Inside Joss' Dollhouse From Alpha to Rossum

by Espenson, Jane

• ISBN13: 9781935251989
• ISBN10: 1935251988
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-12
• Publisher: Smart Pop

Summary

In only two short seasons Dollhouse captured the imaginations of audiences all over the world, rewarding viewer loyalty with mind-blowing plot twists and an extended meditation on the forces that guide our actions and make us who we are.

Author Biography

Jane Espenson is a television writer and producer. She has written for shows including Ellen, Gilmore Girls, The O.C, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse and Caprica among many others. She is the co-creator of Warehouse 13 and is best known for her work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Battlestar Galactica.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
"The Mind Doesn't Matter, It's the Body We Want"	p. 5
Rossum's Universal Robots	p. 21
Goliath Is People!	p. 35
Joss Whedon's Dollhouse: 21st Century Neo-Gothic	p. 47
All Dolled Up	p. 63
The Redemption of Topher Brink	p. 79
Like a Boss	p. 95
"Let the Tide Come In"	p. 105
"I Like My Scars"	p. 117
Negative Space in the 'House	p. 133
How Cancellation Told the Story of the Dollhouse	p. 147
Whose Story Is This, Anyway?	p. 161
Dollhouse's Future History Machines	p. 175
"We're Not Men"	p. 189
Boyd Langton and the Fantasy of Trust	p. 205
What Echo's Journey to Self-Awareness Tells Us About the Human Soul	p. 219
What It Means to Mourn	p. 233
More Than the Sum of Our Imprints	p. 247
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