I'm going to have to start with this rant - I need to get it off my chest:
What the hell, Joss?! Seriously, I will never forgive for killing Paul off. Ever. I know I'm biased because he was my favourite character but I'm just so angry! He deserved so much more than what he got and quite frankly I think his death was totally unnecessary - all it was there for was to show that Joss likes to kill love. Gah.
I completely agree. Paul is my favorite character too. I wasn't expecting him to be killed off. After all, him and Echo are the protagonists of the show! Yet, some good did come out of this; Tony and Priya ended up together
His death was so quick and shocking, too. Like Anya's death. Blink and it's over. I would have liked to see Echo tell him she loved him before he died. *sigh*
Anyway...Eliza outshone everyone in this episode, she was totally captivating. Echo's breakdown broke my heart and I cried all the way through. Actually, I was crying from the minute she saw Paul go down because I knew that breakdown was coming.
Me, too...
I think I'm kind of peeved with the direction they took Anthony in. I get that he joined the 'tech' cause because he wanted to be able to help win the war and I'm glad he stepped away from it as soon as he realised that war had been won.
Yeah, I'm peeved too, but I'm not surprised. He reminds me of Riley in a sense, like in that the military is where his passion and purpose lies. Anthony wants to help people. The only reason he joined the DH in the first place was because of his PTSD. If that hadn't happened, I doubt he would have quit the military. I'm shocked he would leave his son to fight, but I understand on some level. He just got...lost. His son brought him back to the world.
When I first realised what it was that Alpha had left for Echo, I thought it was so touching, but I'm also thinking about the fact it's rather strange now too, lol. But it made Echo happy so it's good enough for me.
Wait, do you mean Paul's imprint? I was under the impression that Tpher left that for her in order to "pay her back" for erasing Paul's love for her.
I am truly going to miss Dollhouse, but I will also watch it over and over. The finale was by no means the best episode of season two, but the whole show was and always had been more than it was ever given credit for.
Totally agreed! It took me a while to warm up to the show, but now that I'm thoroughly attached to it and sad indeed to see it go. It only got better and better.
That being said, I still don't like Joss Whedon very much at the moment, lol, and he better hope he doesn't see me in the street because I'm going to kick his ass!
lol! I don't think any of us are too happy with him lately.
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I thought it was Alpha?! I can't imagine Topher was in a fit state to have anything to do with the chair, nor think about Echo individually, purely because he couldn't think past anything about his own task. I think it's appropriate for Alpha to have done it considering what he did to Paul in the first place. And I thought it was Alpha that Adelle said told her to destroy all the tech starting with the chair?
The only reason I thought it was
Topher was because Adelle said Topher said that Echo should destroy all the tech stuff in the DH, and start with the chair.
I agree thought that he certainly wasn't in a state to function enough to find the imprint and leave it for Echo...but maybe, he had a lucid moment. I think he really wanted Echo to have Paul's imprint before he left for good.
It just doesn't make much sense as to why Alpha would do it...he did look sad for Echo when he found out that Paul had died but...
EDIT: Ooh, you think it was Alpha Adelle asked to destroy the tech? Well, maybe I need to re-watch the ep...I thought she told Echo to do it, after she hugged her.
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lol, I figured it was Alpha. I posted above about it. But now I'm not so sure...
I definitely could have heard her wrong!