Synopsis: DOLLHOUSE 2.01 “VOWS”: Echo is sent on an engagement as the new bride of a wealthy financier and must find evidence connecting him to illegal activities in the season premiere DOLLHOUSE episode “Vows”.

Here’s something I never thought I’d be posting back in May: Season 2 of Dollhouse airs tonight on FOX.

Regular readers of WD will know that I have long been interested in the underlying themes of Dollhouse, but ultimately disappointed with the superficial, shallow and muddled nature of the first season (most of it anyway -- some of the later episodes were quite good). As such I am not the world’s biggest Dollhouse fan, but I am still here with the WD, and I do still hold out hope that the show can finally begin to fulfill its premise.

With that in mind, I’m going to wipe the slate clean, pretend that “Target” and “Stage Fright” never happened, and give the show a chance. Here’s hoping season 2 will deliver.

Promotional Trailer:

OK. I’m giving Dollhouse another chance, but let’s not go overboard -- “television’s ultimate mind game”. Statements like that really don’t help.

Sneak Peek:

Feel free to give your rating for 2.01 “Vows”:

Here’s the best of the latest from the Dollhouse..

Zap2It interview with Tahmoh Penikett:

Continue below the jump for Joss Whedon interviews and a behind the scenes look at the season 2 Dollhouse photo shoot:

Joss Whedon talks about the struggles defining Dollhouse in season 1, and how he believes they will address the problem in season 2:

“Before, it was just an idea,” Whedon admitted on Dollhouse’s stage set on 20th Century Fox’s back lot. “It was an idea we had a lot of trouble defining — and people got to see that.

“Now, we feel the idea is defined. We understand what it is. We know now what our cast is capable of. Our mandate now is, how far can we take this? How much can we twist the knife?”

The conspiracy tale about empaths, so-called “dolls” whose identities have been wiped clean and imprinted with new personalities, debuted earlier this year to mixed reviews. Some critics thought the concept was engaging and provocative, while others just found it pretentious.

The new season will find Eliza Dushku’s character, Echo, experiencing recurring blackouts and flashbacks. She is beginning to suspect who she really is. And she has a mission.

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Behind the scenes of the Dollhouse season 2 photo shoot:

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Our friends at FEARnet talk to Joss Whedon about what’s in store for the characters this season and where the story-arc is heading:

How will Echo, with the many characters she’s flashing to, come in to her own this season?
Basically through force of will.  She did have all those personalities dumped into her at once, and as we pick up, we are going to find out that that is starting to affect her.  She is much more directed, and driven – even in her Doll state, she is growing and learning.  She understands she has a mission now, to get everyone back to their personalities.

How many seasons do you see Dollhouse going?
The premise is limited, and I think by season 17 you are going to see us repeating ourselves.

Do you have a “pitch” to bring in new viewers, or is it simply, “watch the season 1 DVD?”
No, it’s more like buy the DVD.  Buy some for your friends.  Then have discussion groups, where you buy more.  Too subtle?

What role will Ray Wise be playing in the new season?
He will appear in episode six, as the head of another house.  He will interact with Olivia – it should be very exciting.

How arced will the show be this season?
The show is going to be pretty arc-y.  Clearly what people respond to is the workings of the Dollhouse, and the progression of the characters in it, and we are going to honor that.  At the same time, I’m very much of the mind where you need to resolve something in an episode.  You can’t just create a series of twists and turns with no end.  You need a sense of completion, so you will still have engagements.  But those engagements will feed in to the main arc as well.

How much will the DVD-only episode, “Epitaph One” factor in to this season?
Originally, it was my intention to start in that era, then come back, but there was just too much information in my first episode.  What we are talking about doing is perhaps revisiting that timeline towards the end of this season, in a similar fashion.  We are also looking at the show through the lens of that episode, looking at the global concepts of how this power is used and abused.  You don’t have to have seen “Epitaph One” to understand it, but it does help.  It adds a layer.

A lot of people were convinced you would be cancelled after season 1.  What do you think saved you?
The nature of the business is the nature of the fan base, and the nature of the fan base is that they are in it for the long haul.  They are nurturing and intense about it, and they will see it through.  The fans are still interested in my work years after it has gone off the air.  Buffy still sells.  Firefly still sells.  That’s a business thing for the studio.  They are in it for the long haul.  In the old system, these shows would have stopped generating income, but with the advent of DVD and the eventual monetization of online streaming, there is a market there that exists beyond your Nielsen numbers.

