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Dollhouse

Dollhouse intertitle
Genre Drama
Thriller[1]
Science Fiction
Created by Joss Whedon
Written by Joss Whedon
Tim Minear
Maurissa Tancharoen
Jed Whedon
Tracy Bellomo
Andrew Chambliss
Jane Espenson
Starring Eliza Dushku
Harry Lennix
Fran Kranz
Tahmoh Penikett
Enver Gjokaj
Dichen Lachman
Olivia Williams
Theme music composer Jonatha Brooke
Eric Bazilian
Opening theme "What You Don't Know" by Jonatha Brooke
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 13 plus pilot[2]
(List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Joss Whedon
David Solomon
Elizabeth Craft &
Sarah Fain
Producer(s) Eliza Dushku
Tim Minear
Steven DeKnight
Location(s) Los Angeles
Running time 47-50 mins
exc. advertisements
Broadcast
Original channel FOX
Picture format 1080i
Original run February 13, 2009 – present
External links
Official website

Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series created by writer-director Joss Whedon under Mutant Enemy Productions. The show premiered on February 13, 2009 on the Fox network. Episodes of Dollhouse are about six minutes longer than standard one-hour dramas on Fox television, as the show airs with half as many commercial advertising slots.

After the May 8, 2009 airing of the Season 1 finale, "Omega", the series went into a brief hiatus before being renewed for a second season of thirteen episodes.[3] A thirteenth episode from Season 1, "Epitaph One," was not aired, but will be released on DVD. The US DVD release is scheduled for July 28, 2009,[4] and the UK DVD release on September 14, 2009.[5]

Contents

[edit] Plot

See also: List of Dollhouse episodes

Eliza Dushku plays a young woman called Echo, a member of a group of people known as "Actives" or "Dolls". The Dolls are people whose personalities and existence in the outside world have been wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas—including memory, muscle memory, skills, and language—for different assignments (referred to as engagements). The new persona is an amalgam of several real people, and the end result necessarily incorporates both strengths and flaws from the template personalities. The Actives are then hired out for particular jobs, which can be anything from crimes to fantasies to the occasional good deed. On engagements, Actives are monitored internally (and remotely) by Handlers. In between engagements they are mind-wiped into a child-like state and live in a futuristic dormitory/laboratory, a hidden facility nicknamed "The Dollhouse". The Dollhouse is located somewhere in Los Angeles and is a subsidiary of a mysterious research group known as the Rossum Corporation.

The story follows Echo, who begins, in her mind-wiped state, to become self-aware.[6][7]

The show also focuses on the employees of the mysterious "Dollhouse" and two other "Dolls", Sierra and Victor (played by Dichen Lachman and Enver Gjokaj), who are friendly with Echo. The names of Actives are simply letters in the phonetic alphabet. Although the Actives are ostensibly volunteers who work for a period of five years, the operation is highly illegal and under constant threat on one end from Paul Ballard (Tahmoh Penikett), a determined federal agent who has heard a rumor about the Dolls, and on the other end a rogue Active named "Alpha".[7]

[edit] Production

The series stars Eliza Dushku, who worked with Whedon on the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain are the showrunners, while Tim Minear and Steven DeKnight serve as consulting producers.[8][9] In addition to Joss Whedon, the writing staff includes Tim Minear, Jed Whedon (Joss's brother), Maurissa Tancharoen, Andrew Chambliss, Tracy Bellomo, Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain.[10] Whedon will direct a number of his own episodes, as he has done in past series. Tim Minear and Buffy producer David Solomon are also set to direct.[11] A viral marketing campaign promoting Dollhouse was started on May 26, 2008.[12]

Dollhouse, which is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Whedon's Mutant Enemy Productions[13][14] and Dushku's Boston Diva Productions, was granted an initial thirteen-episode production commitment by Fox, with a reported license fee in the range of US$1.5 to 2 million per episode.[15][16] Fox decided to forgo the usual practice of ordering a pilot episode of the series, opting to instead put funds towards the construction of the elaborate set and cultural context of the television series. The set was described as a "life-size Dollhouse".[17] On July 22, 2008, Joss Whedon announced that the first episode shot, "Echo", would be pushed to be the second, while a new episode would become first, saying that this "idea to do a new first episode wasn’t the network's. It was mine."[18] Despite several reshoots, "Echo" was later pulled from the run entirely[19]; the staff of the show has since noted, during a panel on the series at the Paley Festival, that portions of the episode were used in other subsequent episodes throughout the series' first season.[20]

