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I think partially what may be going on is that what Fox is looking for in a sci-fi is the next X-files. They seemed to be focused on trying to find a series to produce with a lot of stand-alone episodes that can be re-run at any time.

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Originally posted by scouseratheart:
The problem, frankly, is that FOX wanted an Eliza vehicle, and Joss wants to tell a story with Eliza as only one of the crucial main characters. Whenever Dollhouse gets too Echo-centric, the quality plummets.

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Originally posted by EvilDinosaur:
I thought it was cool how they brought back November to draw the parallel between how people handle emotions. November who gave up her grief and just had it wiped away, and Echo who wants to keep it because it helps define her.

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I actually thought that part with Mellie really sucked. It was rationalized, in the first season, that Mellie went into the Dollhouse voluntarily because she couldn't cope with having lost her daughter child. Which is to say, to escape the bad emotions while being a Doll (which, while not wise perhaps, is humanly understandable). And not, as Mellie now explains, to emerge miraculously without the pain after her Dollhouse term was up! Now it's suddenly being presented as a 'Serve a five year long Dollhouse term, and you'll come out without the emotions that troubled you before!' thingy. That don't make no sense. I thought that showed rather bad scripting. A real "Ouch!" moment, for me.

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