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Here’s the latest from the world of Dollhouse - including the official promo photos and press release for episode 2.02, news of a new cast member joining the show, and more, below the jump (spoiler alert):

Here are the official promotional images for Dollhouse Season 2 episode “Instinct”:

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Thanks to wiesengrund in the comments for letting me know that “Instinct” will air as the second episode of the new season.  (corrected above).

And here is the “Instinct” press release:

ECHO’S MATERNAL INSTINCTS KICK INTO OVERDRIVE ON “DOLLHOUSE” FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, ON FOX

When Echo is imprinted as a mother with a newborn baby, she takes too strongly to motherhood as a result of Topher’s modifications. Meanwhile, Adelle pays November a visit, and Perrin ramps up his investigation into the Rossum Corporation in the “Instinct” episode of DOLLHOUSE airing Friday, Oct. 2 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Eliza Dushku as Echo; Tahmoh Penikett as Paul Ballard; Olivia Williams as Adelle DeWitt; Harry Lennix as Boyd Langton; Fran Kranz as Topher Brink; Enver Gjokaj as Victor; Dichen Lachman as Sierra

Guest Cast: Miracle Laurie as November/Madeline; Alexis Denisof as Senator Daniel Perrin; Kristoffer Polaha as Nate Jordan; Stacey Scowley as Cindy Perrin.

Dollhouse features in the new SOFOX fall promo:

There’s news of another new addition to the Dollhouse cast -- Repear’s Ray Wise joins the show, as reported by Digital Spy:

Former Reaper star Ray Wise has landed a role on the second season of Dollhouse, says Entertainment Weekly.
The 62-year-old actor, who played Lucifer for two years on The CW series, has reportedly been lined up for a recurring role on the Joss Whedon drama.
Wise’s previously television credits include Twin Peaks,24and Psych.

Jamie Bamber and Keith Carradine have also signed on to appear in the second season of Dollhouse, which premieres Friday, September 25 on Fox.

Dollhouse scoop from EW:

Question: What can you tell us about Summer Glau’s character Bennett on Dollhouse? —Derrick
Ausiello: She’s not some lowly Dollhouse employee — she’s a chief programmer like Topher! Speaking of D’house, the new Entertainment Weekly contains a major spoiler about Ray Wise’s character. You might want to pick one of those up.

Question: How about some new Dollhouse scoop, please? —Peter
Ausiello: I’m going to let Tahmoh Penikett take this one. “At the end [of the premiere], there is a very important conversation between Echo and Paul where she lets me know that she’s functioning with all these personalities in her mind at once and that she knows what is going on. It changes the playing field if the main doll has awareness of her situation. I like that it isn’t all damsel in distress, and Paul is starting to realize that.”

Wired take us inside the Dollhouse:

Joss Whedon’s new sci-fi series Dollhouse is based on an intriguing idea: a secret organisation which hires out programmed people who fulfil the fantasies and peccadilloes of the very, very rich.

The ‘dolls’ of the title live in Conran-style underground lair, all mood lighting, dark wood, and yoga classes, and are programmed and dressed up for different missions with clients, their brains and identities wiped clean after each engagement.

There’s something extremely creepy about the idea of meat puppets used, among other things, as very expensive sex toys. There’s many a coy pan around the smoked glass communal showers, and the credits include images of Eliza Dushku’s beautiful heroine Echo dressed as geisha, and rolling up her stockings.

However, after some throat-clearing exposition in the initial episodes the writing and the cast settle down, and the Whedon starts to do what he does best: grind through the logic of the situation, keep the audience guessing, and work both hi story and his characters about twice as hard as most ordinary genre television.

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The cast and crew tease Dollhouse season 2.

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Below the jump catch an interview with Joss Whedon as he looks back at season 1 and ahead to the new season of Dollhouse (may contain spoilers):

Q: How does it feel to be back for a Season 2?

Joss: This process has been like skiing in a cartoon, where you go up the mountain and down the mountain, and up and down. Right now, we are pretty high up on it because we realized that we were actually going to have to work for a living, this summer. The first thing I did was get together with my writers and start talking about what possibilities there were, particularly after we had made an incredibly strange book-end to the show, with “Epitaph One.” And, what we discovered was that the possibilities were entirely limitless, and that we had more excitement and enthusiasm about the show than we did by a country mile, last year. We are in it now.

