Summer Glau is on my geek girl crush list. I mean who didn't love River Tam kicking ass on Firefly and Serenity. Or Glau's performance as terminator Cameron sent to protect a teenage John Connor on The Sarah Connor Chronicles? Which is why when each of these shows were canceled way too soon you had to wonder how much of Summer Glau we would be seeing in the future. But, thankfully Glau is also on Joss Whedon's favorites list prompting him to cast her in the sophomore season of Dollhouse.
Now, many viewers have had a love/hate relationship with the show. Mainly because at the very beginning it wasn't very focused, the storyline wasn't interesting, and you didn't really give a crap about the characters. Yes, they were supposed to be dolls with no personality of their own that have other personalities downloaded into their psyche to please whatever the Dollhouse client's wishes might be, but they were also a bit too one-dimensional. No where did you find many of the philosophical questions that being able to implant someone's personality into a body brings up or the glimpses of the consequences such a technology would have on the future. That is until the second half of Season One where the story finally found it's voice.
Fox found it in their cold, show killing hearts to renew Dollhouse. And for those of us who actually saw the unaired season finale "Epitaph One", we were able to get a chance to see what Whedon's vision for the show actually was. It was mistake for Fox not to air this finale. It was perhaps the best episode of the young series. It changes the course of pretty much everything, but it gives a clue as to where the show is going and the future for these people is a very ugly place. Luckily it can be found on the Dollhouse season one box set.
Summer Glau's casting in Dollhouse is definitely good news. Hopefully, she will draw some new viewers and we didn't have to miss her for too long even though we wish TSCC was still on the air. Not too mention Alexis Denisof, of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel's Watcher-turned-rogue-demon-hunter fame, is joining the cast. Oh and we can't forget that Felicia Day will also be guest starring. Hopefully, with a more solid story line and some good casting Dollhouse can finally charm the viewers into a second chance and be the type of show that we all can't wait to see what happens on next week episode. I am hopeful and have pledged to stay until the bitter end. That is how much faith I have in Joss Whedon, so hopefully he won't let us down.
Dollhouse airs on FOX Fridays at 9-10pm. Season Two begins September 25, 2009.
-Xtina
While I am most definitely happy to see Summer Glau getting more work with Joss Whedon, I think I'm actually a little happier about Alexis Denisoff appearing on the show. I absolutely loved him as Wesley Windham Price from the Buffy Verse. His run on Angel was outstanding. I can't wait to see what he gets to do on Dollhouse.
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