Dollhouse - Season 1 (DVD, 2009, 4-Disc Set)

I'm rarely at home to watch much network TV, so working in a library, I saw this series checked out often. I wanted to see what the big deal was, and I was hooked from the beginning. As usual, as soon as I like something, it's taken off the air!
I wanted to find out what happened, so I ended up buying the second season DVD as soon as I heard it was coming out. This is ONE CRAZY SHOW! Joss Whedon and his crew of writers, not only have one hell of an imagination, but a gift for dialogue -- there are TOO many great lines!!! The ensemble cast is great (I'm a big Harry Lennix fan) and I just discovered the ultra-cool Olivia Williams. It's a wild ride, and I could probably watch it from beginning to end several times -- and I have!

When I first watched this show on tv I just didn't know what to expect.
Being a longtime fan of Eliza Dushku I'd seen her previous work
in movies along with her earlier tv series Tru Calling. So I tuned
into DH during the first season and I was mildly surprised and impressed.
Dollhouse combines science fiction and drama into a well written
and solidly acted show about a secretive residence where young male
and female "dolls" are programmed to suit the fantasies and wishes
of select high paying clients. The dolls are flesh and blood humans
with one exception, they have a different type of brain that can be
fine tuned to have the personality and mannerisms of any type of
person whom the client demands. Each doll is therefore fine tuned
and programmed for a period of 24 hours for the client and then
after he is satisfied he then returns the doll to the dollhouse
where they are deprogrammed back to their previous state of mind.
Sometimes difficulties occur where for example Echo played by the
lovely and multi-talented Eliza Dushku may suffer a relapse of
her previous personality's memories which has caused her to be
confused and sometimes both agitated and even violent. This show
is not for everyone and those loyal fans of creator Joss Whedon
will enjoy the storylines along with fans of Ms. Dushku like myself!
If I sound somewhat biased then so be it as I've been a fan of
this actress for the last 6 years when I used to watch Tru Calling
which like Dollhouse also aired on the Fox network. I do recommend
the dvd set if you haven't seen any of the first season as well as
to those fans who did catch it and are currently tuned into the
second season. This set includes both the aired pilot as well as
the unaired original pilot which I consider superior to the one
that aired and yet the network chose the other version because
Fox thought it was simpler for the viewers to understand. The set
also has the entire first season's episodes, some are well done
and others not so good and a bit confusing. Nevertheless I bought
this dvd set brand new and unopened for less than $26 which is
a real steal consider that the set retails for $39.99 in stores.
Overall Dollhouse is worth owning if you're either a fan of
Eliza Dushku or Joss Whedon or both. Or you are just curious to
watch this series in it's first season's entirety.

Lawrence Domingo

Once again Star Creator and Writer Joss Whedon presents an amazing series, following the footsteps of his former work on Firefly, Buffy & Angel.
The first thing coming to mind is that a real character development for a woman without any own personality would be impossible, but once the viewer will be surprised by the ingenuity of this show.
The only little flaw is, that I personally needed some time to get the bigger storyline of the series. In any way, until you adapt this new world will offer plenty of opportunities to entertain yourself.
The series is a must-have for anyone with half of good taste. It combines action, tragedy, mystery and all the other funny stuff.

I loved this show from the start and bought it as soon as I could. The first 5 episodes are pretty good (some better than others)--action and hints of what's to come. Beginning with episode 6, "Man on the Street," it becomes amazing. The action continues to be great, but a lot of interesting questions are addressed as well. Does each person have an essence that cannot be erased--is there a soul? Is love something to be found at the deepest level and therefore indelible? Where is the line between morality and immorality? Or does the white gradually go to black with a lot of gray in between and how does a person determine when the gray has become too dark? Is it really the nature of humans to take things too far. Etc., etc.--you get the idea.

I'd recommend not watching Epitaph 1 until right before Epitaph 2 (the end of Season 2).

I love Dollhouse season 1. How they change peoples personalities and make them do things that they wouldn't normally do. They use technology to make people blank slates and put any personality into them. LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!