Q: Are you more confident in what the show is now?

Joss: Before, it was an idea that we had a lot of trouble defining, and America got to watch that. Now, we feel like it is defined. The network understands what it is, and we understand what it is. We know what our cast is capable of, which is wonders. We came in with the most excitement, and have been having a great deal of fun, ever since. The mandate has been, “How far can we take this? How much can we twist the knife? Where can we find alliances that we did not have? Where can we pull people apart, who seem to be together? And, most importantly, how can we build Echo up from nothing?”

That’s basically where she started last year, and we want to really give her a sense of momentum and purpose that will ground the show, in a way that it couldn’t be last year. It has been our mission statement to make things harder for everybody, find ways to bring back all the extraordinary re-occurring actors we had and, most importantly, let things begin to cohere. And, the good news about that is, once Echo starts really realizing that, as a person, she not only exists, but she has a mission and something she wants.

Q: Will what happened to Echo in the Season 1 finale affect her in Season 2?

Joss: This year, we are going to see the results of everything she went through last year, particularly the event with Alpha, where Echo was downloaded with all of her personalities. We are going to see what affect that’s had on her, and we are going to find her to be a great deal less passive and a great deal more directed in what she wants. That is, of course, going to make her life a lot harder. The more she finds out about what is going on around her, and the more we find out, the creepier it is going to get because creepy is what it makes it fun.

Q: How will “Epitaph One” change things within the series itself?

Joss: “Epitaph One” did present the particular problem of serving two masters — people who had seen it and people who hadn’t. I am used to that. I made an entire movie (Serenity) that had that problem, and only that problem. So, we talked about, “Do we want to just forget about it?” And, the answer was that we were fascinated by that world, in its connection to this world. We will see the future again. In fact, we will see it, first thing. We will go back in time, as a book-end structure for this first episode. So, if you haven’t seen that, it will explain itself. It will say what that episode said, which is that all of this will result in disaster.

The actual bulk of the show takes place three months after the events of “Omega,” but we will be visiting that future, every now and then. It will not be something where we can change it, or where we send people back in time, or that anybody has metal under their flesh. I love that stuff, but apparently that gets you canceled.

Q: What did you think when they told you that “Epitaph One” wouldn’t air on television? Were you disappointed?

Joss: When they told me it wasn’t going to air, I thought, “Oh, well, we’ve been canceled.” I was disappointed because I thought, “What a great way to go out.” And, I was so proud of what we had accomplished. I loved that episode and the performances in it, from the people we had in the future and from our regular cast, in the bits they did where they all got to play a little something that they hadn’t played before. I really, really wanted it to be on, so when all of that didn’t happen, after a lot of begging and whining on my part, I figured, “Well, okay, that is the death nail. It is just not worth it to them.” So, there was a little bit of re-calibration.

It wasn’t a question of panic, so much as, “Okay, well, it is going to be on the DVD. It will exist, and the true fans will go to it.” Now, it does create the problem of the new viewers versus the old, but any season does. We have so many regulars and relationships, and so much mythology already, around the central premise that this woman can be anyone, that this first episode has a lot of catching up for any viewer, whether or not “Epitaph One” was a part of it.

Q: You’ve said that viewers shouldn’t necessarily rely on what we saw in those memories in “Epitaph One.” Will there be a way that we can trust you, as storytellers, or will you be a wiggling out of some of the things that you showed us in the future?

Joss: Yes, I did say that the flash forwards of our own characters, and what they’re going through, was based on an imprint memory that could be somewhat faulty. And, I said that for the exact reason that we may want to fudge that. There is no way you can map out a television show completely, in the first year, because in the fourth year, you find out that, “My God, that works so much better,” and to be wed to the other thing would be a disservice, so we did allow ourselves some wiggle room. I also do not think of it as cheating because they are my rules. It is my show and, if you do not like my show, I’m going home.

But, no, it isn’t because this whole thing is about perceived reality. It is about the difference in how I think of you, and how you think of you, and the events. So, to me, it made sense to have that in our pocket. What we are doing is basically moving towards those memories, but we are also being very cagey about the context. The great thing about all of those scenes is that they asked as many questions as they provided answers for, and some of the answers to some of those questions will not be what people expect.

