I don't claim to be an expert in this area, but if "Dollhouse" got twice as many viewers as it does now on a Monday or Tuesday night, would it not get immediately cancelled?

I don't have much to add on what's already been said, other than to agree that some plot holes are bigger than others. I didn't even notice that power-cut plot hole noticed below, and I don't care about it. They clearly wanted to shoehorn in their cleverclever Chaucer dialogue and didn't give a shit if the Prof's…

Yes you're right, I got that part wrong. I was meaning to note that the "power-through-sexuality" when transferred into a man's body was met with aggression, and then I guess my mind slipped. I should've put an "almost" in there somewhere.

"An independently wealthy English professor who wanted to seduce a student could always just seduce an actual student, and then pay her off not to report him to the department."

@ campico

Sheldon's been pretty funny this series. "It's as if the cheesecake factory is run by witches" was some quality sarcasm. He seems to be making more jokes? Or was he always like this?

The first time he gave her chocolate I honestly thought he was being nice. It wasn't until he gave her chocolate again that I twigged.

Makes you wonder why she didn't take some classes in the hundred years since she was on "Buffy", then. It's not like she was amazingly busy, according to imdb.

I hope not, La Pipe. If this turns into a Dollhouse vs Maternal Instinct (Evil partriarchy through science!) show then I'll… then I'll… I don't know how to finish this hilarious sentence.

So when Homer decides to swap places with the dog, and I think "they'll cut to the dog chasing Homer"… except he's naked and the kids don't bat an eyelid? I laughed. Sue me.

LaPipe: oh, I know. Any snippyness in my post wasn't aimed at you.

I'm not a hater, TBN. She ain't Mischa-Barton-bad or anything. I find it odd that she can pull off a reasonably good "don't take my baby away" scene, yet a scene where her character is having a mundane conversation with a friend can seem so unrealistic and distracting.

I dunno La Pipe. They tried to half-ass (what a surprise) the issue by having Ballard say something to the effect that "Echo is in pain but probably won't remember the baby's name". Except she knew where the baby lived and was able to drive there. So I guess that maternal instinct was so PURE and STRONG that it…

I got the gist of it, pretty colors. It was just poorly written. If he'd said something to the effect that "the imprint triggered a strong maternal instinct within Echo that the wipe was unable to… uh… wipe" then it would have achieved the same effect without having me groan out loud.

Oh, I also meant to add that I'm glad Mr. Tobias mentioned the groan-worthiness of "The maternal instinct is the purest, it's too strong for an over-wipe".

Dushku
It occurred to during this ep that she does a reasonable job of acting the "big moments" - like the scene in the police station this week, or the confrontation in the office last week. It's when she has to play a character in its "normal" state (e.g., the scene with Sierra in the park) that she sucks.
I don't…

See, I thought he really went easy on last week's show (which had a good subplot and a pointless main-plot). At least this week's plot made a degree of sense. It had its flaws, and it was mostly treading water, but I think a B grade sounds about right.

He didn't ask her if she's seen Leprechaun 2 either. What kind of interview is this?

Are you sure? I was talking about when they hook up again in the run-up to Carla & Turk's wedding…. eh, it's been a while. I might be wrong.

For sure. I was thinking a bit more specific, more on the lines of Scrubs, where JD (douchebag) pines for Eliot (when is Sarah Chalke going to be on this show?) for a season, then sleeps with her and SUDDENLY and IMMEDIATELY realises that he doesn't want her after all (douchebag).