Lamphorn, I don't know if your aware, but the Sarah Connor character had John at age 18. John is suppose to be 16 years old and Lena is 35. It's entirely plasible for her to be his mother in TV land.

I wasn't aware. Hadn't seen the first movie in so long and didn't perceive her to be that young. That said, she's so different than what's been established as Sarah Conner in the movies that I just think of it as a show about different people in the Terminator univers.

I watch Dollhouse each week. I dont look forward to each new episode the way I looked forward to a new episode of Buffy or Angel. It isnt in the same league as those shows, unfortunately.

I'm currently halfway through season 2 of Buffy and the wife and I are struggling to continue. I'm glad I didn't watch these before Firefly or Dollhouse or I'd never bothered with either. I know It's not the popular response, but..

Keep watching, Season 2 is about to get crazy...

What Anubis said. Keep going! If you aren't sold by the end of season 2, you have my permission to give up.

Good to know. We just finished the two-parter with the other slayer if that gives you any indication of where we are.

You are closing in on pure awesomeness. I got a friend to watch the series recently, and he was lukewarm until the 2nd half of season 2. You are pretty close to Whedon's personal favorite episode of the series. Enjoy!

I've been watching Dollhouse, but am struggling to get through the episodes.

I keep wondering how they find all these clients while remaining an agency that nobody knows about.

Wow. I had no idea that Andy Hallett passed away! I just looked it up on imdb. Died of congestive heart failure. Man, that bums me out. In his interviews, he seemed like a really great person - down to earth and very appreciative of his career. He was just awesome as Lorne.

Of course it is in danger, I watch it, Journeyman, Bionicwoman, John Doe, Dollhouse, Terminator etc... (Heroes is safe for now) normally I was NOT going to watch new shows until they are proven to have a complete story line, this is why, the shows I like to watch do not get the mega ratings, I do not feel like watching some talent show, poorly done sitcom a cop, doctor or lawyer show to have it stay on the air, why cannot people expand their viewing habits a bit so some of these shows can stay on, Journeyman was good and at least it tired up a few things.

Dollhouse is getting better as it goes on, not sure how it could turn into a several season show though, I think many story ideas need more then a couple hours yet less then five seasons.

Really - I had never read about his favorite. I assume that would be ? That, and/or part 2 of 2.


FYI - Michelle Ryan in the recent Dr. Who special - .

And to stay on topic I haven't watched past the pilot for Dollhouse. Maybe over the summer I'll go through the first season.

Yeah, just saw your post dgmayor, and as the other two posters said, give it to the end of season 2 before you give up. You won't be sorry you did.

Dont worry about it being the "Unpopular response". I love Buffy and Angel, and havent seen one episode of Firefily or Serenity. Have no real desire to either. Talk about an unpopular response.

They better not cancel this show. It deserves a second season!

PaleyFest: Whedon talks 'Dollhouse' survival chances


“So right now I’ve gone from a sort of place of ‘You don’t even care, nobody loves me’ [laughs] to a place of God, I can’t believe I’m saying this ... hope.

“We might actually get the chance to do what we’re dying to do, which is tell more of these stories with these crazy people because we have so many more yet to come,” Whedon said of the series in which Eliza Dushku (Buffy) plays an “active” whose memory is wiped and replaced to suit various “engagements.”

“Basically it’s what happens in the next few weeks; we have a new lead-in (replacing 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'), we have a few more episodes coming up — whether it’s 12 or 13 — they are fierce,” he added. “They are ridiculous; I am so proud of them. We’re going to go out this season with a bang, and hopefully we’ll get to come back for Season 2.”

Whedon makes a good point here, about Prison Break moving into the Terminator slot. Break should give Dollhouse a stronger lead-in, though Fox will also want to see Whedon's show take advantage of it.

Whedon also discusses the 12th and 13th episodes. One of which is scheduled to air, and the other is not, along with a a couple ever-amusing What the Silly Network Suits Said anecdotes:

Whedon said Episode 12, titled “Omega,” does serve as a season finale but that the birth of the 13th episode was “very strange and they (the network) said, ‘Can’t you do a clip show?’ and I said, ‘That seems lame.’ [Laughs.] And they said, ‘Can’t you just show the pilot?’ And I’m like, ‘Not only would it make no sense but we’ve cannibalized it for parts and it appears in almost every episode.”
As for the 13th episode, titled “Epitaph One” and written by Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog), he said the DVD deal was for 13 episodes (the drama’s pilot episode, “Echo,” was scrapped and is considered the first episode despite never having aired), Whedon told [the studio] he could shoot a “weird post-apocalyptic horror movie on the sets on video with a whole new cast for about half pattern and pepper it with scenes of these people (the same cast) and do it while we’re filming everything else and it won’t cost you hardly anything and it will be the strangest, most awesome thing you’ve ever had. And they were like, ‘You had us at half pattern.’ ” More.

Well, I'm still cautious as hell, but it's nice that Whedon seems to be bringing himself out of his funk.

I think it is a really bad sign that the DVD set for season 1 is scheduled for July. Normally, fox will have the DVD release of a show right before the new season airs. Seems like they already made their decision...
In my humble opinion the show keeps getting better and better and I will be upset when they cancel it.

If all the content is ready to go, why not release it as soon as possible? The trouble with the typical TV DVD release schedule is it doesn't leave much room for newcomers to catch up before the start of the next season. If Fox does give Dollhouse a second season, this release date would actually be a good thing. Also, it should be noted, that the release date for 24: Season 7 is May 19, one day after the season finale.