Reviews

Overall, an okay episode. But here's the thing. It would have been obvious to Adama at the time of the stealth mission that destroying a ship would immediately supply evidence to the Cylons that the armistice line had been breached. In the BSG universe humans and Cylons are the only intelligent beings, so any wreckage would be a sign of human intrusion.

I don't love dungeon episodes, but that's not my main complaint. There was a relatively brief shootout in which each agent agent expended between maybe 7-10 rounds out of the 13 their service pistols hold. Bishop says she has two rounds left, while Torres has only one. Fine. That's not unbelievable. But what is unbelievable is that they would not each be carrying an extra magazine.

I suppose the writers thought being almost out of ammo would help amplify drama, but doing so at the expense of realism has a net negative impact.

Another ridiculous story element is to have a registered historical site not appearing on maps.

There are other problems, but I won't go on.

Hewitt was supposed to deeply resent Jesse, but in reality there was barely any connection between the two. Hewitt's rampage against the former partner who betrayed him makes sense, but there is no logical association between Hewitt killing a policewoman and Jesse closing in from another direction. It was a run of the mill police operation.

Sadder than the above is presenting the star of the show as a miserable father. Not a good way to attract viewers to the show.

Highly unlikely that a high ranking official would let a kingpin go free, even to save an employee. But on the outside chance that they did do so without authority, they would immediately be suspended, and would ultimately be demoted or fired. They could even conceivably be charged with a crime. That Isobel wasn't punished renders the episode absurd, and weakens the status of the show as a serious drama. The FBI series is being reduced to nonsense.

It's also worth mentioning that the episode literally offered propaganda that drug kingpins are honorable, even noble. Disgusting.

The episode is devoted primarily to the background of Grant and Kathryn's relationship, as well as where it seems to be headed.

The biggest takeaway, though, is that medical resources in the future, while advanced, are allocated in a very unequal way. The elect get premium treatment, while ordinary people, including even most travelers, get squat.

I just finished watching the entire series. The theme of each of the two seasons are rather different.

Season 1 focuses on individuals who have more or less voluntarily agreed to be brain-wiped and reprogrammed to perform various services, often sexual, to paying clients. An isolated FBI agent is engaged in an investigation into the apparent disappearance of these people. However, the last episode of the season jumps ahead to a post-apocalyptic future, the relevance of which becomes clear in the next season.

Season 2 is focused on a grand conspiracy to take over the world by means of the brain wiping technology. There is a lot of cloak and dagger activity, as well as action and violence. The origin of the dystopian future depicted in the last episode of the first season stems from the aforementioned conspiracy.

Topics brought to the forefront throughout the series include the nature of personal identity, the dangers of misusing technology, and whether limited-term slavery is ethical.

Overall, I found the series to be good, though not great. But I'm sure Dollhouse would have been a better show if it had been permitted to develop it's storyline over 4 or 5 seasons, instead of being cut short.

The thing that always irritated me about "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" was that it would always conclude with some psychobabble, which would induce the culprit to confess. It's silly to think that criminals who meticulously planned out their crimes would be susceptible to such manipulation. Yet that's how this episode concluded; a psychopath breaking down and confessing when she had all but beaten the rap. Even the rationale behind the confession was weak.