Hey, what ya doin'? Well whatever it is just don't paint, because working with watercolors will F you up for sure. At least that's the message I took away from the lastest episode of Dollhouse. So, make the jump and see just what the hell I'm talking about now.
Our episode starts with everything blurry and a blood spattered Topher mumbling about how he just wanted to help people. Oh boy, this is never a good sign. Episode 243 of The Brady Bunch (Bobby and Oliver Snuff a Hooker) started the same way and we all remember how that one turned out.
We cut away from that to a flashback. It's one year ago, a simpler time when sure Jon and Kate were having some problems but you knew they were going to work it out for the kids and you could still make the argument that the best way to get a reality show was to tell the cops your kid sailed off in a balloon. Sierra is selling stuff on Venice Beach, and no I don't mean meth or her cooter, she's a painter. Her name is Priya, and she's just hanging out with her best bud, a saucy black lady peddling knickknacks to the tourists. Oh and Sierra is taking pictures with an old Polaroid because she's an artist and they do stuff like that. We also find out Sierra is from Australia. Although I think her accent is a little posh for Shrimp on the Barbie Land, but then again seeing as Dichen Lachman, the actress who plays Sierra, is actually from Australia, I'm going to chalk this up to good schools as opposed to bad acting.
Things are going good for Sierra right up until this creepy rich guy enters stage right. Creepy Rich Guy has been buying up her knickknacks and wants her to paint like a super big painting at his place and let him throw her an art show, and then maybe they can do some things you usually only read about if you get text messages from an ESPN baseball analyst.
Sierra thinks this is a bad idea, because the guy is creepy (spiky hair and cheekbones as sharp as Jeff Lewis's from Flipping Out), but Saucy Black Lady is like "gurl, puh-leeze" and what harm could she get into with a rich guy who comes on way too strong with Charlie Manson eyes?
So the next thing we see is Sierra is showing some big assed painting to a bunch of rich people at Creepy Rich Guy's penthouse apartment. Sierra sees a room with a whole bunch of people making out in which gets her attention, because you don't think of them having a whole room dedicated to Seven Minutes in Heaven at a gallery showing.
Just then she runs into Echo. Echo is acting very hookery and totally talking up Creepy Rich Guy as the ideal boyfriend to Sierra, and sadly the best thing she has to say about Creepy Rich Guy is he's rich. On the plus side she does an ace job at not mentioning what a creep he is, so yay Echo!
Are you a little confused as to what is going on? Don't worry because Keith Carradine has shown up to provide us with some much needed exposition to get this week's episode up and running. Keith Carradine is a super high muckity muck at the Rossum Corporation (Bringing you quality evil for over 40 years) and it turns out Creepy Rich Guy works the Rossum Corporation too and is fairly muckity muck himself what with being in the running for a Noble prize for his work in brain drugs for crazy people, so the corporation is totally on board with his get Sierra to love me plan.
Speaking of crazy people, we find out Creepy Rich Guy has hired a whole mess of dolls to come to the party and talk up Creepy Rich Guy so Sierra will fall in love with him. Seeing as Creepy Rich Guy is about as lovable as botulism, Robert Carradine points out they could give him the perfect woman, but Creepy Rich Guy doesn't want a doll, he wants a woman who can't stand being in the same room as him for more then five minutes at a stretch. Yeah, no way this doesn't turn into happily ever after.
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Comments (3)
This was probably one of the best and hardest to watch hours of tv I have ever seen! The fight scene had me on the edge of my seat. The actors playing Boyd, Sierra and Topher were all amazing. Whedon proved that he can still make my skin crawl. I am so sad that this show is not getting the attention it deserves and might be cancelled.
1 of 3 | Posted by Pikey578 | Posted on October 30, 2009 4:19 PM
Excellent recap Waffleboy.
Loved this episode (mostly because there was so little Eliza Dushku). I agree with you the guy who played Topher really did shine this week and so did the actress who plays Sierra. Actually I have to give kudos for the Creepy Rich Guy - he played it so creepy that I was almost hoping she'd stab him a few more times.
Who knew Boyd had it in him to bring acid to desolve a body? How gross was that? Sheesh.
Shame Topher can't erase himself for that part.
2 of 3 | Posted by TinkerbellAPixie | Posted on November 1, 2009 9:42 AM
"And then maybe they can do some things you usually only read about if you get text messages from an ESPN baseball analyst." LMFAO! I almost peed my pants.
I flat out loved this episode. Topher especially really hit it out of the park for me. I am not ashamed to say that I got a little weepy at the end of this episode.
I love that you noticed that Sierra was the dark man in her own painting by the end of the episode! I thought that was a great touch.
Waffleboy, I love how you can crack me up in one sentence and make me nod my head crazily with geeky excitement in the next. I am so sad that this show is being treated the way it is, but I guess a complete second season is better than them cancelling the show after the first.
I can't wait to see what you do with V!!!!
Thanks again for another FABULOUS recap this week!
SWAK, PottyMouth
3 of 3 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on November 2, 2009 7:24 AM