Since the start of this season we have seen Senator Perrin trying to expose Rossum and the Dollhouses; until now this has been limited to small parts in the background of episodes' main stories... here it very much takes centre stage. He presents Madeline Costley, AKA November, to a press conference and says he will have her testify against Rossum in front of a Senate committee in Washington. Adelle is told not to act but takes this as advice rather than an order. As they look at footage of November, Perrin and his wife, Echo makes an observation... it appears that Perrin's wife is a doll! Ballard is tasked with rescuing November while Echo is given the job of creating material to blackmail the senator with... things take a major turn when Perrin takes Echo to see his wife and Ballard activates a device which shuts down all dolls in a fifty foot radius.
After hints about Senator Perrin it was good to see his story coming to the fore. The story developed in a way which included some genuine twists that I did not see coming. As things developed more questions were raised that will no doubt be addressed in future episodes. As well as advancing the season's plot arc the story provides some exciting action sequences and the first glimpse of another Dollhouse, in this case the one in Washington DC, where we are introduced to somebody who appears to know Caroline/Echo. The episode ended well; in might not have said 'to be continued' but it might as well have given how things ended for one main character. The cast does a fine job; not surprisingly Eliza Dushku impresses as Echo; Alexis Denisof impresses as Perrin's role increases and it was a delight to see Summer Glau appear in the Washington Dollhouse; I can only hope that her character becomes more important in future episodes. Overall a fine episode that left me keen to discover what happens next.
After hints about Senator Perrin it was good to see his story coming to the fore. The story developed in a way which included some genuine twists that I did not see coming. As things developed more questions were raised that will no doubt be addressed in future episodes. As well as advancing the season's plot arc the story provides some exciting action sequences and the first glimpse of another Dollhouse, in this case the one in Washington DC, where we are introduced to somebody who appears to know Caroline/Echo. The episode ended well; in might not have said 'to be continued' but it might as well have given how things ended for one main character. The cast does a fine job; not surprisingly Eliza Dushku impresses as Echo; Alexis Denisof impresses as Perrin's role increases and it was a delight to see Summer Glau appear in the Washington Dollhouse; I can only hope that her character becomes more important in future episodes. Overall a fine episode that left me keen to discover what happens next.