Dollhouse
Seen it?2009 | 2 seasons | 44 min | Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Sunday Safe BetWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Solid across the board without standing out anywhere. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans and action fans. If you loved Firefly or Battlestar Galactica, start here.
- The mood
- Mind-bending.
- The pace
- 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 44 minutes, about 18 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14: scary moments. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It was cancelled, so the story may not get a proper ending.
Echo is a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals whose personalities have been wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Confined between missions to a secret facility known as the Dollhouse, the "Actives" are hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected to wholly become—with mind, personality and physiology—whomever the client wants or needs them to be. They know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time—or do they?
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
63% on Rotten Tomatoes, 57 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Ran for 2 seasons and reached a modest audience; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 168K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Sunday Safe Bet. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 2 is the high point.
Season 12009 · 12 episodes · 7.7 out of 10Saturday- Season 22009 · 13 episodes · 8.0 out of 10Saturday
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Cast & crew
Created by Joss Whedon
- Eliza DushkuEcho / Caroline Farrell
- Fran KranzTopher Brink
- Olivia WilliamsAdelle DeWitt
- Dichen LachmanSierra
- Enver GjokajVictor
- Tahmoh PenikettPaul Ballard
- Harry LennixBoyd Langton