Monthly Archives: April 2009

Maybe there'll be cake.

Dollhouse - "A Spy in the House of Love" (Andrew Chambliss) What a great episode. Why were the first five so crap? Or why were episodes 1, 3 and 4 so crap? Even three more mundane episodes to the standard … Continue reading

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I'd like to test that theory.

Two to Go (Douglas Petrie)/Grave (David Fury) I’m about to commit heresy. Alyson Hannigan isn’t very good as Dark Willow. The terrible dialogue that she was saddled with didn’t help her. “Get off, superbitch” (a throwback to “This Year’s Girl”) … Continue reading

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I'm not your friend in here, Echo

Dollhouse - "Needs" (Tracy Bellomo) This failed to engage me; it felt flat and unconvincing. Echo’s closure was the only one that worked for me except I now can’t see that my theory that there is more to her than … Continue reading

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You think you'd be the man you are today if your father didn't hit you?

Mad Men - "Three Sundays" I think it would be awesome if the twist in Mad Men is that by the end of S2 Don and Betty are a proper couple who talk to each other about things that bother … Continue reading

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Bored now

Villains (Marti Noxon) The ending of this is vile. Truly Willow is Dark. Cold blooded murder. Nasty. Coolest scene: Willow absorbing the dark magic and going dark. A chilling and memorable moment. Poor Dawn. The only emotional part of this … Continue reading

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