Watch me and Roth discuss the fantastic latest episode of Dollhouse “Belonging”. This is Sierra’s origin story and about how she got to the dollhouse. Unfortunately, this is the last episode until December. Did you like the episode as much as we did? Let us know and comment below!
- Dennis
I loved this episode its easily my favorite this season. And it actually made me want to have sierra be the main character as shes a lot more interesting then echo. I hate to say it but its true. I will only start liking Echo when she fully becomes human and trys to escape the dollhouse though that may not happen I think it should. Ever since I started watching it last season I was expecting to see echo eventually escape and have it be about how she tries to avoid the dollhouse getting her but that definitely hasn't happened. But I almost think I'd be happier to see Sierra leave the dollhouse or maybe Sierra, Echo, and Victor escaping because ballord helped them or something. I don't know but I just want to see them eventually leave.
Definitely find Sierra's backstory much more interesting than Echo's. I hope they focus less on Echo and make it more about all the dolls and the structure in general.
But definitely really liked this episode a lot and hope they make more episodes like this.
Dennis
Yes! This episode was amazing. It was so well put together that at times it felt more like an intense short film. Jonathan Frakes does a fantastic job. There was a quick scene shortly after Sierra brutally kills Nolan and she rises up. It was framed with her painting brightly lit in the background and then you see her very dark silhouette rising in front of it. That seemed to me to be a very intense metaphor of how she has now become the darkness that she feared and expressed in those small watercolors she did in the dollhouse. Wow, that is great film making tying these little details together. Her scene in the psych ward was also top notch. I agree about the pivotal exchange between Topher and DeWitt. That totally blew me away and I think it was a painful look at Topher realizing exactly what he's doing with his genius. This show is so good at making you think of many many serious implications of not just the unforseen consequences of technological advancement, but also deep questions of identity, and consciousness. I can't believe We have to wait a month for more episodes. I've watched Epitaph a couple of times and I will definitely be watching this latest episode several times as well.
Jonathan Frakes also directed Star TNG First Contact movie, which is one of my favorite Star Trek movies. I heard he also did an episode of Castle with Nathan Fillion.
Thanks for reminding about that shot of Sierra and the painting, that was cool.
I also enjoy Maurissa's inclusion of songs in the episodes that she and Jed Whedon write. The ending song for Eptitaph One fit perfectly.
Dennis
Definitely find Sierra’s backstory much more interesting than Echo’s. I hope they focus less on Echo and make it more about all the dolls and the structure in general.
But definitely really liked this episode a lot and hope they make more episodes like this.
Dennis
The 9:30-ish mark, where a relation between the show and our society was made, Maybe that's why it was cancelled…. =P
(Governmental Agent) – Uh, oh, this show, Dollhouse, it's too close to the truth, it might make wake everybody up…
Fox Exec – No, don't take away our funding! ABORT, ABORT THE SHOW NOW!