Dollhouse, as well as J. J. Abrams' Fringe, has during its first season aired with half the commercials and promo spots of most current network dramas, adding about 6 minutes to the shows' run times, as part of a new Fox initiative called "Remote-Free TV".[21] Fox charged a premium price for this advertising space, but did not completely recoup the money that they were spending.[22] Fox later cancelled Remote-Free TV.[23]

In July 2008 Whedon announced he was planning to shoot a separate webisode for every Dollhouse episode produced.[24] The webisodes have not materialized for the first season, however.

On Feb. 10, 2009, Dushku told reporters in a conference call that Whedon has a 5-year plan for the show, and has decided how his characters will evolve through that point.[25]

[edit] Casting

Anya Colloff and Amy McIntyre Britt, who previously worked with Joss Whedon on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Serenity, are the show's casting directors.[26]

On March 26, 2008, it was officially announced that Tahmoh Penikett, Dichen Lachman, Fran Kranz, and Enver Gjokaj had been cast in four principal roles for the show.[27][28] On April 3, 2008, it was announced that Olivia Williams would be playing the role of Adelle DeWitt.[29] On April 17, 2008, it was announced that Harry J. Lennix had also joined the cast.[30] On the same day, Joss Whedon announced on whedonesque.com that Miracle Laurie and Amy Acker were to complete the cast.[31]

Brennan Elliott and Michael Muhney auditioned for the part of Paul Ballard but lost out to Penikett. Ian Anthony Dale and Paul Campbell auditioned for Victor, but Gjokaj got the part.[32]

[edit] 13th episode of season one

On April 9, 2009, actress Felicia Day posted on Twitter that she had received word the 13th episode of the first season of Dollhouse, in which she guest-stars, would not air. Whedon rebutted speculation that Fox was as yet set to cancel the show however, and producer Tim Minear explained that the "missing" 13th episode (which is entitled "Epitaph One") would be on the DVD release of the season. The reason Minear gave for the episode's being dropped from the broadcast run was that the Fox network was counting the original first episode ("Echo"), which went unaired, as part of the original 13-episode order; in contrast, the Fox production company was required by contract to have a minimum of 13 completed episodes for international and DVD releases.[33] According to both Minear and Whedon, the producers felt that the original first episode, having been subsequently scrapped entirely and had its footage reused for other episodes throughout the season, should not be counted as a completed episode as part of their own 13-episode orders for international and DVD distribution but rather as a DVD extra, and thus Whedon produced a new 13th episode on a lower budget to fulfill the contractual requirements for the international broadcasts. The episode will be screened at Comic-Con.[34] On Wednesday, June 17 2009, Epitaph One had its world premiere in Singapore through Season Pass, an on-demand service offered by SingTel mio TV.

[edit] International airings

Country Channel Premiere
UK Sci-Fi Channel May 19th 2009, 9:00
Australia Fox 8 June 8th 2009 , 8:30
France M6 (television channel) Premiere Unknown
USA Fox February 13th 2009, 9:00

[edit] Season two

Despite low ratings in its first season, Dollhouse was renewed for a second season[35] of thirteen episodes.[3] Among other factors, fan response to the show was seen as a reason for the renewal; FOX's president of entertainment stated that "if we'd canceled Joss' show I'd probably have 110 million e-mails this morning from the fans."[35] Part of the show's renewal was a cut in budget,[36] though Whedon has stated that this will not affect the second season.[37] The series will continue in its 9–10 pm Friday timeslot, with the season premiere scheduled for September 18, 2009.[38]

Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters (creators of Reaper) joined the writing staff for season 2 as replacements for former showrunners Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain (who left Dollhouse to join the writing staff of Lie to Me).[39]

[edit] Cast

The Dollhouse cast. L to R: Agent Ballard, Victor, Echo, Sierra, Topher Brink, Adelle DeWitt, Boyd Langton
See also: List of Dollhouse characters

The Dollhouse cast consists mainly of Actives (or Dolls) and Dollhouse employees.[40] The dolls are named after the NATO phonetic alphabet.

