New Shows: Dollhouse, starring Eliza Dushku

Joss Whedon is back on television, taking a break from comics to launch his new show. Like Buffy and Angel, it will create a mythology and launch a million fanboys. Details on the other side of the link.

Eliza Dushku (Or as Monkey See, Monkey Doo Doo calls her: "La Dush") plays Echo, an Agent for The Dollhouse. Echo, along with two other "dolls", gets programmed with a new personality every week for clients of The Dollhouse. Their previous personalities are wiped clean between each assignment. Of course, something goes wrong and Echo starts to remember, but what those memories mean is for Whedon to write and for us to figure out over the course of a 13 episode order (may be extended to 22). At the same time, an FBI Agent (Tahmoh Penikett, from Battlestar Galactica) begins investigating, plus there may be a missing/rogue doll running around.

It sounds like a classic Whedon universe that explores what makes an individual, nature vs. nurture, and how much control anyone has over their own destiny. Details abound at Dollverse.com, and I've attached the link to the official trailer for the show.

http://www.dollverse.com/trailer/
Fox, 8pm Mondays
Mid January start, the lead in to 24.