After the first episode of Dollhouse, I wondered whether I was a moron or just too big of a Joss Whedon fan. The show was so roundly panned by most people I know that I doubted whether the wonderful potential complexity that I saw was really there. People whose opinions I respect on TV shows, on movies, on fiction generally were not very high. Since the days after the first episode, I have largely avoided reading anything anyone I know was saying about the show. I figured I would watch it for however long Fox was willing to keep it on the air and be sad and outraged when they eventually cancel it–probably just as it’s really hitting its stride.

I have been more and more impressed with the show each week. When I have read stuff in the media about the show, it has still mostly been not that positive. A lot of the specific story and plot objections have seemed completely unfounded to me, though. It really seemed to me that they didn’t understand what Whedon is doing with the show. Again, I was starting to wonder whether I was a moron or too much of a fan boy. If the media people (who generally appreciate Whedon’s style) weren’t big on the show, weren’t seeing the layers that I see, then maybe they aren’t there. Maybe the fan boy thing was clouding my judgment. Maybe I looked at the lengthy period of brainstorming and development between Whedon and Dushku prior to actual production as an indicator of quality that wasn’t there.

I feel pretty vindicated after last night.

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