Fox has announced that it won’t be continuing with Dollhouse though it will finish production of its current second season thirteen episode order. It’s completely expected news given its poor ratings and the fact that Fox already took it off the air for November sweeps. It’s also a bit disappointing considering how good the show has become, with its last aired episode being a really phenomenal exploration of the dark depths the Dollhouse’s personality and memory implants make possible.
Oh well. On the bright side, even before this news Whedon was planning to give the season’s thirteenth episode some resolution and finality, and that’s been reiterated again. I wasn’t really a fan of the “Epitaph One” episode that skipped into the future, or at least I didn’t like its execution, so I’m not concerned about possibly not reaching that stage of the plot again.
Whedon posted this over at Whedonesque:
Hmm. Apparently my news is not news.
I don’t have a lot to say. I’m extremely proud of the people I’ve worked with: my star, my staff, my cast, my crew. I feel the show is getting better pretty much every week, and I think you’ll agree in the coming months. I’m grateful that we got to put it on, and then come back and put it on again.
I’m off to pursue internet ventures/binge drinking. Possibly that relaxation thing I’ve read so much about. By the time the last episode airs, you’ll know what my next project is. But for now there’s a lot of work still to be done, and disappointment to bear.
Thank you all for your support, your patience, your excellent adverts. See you again. -j.
Dollhouse will return to the air in December for back-to-back episodes on Fridays.
