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Dollhouse — She can be anyone, except herself.
2009 7 194.7K TV-14 views saved
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Dollhouse

2009 7 194.7K TV-14 views saved
Dollhouse

Echo is a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals whose personalities have been wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Confined between missions to a secret facility known as the Dollhouse, the "Actives" are hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected to wholly become—with mind, personality and physiology—whomever the client wants or needs them to be. They know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time—or do they?

Countries: US
Languages: English
Content Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 44min
Status: Canceled
First air date: 2009-02-13
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Rita El Khoury
@khouryrt 11 years ago

Dollhouse is an intriguing, messed up, quirky, thought-provoking, series that's full of twists, mind benders, and a lot of creepy storylines. Yet it's funny and light-hearted most times. I did not really "enjoy" watching Dollhouse, but I was so fascinated and so taken by it that I had to watch it all. And I loved it, in an awkward way.

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Rita El Khoury
@khouryrt 11 years ago

Dollhouse is an intriguing, messed up, quirky, thought-provoking, series that's full of twists, mind benders, and a lot of creepy storylines. Yet it's funny and light-hearted most times. I did not really "enjoy" watching Dollhouse, but I was so fascinated and so taken by it that I had to watch it all. And I loved it, in an awkward way.

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Leintje
@manteltje 9 years ago

This show is what started my series-binche-watching-addiction. It's also the only series I ever watched more then once. Dollhouse is the best show ever, with the coolest ending to a series ever!

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Rowdy Schwachöfer
@rowdynl 13 years ago

Great show, It's nice it does not 'just stop' after two seasons; the story is rather complete. :)

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alex95sv
@alex95sv 13 years ago

This show is awesome. I love the work of Joss Whedon.

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wastedlife99
@wastedlife99 8 months ago

I supposedly watched this entire show according to this site. I don't remember a single thing.

Maybe I'll rewatch it, I'm sure I'll remember nothing again because I know staring at Eliza is the reason I have zero retention of plot/story/theme.

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wolfkin
@wolfkin 3 years ago

If you can buy-in, I maintain it's a fun ride. The fight choreography works for TV. It's got a pretty interesting Sci-Fi concept. But Dollhouse is a show that's tough to recommend. Primarily because of it's concept. Something they lampshade in the first season and they constantly drop in is that for a show that sleeves personalities into bodies and yet needs to protect the bodies. It sounds like prostitution with fancy words. And basically it is. If WW84 caused you to throw up a little in your mouth and you seriously rate that film negatively purely because of the narrative shenanigans surrounding Chris Pine. Then just stay away from Dollhouse.

What this show does well is showcase great actors doing great acting. You won't see this level of acting again until Orphan Black and even then I think I'd put some of these _dolls_ a little ahead of the impressively consistent Tatiana Maslany. The casting is just phenomenal. An impressive amount of new talent considering how many Buffy the Vampire Slayer actors ended up in this show.'

It's just a shame it never ended up anywhere. The show is about a company that sells their agents out to you with whatever persona you want programmed in. But .... why? It starts off trying to showcase all sorts of uses like getting an expert negotiator or a fun girlfriend, or n outdoorsy girlfriend, or a body guard who doesn't realize they're a body guard, or thief or an old girlfriend. The idea that people would pay for these things makes sense. But the idea that people would pay ludicrous amounts of money for them just doesn't make sense. You can pay a girl to date you for half that money and just user a portion of that to ensure discretion. Programming someone to be your best friend and unexpectedly motivated to protect you isn't that much better than just hiring a body guard and having them pretend to be your friend. The show goes through great pains (some of the time) to stress to value of authenticity. These people don't pretend they become. Thankfully the show doesn't drag on about that point but by not doing so it fails to actually close the loop and justify WHY this technology should exist in this world.

But if you are willing to let that go.. it's a fun enough ride. I enjoyed it so much I've seen it three times basically. Dollhouse is a really fun show. It has some great epilogue episodes that expand the fiction. Great actors and great acting. And a pesky little problem with it's central premise.

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Kier
@kier 12 years ago

Brilliant, and impressive ending too. Not just another show where they leave you with 10,000 questions, everything is answered. Glad I finally watched this.

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Ahmed Hamdy
@ahmed365 7 years ago

The show is good, with a nice idea. We may say that Westworld is an upgrade to this show.
I meanly watch the show because of Eliza Dushku too.

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lydia
@lydia-77 9 years ago

the end it's just not fair ..
she should find her happy end with him
great show :)

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