TV-Reviewed

I was expecting a much better episode than i saw. I thought this was going to be the best episode that this show could produce this season. It fell short of all my expectations. It had its moments of clarity and realizations but for the most part it was a dull episode. Only a few people made it worth the while. It didn’t come form any of the main stars either.

It begins with Paul dumping is dollhouse girlfriend. Her performance this episode was awful at best. Her tears looked as fake as Pamela Anderson’s boobies. This girl needs to take a few more acting classes. Paul was destined to find the dollhouse this episode. He finally got his wish. He was able to find one of the guys who created the dollhouse. This guy was a paranoid freak played by Alan Tudyk. He gave the best performance this episode. I enjoyed watching him play the goofball. I started to think that maybe he and Topher could possibly hook up in later episodes. Too bad that will never happened.

Alan Tudyk as Alpha

Echo was placed on a mission to help a little girl. It seems as if this girl had some emotional damage. She showed violent tendencies and was well on her way into being a public misfit. Echo tried her best to identify with the girl. It seemed to have worked because she was implanted with the same memories of the girl. This plot was meant to push the storyline along in an artistic way. It didn’t work out well and it ended up a waste of time. They could have thought up a better way to explain the prince trying to rescue the princess aka Paul trying to save Echo.

Paul forces his quirky friend to go with him. All the way to the dollhouse Alan’s character was trying to persuade Paul not to enter. I enjoyed the look on both of their faces. You can tell that Alan’s character was about to pee in his face and how Paul was annoyed by him. Once inside, Alan’s character took over. He was able to shut down the security cams and free the dolls. I was thinking “how did he knew so much?” It turned out he was the man he said he was. He was really Alpha!

He told Paul where to find Echo. Paul went after Echo and almost freed her.  Boyd showed up however and all hell broke loose. Boyd and Paul were going at it all over the dollhouse. Boyd was getting the better of Paul most of the time. Echo joined in on a few occasions only to help Boyd when he was in trouble. Boyd eventually captured Paul and took him to see Adelle. Meanwhile, Alpha cut up Victor and was playing games with Claire. He was able to get his hands on Echo. He turned her into the woman he knew and escaped with her. I guess the wrong prince rescued the girl.

This episode lacked the excitement they showed during the previews. I was hoping for a more action-packed episode. Adding Alan to the cast seems like a good choice. He was better as the paranoid freak but having him as Alpha could be just as good. He does have that “psycho” look to him. I can only imagine what kind of mind he put into Echo. From the looks of things having them together will be deadly. Pain is something that they enjoy and I can only assume giving pain to others will make them both extremely happy. Paul and the dollhouse fate is undecided but i think the dollhouse has no other choice but to team up with Paul to take down Alpha and his bed mate. The last two episodes should be more interesting.

Rating: 5.0