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Post by hitnrun017 on Mar 14, 2009 12:07:10 GMT -5
Man on the Street [/b][/size] Written by: Joss Whedon Directed by: David Straiton Air Date: March 20, 2009 Plot:
Echo becomes the perfect wife for a lonely internet mogul (guest star Oswalt), and Sierra’s attacker is revealed. Meanwhile, Mellie’s life is in danger and Agent Ballard’s investigation takes a surprising turn when he comes face-to-face and goes fist-to-fist with Echo for the first very time in the “Man on The Street” episode of DOLLHOUSE airing Friday, March 20 (9:01-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (DOL-106) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)
Cast: Eliza Dushku as Echo; Tahmoh Penikett as Paul Ballard; Olivia Williams as Adelle DeWitt; Fran Kranz as Topher Brink; Harry Lennix as Boyd Langton; Enver Gjokaj as Lubov; Dichen Lachman as Sierra
Guest Cast: Amy Acker as Dr. Claire Saunders; Reed Diamond as Laurence Dominic; Miracle Laurie as Mellie; Kevin Kilner as Hearn; Liza Lapira as Ivy; Mark A. Sheppard as Tanaka; Aisha Hinds as Loomis; David Barry Gray as Bicks; Patrick Stinson as Brett Locano; Patton Oswalt as Joel Mynor
Promotional Pictures:    Preview Clip: Click here. Discuss! Let the real Dollhouse begin! |
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Post by BennyTheKey on Mar 14, 2009 12:31:06 GMT -5
This looks like it's going to be the best episode yet. The show is amazing.
Does anyone else think Victor raped her?
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Post by Tyler Austin "tiewashere" on Mar 14, 2009 13:28:26 GMT -5
Yes, it looks as though Victor tries to sexually assault Sierra and doesn't succeed. So no rape.
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Post by ●B E N on Mar 14, 2009 14:03:54 GMT -5
This looks awesome!
However, I believe that Victor just touched her. and that for some reason she is terribly scared of him. Perhaps, a mini imprint? To stop the seed from spreading.
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Post by Rebecca on Mar 14, 2009 14:56:37 GMT -5
I like the mini imprint idea, though that takes a lot of the scariness out of that trailer
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Post by Lukee on Mar 14, 2009 15:21:17 GMT -5
I really don't think he would be capable of rape. I mean would they actually know of sex and so forth? If they are given basic thoughts and stuff once cleaned from an engagement..
I hope it's the mini inprint. However if they were to do that wouldnt they have done it with V and not S?
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Post by BennyTheKey on Mar 14, 2009 15:27:17 GMT -5
I really don't think he would be capable of rape. I mean would they actually know of sex and so forth? If they are given basic thoughts and stuff once cleaned from an engagement.. I hope it's the mini inprint. However if they were to do that wouldnt they have done it with V and not S? Claire did say something about multiple imprints, which is why he got all "happy" so I guess he would remember something. |
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Post by Joe on Mar 14, 2009 19:25:25 GMT -5
FINALLY Joss is in control. I can't wait till next week. I can see Victor trying to rape Sierra. He has been imprinted as Lubov many many times. Lubov, as a person, is a very sexual person as seen in Episode 2. If Victor is remembering the "man reaction" part of Lubov, why can't he remember the sex part?
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Post by Rebecca on Mar 14, 2009 21:16:17 GMT -5
I really don't think he would be capable of rape. I mean would they actually know of sex and so forth? If they are given basic thoughts and stuff once cleaned from an engagement.. I hope it's the mini inprint. However if they were to do that wouldnt they have done it with V and not S? Claire did say something about multiple imprints, which is why he got all "happy" so I guess he would remember something. She later debunked that theory. The incidents of "man reactions" weren't coinciding with the multiple outings of the same imprint, but rather when he was showering with Sierra, and only then. If they were to do a mini-imprint on Victor, what would it be? That they already had sex? They are "blank slates" so I don't think their memory can be wiped any more than the are, so I think they would have to imprint a new memory. It would make more sense in this scenario to give Sierra a false memory of being sexually assaulted by Victor, or a simple irrational aversion to him in order to stave off the "corruption" Ms. DeWitt was talking about at the end of "True Believer". |
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Post by VampSlayer on Mar 14, 2009 23:46:33 GMT -5
I cant wait!!!
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Post by Greer on Mar 16, 2009 16:00:15 GMT -5
That looks fantastic! Thank the heavens that the real Joss stuff is beginning. I really think it's interesting how Victor scared Sierra so much; maybe he was imprinted with a memory of raping Sierra but he obviously doesn't take any pleasure from it? Also, is it Alpha in the polo shirt that is attacking Echo at the end? It looks too muscle-y to be Ballard.
I'm the most excited for this episode so far, I believe.
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Post by Fireball on Mar 16, 2009 19:13:01 GMT -5
Looks like their finally gonna reveal Echo as Faith... just kidding!
Im looking foward to this episode.
