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Farewell to Dollhouse!

And that's a wrap on our Mini Celebration. 15 years ago (January 29, 2010) Dollhouse aired its last episode! Cheers to all the cast and crew and writers of Dollhouse, and especially to Eliza Dushku!

Based on the code for our EDD Filmography page, we have created a Visual Masterlist for Dollhouse. Both need to be viewed in a browser. The new Visual Masterlist includes various character tags, episode tags, and other tags (like BTS, icons, polls, etc).

(Also the previously posted Text Only original Masterlist - which leads to regular view - has been updated to match the new Masterlist - which leads to archive view.)

Special thanks to all of the Dollhouse gifmakers over the years. And thanks to rebloggers, they keep gifs alive. A special shout out to our own Carmen (@whatisyourchildhoodtrauma) and freelancer @loisfreakinglane who have created new gifs recently! Spread the love with reblogs!

(banner credit to thetvdb.com, BTS image credit to ElizaDushku.org)

All gif credit to @redfield5x5! - Eliza smiling (top) from April 2016 - Eliza laughing and Paul + Boyd fighting from S1 BTS part one from April 2016 - Topher thumbs up and Adelle laughing from S2 extras Defining moments from Sept 2016 - Sierra smiling and Victor laughing from S2 extras Defining moments from April 2017

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https://screenrant.com/jensen-ackles-tracker-spinoff-franchise-future/

I just saw this article. Is there a chance of a spin-off featuring Russell Shaw? It seems unlikely and too soon to do it. What do you think?

Link. Even though Elwood is a fanboy, I doubt it will happen. From what I've read, Elwood changed Big Sky to showcase Jensen but the show still got cancelled. Not Jensen's fault at all, the original premise of Big Sky was already an uphill battle for longevity. And if on a slight chance a spinoff is created, I see another Dollhouse scenario where fanboy Whedon created a show for Dushku but her limited acting range was painfully exposed. Jensen currently doesn't have the leading man material and The Winchester BTS showed he's not a cast/crew leader material.

Casting a lead for a tv show is no joke, which is why Q scores exist because the risks are high. If studio think an actor has the potential to be a lead, they'll pay to have the actor's Q score surveyed, which was what happened to Justin Hartley every year since his This is Us tenure. In contrast Jensen's Q score stopped in 2018.

But if CBS studios think a spinoff is a viable idea, then see Jensen's Q score pop up in Summer 2024. If the spinoff goes forward, it may go to streaming instead.

Anyways, I looked at the two comments under the article and I thought this one was funny.

Spin offs rarely outshines the original, much less kill them off lol. None of the concurrent spinoffs overshadowed Star Trek Next Gen even though I liked Deep Space Nine the most and nowadays is considered the best series of the batch.

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motancharoen: Just a little #Dollhouse reunion on @agentsofshield . @dichenlachman @therealenver @misterkarate #agentsofshield #bts

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hi it’s me... clicks across the linoleum of the dash wearing high heels w a spray tan like i’m a member of jersey shore suddenly..... best summary of willa is that she got moira rose as her #1 chara on a What Character Are You Most Like personality test out of thousands of options.... says so much. u can find her pinterest here n her playlist here 😋 like this or hmu fr plots!!

* ashley moore, cis female + she/her  | you know willa deneurve, right? they’re twenty-four, and they’ve lived in irving for, like, most of her life, on and off? well, their spotify wrapped says they listened to watch me by the pom poms like, a million times this year, which makes sense ‘cause they’ve got that whole sticking gold stars over old polaroids until you can barely see faces, dressing as marie antoinette at your high school prom & delivering fake laughter to a bratz doll you’re pretending is a talkshow host thing going on. i just checked and their birthday is august 1st, so they’re a leo, which is unsurprising, all things considered. ( nai, 24, gmt, she/her )

