About Dollhouse
Joss Whedon, creator of groundbreaking TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, is making a much-anticipated return to television. His thrilling new science-fiction drama Dollhouse reunites Whedon with Eliza Dushku of Buffy fame.
Echo (Dushku) is an “Active,” a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals hired out for particular jobs. Her mind and personality have been wiped clean. She is whomever the job needs her to be – a best friend… a lethal assassin.
The hidden futuristic facility hiding the Actives is called “The Dollhouse,” and the leaders of the Dollhouse hire Echo and her fellow Actives out to wealthy clients. As Whedon says, Actives don’t just perform their job duties, they become the person that a client needs them to be. The Dollhouse sees to that.
Only, what is this secret worth? How can it stay a secret forever?
And more importantly… what happens when something unplanned takes place? What happens when the Actives start to think for themselves.
Also starring Tahmoh Penikett, Harry Lennix and Olivia Williams, Dollhouse will make you ask the question:
You can wipe away a memory… But can you wipe away a soul?
I can’t seem to find any place on this website that tells me what time this show is on. lol
its on fridays @ 9 =)
I so hope this series gets cancelled…This show is so offensive & degrading-especially to women. What is the difference between this company’s dealings with it’s clients & “dolls” than a pimp & a prostitute…It is little more than glorified human trafficking, even some of the girls depicted there are being held against their will-not to mention as mindless human robots-subjected to the will of their masters…And this is something we choose to watch or even like? It’s time to wake up girls & stop falling for this crap!
to offended viewer:
One of the many themes of the show, and an aspect that could make this a great series, IS the obvert parallel between the ‘dollhouse’ and human trafficking/forced prostitution. In the show, the operation is illegal. I think there have been parts in different episodes that foreshadow possible repercussions the employees and founders of the ‘Dollhouse’ will have to deal with when, a. the ‘dollhouse’ operation is uncovered, or b. the ‘dolls’ find a way to rebel against the brainwashing. The show hardly gives off an impression that what is currently happening around the world in regard to human trafficking is justified. I hope the show gets green-lit for a second season, because I am very interested to see where the series could go and the social issues it could explore.
To “offended viewer”, please go fuck yourself with a chainsaw and die.
In the dollhouse both males and females are pimped. And the show in no way condones prostitution or sex trafficking.
@ offended viewer:
Not sure where your comment “especially to women” is factually justified. If you are going to make a completely vague statement, it might bolster your assertion if you cited specific instances where women were targeted. As other viewers pointed out, men and women are EQUALLY “used” for their clients’ needs. The concept of the show ISN’T a gender issue in the slightest! It is a show about the mind, the soul, and the body, and questions about whether these three things are inseparable. You know, this is the problem with feminists, they are so delusional that they invent things that aren’t there. As another viewer pointed out, sex trafficking and prostitution is never condoned. The whole sub story of the FBI agent chasing the dollhouse several times states that his conscience will not allow him to stop looking for these people who are being held against their will.
This show examines the blurred lines between good and evil and what happens when a social/scientific experiment of this magnitude is released on the world. For instance, it examines the concept of eternal life and what one would do if they could order their affairs post mortem. Stop reading your feminist drivel, wake up, and realize what you are saying makes no sense and you sound ignorant as a result. It is people like you that make artistic expression impossible in this new “liberal” let’s not offend anyone world. Would you like us all to live in a grey world with no expression whatsoever because I guarantee something somewhere will ALWAYS offend someone. The problem is, instead of wishing the show off the air, just don’t watch it, that’s the beauty of choice and liberty. Don’t forget, what doesn’t appeal to you (for whatever misguided reason) may appeal to many others and if you really want to teach the young girls of America something important, I would start with tolerance for personal and artistic expression.
And, in case you didn’t notice the name, I am male…..do you hate me yet?
No need to resort to name calling. But, “offended viewer”, I urge you to think about whether, when a character says onscreen “this is a good thing” or “we help people”, we should accept that at face value. The show *is* about prostitution and sex trafficking, translated into a sci-fi scenario, but we are encouraged to think about the issues for ourselves. Don’t you find it interesting to think about how the people involved in these things in real life justify it to themselves?
I guess this is way after many have posted, but ah well.
Offended viewer: I complete agree with Chris Ovenden. You are right, this show is about sex trafficking, but it is not condoning it. The characters running it do. We see their justification for what they do, and we as an audience examine our own repulsions and moral compasses as we watch. It is indeed a very disturbing show. It is, however, incredibly thought provoking.
Please don’t think that the show’s only fans are people like He-Man and Jon. I consider myself a feminist and I like the show, which examines control of and by both men and women. It also brutally examines gender issues and expectations. Let’s face it, He-Man and Jon - sex slavery affects more women than men! It doesn’t mean that the men it affects don’t matter. It’s just that the offended viewer has a point.
One more point: according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary means
“1 : the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes
2 : organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.”
So what’s wrong with that? And what’s wrong with being a feminist, as Joss Whedon states he tries to be?
Dollhouse is a great show. It is an amazing show that is exciting at all times. The thought of being made into other people with special abilities is something that has never been published before Dollhouse. It in no way is prostitution.
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