Man on the Street felt so different from the previous episodes - I was pleasantly surprised that it actually lived up to the hype. Even K, who only stuck with Dollhouse because I wanted to see it, really enjoyed the episode.
It was complex, layered, and the metaphor of playing house didn't feel like a didactic anvil like so often in the previous episodes. And most importantly, the pacing was right, the right amount of slow and fast scenes, talky scenes and action scenes.
Lots of good acting, too!
It made me happy. As to your speculation: I don't think you need to be a Doll to live out your fantasy. Paul Ballard became a real-life cop to help others in need because that makes him feel good about himself.
And while I did suspect Mellie to be November all along, I wasn't quite sure what was going on until she was activated by phone. I was genuinely worried for her for a while.
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Date: 2009-03-22 03:31 pm (UTC)Man on the Street felt so different from the previous episodes - I was pleasantly surprised that it actually lived up to the hype. Even K, who only stuck with Dollhouse because I wanted to see it, really enjoyed the episode.
It was complex, layered, and the metaphor of playing house didn't feel like a didactic anvil like so often in the previous episodes. And most importantly, the pacing was right, the right amount of slow and fast scenes, talky scenes and action scenes.
Lots of good acting, too!
It made me happy. As to your speculation: I don't think you need to be a Doll to live out your fantasy. Paul Ballard became a real-life cop to help others in need because that makes him feel good about himself.
And while I did suspect Mellie to be November all along, I wasn't quite sure what was going on until she was activated by phone. I was genuinely worried for her for a while.