Q: In regard to the character of Echo, one of the common criticisms among viewers was that it was hard to connect to her, as a character, because she was wiped clean, at the end of every episode. Going forward, how do you envision people being able to connect to Echo if, in the end, she is just going to be blank again? Or, is she going to be that well impacted by all of those downloads in the Season 1 finale?

Joss: She has gone to a new level this season, and we will see that she has a cohesiveness and a mission that makes every engagement mean a great deal more to her. And, Echo has her own agenda, which is something she didn’t quite have before. We built to that in “Omega,” when she had been dumped with all the personalities and we heard her say her name. At the end of the first episode back, we are going to see how far she’s come, and it’s a little further than the people around her know. So, we are addressing that exact thing.

Q: So, even after her wipes, she is going to have a personality that viewers will see?

Joss: We are going to see her as we know her, and then we are going to see something very different. That is pretty much all I can say.

Q: Whether it’s really true or not, how does it feel to know that Kevin Reilly says he is motivated by fear from your fans?

Joss: He should fear them. God knows, we do. I think he was probably motivated by what we are all motivated by. It is definitely true that the fans made themselves heard, but that was by loving the thing and DVR-ing it.

There was no angry campaign. There was no bottles of anything being sent. There wasn’t any of that. It was just the studio’s understanding that the math of television is different than in used to be. We may not go out as broad as something like Lost, but the fans will come, forever. That revenue stream does not dry up. That is the thing that ultimately motivated them.

Q: You’ve talked about having trouble defining the show, in the first season, which seemed to have a lot to do with having very attractive people doing shower scenes. Can you talk more about the pressures that you had from the network, and what you are doing to deal with that?

Joss: The network did not pressure us to have shower scenes, in every episode. That just happened, naturally. But, we actually haven’t broken a story with a shower scene yet, in Season 2. We are a little disappointed in ourselves, and we know that we have let America down, too.

They were not pressuring us to make the show sexier or edgier. They were basically pressuring us to make the show safer and easier to take, which is completely understandable, on a perfectly reasonable agenda. I’m just not very good at that. So, if there is something in the show that seems a little bit off, or maybe a little bit racy, know that that was totally me and Andrew Chambliss. The other writers are all Mormons.

Q: What was important to you, in defining the show for Season 2?

Joss: Defining the show meant getting out of the idea that it was only an engagement-of-the-week adventure show. Ultimately, the reason that people were coming back to the show, and the reason the show became fascinating, was the cast. That’s what people tuned in to see. It wasn’t necessarily the engagement-of-the-week, though we work very hard to make those as interesting and as useful as possible, to reflect back on everybody.

But, ultimately, it was the ensemble. It was the people and the characters that we wanted to talk about. As soon as we had license to do that, and as soon as the inner workings of the Dollhouse became as important as the engagements, then we felt that the show started to work, and the network felt the same thing.

Q: You said that last season, you didn’t necessarily have the show defined. In retrospect, do you think you might have just been a little too candid about the difficulties you were having, finding the show?

Joss: The thing is, I can’t help it. The struggle we were going through was monumental. The struggle the cast was going through was reflective of the fact that we never shot one single episode in order. We literally had to give them memos about what they knew or didn’t know yet, for every show, because we were scrambling so much.

I may, in fact, be too candid, but we were under a microscope. Every time we got shut down, people wanted answers and some explanation. And, if an episode was nothing more than diverting, and we hadn’t quite gotten in the experience as much, I wanted people to know that I knew that, and that we were trying to get something out. The struggle we had was causing it to stumble a little bit. I can’t put something out there that is less than what it could be, without some sort of explanation. If I didn’t say anything, the fans tended to panic. But, I also can’t help myself. I wanted people to know the truth.

Q: Can the post-apocalyptic stuff in “Epitaph One” be avoided?

Joss: I tend to think not. “Epitaph One” makes our job more interesting. It basically did give us a sense of direction, and a sense of exactly where we wanted to go with the season. The stuff that happens in “Epitaph One” is 10 years down the road. The show could run for a long time, before any of that stuff starts to manifest. But, it did give us a sense of what we wanted to talk about, in terms of the external world, the abuse of power, the internal workings of the Dollhouse, the alliances that are going to form and the feuds that are going to happen.

Q: Can you still make a show for however many million per episode, if you are only on TV for a few million people, but you are number one with these other new measures? Does the business model change, depending on where and how the show is watched?

