Hey Gasmi, what you been doing with yourself for the past month? Have you been enjoying those Bones and House reruns Fox trotted out for sweeps? No? Well don't worry because Dollhouse is back, so make the jump and see what's the newest trend in acceptable work behavior.
Our episode starts backstage with Senator Nosey Pants and Mrs. Senator Nosey Pants spending a little quick quality time together and getting us, the audience up to speed on what's been going on in the Dollhouse world since we last checked in with the gang. It turns out our Senator has been a busy boy. He's gone through all those not so top secret Rossum Corporation records that the clue fairy dropped off a couple of episodes back and is ready to lay the smack down on our favorite evil corporation. But first he and the Mrs. Spend a little time saying they luvvvv each other forever and ever and how he's her white knight and she's his damsel. Ugh, this is the best 20 second spot for the benefits of dieing alone you'll see on TV this year.
Anyway, it's over pretty quick, and an aide shows up to tell him he's on. Senator Nosey Pants and the Mrs. kiss one more time, and after he's introduced as "Mr. Please, Please, Please, and The Hardest Working Man in Show Business (hey it's not like James Brown is using those nicknames any more), it's show time!
Senator Nosey Pants rolls out for his press conference to tell the press that the urban legends about people being abducted for white slavery and worse are true, and he has proof the Dollhouse is behind all of these shenanigans. All the reporters are shocked, and I can't blame them, my money was on Willard Scott, sorry he's always looked shifty to me.
There's a big hub bub and when it settles down Senator introduces the world to his proof and A#1 witness, Big Face Girl. Big Face gets up and gives a quick little speech that boils down to "Dollhouse bad, poor wittle me, boo-hoo-hoo."
Okay, maybe she's got more to say, but Senator cuts her off, and tells the reporters that's just a taste but if they want the complete real deal poop, then they need to show up at his Senate committee in DC where Big Face Girl will do the Full Monty.
We cut from this to Keith Caradine, who is back as DeWitt's evil boss, and he's, well, pretty evil pissed. He cuts off the TV and proceeds to rip DeWitt a tasteful new one for Big Face showing up on TV, and come to think of it for letting her out of her gig early in the first place. Wow, it does sound like a pooch got screwed when Keith lays it out like that. DeWitt takes her ass chewing pretty well, and asks KC if he wants her to do anything. KC tells her not to worry about, she can just spend a little quiet time thinking about being on his evil poop list and he exits stage left.
Agent Pucker Face, who is present at this meeting for a reason known only to the screenwriter, asks DeWitt why KC is so low key about somebody putting all of Rossum's evil laundry in the street. DeWitt explains that obviously somebody in the company is out to destroy her. Incidentally, this is also the mindset of every assistant manager at Wendy's. DeWitt says somebody inside Rossum is using Senator Nosey Pants, and they need to find out who and how.
We cut to a shot of Boyd, Agent Pucker Face and Topher in a room watching clips of Senator Nosey Pants. Everyone is trying to figure out the deal with this guy, but all they have found out so far is that the guy is perfect. He comes from a big deal political family and he seems hell bent on tearing Rossum a new one.
This is when Echo wanders into the scene and immediately announces there is something wrong with Mrs. Nosey Pants. This is right when we see a TV clip where Nosey Pants is telling some TV interviewer how he meet the ball and chain, little woman, the love of his life three years ago, and she is just so gosh darn perfect somebody must have made her for him. Everyone in the room has their light bulbs go off for this crack, because they just so happen to make perfect people and know how you end up with one.
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Comments (4)
Excellent recap, WaffleBoy!!! Like you, Fox Executives Burning In Hell is way up on my Christmas list, as well.... you know, the same people who thought it'd be a good idea to put Glee on hiatus until April.
I'm not going to pretend that Dollhouse was without its flaws, some major. But time and again, Joss proves why patience is a virtue. In a TV world where instant gratification leads to the downfall of promise (has anyone seen V?!?!?!), this show is better than it was ever given credit for. How great would a Buffy/Angel reference had been during the Echo/Nosey Pants scenes?!?!?!
Can't wait to hear your take on the following episode's great geek romance and Victor as Topher!!!!
1 of 4 | Posted by slumrville | Posted on December 7, 2009 1:52 PM
Add me to the list of people wishing the FOX execs a very hot and sulphery Christmas!
You can tell you really love a recapper's writing when you're watching the show and wishing you were watching with them to know what they're thinking. Waffleboy, I wish I had been able to watch the show with you this week - I was dying to know what you thought! (even moreso for part 2)
I was also surprised that the senator was a doll and I love the show for that. I can usually figure out what's coming next so I really appreciate it when a show can surprise me like this.
I'm gonna be so sad to see this show end.
Fabulous recap! Can't wait for the next installment!
SWAK, PottyMouth
2 of 4 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on December 8, 2009 10:23 AM
I don't know why I spelled sulfur with a ph. I'm thinking the imprint was flawed.
3 of 4 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on December 8, 2009 10:26 AM
Hi guys,
slumrville: yeah, taking Glee off the air until April blows, but the big long break seems to be the in thing for programming this year on a lot of networks. As to why they are going with this counter-productive strategy (and seeing as the ratings for these two episodes of Dollhouse were a series low, I think we can file it in the bad idea drawer); I think it boils down to money. Granted, this is just me talking out my pooper, but it looks like the networks are trying to save every nickel they can this year, by ordering less episodes, and less new shows. This means, they need to break their programming schedules up even more to keep from running out of new episodes before the middle of February. Anyway, that's my theory for this behavior. Well that and the one where they are all a bunch of inbred morons, but it's the holidays, so we'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
PottyMouth: I'd love to watch TV with you, because there would be pizza, yay!
Thanks again guys and we'll talk soon
4 of 4 | Posted by waffleboy09 | Posted on December 12, 2009 9:36 AM