“The human
mind is like Van Halen; every time
you remove a part, it degenerates!”
Oh my God. There
is soOoOoOoOoO much going on in this episode. The central concept is brilliant
as always, and an ingenious development of the idea of the Dollhouse. Echo is
hired by a bereaved husband to be mother to his child, but the maternal
instinct which was imprinted into her remains real even after being wiped. There
is an obvious point here about the power of the maternal instinct, is
significant that this should happen to Echo at this point, where wiping is not
removing everything.
That’s the
plot, and it’s a bloody good one which further develops the core philosophical concepts
of the show. But around this are threaded all sorts of things which are clearly
going to contribute to the season arc. Adelle is still in contact with November
who, although she has now left the Dollhouse, is still receiving aftercare and
obviously still has a part to play in the overall arc as she’s still appearing
in the series. We also learn more about Senator Daniel Perrin, who lives in a
big, big house and really has it in for the Dollhouse: did he hire Dominic? He’s certainly researching Rossum, the company
behind the Dollhouse which is receiving rather a strong focus in this new
season.
I didn’t
realise it at the time, but it appears that Doctor Saunders has left for good.
Things are changing. Echo and Ballard are plotting together to bring down the
Dollhouse. Already, this season is beginning to feel as though the status quo
is no longer stable.
No comments:
Post a Comment