HISTORY:

willa ws born to honestly like….. the perfect family not to honk my own tit bt……………. they were jst rly quite wholesome. her mum celeste was this larger than life person who could never b contained by the four walls of any room she was in. she hd the presence of a gold glitter chess piece on an otherwise mundane wooden board. her dad marlon used to always joke that he had absolutely NO idea how he landed her bc he was just this like. rly average guy by all accounts n purposes….. blended into the sea in high skl……. had a few close friends but was never rly Notable or made a proper impression anywhere…… he always retold it as him coasting thru life until he met her in college. kind of like he’d been half awake before. they just Clicked n no-one cld believe she’d chosen him bt she was jst. completely head over heels n didn’t care what anyone had to say bc that was That

willa always very much took after celeste…… there’s this one quote i remember reading that goes vaguely like “my mom and i would sit and listen to leonard cohen and joni mitchell lyrics together. from a young age i remember her being like "i’m playing this song and when it’s done i want u to tell me what’s happening in it” n she would give me a fake glass of wine when i was 8 and i would listen and b like. i think there was an affair.” which so much summarises their dynamic…… she ws just so like. dramatic n fun n always encouraged that in willa too. her mum was like. everything she aspired to be…… got scouted by a modelling agency in college n shot one campaign before blowing it off simply bc she was bored. starred lead in a play. spent a few weeks travelling asia selling handmade candles shaped like koi fish or curled up foxes or elegantly stretched hands. dated a parisian movie star during a break she and her father took n was featured in tabloids on his arm at the premiere. sm fun n exotic stories willa literally cldn’t get enough. whenever she’d tell them to willa as a kid her dad wld roll his eyes like ohhhhh here she goes again but it’d all b playful n he’d smile bc he honestly cldn’t get enough either. the stuff dreams are made of luv (lizzie mcguire stans rise)

(car accident & death tw) so u know when ur walking down a flight of stairs n then out of nowhere u miss a step n u get that lurch in ur stomach like ur in free fall? yeah. i won’t go into it too much but one night they were driving back from getting frozen yogurt and then suddenly they weren’t. she doesn’t rly remember much about it except for completely ignoring the doctors trying to give her the news and just saying “dad chose pecan. who chooses pecan?” n repeating that over n over n over until it didn’t rly register in her ears as english any more.

willa was uprooted from irving at 11 to go n live w her aunt in NY. this was like. a huge adjustment honestly….. her aunt blanche hd always been a little unconventional bt extremely glamorous. she lived in an old defunct theatre she’d bought out n came from a lot of money. willa’s mum’s side of the family hd always been well off bt celeste opted to live a little more Ordinarily shall we say after settling whereas blanche ws jst balls to the walls dripping w eccentric excess…. wld say she was never naked bc she ws always wearing black opium by yves saint laurent…… probably the living embodiment of la vie boheme….. she’d been admitted a yr early to a rly prestigious parisian design school n is an AMAZING seamstress. a corset she stitched a broadway star into got commissioned fr an actress’ red carpet walk at an indie film festival. rly just lived such a life rich w lots of stories n lots of talent too…… had that star quality essence tht her mum had n that was smthn willa found quite comforting everything considered.

(grief tw) u would think maybe a situation like this (one involving so much sudden change) wld cause a kid of tht age to withdraw into her shell bt willa only came out of her shell MORE. she coped w her situation by spinning it into a celebrity origin story inside her head. the tear jerker tale someone tells during their x factor audition to get the judges rooting for them. mentally streamlining things. repackaging all that hurt as a surefire ticket to success bc it had to be useful for something right? there had to b a point to it right? willa decided the point was she’s a star. KFHSGKFHGFKHGKJSFHG. get it girl….. she ws literally just like ok well clearly i’m destined to be famous n i’m the main character of this story. this story called earth. it’s all about me.

rly heavily immersed herself in her high skl theatre scene……. loved experimenting w fashion n literally wore the most outlandish things like. she treated the hallways like her milan f/w debut every new school yr…… a lot of the things she wore were actual like. costumes frm her aunt’s collection…… she has a multi-story closet u have to climb ladders to reach things in like a very rustic library…. it rly wasn’t uncommon for willa to turn up one day corsetted like a pirate with billowing sleeves or sporting the baby blue gingham of a swedish milk maid. it’s like she literally jst…… became a role. always. every day. the world ws her stage. the cameras were always rolling. her aunt only encouraged this tbh n honestly? icon. we love to see it. willa partied a bunch n rly lived a lax lifestyle where responsibility was concerned…. her aunt ws her best friend…… made rly gd friends with performers in the drag club scene n loved the glitz of that….. lots of wild nights turned grossly bright mornings