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Post by Skeptic on Mar 17, 2009 12:02:14 GMT -5
Also, is it Alpha in the polo shirt that is attacking Echo at the end? It looks too muscle-y to be Ballard. Nopers, that's Tahmoh. Tahmoh is very muscly.  I feel compelled to point out that rape isn't an act of pleasure, but rather an act of power and oppression. But I'm curious why Sierra was screaming when Victor touched her on the shoulder, too. He didn't seem to react in a way that would say that he knew why she was afraid. My guess is that Sierra's imprint is the culprit, but that it's possible it's faulty in some way. It seems that this show so far has been carefully pointing out that the imprinting technology is imperfect and even dangerous. Hence the need for such a heavy support staff and handlers: The actives often suffer from too much imprinting of the same person, or too much of the same kind of engagement, and can composite and go insane, and/or be sent to "the attic" when malfunctioning, where god knows what happens to them. It's possible that Victor did something to Sierra that he doesn't remember, but I actually wonder if there's something going on with Sierra's imprint, or the imprint technology in general. She seems to be compositing as well (end of Stage Fright) but probably not as fast as Echo is. And we still have yet to understand why Echo is compositing and how self-aware she is at any given time. I'm thinking ep 6 is probably going to put us on the track to start answering these questions. Totally, me too! |
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Post by Greer on Mar 17, 2009 19:13:21 GMT -5
I feel compelled to point out that rape isn't an act of pleasure, but rather an act of power and oppression. I wasn't saying that it was, obviously I'm totally against it for all logical reasons, but there are some sick people out there. |
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Post by Skeptic on Mar 18, 2009 12:32:15 GMT -5
I feel compelled to point out that rape isn't an act of pleasure, but rather an act of power and oppression. I wasn't saying that it was, obviously I'm totally against it for all logical reasons, but there are some sick people out there. I didn't mean to imply that you, yourself, were, but I apologize if it came across that way. It's a bit of a kneejerk reaction I have. |
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Post by Greer on Mar 18, 2009 13:53:03 GMT -5
It's cool, no prob! Just wanted to clarify everything |
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Post by hitnrun017 on Mar 18, 2009 13:57:21 GMT -5
Ooo look what was said over at TVGuide:
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Post by Rebecca on Mar 18, 2009 15:35:22 GMT -5
*squeal* |
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Post by wenxina on Mar 18, 2009 16:43:55 GMT -5
Was the squeal for the "much shirtless Tahmoh"? Coz that's how I feel. Yay! Eye candy.
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Post by Rebecca on Mar 18, 2009 17:33:12 GMT -5
Was the squeal for the "much shirtless Tahmoh"? Coz that's how I feel. Yay! Eye candy. Absolutely! He's yummy ooh! Found a review of the upcoming episode, much blaming FOX for the boringness and "mission-of-the-week" feel of previous episodes. Enjoy! It's about time. After weeks of episodes that were boring and not up to the standards previously set by TV scribe Joss Whedon, his Fox series "Dollhouse" (9 p.m. Friday, WPGH) finally turns out a worthwhile episode this week. Another episode airing April 3 also merits a rave. What changed? Rather than another repetitive mission-of-the-week episode, Friday's episode actually moves the greater story forward with some surprising revelations and an opportunity for Echo (Eliza Dushku) and FBI agent Paul Ballard (Tahmoh Penikett) to finally meet. Ballard is pursuing the notion that the Dollhouse exists. The episode is wrapped at its start and after each commercial break with footage from a news report comprised of man on the street interviews on whether or not the Dollhouse exists. These brief snippets do a much better job of illustrating the premise of the series than anything in past episodes. It's a smart, savvy setup. Why couldn't they have done this earlier? Sadly, I suspect Fox is to blame. Whedon has said in past interviews that by the latter half of the season "I do feel like we got back to our vision in a way that really works for the network." If tomorrow's episode had aired earlier in the episode's run -- or the April 3 episode, in which some of the dolls try to escape their captivity -- there would have been much more incentive for viewers to tune in. Other than a slight uptick in ratings (up 21 percent last week in viewers but still dismally low), "Dollhouse" has been a disaster, garnering even fewer viewers than perennially low-rated "Friday Night Lights" on NBC. In a teleconference with reporters today, Whedonthe concept for Friday's episode, which he wrote, came together very quickly and "for the first time there was a real sympatico" with the network. "It really was a game changer for us on set and in production," Whedon said. "It's an episode somebody who'd never seen the show could walk in on. It's about explaining the premise and at the same time really getting under the skin of the Dollhouse and what's going on. ... We're coming at it sideways rather than just showing an engagement and slipping in information around the engagement. This is the one where we get to look at all the cogs in the clock." And "Dollhouse" is the better for it. So how much were the earlier, lesser episodes a function of Whedon trying to get the show on its feet and how much was it pushback from the network? Whedon said it was both. "[This week's episode] contains elements that were pitched or developed by people at the network in terms of the motivations of the peopel at the Dollhouse and the feel of the thing and the thriller aspect. ... It's very much full of the stuff they were pitching but it also is storytelling-wise much more how I had envisioned coming at it," Whedon said. "It was really about finding the code to a show that I can do my best work in that the network can still really get behind, a meeting of the minds." Next time, I think everyone would be better off if Whedon's mind was allowed to drive the train from the beginning. Posted Mar 18 2009, 02:45 PM by Rob Owen @ community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/archive/2009/03/18/dollhouse-improves-finally.aspx |
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