If this is the vision Joss Whedon had all along, I salute him. The sixth episode of Dollhouse, “Man On the Street,” delivers in a big way. For the first time all season, the show brings its awesome backstory to the forefront as Agent Paul Ballard and Echo come face to face, or more accurately fist to fist.

Eliza Dushku, Harry Lennix and Brian Bloom provide arguably the most entertaining — and certainly the highest level of acting talent — seen on an episode of “Dollhouse” thus far. While I thoroughly enjoyed the thrill-a-minute second episode, “True Believer” bests that episode in almost every way. That’s great news considering all the pre-season hype centered around Episode 6, next week’s episode.

The fourth episode of “Dollhouse” teases us with one terrific back story, but “Gray Hour” only partially delivers due to plot holes in the main story line. That being said, the back story centering around the rogue doll Alpha continues to make “Dollhouse” work and keep viewers entertained.

We have sniffed out a lead in the search for Alpha thanks to CapricornOne on Twitter. Our list of possible Alpha actors right now starts and ends with Michael Muhney. Muhney first interviewed for the role of Agent Paul Ballard… but find out what Muhney had to say in his blog that has us interested… very interested.