Dollhouse

After Buffy, Angel and Firefly, I had Josh Whedon on my list of top ten writers and then I saw an article with Eliza Dushku, who played Faith, one of the other slayers then turned up in Tru Calling. This time she'd basically twisted Josh's arm into writing something specifically for her and even stumped up money (presumably) to produce the show.

Thus Dollhouse was born and regardless her production status (she is credited as producer in the programme itself), she wanted the part to show off her ability to portray different characters and this was the perfect foil.

She is Echo, a doll, but not of the 'Barbie' kind. These are real people who have their memories wiped and are imprinted with the memories, mannerisms, abilities and preferences of others. Their assignments range from horny girlfriend to bank robber and all points in between, with the prospect of being released at the end of a period of time (usually five years), handsomely paid, but with no memory of the intervening time period.

Echo is different. Not only is she excessively easy on the eye, but she has now managed learn how to retain her imprints and call upon them at will - useful if not frightening since one of her imprints was a psychopathic serial killer. 

She has been joined by some of the Buffy/Firefly/Angel actors and actresses like Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Summer Glau and Alan Tudyk and so far, except for a minor hiccough, both series one and two have been excellent. There's a script typical of Josh's slightly left-of-centre dialogue, one-liners. The characters are solid and three dimensional and the story is captivating, intriguing and full of action and suspense, just as it should be. 

There's too much going on to let you lot in on it, but I strongly suggest you give it a watch - from the beginning or you won't understand the significance of much of it.

Happy watching.