metre due to remote - barren showing . ( Curse you , Fox ! Who say you I need to be devoid of my remote control ? ) A few times over the form of the sequence , I thought I knew where it was going next , and then I guessed again .
Also , we get another huge piece of the puzzle about the show ’s on-going mythos tonight , and some real answers to some questions that have been floating around about the Evil Naked Guy ( TM ) and just what his game is . Not all the answer , mind you , but a healthy helping . And we get to see the “ programmable thinker - puppet ” concept applied in a new , and moderately original , way .
And once again , Echo is more than just a funky golem . She ’s a funky person . With funky desire , and occasionally smelly initiative .
Best of all , FBI agentive role Paul Ballard , Tahmoh Penikett ’s character , barricade being quite such a pasty ( patsy ? Oooh , I suck at tough - cat talk . ) He finally starts to seem like a bit of a badass , not just a cool kickboxer with a “ kick me ” sign glued to the bottom of his pants . Oh , and the Boyd love life go forward to menstruate with tonight ’s episode .
Oh , and best of all , no vocalizing . Or dance . Or vogueing or vamping . Or prance . Anyway , I doubt “ The Gray Hour ” will be conceive the good installment of the show ’s run once we have 100 other Dollhouse instalment to compare it to . But it ’s dependable fun , and well deserving checking out if you ’re not going to see some movie about a guy with a Dalmatian mask tonight .
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