Dollverse’s Top 5 Dollhouse episodes so far.
Number five: “Haunted”
Jane, Jed and Maurissa spin a tale about trust, death and loneliness. I wasn’t entirely involved in the A plot (dead lady rebooted), but Eliza’s acting held together well, and Enver shone as always. The real emotional connection for me in this episode came from Topher and Sierra. That boy has issues, and so do I, because the final birthday cake scene made me cry. Nothing good comes from being lonely, it just leads to being detached indeed.
Number four: “Man On The Street”
There’s a lot going on in this episode, and it’s the first to really address the idea that hiring Dolls can be both creepy (obviously) and emotionally kind (which is also kind of creepy). It also shows the flaws in trusting people, which gives Dichen Lachman some heartbreak Sierra abuse to play with. Miracle Laurie finally gets to kick some ass as Mellie/November, in an episode which truly defined how twisted this series is.
Number three: “Needs”
We finally get to see some of the personalities of the Dolls, in an episode which I feel should have been far earlier in the running order. Dichen continues to deliver excellent performances, and Miracle shows the pain. Also, Enver? Brilliant.
Number two: “The Target”
An episode filled with twists and turns, the episode completely established the character of Boyd as a fan favourite for the rest of the series. By creating an emotional link formed in trust between Echo and Boyd, this episode delivered a connection desperately needed by the show. The direction of the episode was also the best to date, with swinging camera flashbacks to the Alpha incident in excellent fashion.
Number one: “Spy in the House Of Love”
On paper, I didn’t think this episode would work at all. In practice, it turned out several of the tonally defining moments of the series to date – including Adelle’s use of Victor, and the wonderfully shot scenes between Echo and Dominic in the van. Those scenes were wonderfully lit, and contained some of the best scene setting of the series. “One day, you’ll be wiping them”. To me, drama should be about action in extreme circumstances, and the cost of character’s action. This episode set the bar.
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Agreed that these are the best five of the season. I’d put Echoes as 6th for honorable mention. While Stage Fright was the worst. But I’d swap The Target and Man on the Street.
But I’m sure once Briar Rose and Omega air, they’ll be top 5 indeed.
I was pretty relieved when I saw Man On The Street. For the first few episodes, a lot of skeptics of the show were all like, “but meh, the whole situation is so creepy!!” so that episode was kind of like Dollhouse’s way of saying, “well, yeah, we know.” I was definitely intrigued by Sierra calling the sleeping Actives the “Sleepies,” and although I didn’t cry at the birthday cake scene, my heart just about melted into a puddle.
quite a weak choice of eps, haunted and target shouldn´t even make it…Spy or echoes should be the best, in third needs, in four true believer, in five gray hour, probably,
Man on the street wasn´t all that good as a single episode, was more like a new beggining, a second pilot…
I would pretty much go eith the same ordering. “Spy…” is definately number one, hands down. But I wouldn’t put needs so far up. It was great for the arc, but for some reason, I really dislike Caroline, so all episodes where Caroline appears I immediadely detach.
I agree with “Needs”, “Man on the street” and “Spies in the house of Love”
though I felt Target is a poor choice. it’s good but I easily think Echoes could take it’s place.