[edit] Main cast

  • Echo (Eliza Dushku) is an Active and star of the series. She is one of the most popular Actives in the Dollhouse, and, during the course of her engagements, has shown skills that transcend the limitations of her parameters. Echo has become increasingly self-aware during her blank state. Prior to having her mind wiped, Echo was a college activist named Caroline Farrell.
  • Boyd Langton (Harry J. Lennix), a former cop, a handler at the Dollhouse assigned to Echo until he becomes the new head of security. He has doubts about the ethics of what the Dollhouse does with the Actives.E-9
  • Topher Brink (Fran Kranz) is the scientist who operates the Dollhouse technology and uses it to imprint new personalities on the Actives. Very cynical and ego-driven, Topher's knowledge of human behavior allows him to specially craft the various personalities of the Actives for their various missions.
  • Paul Ballard (Tahmoh Penikett) is the ex-FBI special agent assigned to the Dollhouse case. While most in the Bureau view the case as a joke, he takes it seriously, to the point of obsession. Throughout the show, his main objective is to rescue Caroline. He had become involved with his neighbor Mellie before discovering the Dollhouse imprinted her to spy on him. In "Omega", while under suspension from the FBI and having been captured by Langton and DeWitt, he agrees to help the Dollhouse find Alpha in exchange for November's freedom.
  • Victor (Enver Gjokaj) is an Active who was originally introduced as Paul Ballard's informant inside the Russian Mob, named Lubov, before being revealed to be a DollE-3. The character is also regularly hired out on romantic engagements for one "Miss Lonelyhearts" (Adelle DeWitt's alias). In his mind-wiped state, he is inexplicably attracted, physically and emotionally, to Sierra. His handler's name is Selena Ramirez.E-9 He suffers facial cuts similar to Dr. Saunders after a run-in with Alpha.E-11
  • Sierra (Dichen Lachman) is the most recent Active to be added to the Dollhouse. Prior to having her mind wiped, her name was Priya.E-8 She is instinctively drawn to Echo, but lacks her self-awareness. She was raped by her handler Hearn while in a blank state.E-6 Topher has done his best to rid her of these memories, but subsequent episodes reveal that he was not entirely successful.
  • Adelle DeWitt (Olivia Williams) is the highest ranking official at the Los Angeles Dollhouse. She truly believes that what they do at the Dollhouse helps people. Although Adelle is the head of her Dollhouse, she does answer to off-screen superiors, as the LA Dollhouse is just one of more than twenty worldwide.E-6 She is revealed to be "Miss Lonelyhearts" who has hired out Victor several times.E-9

[edit] Recurring cast

  • Dr. Claire Saunders (Amy Acker) is originally introduced to the series as the Actives' general physician. It is revealed in "Omega" that she is an Active with the designation Whiskey. Formerly the Dollhouse's most popular Doll, she was attacked by Alpha with a pair of scissors, causing extensive facial scars. When Alpha killed the actual Dr. Saunders shortly afterwards, Whiskey was imprinted with his personality and skill-set. The role of Claire Saunders was originally conceived for a woman in her 40s or 50s, but Whedon had worked with Acker on Angel and he decided she would be the best actress for the part; therefore Whedon adapted the character, despite initial reservations about casting too many Buffy and Angel alumni.[41]
  • Alpha (Alan Tudyk)E-11 (born Carl William Craft) is a rogue Active who escaped the Dollhouse. Prior to the main timeframe of the series, an accident caused a "composite event", in which 48 personalities are simultaneously imprinted on Alpha, along with the associated memories and skill sets. In his escape, he killed several Dolls and Dollhouse staff members, including Echo's previous handler, yet he let Echo live. After his escape from the Dollhouse, Alpha begins to send anonymous packages to Paul Ballard, hinting at the existence of the Dollhouse and at Echo's former identity. Alpha reveals himself after posing as former Los Angeles Dollhouse architect Stephen Kepler, whom Ballard has tracked down. He leads Ballard into the Dollhouse, takes control of the security and automated systems, and leaves with Echo.E-11 Though Echo escapes him, he remains at large.E-12
  • Ivy (Liza Lapira) is Topher's assistant. While she is highly skilled and sees herself as his apprentice, Topher treats her more as a gofer, assigning her menial tasks such as fetching him snacks.
  • Loomis (Aisha Hinds) is an FBI analyst and Ballard's ally within the Bureau while he's suspended.

