And even more TV!

[norwich36]

I know, I know. I go weeks without posting and then the TV season starts and I post like a crazy woman. What can I say? The rest of my life is boring.

So I wasn't going to keep watching Dollhouse, except that mskatej loves it, so as long as I was staying awake writing my Smallville review anyway, I figured I'd let it play in the background while I typed, in case she posts an episode review, so I would know what she was talking about--and then holy shit, it turned out to be seriously good. How did that happen?

I will say that although I was kind of over Echo's storyline last season, Whiskey/Dr. Saunder's storyline is *fascinating* to me. I can't even imagine what it must be like to realize your whole life is a construct of someone like Topher, so I really loved all the pranks she was playing on him, and then that scene that starts out with her "seducing" him? DAMN. DAYUM. I think that was some of the best television I've EVER seen. Seriously, I wish genre shows got Emmys, because Amy Acker rocked that scene completely.

And while I'm still a little bored with the Echo/Paul Ballard thing, I actually loved the undercover FBI sting, especially when Echo got to go back into kickass mode.

So I still probably won't commit to watching this regularly, but I may need to watch it occasionally.

(Umm, and how shallow does it make me that I REALLY wanted to see Whiskey and Echo kiss? Dammit, Joss, just give us the gratuitous lesbianism already. Oh wait, I forgot about the gratuitous lesbianism when Sierra was clearly being some upper-class century British woman or something, whose racism against Asians (in addition to being highly ironic) was linked to fetishizing them and wanting to be spanked by them. See, a Whiskey-Echo kiss would have been slightly less offensive. I think. Though if Sierra were NOT inhabited by a racist white woman, Sierra/Ivy would also be extremely hot. And thus ends my shallowness about the episode).




Psych

As far as I'm concerned, they can have Gus and Shawn sing acapella on EVERY spisode. I really wish I had videotape in my house right now so I could tape the rebroadcast and just listen to all the great music.

Also? Shawn and Gus are so married, what with Shawn being all concerned that Gus will leave him like he left his college friends, and Gus being pretty much "Shawn, if all your craziness hasn't driven me away yet, it never will." *Happy sigh*

Comments

[strina]

And Shawn's face, right after Gus said "the best times of our lives"!

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Yes!

[serenography.livejournal.com]

Dollhouse is a show I meant to catch up on before it started again this season. Of course, I didn't.

I didn't know Amy Acker was on it. I think she's a really good actor.

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

I never really caught up--there are probably five episodes I missed--but because I did watch the season finale I had no trouble following the premiere.

Amy Acker has been in it the whole time, but it's only been in the last few episodes that her character has become totally awesome.

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. I'll be honest, I loved Dollhouse to PIECES last season, and the only thing lagging for me in this ep is the Echo/Paul storyline (Although Dushku's acting has improved). I forgave them slightly because at the end they changed the situation to her being the hero and convincing him to help her in the cause. If they keep doing that, I'll be happy.

But yes, the surprise twist of last season, that Dr. Saunders is Whiskey, has turned into one of the most fascinating storylines on the show. MOAR.

Joss needs to give me some kind of gay in this show. Hinting lesbianism in the show is a start, but an actual gay person would be nice. Sierra/Ivy would be hot, as would have Sierra/Echo back when they had scenes together, and Echo/Claire would also be lovely! Crazy, I know. I guess to be gay on Fox you have to listen to Beyonce.

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with listening to Beyonce, though given that most of the dolls other than Echo have so little memory, it would be a little hard to have any kind of real pairing. Though I guess the Sierra/Victor thing shows they're not really sexless in their doll state.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Girlfriends-shmirlfriends--their world revolves around each other! Shawn and Gus love each other so much--why aren't there more stories?!

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

It is a puzzle! Maybe it's precisely because they're so married? So many people prefer first-times to established relationships. Or maybe just not enough slashers are watching the show? I don't know. Maybe you should start a trend (hint, hint).

[clari-clyde.livejournal.com]

Before last night, I thought the most wtf squick things I’d seen taking in all my fandoms were Dante’s dating Trish even though he knows she was a demon created to look exactly like his mother specifically to manipulate him or maybe Dean’s mom sealing a deal with her demon possessing her dad’s body. But last night’s Dollhouse takes the cake with not one but two!

But Sierra’s character hitting on Ivy was like “Whoa! WTF!, did they just go there!?” I don’t even know where to begin to describe the wtf of that. And poor Ivy.

And then Whiskey seducing Topher, I kept remembering, there is a man inside Whiskey’s body. If I were Whiskey right now, I’d be having not only identity issues but also gender issues knowing that I have the personality construct of a man put into a woman and this was all orchestrated by some sexless geek.

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

I don't think Dr. Saunders is a man, actually, because Topher didn't just use Dr. Saunders, he tweaked the personality quite a bit, so I'm assuming that includes gender identity.

I don't even know what to say about that Sierra/Ivy scene.

[mskatej.livejournal.com]

I really loved Dollhouse - when it's good it's very, very good, and yes, Amy Acker was astonishing. Definitely one of the best characters in the show, and her relationship with Topher is fascinating. I am glad you enjoyed it! :)

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Well, I really wouldn't have watched it except for you, so thanks!

[starry-dawn.livejournal.com]

I marathoned all of last season at one go, so now I'm fully caught up and enjoying the season as it airs. I liked this episode, but I too was taken aback by the blatant femslash! I guess I shouldn't be surprised, though. If we're going to see that anywhere, it will probably be on a Whedon show.

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true--and I'm not complaining, as long as they take the weird racism out of it!