The C should have been given to the review.  It covered nothing about the Ballard subplot or the of Echo in the Dollhouse or of Topher's interaction with his minion.  Nor does it mention the doublecross pulled by one of her team or her interaction as WipedEcho with the other two members of the team and totally skips over Sierra's role as the second Taffy.

I thought this was a pretty good ep. Just watched it last night on DVR. The remote wipe angle was great and once again, Eliza showed me that I should never have compared her with the talentless, physically unremarkable Summer Glau. Not only is she ACTUALLY attractive, but she is a great actress. Everything she did last night (other than taking out the 350 lb security guard with one knee shot) was convincing. Empty Echo, Party Vixen, Assalt Victum and Taffy were all about as far apart as 4 characters can be and she pulled them off briliantly; and when Sierra was downloaded as Taffy, it only served to show how much better an actress Eliza actually is.

I agree also with Steven that the mid-wife scene was completely misguided. Throughout the scene I was wondering why this couple would pay six figures or more for a downloadable nurse? Were they criminals? Where they in hiding? Witness protection? Even if one of these things were the case, there would be 50 more reasonable options before turning to the Dollhouse. Not that any of it was addressed anyway. Pointless scene.

I am still not sure I buy some of the applications of the female actives but this is the type of application that should be used as much as possible in my opinion. I could watch an entire Ocean's 11 type series featuring Taffy and be very happy about it. I hope there is more in the future.

Having said all that, I can't help but feel that both the Alpha sub plot and the Agent Ballard sub plot are already begining to spin their wheels. I'm starting losing interest in 'Helo' and I get the feeling that the writers are begining to reach for ways to string his character out, even at this early stage in the show. The show probably should have started with him not knowing anything about, and never having heard of, the Dollhouse. Then getting wind of it through the course of investigating some of the things that DH has had a part in. That kind of angle not have him reaching the point he is at now, until the second season. Start him slower, build his character and show him slowly becoming obsessed with the DH, and he will seem like more of a threat. Right now, he just seems like part of the furnature.

Maybe Steven forgot to mention Helo because of how quickly that character is becoming...forgetable.

I thought this was a pretty good ep. Just watched it last night on DVR. The remote wipe angle was great and once again, Eliza showed me that I should never have compared her with the talentless, physically unremarkable Summer Glau. Not only is she ACTUALLY attractive, but she is a great actress. Everything she did last night (other than taking out the 350 lb security guard with one knee shot) was convincing. Empty Echo, Party Vixen, Assalt Victum and Taffy were all about as far apart as 4 characters can be and she pulled them off briliantly; and when Sierra was downloaded as Taffy, it only served to show how much better an actress Eliza actually is.

I agree also with Steven that the mid-wife scene was completely misguided. Throughout the scene I was wondering why this couple would pay six figures or more for a downloadable nurse? Were they criminals? Where they in hiding? Witness protection? Even if one of these things were the case, there would be 50 more reasonable options before turning to the Dollhouse. Not that any of it was addressed anyway. Pointless scene.

I am still not sure I buy some of the applications of the female actives but this is the type of application that should be used as much as possible in my opinion. I could watch an entire Ocean's 11 type series featuring Taffy and be very happy about it. I hope there is more in the future.

Having said all that, I can't help but feel that both the Alpha sub plot and the Agent Ballard sub plot are already begining to spin their wheels. I'm starting losing interest in 'Helo' and I get the feeling that the writers are begining to reach for ways to string his character out, even at this early stage in the show. The show probably should have started with him not knowing anything about, and never having heard of, the Dollhouse. Then getting wind of it through the course of investigating some of the things that DH has had a part in. That kind of angle not have him reaching the point he is at now, until the second season. Start him slower, build his character and show him slowly becoming obsessed with the DH, and he will seem like more of a threat. Right now, he just seems like part of the furnature.

Maybe Steven forgot to mention Helo because of how quickly that character is becoming...forgetable.