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Joss is back on TV but I’m not exactly thrilled.

Perhaps I am just bitter because Whedon once claimed that he would never work with Fox again (which at the time seemed the primary reason why we would never get anymore Firefly), or maybe it is because I’m not a huge fan of Eliza Dushku. Anyway, Joss’ new show is called Dollhouse and stars, as you may have guessed, Eliza Dushku. It has been given a seven episode commission by Fox, who are looking for a Spring 2008 premiere. I’m not saying that I won’t watch it, I’m just not as optimistic as I expected to be. Then again, it is Joss and the best news is that Tim Minear will be back, so I have faith that they’ll make it into something fantastic.

Maybe another reason for my pessimism is the description of the show from Fox:

Echo is a young woman who is literally everybody's fantasy. She is one of a group of men and women who can be imprinted with personality packages, including memories, skills, language—even muscle memory—for different assignments. The assignments can be romantic, adventurous, outlandish, uplifting, sexual and/or very illegal. When not imprinted with a personality package, Echo and the others are basically mind-wiped, living like children in a futuristic dorm/lab dubbed the Dollhouse, with no memory of their assignments—or of much else. The show revolves around the childlike Echo's burgeoning self-awareness, and her desire to know who she was before, a desire that begins to seep into her various imprinted personalities and puts her in danger both in the field and in the closely monitored confines of the Dollhouse.

I’m sure there is much more to the show than shown here, but the description seems to focused on the main character. One of the things I loved about Firefly, Buffy and Angel, was the ensemble cast, so I really hope that they can get a good cast here, and don’t make the show focused entirely on the main character. I also hope that they don’t try and rush things. Seven episodes is not that much time, so I hope they don’t force “burgeoning self-awareness” into the first half of the series.