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andrasteI haven't posted about it here, but I've really been enjoying Doll House. It takes half a dozen episodes to really start cooking, but I think it's well worth a look. (It's not as though it will eat up much of your time, since it's almost certain to be cancelled after the end of its thirteen-episode season.)
And you know what I love about it most? It's infinite levels of skeeviness. Obviously many people find these elements off-putting, but it's not every show that can find brand new ways to squick me every episode.
Obviously the show is one big dubious consent issue, but for some reason I found the revelation that Adelle DeWitt has been using Victor like that especially icky. In some ways, it's even more disturbing than what Hearn was doing to Sierra - and yet, I still felt bad for her. (I also loved the way references to Victor's 'Lonely Hearts' assignments had been carefully dropped into previous episodes.)
Into the bargain, we have Ballard continuing his relationship with Mellie after he finds out she's not a real girl, which is definitely morally dubious. On the other hand, it's not like he knew what she was before he started sleeping with her, and breaking things off in the middle of a make-out session could tip off his targets.
My favourite part of the whole show, though, is Boyd Langton's multi-layered, incredibly screwed up and bizarrely sweet relationship with Echo. It's like the partnership between Dixon and Sydney Bristow from Alias would be if Syndey got mind-wiped after every mission and Dixon was her pimp. From the moment in The Target when she failed to respond to her cue and accept his assurance that everything was OK, he's started to see her as a person. He's still one of her oppressors, even though his affection for her is real, which in some ways makes him the worst handler of all. It remains to be seen if his attachment for Echo will trump his pragmatic loyalty to his employers before the end of the season - one way or another I'd really like to see that thread play out. (I live in hope that Boyd will get to punch a few more people in the face before the curtain closes. I <3 that.)
And you know what I love about it most? It's infinite levels of skeeviness. Obviously many people find these elements off-putting, but it's not every show that can find brand new ways to squick me every episode.
Obviously the show is one big dubious consent issue, but for some reason I found the revelation that Adelle DeWitt has been using Victor like that especially icky. In some ways, it's even more disturbing than what Hearn was doing to Sierra - and yet, I still felt bad for her. (I also loved the way references to Victor's 'Lonely Hearts' assignments had been carefully dropped into previous episodes.)
Into the bargain, we have Ballard continuing his relationship with Mellie after he finds out she's not a real girl, which is definitely morally dubious. On the other hand, it's not like he knew what she was before he started sleeping with her, and breaking things off in the middle of a make-out session could tip off his targets.
My favourite part of the whole show, though, is Boyd Langton's multi-layered, incredibly screwed up and bizarrely sweet relationship with Echo. It's like the partnership between Dixon and Sydney Bristow from Alias would be if Syndey got mind-wiped after every mission and Dixon was her pimp. From the moment in The Target when she failed to respond to her cue and accept his assurance that everything was OK, he's started to see her as a person. He's still one of her oppressors, even though his affection for her is real, which in some ways makes him the worst handler of all. It remains to be seen if his attachment for Echo will trump his pragmatic loyalty to his employers before the end of the season - one way or another I'd really like to see that thread play out. (I live in hope that Boyd will get to punch a few more people in the face before the curtain closes. I <3 that.)