blog 5 Dollhouse episode 2

                I chose to watch the second episode of Dollhouse because the first one caught my interest. So far this show is proving to be very entertaining and fun to watch. I keep having trouble deciding which characters are bad. The scientist guy seems to have flawed morals but I don’t think he is that bad at heart. He sees the project as art and enjoys his job and I am sure they pay him quite well. Echo’s handler is obviously a good person and doesn’t like the project but he takes care of Echo very well and even takes an arrow for her. I think where the real evil lies, is in the higher ups. But then again, they have only used the “dolls” to help or entertain people in exchange for money and that’s more than many companies can claim in the real world. Even the painful procedures the dolls go through could be seen as a necessary evil in some cases. It is very similar to surgery where in some cases the anesthesia just makes you not remember the pain of the procedure and doesn’t necessarily stop it from occurring. Surgery is a good thing and not seen as morally wrong to put someone through pain they won’t remember in order to help them. In the case of dollhouse, people go through pain they won’t remember in order to help others. It is in sense slavery, but they agree to it beforehand, although it is hinted that they have no real choice in the matter.