snagged an agent fresh into her first yr of college (she gt accepted to a pretty competitive theatre program at [redacted] in NY bc i haven’t looked into what that wld be yet <3 i’m merely a helpless british lass <3) n booked a few commercials n things….. when i say willa wld enter audition rooms like she owned the place i’m rly not exaggerating…. once she turned up to a casting call for MEN n just walked right to the front of the line scraping a random chair along the way n then took a seat w her legs crossed popping a bubble in her gum as they all glared at her like wtf is literally going on who are u. she received several complaints n she was just like “ur all acting so jealous of me….”

i feel like she got a pretty big role in a theatre production in her last yr at school. haven’t decided what yet. maybe smthn rocky horror or even mimi in rent. this was meant to b some like huge moment for willa like yes girl finally making it ur on ur way this is what u wanted n she WAS happy abt it but once it was wrapped she jst had this strange like Huh feeling in her chest……. n a la celeste w all her exciting stories was just like well i’ve done that so what’s next? i think she’d graduate n then jst suddenly decide to move to irving in a fit of impulse. to all her college friends she’d be like “ugh a beach retreat is so necessary honestly the city is sooooooooo toxic this place cld literally enlarge my pores if i wasn’t so rigorous with my skincare routine” bt like 🤔 what u seeking girl? results pending.

SO basically i feel like she finally moved back to irving little over a yr ago. she hd a brief stint starring on a reality tv show tht filmed in one of the larger beach houses where her dog gained a handful of fan accounts dedicated to him……. u maybe will see why in the first bullet point of her personality section………… FKGHKSHFGGKFSHKHG. honestly she ws received pretty well too (mostly bc she’s so fking dramatic n like a caricature of a person) bt it wasn’t anything to warrant actual Fame (despite what willa herself might think). she’s mostly jst like. chilling honestly. accepting scripts n flying out fr auditions still. she’ll nab the occasional part bt she’s looking for that One Thing that rly feels like her big moment….. otherwise i cn just imagine her treating irving like a little dollhouse compared to the roaring mansion of NYC n having fun playing around in it. strikes a pose w a hand on my hip…. and now to personality.

PERSONALITY:

got a very large n lithe greyhound n named him marlene dietrich bc she was a black n white hollywood starlet famously known for her affairs n “bedroom eyes”. willa was like ugh. icon status instantly. didn’t rly foresee the responsibilities tht came w owning a dog tht loves exercise n complains abt him being like “ugh he wants to run soooooooooo much 🙄 like where are u literally going”. having said tht loves him dearly n he can often be seen wearing little clothes. a baby’s bonnet. a quilted leather waistcoat. a custom dog boa. he’s very glamorous. willa calls him a gay icon despite no evidence to support this theory. she also says he can sniff out evil in ppl so she brings him sometimes when she’s first introduced to a friend’s new bf n if his nose quivers a certain way she’s like “marlene has spoken. it’s done”. her friends r like omg? what’s done? willa gets up n walks away without elaborating. marlene’s little paws clicking along the floor w attitude.

literally dressed as marie antoinette for her high skl prom even tho there was no theme pertaining to this. jst loves the spotlight. can fake cry and WILL to get out of a parking ticket or teach someone to watch their tone or even simply for the theatrics of it all. the Most dramatic………….. rly fits being an actress like when people find out what she does it’s very like oh that makes sense.

says she doesn’t get hangovers. she’s just like “i revoked that it doesn’t happen to me”. alludes tht this is bc she’s an all powerful deity that was Chosen to be Blessed bt really she’s jst great at bouncing back n acting fine even w a blistering headache. it’s about believing the performance so much that u even convince urself.

