(9) Dollhouse 3

I think Dollhouse’s third episode had a lot more girl drama than the other episodes, probably because of all the estrogen that was present in the episode. Echo’s relationship with two girls, Rayna the pop star and Sierra the other doll, sort of clashes and she is kind of stuck in the middle trying to figure who she has (or should have) more loyalty to. Echo mentions in the first part of the story that she considers Sierra a “friend” and that “friends look out for each other.” Rayna, on the other hand, is the pop star that she is assigned to “protect.” Seeing these two relationships, it is understandable that Echo had a hard time choosing loyalty over the other. She saves Rayna from her psycho ginger stalker, but when Rayna’s stalker captures Sierra because she won a backstage pass for being Rayna’s “number one fan” and Rayna does nothing to help her, Echo sticks up for Sierra and hits Rayna on the head. I think that this whole development in the story was really interesting because it shows that Echo isn’t merely a robot doll without any personal feelings, choices, or whatever. She may be a doll but you can tell that she thinks for herself and she makes decisions based on what she feels.  Her relationships are also dependent on her personality.

                The episode was interesting enough, but I still don’t think I have found the episode that I want to cover for my academic research paper yet. I am still strongly considering Dollhouse though, just because it tackles some obvious issues and it is probably easier to identify valid arguments based on feminism and such, which I am already familiar with.