[edit] Former recurring cast

  • Laurence Dominic (Reed Diamond)[19], head of security at the Dollhouse during most of the first season, takes his job very seriously, but doesn't think very highly of the Dolls themselves, viewing them more as pets than humans. He attempts to kill Echo, and also suggests she be retired as an Active, and put into "the Attic".E-5 Later, while intoxicated, he attempts to apologize to Echo for his actions.E-7 Dominic is revealed to be an NSA agent who is monitoring but not exposing the Dollhouse for unknown NSA purposes. Upon discovery, DeWitt has Topher extract his persona from his body and then sends him to the Attic.E-9
  • Joe Hearn (Kevin Kilner) is Sierra's handler in the first six episodes, and was the handler to the previous Sierra. Joe Hearn is introduced as a less dedicated counterpart to Boyd Langton,E-3 and strongly dislikes Echo for her individualism and worries about her influence on Sierra. DeWitt eventually learns that Hearn raped Sierra in her blank state a number of times, and by assigning him to assassinate "Mellie," has him killed.E-6
  • November (Miracle Laurie) is originally introduced to the series as Mellie, the neighbor, romantic interest, and confidante of Paul Ballard, but Mellie is in fact a "sleeper" Active.E-6 Adelle can switch November to a combat-ready personality using verbal codes.E-6 In "Omega", November's original persona and memories are restored and she is released from her contract early with full payment at the request of Paul Ballard, in exchange for him joining the Dollhouse's staff; she returns to her life as Madeline Costley, in which she had a deceased daughter named Katie.E-8 November's character was originally conceived as an Active who got fewer of the criminal gigs and more of the personal ones. Whedon originally stated that the character would not be included in the show and that "the show simply moves too fast now for me to do what I wanted with her", but later hinted that the character might emerge later in the series[19].

[edit] Blu-Ray/DVD Releases

Complete season Release dates
Region 1 (United States) Region 2 (United Kingdom) Region 4 (Australia)
1st July 28, 2009[42] September 14, 2009[43] TBA
2nd TBA TBA TBA

[edit] Marketing

[edit] Viral marketing campaign

On Feb. 9, 2009, Fox launched Dollplay, a participation drama centered around Dollhouse. It involved using interactive webisodes and a user forum to drive a viral marketing campaign. The campaign asked users on the Fox Dollhouse website to "Save Hazel!" Hazel was a character trapped inside the Dollhouse in real-time. The campaign was called "Dollplay" according to the official FOX press release and was created by the company P "a radical production outfit from Sweden".[44] Five videos released in a four-hour span showed Hazel entering a room, turning on the light, and messing with a computer. That's when the room locked her in and started to move. She approached the camera and yelled for help just as the transmission cut off.[45]

On Feb. 12, 2009, Fox opened the website up to further exploration, and interaction with the main character was now possible via Webcam. It is not yet clear how the character in the viral marketing campaign related to the TV show Dollhouse, but both dealt with science fiction and mind control.[46]

On Feb. 28, 2009, the Dollplay alternate-reality game ended with players saving the fictional Hazel. After Hazel was saved, she told people that there are "Dollhouses" all over the world that imprint them and change them; these include schools, parents, religion and government. She essentially tells people to think for themselves and then leaves the container she is trapped in and the game ends.[47]

[edit] Music

The songs played in the promotions are "Massive Dose" by Sonic Librarian, a cover of "Cobrastyle" performed by Robyn, and "Boys Wanna Be Her" by Peaches.[48]

The Dollhouse theme song is "What You Don't Know", performed by Jonatha Brooke. It was written by Brooke and Eric Bazilian.[49] As of May 5, 2009, the song has been available for purchase on iTunes. However, it is a different mix of the version that was used in the Dollhouse music video that was a limited-time promotional iTunes download.

