Dollhouse 1.9 A Spy in the House of Love
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snick_backupOh my gosh, so much stuff in this ep!
Loved the funky time frame stuff. I am a sucker for anything that fiddles with structure or POV, and I loved this use of it.
Paul finally finds about Mellie - and he goes along with it. He's been backed into a Jossian dilemma, and from now on it's conscious rape. Oh angst, angst. Very interested to see where that goes. Also, Paul's about to lose his mind. Just because they're out to get you doesn't mean you're not paranoid.
Echo shows initiative! "You make people different. You can make me help."
How nice of Topher to break the RSA encryption. Just so we're clear, people, this is considered to be not possible. Honest. I took a whole class on cryptography. Here, have some wikipedia: The security of the RSA cryptosystem is based on two mathematical problems: the problem of factoring large numbers and the RSA problem. Full decryption of an RSA ciphertext is thought to be infeasible on the assumption that both of these problems are hard, i.e., no efficient algorithm exists for solving them.
Adelle/Victor! I mean, Katherine/Roger. So that explains why he gets so many Miss Lonelyhearts egnagements, doesn't it? (Which consequently explains, now that I think about it, why Victor's the one vulnerable to forming crushes and getting erections.) I think I'd like to rewatch all these parts again - there's some serious character study going on there.
Of course DeWitt fences. How disappointed I’d be if she didn’t.
Joss reuses the interview technique from whichever Firefly episode that was, to good effect. And Topher gives a Spike shout-out with his "I don't want to brag" comment.
Boyd: “We’re pimps and killers, but in a philanthropic way.” So Boyd.
I'm a bit confused: was Dominic sending out all those messages to Paul in order to throw him off the trail, or something? Otherwise, I don't really understand why he'd be doing this. Does this mean there might be another mole?
We watch Dominic be erased, and everyone watches. Our entire Dollhouse staff, minus Saunders, are accomplices. Yikes.
So, in this ep: reveals about Dominic, about Mellie to Paul, about Adelle/Victor. Topher tries to give Boyd an out when he thinks Boyd's the mole. Echo shows initiative. Adelle seems to indicate that she's actually upset about Dominic, although I'm having trouble understanding why - how could anyone like that guy? And we've apparently removed the Boyd/Echo dynamic, which I'm sorry to see.
Big stuff all around! Can't wait to see where we go from here.
Loved the funky time frame stuff. I am a sucker for anything that fiddles with structure or POV, and I loved this use of it.
Paul finally finds about Mellie - and he goes along with it. He's been backed into a Jossian dilemma, and from now on it's conscious rape. Oh angst, angst. Very interested to see where that goes. Also, Paul's about to lose his mind. Just because they're out to get you doesn't mean you're not paranoid.
Echo shows initiative! "You make people different. You can make me help."
How nice of Topher to break the RSA encryption. Just so we're clear, people, this is considered to be not possible. Honest. I took a whole class on cryptography. Here, have some wikipedia: The security of the RSA cryptosystem is based on two mathematical problems: the problem of factoring large numbers and the RSA problem. Full decryption of an RSA ciphertext is thought to be infeasible on the assumption that both of these problems are hard, i.e., no efficient algorithm exists for solving them.
Adelle/Victor! I mean, Katherine/Roger. So that explains why he gets so many Miss Lonelyhearts egnagements, doesn't it? (Which consequently explains, now that I think about it, why Victor's the one vulnerable to forming crushes and getting erections.) I think I'd like to rewatch all these parts again - there's some serious character study going on there.
Of course DeWitt fences. How disappointed I’d be if she didn’t.
Joss reuses the interview technique from whichever Firefly episode that was, to good effect. And Topher gives a Spike shout-out with his "I don't want to brag" comment.
Boyd: “We’re pimps and killers, but in a philanthropic way.” So Boyd.
I'm a bit confused: was Dominic sending out all those messages to Paul in order to throw him off the trail, or something? Otherwise, I don't really understand why he'd be doing this. Does this mean there might be another mole?
We watch Dominic be erased, and everyone watches. Our entire Dollhouse staff, minus Saunders, are accomplices. Yikes.
So, in this ep: reveals about Dominic, about Mellie to Paul, about Adelle/Victor. Topher tries to give Boyd an out when he thinks Boyd's the mole. Echo shows initiative. Adelle seems to indicate that she's actually upset about Dominic, although I'm having trouble understanding why - how could anyone like that guy? And we've apparently removed the Boyd/Echo dynamic, which I'm sorry to see.
Big stuff all around! Can't wait to see where we go from here.
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Date: 2009-04-12 08:40 am (UTC)I think there is. My suspect numero uno is still Dr. Saunders.
And we've apparently removed the Boyd/Echo dynamic
Hopefully, no. Hopefully Joss just added them a bit of antagonism. :)
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Date: 2009-04-14 07:07 am (UTC)Yeah. I'm curious to hear how her and Boyd's reasons differ for how "the system is irreparably flawed." In fact, just in general there must be a lot more to her than we've seen yet. I want to know how she and Boyd even ended up working at the Dollhouse in the first place.
As to Echo/Boyd, if Joss really wanted to emphasize their sort of Watcher/Slayer relationship long-term, it seems to me it would have been wiser to save Boyd's promotion until later. OTOH, if Boyd's experience as a handler was just supposed to be character setup for something bigger, then I suppose this is a good time.
I have a Sekrit Theory that Boyd is, either consciously or unconsciously (ie, a doll/Active), a plant from higher up in the greater organization of dollhouses. He's in our dollhouse to promote the dollhouse's interests - like discovering Sierra's rapist, for example - but also to sniff out disloyalty, like with Saunders.
Or so sez me. *g*
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Date: 2009-04-14 08:31 am (UTC)AFAIK, Joss grows the characters on actors. I think Lennix' powerful acting quickly convinced Joss to delve deeper. When Boyd started playing Chopin it looked like the character outgrew the handler role.
I have a Sekrit Theory that Boyd is, either consciously or unconsciously (ie, a doll/Active), a plant from higher up in the greater organization of dollhouses. He's in our dollhouse to promote the dollhouse's interests
Hmmm... neat idea. Dollhouse is a big international organization. It should have an internal investigation department.
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Date: 2009-04-14 06:44 pm (UTC)Very good point. I love that about Joss, that he's so good at using his resources to best advantage. Lennix definitely seems capable of handling a complex, multidimensional role, which he maybe wouldn't have gotten as just a handler.