Joss: The business model does change. It breaks down, between the studio and the network. The network has the revenue of airing it. The studio has the revenue of owning it. And, ownership is now part of television. DVD is really the market, although that market will, of course, be sucked up by the Internet, once that technology progresses, in a few years. It’s not so much about being streamed for huge amounts of money, but all of those revenue streams are taken into account.

It used to be who was tuned in that night, but our DVR numbers were about the highest, while our Friday night numbers were hilarious. So, they are taking all of that into account. Also, DVDs and feeds are being bought now, 10 years after the fact, so they are thinking long-term, which is not something you expect from these people, so we are really grateful for that.

Q: If you got the same exact numbers, at the end of Season 2, given your experience this past year, would you still be worried or would you be more confident?

Joss: I do not think I have a worry left in me. I think I have reached a zen place. And, the fact is that I got to tell stories with this cast. Had they taken all of that away from me, I felt like “Epitaph One” was a hell of a way to go out, even though it was made for very strange reasons. But, I am so grateful to be back here now, taking it one day at a time.

I’m always preparing for the storm. That is how I used to live with Buffy. We ended every season knowing that, if that was the last episode, we’d feel some sense of closure. We are trying to do that same thing, without ever closing the door. So, as long as I am getting to play with these people, I’m happy. The numbers have never been my concern. I have never done huge numbers. I am not a big hit guy. What I do is find the best ensembles on television, and then I make them work their asses off. And, as long as I get to do that, I am happy.

Q: How much can you use Amy Acker this season, given her new series?

Joss: Not nearly as much as we would like, but we are going to make the most of her in those few episodes.

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Here’s the latest batch of Dollhouse season 2 promotional posters (click to enlarge).

Continue after the jump to read a spoilery look at the season 2 premiere – “Vows”:

A spoilery look at the season 2 premiere episode – “Vows”:

This might not sound like good news, but it is – the first episode of the second season of “Dollhouse,” is very relaxed. Not a whole lot happens, but this actually could be a good sign. The season premiere, “Vows,” (it airs Sept. 25 9/8 C) feels like it was made to set up the entire season, and not just to grab attention. Joss Whedon isn’t really known for his bang-up pilots (he’s not J.J. Abrams in that regard), he’s more known for setting up a show’s characters, dynamics, humor and some philosophical fat to chew on.

Why relaxed is better is that instead of feeling like everything has to be very self-contained and bursting with craziness, Whedon and company seem to be taking the approach that they have time to tell their stories and to tell them right. Sure, there’s no guarantee of a third season for “Dollhouse” (and a cancellation after this season would be a lot more painful), but they’re acting like it is and that’s good. Season 1 was pretty good, and got progressively better, but I have a feeling Season 2 is going to be great now that the jitters are gone.

What was kind of missing last year, especially from the first half of Season 1, was an ensemble cast we could care about. One of Whedon’s biggest strengths — and something that’s happened in all his previous shows — is developing this entourage of well-drawn characters, who interact in interesting ways, and are outsiders because of what they’re dealing with. Buffy and company couldn’t reveal to most that they were quietly going about saving Sunnydale from eternal damnation; the Firefly crew were scavengers with two fugitives on board and Angel and his compadres were working to bring down the evil Wolfram & Hart. “Dollhouse” lacked that cohesive group of people we really cared about, partly because the dolls don’t have personalities at all. But in the first episode, it looks like they’re fixing that absence of a Scooby gang contingent.

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Above? That’s the season 2 Dollhouse promo photo -- clearly Echo centric. I guess they have a thing for guns? Which is strange because Dollhouse doesn’t strike me as that kind of show -- they might as well have left THAT kind of show on the air. It’s a stylish enough effort, but as usual with Dollhouse it lacks a strong thematic purpose. Clever tagline though. (and nice heels).

With the release of the season 1 DVD, and the season 2 premiere fast approaching, there have been some other post-worthy tidbits knocking around, including clips from said DVD, sneak peaks and gleeful promo -- all after the jump:

Dollhouse Season 2 Promo:

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It seems they still haven’t learned -- promoting the show around 1 actress when the ensemble is way way better. And they actually included the ridiculous midwife scene -- what? Have we gone back in time learning nothing? But that Glee thing looks pretty funny, I’m SO watching that..