The show's music score is composed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen.

[edit] Reception

[edit] Ratings

The premiere episode of Dollhouse helped Fox double its audience levels among women versus Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and helped the network finish in second place among adults 18–34 and in first place across the key male demographic for the night.[50]

'Dollhouse' premiered on 'Fox 8' in Australia in June 2009. It premiered with just over 120,000 viewers.[citation needed]

Season Episodes Timeslot Season premiere Season finale TV season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1 12 Friday 9:00 p.m. February 13, 2009 May 8, 2009 2009 N/A 3.7
2 13 Friday 9:00 p.m. September 18, 2009 TBA 2009 - 2010 N/A N/A

[edit] Critical response

Season one of Dollhouse has had mixed reviews, with metacritic.com giving it a rating of 57 out of a possible 100.[51] Ellen Gray of Philadelphia Daily News is one of those who gave a positive review, remarking that "Dollhouse is less about the ninja kicks and witty banter than it is about instant transformations, and about making the audience care about a character who's likely to behave differently every time we see her. That Dushku mostly pulls this off is a happy surprise, as is Dollhouse, which has survived Firefly-like trials of its own to get this far."[52] Salon.com reviewer Heather Havrilesky was also positive, commenting on the shows combination of mystery, sly dialogue, and steady flow of action, and that it results in a "provocative, bubbly new drama that looks as promising as anything to hit the small screen over the course of the past year."[53]

Alternately, Tom Shales of the Washington Post admitted the premise was intriguing, but described the series as a "pretentious and risible jumble" and that Echo did not "inspire much concern or interest in the audience." He commented that the actors seemed to struggle due to the decor being so "outlandish," stating that it "simply isn't worth the trouble."[54] Brian Lowry of Variety also wrote "[Dushku's] grasp of this vague, personality-changing character is a bit of a muddle. What's left, then, is a series with a hollow center that doesn't initially make you care about its mentally malleable protagonist."[55] Robert Bianco of USA Today had a more nonchalant view of the series, describing Dollhouse as not boring or ordinary, and that the end result is a show "that [Joss Whedon's] most devoted fans will debate and embrace, and a mass audience just won't get."[56]

Some critics felt that the series' first season improved as it progressed. IGN reviewer Eric Goldman believes that show became much stronger and more compelling with the episodes "Needs" and "A Spy in the House of Love". He opines of the later episodes that, "As a whole this show is definitely working better as we get away from Echo's missions of the week, and from focusing so much on just Echo and letting there be more of a true ensemble feel, with the time split amongst the Dolls."[57] Sarah Hughes of The Independent was unimpressed with the first five episodes but also found that the later episodes became "as involving and addictive as Whedon's best work".[58] Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune liked Dollhouse's "unsettling" tone and found the show to be "unexpectedly moving and complex" during the second half of the first season. She called the second season renewal "a good day for unconventional television".[59]

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[edit] Episode sources

^E-1 "Ghost". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-02-13. No. 1, season 1. 
^E-2 "The Target". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-02-20. No. 2, season 1. 
^E-3 "Stage Fright". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-02-27. No. 3, season 1. 
^E-4 "Gray Hour". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-03-06. No. 4, season 1. 
^E-5 "True Believer". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-03-13. No. 5, season 1. 
^E-6 "Man on the Street". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-03-20. No. 6, season 1. 
^E-7 "Echoes". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-03-27. No. 7, season 1. 
^E-8 "Needs". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-04-03. No. 8, season 1. 
^E-9 "A Spy in the House of Love". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-04-10. No. 9, season 1. 
^E-10 "Haunted". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-04-24. No. 10, season 1. 
^E-11 "Briar Rose". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-05-01. No. 11, season 1. 
^E-12 "Omega". Dollhouse (Fox). 2009-05-08. No. 12, season 1. 

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