has an extremely elevated sense of self importance bc this is kind of the equivalent of several layers of bubble wrap to cushion her frm the world. strives to b extraordinary bc ordinary honestly feels like a death sentence n there’s nothing she’d want to b seen as less. despite this weight she puts on that she rly doesn’t tend to let ppl’s opinions affect fr the most part like she’s quite firmly set in this I’m Literally The Most Gorgeous And Beautiful Angel Star Creature To Walk This Narsty Little Earth view

probably an incredibly big fan of dramatic short lived love affairs. she wants the glamour of it all. the scandal. the randomly breaking up w someone in a public place n sliding on sunglasses after delivering the words over a freshly ordered coffee (tht she’ll leave without drinking bc that’s star power babey she waits fr no man or no hot beverage)…….. has no preference gets w any n all regardless of gender……… romanticises things so they hv a better spin or story in her head n doesn’t rly take things seriously like jst has fun in her fantasy world…. she’s like ugh chuck i know u wanted to marry me but i’m a beautiful bird in a cage n u literally need to undo the latch n set me free……. the guy’s like……. my name’s chase n we’ve only been on two dates….. willa’s like…… please don’t take this so hard i can tell ur besides urself but people r starting to stare……. gets up n leaves. no-one was staring. chase is confused n honestly probably semi concerned fr her welfare.

always has to b the hottest n most glamorous person in a grocery store…. probably goes to them when she doesn’t even need anything jst holding a basket nonchalantly over her forearm glancing over at a cashier in her wizard of oz corset seamed interpretation on a dorothy dress thinking he wants me soooo bad it’s not even funny….. seduces him over the check out counter jst for him to ask her to come back to his so she can lean back scandalised n cry “IS THAT THE KIND OF WOMAN U THINK I AM, PAUL?! YOU’RE A GHASTLY LITTLE MAN, YOU ARE….” with all the gusto of a telenovela. attracts the shocked glances of all surrounding elderly.

speaks fluent french. probably on her brief stint on tht reality show i mentioned earlier was like “ugh can you believe Deneurve of this guy?” n in her head was like this catchphrase is sensational it’ll catch on fast the twittersphere is abt to implode but it didn’t become a thing except for in a small isolated community. despite this she’s like “yeah it went viral….. go figure. just another day in the life.”

honestly like a lot of fun bt also a huge handful at the same time. keeps her real Serious emotions in a locked box bt is always overflowing w melodramatics n rly giving her all at the drop of a hat where Performing is concerned. probably Loves parties n sees them as another form of production in which she wants to b the lead. rly just. loves herself. except does she? 🤔 lifts my hand up like rihanna n winks. find out next time. lucky by britney plays as i slowly disintegrate in spiderman rp…..

WANTED CONNECTIONS

unrequited flame: willa burns thru people like matches. bright n fast. honestly i feel like she struggles to take romance seriously so it cld be fun to play around with someone who’s been singed by that in the past…. mayb they hd actual feelings whereas willa was just messing around n having fun…. living la vida loca so to speak…….. we can discuss a time frame or specifics to expand upon this but. sexy angst perhaps.

those she knew from childhood: willa moved to NY at 11 n i feel like it was very sudden n soon after the accident. maybe she didn’t even say goodbye. maybe they were rly close n all of a sudden she didn’t show up to school the next day n when they rode past her house on their bike the sign said sold and that was that. honestly very dramatic of her even at a young age. we love a disappearing act. houdini who?

acting rival: honestly jst feel like this cld be funny. willa’s so dramatic she’d be like i literally want them dead they’re a despicable little gremlin fr trying to steal my spotlight. cld be as simple as having auditioned a few times fr the same parts or something.

childhood sweetheart: i think it cld be rly cute n sad if there was someone that kind of echoed the dynamic her mum n dad had except she was the celeste n they were the marlon…. (open to any gender)…….. so like. willa was always very larger than life commanding attention in a room n they were more to the sidelines but they just kind of got each other n brought out the best in one another. added angst to the fact tht willa wld maybe want to avoid them as much as possible now bc it dredges up feelings she doesn’t want to confront where her parents r concerned n also in a way any possibility of them winding up together feels like sellotaping an expiration date to both of their foreheads in willa’s brain