Dollhouse Season 2 Sneak Peek:

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Special features from the Dollhouse season 1 DVD:

“Designing The Perfect Dollhouse”

“Coming Home”:

“Finding Echo”:

“A Private Engagement”:

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FOX have released a press release for the second season of Dollhouse, which details the arrival of some new faces for season 2.

Click the jump to read the press release:

SUMMER GLAU MOVES INTO JOSS WHEDON’S “DOLLHOUSE”

ALEXIS DENISOF, JAMIE BAMBER, MICHAEL HOGAN AND KEITH CARRADINE MAKE GUEST APPEARANCES DURING SEASON TWO

Series Returns Friday, September 25, on FOX

Summer Glau (“Firefly,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) reunites with Joss Whedon when the actress joins the cast of DOLLHOUSE this fall in a recurring role as BENNETT, a Dollhouse employee who shares a past with ECHO (Eliza Dushku). The second season of DOLLHOUSE premieres Friday, Sept. 25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Additional guest stars appearing throughout the upcoming second season include Alexis Denisof (“Angel”), Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”), Michael Hogan (“Battlestar Galactica”) and Keith Carradine (“Dexter”). DANIEL PERRIN (Denisof) is a U.S. senator leading a witch hunt to track down the underground organization. Mysterious, charismatic businessman MARTIN KLAR (Bamber) is Echo’s new husband. BRADLEY KARRENS (Hogan) comes to the Dollhouse hoping to stop a psychotic family member’s killing spree, while MATTHEW HARDING (Carradine), a nemesis of Dollhouse leader ADELLE DEWITT (Olivia Williams), stirs up trouble. Additionally, DR. CLAIRE SAUNDERS/WHISKEY (Amy Acker) and MADELINE/NOVEMBER (Miracle Laurie) return this season in multiple-episode arcs.

DOLLHOUSE is produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was created by Joss Whedon, who also serves as executive producer, writer and director. Tim Minear and David Solomon are executive producers, while Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas are co-executive producers. Additionally, series star Eliza Dushku serves as a producer.

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Well, Dollhouse just became more worthwhile all of a sudden. I do worry about Summer Glau being typecast but I think she’ll bring something extra to the show.

Here are the all-new Dollhouse Season 2 Cast photos. featuring (L-R) Dichen Lachman, Fran Kranz, Enver Gjokaj, Olivia Williams, Eliza Dushku, Tahmoh Penikett and Harry Lennix. Click the link below to view all of the photos:

A mixture of in-character and out of character photos there. Not quite as good as the Fringe promotional photos, in my opinion, but thankfully less ‘Echo’ focused than last season’s lot.

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Season 2 of Dollhouse is almost upon us, and to bridge the gap we have 10 (rather small) promotional photos and the official episode description for 2.01. Click through the jump to view both:

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DOLLHOUSE 2.01 “VOWS”: Echo is sent on an engagement as the new bride of a wealthy financier and must find evidence connecting him to illegal activities in the season premiere DOLLHOUSE episode “Vows” airing Friday, Sept. 25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Thanks to Joanne for sending this through to us!

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A week in the life of Dollhouse, after the jump:

Dollhouse At The Television Critics Association (TCA)

Pressure & Expectations for Season 2:

“There’s less pressure on it and when we told Joss what we were going to do, ‘we can give you better time slots, but you’re going to be under a lot of pressure’ I believe what he said to me, ‘I’m actually comfortable staying on, rather than having a bigger rating and the pressure of not being able to see the order through,’”
“We want the same stability we had last year,” says Reilly. “The same ratings would be just fine. We’re looking at the cume as well. I’d like to see it continue its creative consistency, which I believe it will and I want to see a show we can lock in to week in and week out.”

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Ratings (UK)

The season finale of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse brought in 152k (0.8%) on Tuesday night, according to early ratings figures.

The episode, shown at 9pm, beat last week’s effort of 111k (0.7%), but failed to top the series opener, which logged 263k (1.3%) for Sci Fi on Tuesday, May 19. A bonus episode not broadcast in the US will air on Sci Fi next week.

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Photos

Joss Whedon on set for season 2 Dollhouse filming:

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TCA:

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Spoilers

Joss Whedon confirms we’ll be seeing more of the “Attic” in season 2, and more of what to expect:

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Episode 2.02 will be called “Belle Chose”.

In episode 2.03 we’ll meet a character named Cindy – Cute and smart politician’s wife (think young Hillary Clinton) [SpoilerTV]