Dollhouse April 3rd 2009 - "Needs"

Just caught it on DVR yesterday. Again, really liked it - it doesn’t standalone (sorry elelle!) but it was meaty and interesting in its contribution to the longer story arc that appears to be playing out.

The most interesting to me was Sierra simply because she came across as very weak and whiny in her various Active roles, then when we heard her natural voice/accent, coupled with her exotic (to me) looks, she came across as pretty badass, then it turns out that her backstory is to deal with being raped and abused, even while demonstrating strenght after confronting the evil rich guy with a strong No apprently in her past. So her being raped while in the Dollhouse is just another layer on all that - lots of character-specific complexity and TONS to work with in terms of commenting on how people (and in our society, this leans towards women) are used by other people and sex is used to gain power over others. Tough topics - could make for great drama.

But with FOX already messing with it - jeez, we had to wait like 3 - 4 ep’s just to feel like Joss’s work was even apparent in the series - I won’t hold my breath about seeing all this great potential…

The one Caroline might have killed in the gun room?
WordMan, I think you’ve forgotten about Sierra killing the kidnappers in the first episode (that thread)
Was Victor mumbling Pi sequence to avoid getting an erection in the shower? The sound on my dvr was not good.

He was muttering baseball facts.

The 86 Mets lineup to be exact. I love Victor, he really needs a showcase episode all his own like Xander got with “The Zeppo”.

Oh - good call; thanks.

I thought I heard him doing the classic “not think about sex thing”: going through a baseball line-up, I wanna say the Mets…

(bolding mine) - Yes…

Yeah, but I could swear I heard him say Mookie Wilson was in left field. And Mookie, of course, was a center fielder.

Well, he *was *distracted.

I’m assuming by Echo and Mellie, because next to those two, Sierra just looks strange.

I like Sierra’s looks. Does anyone know the ethnic background of the actress?

Tibetan and Australian. I really like her as well.

Huh. Interesting!