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Dollhouse premiered tonight, and I can tell you this much–it’s a dead man walking. Now, don’t get me wrong. I thought it was fairly good (pilots are always kind of lame), and totally has potential to be freakin’ awesome, but I forsee it being very short-lived. I mean, just look at its timeslot: 9 PM on a Friday night. That is like the old folks’ home of TV-land. It is where shows go to die. Remember Firefly? No? Well, that was its slot, and FOX axed it after 11 episodes. Joss Whedon, bless his soul, still keeps going back. FOX is like the bad girlfriend who cheats on him and keeps breaking it off, but he runs back because he’s convinced she’s the only person who will ever love him. Oh, Joss. When will you learn?

Anyways, a little bit about the show. It stars Eliza Dushku (AKA bad-girl Slayer Faith on Buffy and Angel and Missy in Bring It On, which happens to be a movie I totally love) as Echo, an “active” in the Dollhouse. The Dollhouse is basically an enclave of hot girls who are blank slates for hire. If someone has the cash, they can can hire an “active” to do whatever–from sleep with him to negotiate a hostage situation. In each assignment, the active is given an entirely new personality and set of memories. After the assignment, they are erased and they remember nothing.

So, hella cool, right? Plus, dude, Joss Whedon. When has anything he’s done not been super-rad? Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Firefly. Serenity. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. And now Dollhouse. After such a hiatus from the world of television, I’m glad to see Joss back where he belongs. I just wish he would stay away from FOX.

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