someone who was either a fan of or also on the reality show willa was: i imagine it like a reinvention of the hills honestly except based in these irving beach houses…. probably didn’t run that long bt there was a bunch of drama on it mostly staged…… maybe they were willa’s love interest bt it was all fake fr the cameras…… it wasn’t like. a huge deal n didn’t rly catch flight so much where popularity’s concerned bt. cld be fun to play with <3

patti frands: jogs in high knees to translate that into party friends as i adjust my spectacles. willa’s very sociable bt she’s also like kind of full of herself n obnoxious so do with that what u will. KFHGKSHGKGHFSKG. she knows hw to have a gd time tho like growing up she was rly into the gay club scene n the drag scene in NY so like. let’s hear it fr the gays who know how to do it right <3

someone equally over the top: i luv the idea of willa having someone who just like runs with made up scenarios n roles she makes up on the spot n them hanging out is like a 24/7 improv session tht they reel random surrounding strangers just fr the fun thrill

the other woman: willa is quite detached n selfish so she wld easily be the other woman in a relationship n not care about it n this cld make for good spice <3

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Dollhouse s01e13 ‘Epitaph One’

Does it pass the Bechdel Test?

Yes, nine times.

How many female characters (with names and lines) are there?

Nine (56.25% of cast).

How many male characters (with names and lines) are there?

Seven.

Positive Content Rating:

Three.

General Episode Quality:

Shakes things up. Seriously.

MORE INFO (and potential spoilers) UNDER THE CUT:

Passing the Bechdel:

Mag asks ‘Iris’ if she needs to pee. Lynn and ‘Iris’ find the showers. Mag explains birthmarks to ‘Iris’. Mag speaks to Whiskey, twice. Echo talks with Saunders. Adelle asks Echo about her plans. Caroline greets Whiskey. Mag asks Caroline about Whiskey.

Female characters:

Mag.

Lynn.

Adelle DeWitt.

‘Iris Miller’.

Echo.

Claire Saunders.

Whiskey.

Priya Tsetsang.

Caroline Farrell.

Male characters:

Zone.

Griff.

Topher Brink.

Laurence Dominic.

Paul Ballard.

Boyd Langton.

Clive Ambrose.

OTHER NOTES:

This episode is set in the future of 2019. Wild.

“Don’t get all...womanly” oh, yay. It certainly is another episode of this show.

Flashback guy is quick to assure us that he’s straight. Also yay.

The survival instincts of this ragtag band of, um, survivors are pretty poor. I sure am seeing a lot of dumbfuck decisions.

The confrontation scene between Dominic and DeWitt is the highlight of this episode, not unlike in ‘A Spy In The House Of Love’. Not all of the flashback scenes to our usual characters are useful to the plot, but most of them are strong; nothing beats DeWitt/Dominic, though.

Oh, I nearly forgot: Echo is barely in this episode, and she manages not to get beat up by anyone in that time, however she does 1) experience debilitatingly painful headaches, and 2) show up the worse for wear and need stitches for a nasty cut (cause of injuries, unknown). So, she never survived a single episode without suffering pain/injury/attack of some kind, but she only got physically assaulted in ten of the thirteen episodes this season. If you wanna call that ‘only’. 

As far as Hail Mary plays go, this is a pretty intense way to drum up support for your show; present a series of vignettes leading to a terrifying futurescape which the audience must then stick around for the rest of the series in order to fully understand and receive a payoff. It’s definitely not a bad idea for this show, either, since the central plot of the first season suggested vaguely at some ideas but did not actually construct much of a mission statement, so this sense of clear direction is a big benefit. It does seem a tad ambitious, though, and considering that the show was already performing abysmally in the ratings (breaking my no-BTS rule, but at the time this show was the lowest-rated series to ever receive a second-season renewal), the fact that the series didn’t survive beyond two seasons is not much of a shock, and as such this finale promises far more than the show can deliver. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s talk about why this season performed abysmally in the ratings over in the full season review, and then we’ll get on to finding out which opportunities they squandered in season two. YAY.

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Happy Anniversary to Dollhouse!

The last episode of Dollhouse aired on January 29th, 2010 - 15 years ago! To celebrate we will be posting Dollhouse gifs for the rest of the week to close out January.

