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Breastfeeding porn?

Hmm funny. Of all the sub genres of porn that I’ve seen, breastfeeding has never been one of them. Yet here is the genre defining Dollhouse laying that seed. I know my mind is a little off kilter, but did this opening seen really have to present Ms Echo is such a raunchy way whist having her breast sucked by young child? Erm sorry – time to move on ….

.. YAY Episode two of the Dolls is here and after what I thought was a slightly dull start, I actually think this episode had some good moments.

But where they the right moments? Well kind of. I never aim to be a spoiler poster so I’ll tread carefully, but the Echo/Tofu “Did I fall asleep?” seen, “Er, yeah” BOOM!!! Was actually kinda sweet I actually found myself lifting up off my coach. Errr, y’ellow!! You know how you feel when your team is losing big time, and you suddenly find yourself thinking “Hey – I think we really may have a chance to win! We could do this!” type moments, that is how I felt after that scene. GREAT

Thing is, right after that moment, the other side scored another goal and I sank back into my seat. That is not say the game was over. The episode muddled on with the climax that actually left me feeling quite, well emotional. I think I just might be starting to care for Echo’s character. That is good, right?

I hope so – Dollhouse is beginning to be a show that displays Bi Polar tendencies. One minute it’s Pink TV with hot chicks showing their underwear (see last episode) the next it’s thoughtful, deep(ish) and intriguing. The problem is, this has now thrown open a whole new dilemma. I actually feel slightly worried about Summer Glau coming into the show. Why? Because I just can’t help think that if Summer joined the show, the direction would become full on “tits out for the lads” type SciFi, and I think, after investing in one season at least, that we deserve more than that.

Well, that’s me. Overall, a good episode

So say we all

It’s seemed like a long wait before we get to hear the almost geek iconic line “Did I fall asleep?” drift from our TV speakers but it has, once again. The Dolls are back

Dollhouse, the TV show, suffered a heavy load on its shoulders during the rocky 1st season. Pressure from fans of Whedon, a battle for ratings and an almost cancelled season.

Yet hear it is for a second outing – how was it?

Well for me, it was kinda weird. In fact there were lots of odd moments littered across the 40 minute viewing. Let’s get some funny ones out of the way.

Guest star this week was Jamie Bamber, aka Lee Adama from BSG fame. Some of you may not know that he is actually a British born actor from London. By not knowing this some may find his English accent kinda cute against the American backdrop. In BSG he sounded American, so I don’t know which is his more “common” accent British or American.

Why do I even care? Don’t know really, apart from the Echo vs Martin Klar scene in his office (no spoiers). When Martin (Jamie) is kicking off at Echo, all I could hear was …. Dr. Gaius Baltar from BSG!! WTF!!

Trust me, play that scene back and close your eyes. He sounds just like Dr Baltars Obviously it’s not really him, just sounds like him. Now, with Lee Adama, Gaius Baltar and of course Karl “Helo” Agathon (aka Tahmoh Penikett) this episode stinks of Battlestar and you know what, I miss Battlestar. REALLY miss Battlestar. Thanks a lot Dollhouse for reminded me of that – GGRRRRR!!!!!

Right, stupid stuff aside, what about the episode? As I said at the start, it was a strange first episode. I would really recommend watching the season finale again before watching S02E01 as a lot of reference in this episode is linked to that story line. The episode seemed to be closing some loose ends from the finale episode, which was a shade annoying in part. I want it to move forward not slide sideways and we are still left unsure what direction the main story line will take. Very much teetering between scifi classic and sunday afternoon Murder She Wrote.

There were a few sweet moments to be fair. Whisky’s turmoil, Topher’s mental collapse and Echo’s/Paul’s new bond (at the end). However, as a first episode of an “at risk show”, for me the hype fell flat on it’s face and I was left thinking …. oh! As I said almost every episode last season, we will have to wait and see. I just want Summer Glau to hurry up and become part of the Dollhouse universe