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  • Sep 25, 2009
  • FOX
  • Sep 25, 2009

Summary They can be anyone you want. The Dollhouse is a very secret, and very illegal, place where wishes come true. Clients with the right connections and enough money can hire "Actives", people who have been programmed to perfectly fulfill the needs, and desires of their clients. The Actives are people who have chosen, for their own reasons...

Created By: Joss Whedon

  • FOX
  • Sep 25, 2009
  • FOX
  • Sep 25, 2009
Dollhouse
Season 2
Season Premiere: Sep 25, 2009
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 52 User Ratings
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Summary They can be anyone you want. The Dollhouse is a very secret, and very illegal, place where wishes come true. Clients with the right connections and enough money can hire "Actives", people who have been programmed to perfectly fulfill the needs, and desires of their clients. The Actives are people who have chosen, for their own reasons...

Created By: Joss Whedon

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Episode 1 • Sep 25, 2009 • 43 m
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Echo enters an assignment as a newlywed who is undercover trying to bring down an arms dealer. The Rossum corporation becomes a target of a senator. Dr. Saunders and Boyd discuss Dr. Saunders' personal conflict while she takes out her frustrations on Topher. Ballard gets in deeper with the Dollhouse.
Episode 2 • Oct 2, 2009 • 44 m
Instinct
Episode 3 • Oct 9, 2009 • 44 m
Belle Chose
A backer of the Dollhouse needs to talk to his nephew who was injured in a car accident. He wants to find some people who may have been abducted by his nephew.
Episode 4 • Oct 23, 2009 • 1 h
Belonging
The story of how Sierra came to the Dollhouse is revealed. And leads to a shocking outcome.
Episode 5 • Dec 4, 2009 • 44 m
The Public Eye
Episode 6 • Dec 4, 2009 • 44 m
The Left Hand
Episode 7 • Dec 11, 2009 • 44 m
Meet Jane Doe
Episode 8 • Dec 11, 2009 • 44 m
A Love Supreme
Episode 9 • Dec 18, 2009 • 44 m
Stop-Loss
Episode 10 • Dec 18, 2009 • 44 m
The Attic
Episode 11 • Jan 8, 2010 • 44 m
Getting Closer
Episode 12 • Jan 15, 2010 • 44 m
The Hollow Men
Still unaware of a traitor in their midst, the dollhouse survivors flee Los Angeles for Rossum's headquarters in Tucson, where they hope to prevent the apocalyptic future.
Episode 13 • Jan 29, 2010 • 44 m
Epitaph Two: Return

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42% Positive
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10% Mixed
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48% Negative
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ann_felicitas
Mar 25, 2012
I have to disagree on what was written before. I think Dollhouse was a very good show and that Eliza Dushku makes a wonderful lead actress. For one, I don't think she's supposed to be sweet and all, so the "Faith syndrome" works well with the character Caroline. And it's true, it lacks the humor we grew accustomed to with Buffy and Firefly. Still, Dollhouse isn't supposed to be as humorous and also: it's there, just more subtle. As for the cast apart from Dushku, I think they were all chosen very well. I particularly loved Fran Kranz as Topher and Olivia Williams as Adelle. I'm very sorry that the show got cancelled. In my humble opinion it got a lot of potential...
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SEASON 2
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heromoder
May 11, 2015
Not sure at what point the show got cancelled, because I don't think the production got a chance to properly finish up. A fantastic series, otherwise.
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drlowdon
Aug 16, 2023
By the time the Dollhouse came back for this second season ratings were down and the writing was on the wall. As a result, despite a slight improvement audiences failed to return and the show was cancelled. Perhaps if the show had focused more on the bigger story from the start (rumours are the network forced Whedon into the weekly assignment formula) it would have succeeded, but in the end Dollhouse was an interesting concept that never truly fulfilled its potential.
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Ravenous
Nov 19, 2010
As a huge fan of Joss Whedon, I have to say that Dollhouse was his worst creation to date. Why was this so bad when Firefly, Buffy, and Angel were so unbelievably good? Well, for starters it lacked Whedon's trademark HUMOR. The premise was so dark that there was no room for the kind of witty banter and hilarious references within the dialogue that we've come to expect from Joss' shows. In addition, Dollhouse had another major problem: the cast just wasn't as good. Dushku is simply not a lead actress. No matter how hard they try to make her seem sweet, it just never works. Call it the 'Faith syndrome' if you want, but she just appears totally awkward and fake whenever she tries to act the 'good guy'. Furthermore, the other cast members were only adequate at best, and annoying at worst. I hate to criticize Joss' work so much - and part of me is pained even typing this - but this show just didn't stand a chance.
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