By the Bel: Joss Whedon's Dollhouse

Joss Whedon is back on Australian TV!!!

Eliza Dushku, who you may remember as Faith in Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, is also back in this science fiction, action, psychological thriller, drama, Doll House. She plays Echo; a misfit who is given the chance to remove her past mistakes by going in for ‘treatment’ in a secretive corporation. The treatment includes removing all past memories and reinserting memories of other people to achieve the ‘perfect operative’. The catch is, Echo has no idea who she really is.

She doesn’t realise she is part of an elaborate game, that all she is to her superiors is a ‘Doll’, hence the name of the show.

As with some of the best TV shows around, this one was axed after only 27 episodes. Considering the last show aired on cable TV in 2010, the program really hasn’t dated and still has me sitting up and taking notice.

Joss has once again given us a kick ass heroine, a seriously meaty storyline and an ethical dilemma worthy of the United Nations. He’s backed himself with a team of actors whose talent you may have seen in the likes of the The Matrix, Battlestar Glactica, Torchwood, Sixth Sense and Moneyball.

If you like Sliders, Alias, Quantum Leap, The Matrix, Buffy, and Dark Angel, then check your local guides and give Doll House a watch.

Let us know what you thought of the program. Should they have finished the second season?