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Dollhouse: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 13, 2009
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore
57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 335 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Echo (Eliza Dushku) and her fellow "actives" are implanted with temporary personalities and hired out by rich clients.
  • Genre(s): Science-Fiction, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 28
  3. Negative: 6 out of 28
  1. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    80
    Dushku plows into her role with gusto. I've seen three episodes of this strange, mesmerizing show, and it has grown on me.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    60
    No doubt Dollhouse will make a good computer game, although it looks like one already.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    30
    Overcrowded with plotlines, high-tech gimmicks and ambition yet empty of emotional connection and purpose, Dollhouse tries so hard to be so many things it winds up being nothing much at all.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 131 out of 149
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 149
  3. Negative: 14 out of 149
  1. MadonnaM.
    10
    I love this show. Eliza Dushku is an amazing actress. The plott of Dollhouse is outstanding and keeps me hooked on every moment of the show.
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  2. PlacidD
    4
    This show has a very very exciting premise, but falls far short in terms of delivering. Eliza Dushku is a very one dimensional actress, and simply cannot carry a leading role like this. The support cast varies from solid to mediocre, and storytelling goes very up and down (with the familiar Whedonesque twists). Alan Tudyk's portrayal of Alpha is true class though, he performs brilliantly.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. FreemanC
    3
    The Dollhouse is a whorehouse that solves crimes. If that makes sense to you, maybe you should be writing the show, because the writers can't make it make sense. They act like they're being really complex, but they're just sloppily inconsistent - one week the Dollhouse is like Charlie's Angels, the next week it's evil. They did like three good episodes out of 12 and got a second season just 'cause the show's owned by Fox. Don't waste your time - Fringe, Bones, there's something out there you'll like better than this mess.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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