We also have a new Visual Masterlist completed for Dollhouse, including all episodes, extras like BTS and icons, and characters. It is Eliza focused and spoiler free. (Like the EDD Filmography page, you have to view it in a web browser.) The new Visual Masterlist has links to posts in Archive mode, if you prefer regular mode then go to the original Masterlist.

Dollhouse aired live on TV (Fox) Friday nights at 9 pm from February 13, 2009 to January 29, 2010. Eliza appeared in every episode of Dollhouse’s two seasons, most often playing Echo. Echo is part of a top secret corporate operation, based out of the Los Angeles "Dollhouse" location.

This was Eliza's second TV show where she was a series regular cast member, after Tru Calling. Eliza also served as series producer.

When the S2 DVD was released in October 2010, Eliza shared:

"I love it, I miss it. It's been so long since I've done interviews about the show. I have all these beautiful, nostalgic feelings coming back. It’s bittersweet. I’m so proud of what we did.”

(banner credit to thetvdb.com, other images credit to ElizaDushku.org, quote credit to Gizmodo)

If you have not seen Dollhouse yet, skip the original unaired pilot "Echo" since it has spoilers. As of January 2025, Dollhouse is streaming for free in the USA on The CW. It is also available for purchase on other streaming providers, and has been released on DVD and BluRay.

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Dollhouse masterlist!

February 2009 - January 2010 | Dollhouse. Eliza Dushku plays Echo and others - full 27 episode masterlist below! (Eliza appears in every episode.) Echo is part of a top secret corporate operation, and she is based out of the Los Angeles "Dollhouse."

NEW: This post was modified in Jan 2025 to match the new Dollhouse Visual Masterlist. Links over there take you to the Archive View, but this post (the text only Masterlist) goes to the regular view. The new Masterlist is Eliza focused and spoiler free.

Episodes in parentheses did not air live on TV.

EPISODE MASTERLIST: (0x00 Echo) 1x01 Ghost 1x02 The Target 1x03 Stage Fright 1x04 Gray Hour 1x05 True Believer 1x06 Man on the Street 1x07 Echoes 1x08 Needs 1x09 A Spy in the House of Love 1x10 Haunted 1x11 Briar Rose 1x12 Omega (1x13 Epitaph One) 2x01 Vows 2x02 Instinct 2x03 Belle Chose 2x04 Belonging 2x05 The Public Eye 2x06 The Left Hand 2x07 Meet Jane Doe 2x08 A Love Supreme 2x09 Stop Loss 2x10 The Attic 2x11 Getting Closer 2x12 The Hollow Men 2x13 Epitaph Two: Return

You can also find the episode list by season in the Dollhouse posters.

OTHER: multi [multiple episodes, sometimes also tagged by episode] opening credits bts and cast icons [and gifpacks, etc] promos and stills every episode meme (work in progress) polls [only the Dollhouse polls] all [everything! can also be viewed in archive mode]

Dollhouse aired in the 9 pm Friday night timeslot, and has an overall IMDB rating of 8 / 10. S1 was shot on 35 mm film but S2 was shot on high-definition video. Eliza also served as series producer on Dollhouse. This was Eliza's second TV show where she was a series regular cast member, after Tru Calling.

CHARACTERS: Topher - Fran Kranz Victor - Enver Gjokaj Boyd - Harry Lennix Paul - Tahmoh Penikett Sierra - Dichen Lachman Adelle - Olivia Williams Saunders - Amy Acker Dominic - Reed Diamond Senator - Alexis Denisof Bennett - Summer Glau Alpha - [SPOILER] Mellie - Miracle Laurie

We use a consistent character name even if the actor plays more than one character. See our Navigation page for more details.

In case you haven't seen this show: On Dollhouse a corporation runs an underground establishment (known as the "Dollhouse") that programs individuals referred to as Actives (or Dolls) with temporary personalities and skills. The series follows the Active known as "Echo" on her journey toward self-awareness. (x)

If you are new to Dollhouse skip the unaired pilot Echo because it has spoilers.

(both gifs thanks to brainpocalpyse!)

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Eliza got a shout-out in the reddit AMA of Dollhouse co-star Dichen Lachman

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