A new series created by Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel) starring Eliza Dushku (who also happened to play "Faith" in BtVS and Angel).
The fact that Eliza would be in the show was enough to interest me. I liked seeing her in BtVS.
I downloaded the first episode without doing any research on the show, which didn't really help at all as I was guessing through up to the middle part.
Echo(Dushku) is part of "Dollhouse", where she is literally a 'doll'. A doll? How can that be?
In Dollhouse, they are able to imprint any personality that is needed for any situation. In the first episode, Echo was imprinted as Eleanor Penn, someone trained to handle kidnapping negotiations. However, the flaw in this personality was that the real Eleanor was actually kidnapped as a child, and the kidnapper also happened to be the doing staging the present kidnapping for Echo's client. Therefore, she remembered him and had to face her fears in order to save the child.
After each situation, the scientists(Only one main scientist actually, his name is Topher Brink played by Fran Kenz) at Dollhouse erases the imprinted personality and Echo becomes a clean slate.
I pretty much enjoyed the first episode. I have to admit I should've done some research, coz' I only got the "imprinting" part somewhere along the middle. I'm not promising if I'd watch the next episode, as I'm not "hooked" yet. I did not get the same feeling of excitement like I did with BtVS- I'd still watch Buffy, that's for sure. *sigh* I miss that show.
Anyway, here are the other cast members of Dollhouse:
- Adelle DeWitt (Olivia Williams) is a beautiful, sophisticated, cold-as-ice woman who is the highest authority at the Dollhouse, answering only to its parent company. Adelle is both ruthless and protective, but prefers to keep the Dollhouse running like the business it is. She is a visionary who firmly believes that all involved benefit from the service they provide.
- Paul Ballard[26] (Tahmoh Penikett) is an FBI agent assigned to the dead-end case designated "Dollhouse". He believes the Dollhouse is a secret and powerful human trafficking operation, but he is not taken seriously. The ridicule only feeds Paul's obsession with the Dollhouse and its occupants—specifically, one occupant, Echo, whom he believes to have been a girl named Caroline in her former life. Ballard acts as a twisted romantic foil for Echo.
- Topher Brink (Fran Kranz) is a precocious scientist at the Dollhouse whose talents exceed his morals. He designs and operates the technology used by the Dollhouse, which he does with unreserved glee. Topher's awareness of his own flaws, and everyone else's, makes him the ideal architect to build the perfect personality for any job. Brink is a genius programmer who is articulate, attractive, yet blithely amoral and untrustworthy. He is responsible for imprinting the dolls and making sure they stay unaware of anything. He is both fascinated by the science and intoxicated by the illegality of it.
- Sierra (Dichen Lachman) is the newest Active to join the Dollhouse. We know nothing about her previous life, but her otherworldly looks and ability to adapt quickly have made her an instant asset. She has every personality in the world but her own, but is not as self-aware as Echo, to whom she is instinctively drawn.
- Lubov (Enver Gjokaj) is the most recent addition to the Borodin family, a Russian mob that runs a large human trafficking ring on the FBI's radar. It is unclear whether the ring has any connection to the Dollhouse, but Paul Ballard is interested in finding out. [33] (This character was originally known as Victor, a Doll, and the other closest thing to a friend Echo has. Childlike when he's inactive, and everything from Errol Flynn to (young) DeNiro when he's active.)
- Boyd Langton (Harry J. Lennix),[26] a former police officer, is a handler (bodyguard) at the Dollhouse assigned to Echo.
No comments:
Post a Comment