Exclusive: Dollhouse “Epitaphs” Comic Book First Look

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***UPDATE***

We’ve taken your questions about the release to FOX. The DVD/BD will be packaged with a copy of “Epitaphs” regardless of where you pre-order from (SDCC, Amazon, etc). We’re still waiting to hear back on whether or not the UK release will include the comic. Those who pre-order the set at SDCC will receive a litho created by Dark Horse for Comic-Con, which Mo and Jed will be on-hand to sign.

Why it’s Felicia Day on the cover of a comic book! Fancy that! Here’s a peak at the cover of the new limited edition Dollhouse comic book by Dark Horse Comics, which comes with the season 2 DVD and Blu-ray, set for release on October 12th. The book, which is exclusive to the DVD/BD set, was written by Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen who will be doing a signing at Comic-Con on Friday, 7/23 11:00am to 12:00 noon. You can secure your copy of season two packaged with this limited edition comic starting on Preview Night (Weds) and running through Sunday at SDCC.

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Brilliant ‘Being Human’ hits DVD

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Blood and sex, fangs and full moons, humour and heartache: What’s not to like about Being Human? This supernatural television series from Britain looks like a fully formed, high-concept, sure-fire success.

But looks are deceiving. The brilliance of Being Human is both an accident — and the result of years of hard slogging.

“I think if we had been approached in the beginning to write a supernatural show, we would have ended up with something far less satisfying,” affable series creator Toby Whithouse says from London.

Whithouse is on the telephone to Canada because Being Human: Season 1 debuts Tuesday on DVD and Blu-ray. Both are two-disc sets. They share identical extras, including helpful character profiles and a Whithouse session reminding us how tenuous success really is — especially because the first fanbase was inspired by social media, not conventional ratings.

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Supernatural: A Look Ahead to Episodes 16 and 17

by Debi Moore at Dread Central

We know what rabid fans the show has and how they are always looking ahead to what’s in store for them during the rest of the season. So today we have a look at some photos from Episode 16, “Dark Side of the Moon”, along with brief synopses of both that ep and #17, “99 Problems”.

If you’re thinking “Dark Side of the Moon” sounds like an ominous title, you’d be right since it’s an episode in which both Winchester brothers meet their demise: Ambushed by angry hunters, Sam and Dean are shot and killed and sent to Heaven. Castiel warns Dean that Zachariah is looking for them in Heaven so they need to lay low while searching for an angel named Joshua (guest star Roger Aaron Brown), who can help them since he talks directly to God. While searching for Joshua, the brothers run into some old friends and family members.

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New Promo Poster For ‘True Blood’ Season Three on HBO

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HBO has released the first official teaser one-sheet for its third season of the hit vampire series, True Blood. The new season is set to debut on Sunday, June 13th!

The return to Bon Temps promises more love, action and …werewolves

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‘Vampire Diaries’: Dial up Stefan and Damon

By Korbi Ghosh at Zap2it

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Did you get that?

At the end of Thursday night’s “Vampire Diaries” episode, Elena dialed the phone number above, and yes, kids, it’s a working line.

If you call it up — as we just did four or five times in a row — you’ll hear [a] message left by Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder)…

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Interview With a Vampire…Diaries Star, Katerina Graham

Tierney Bricker at The Post Pioneer

Move over, Sabrina, because there is a new teen witch taking over the small screen — just heavy on the power and minus a talking cat (thankfully.)

20-year-old Katerina Graham masterfully plays said witch, Bonnie Bennett, on The CW’s hit show “The Vampire Diaries.” While viewers initially tuned in to get their daily requirement of vampires, they stuck around for the smart storytelling and complex characters; None more so than Bonnie as a young woman discovering and embracing her power. Graham proves that a witch can totally hang in a vamp’s world. Currently filming the final stretch of episodes in Atlanta, Georgia, Graham took some time to give us an exclusive interview:

Were you surprised when “The Vampire Diaries” became so successful so quickly?

I was very happy and always had a lot of faith in the show.

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Futurama, I Love You, and a To-Do List

by Yvette at Inner Geek

Where were you on March 28, 1999? I was in my apartment, eagerly awaiting and then watching the premiere episode of Futurama. I had a feeling I would like it… but I didn’t realize how much.

After Fox cancelled Futurama (mutter mutter Fox smells of elderberries), there was uproarious fan-demand for the show to be revived—especially after Family Guy came back. …Then totally awesome news from last year’s Comic Con that it was coming back (SQUEE) and would be aired on Comedy Central.

Which brings me to…

My Futurama To-Do List

1. Dig out my 2003-ish era Moore Action Collectibles (still mint in box, of course) to display
2. Re-watch all episodes with the alien language decoder in hand

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A Spoiler Free Review Of The New SGU

Meredith Woerner at io9

Next Friday, Stargate Universe is back! And if you can’t wait a whole week, check out our spoiler-free review of the next episode. Can the series keep hitting the higher standards it set in the last episode?

Everything we’ve been asking for, plot-wise, is starting to happen. All the complaints of “You’re in space in a massive and supposedly amazing spaceship, why isn’t there more space action?” are getting a response at last.

Here is the official synopsis. Beyond that, I promise I won’t spoil anything besides what we already know… but if you don’t want to know anything at all, stop reading.

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Has Your Struggle To Save Dollhouse, Sarah Connor Chronicles And Firefly Been Turned Into A Sitcom?

By Meredith Woerner at io9

Is NBC turning our torment into entertainment? Rumored sitcom Our Show pokes fun at our cancelled-show grieving process.

Here’s the premise: “a group of sci-fi fanboys in a small town shoot their own version of a canceled TV show.”

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That Futurama To Do list looks a lot like mine….except I’ve already watched all of the episodes and translated the alien language signs. I’ve started my “Home Sweet GoTo 10″ cross stitch, but I don’t have any action figures. And I’m not sure how I feel about the sitcom based on fanboys, but we’ll see how they do it. Maybe NBC is trying to capitalize on the success of the Big Bang Theory?

What do you think of the Supernatural pictures? Have you called the number from Vampire Diaries? What do you think of the True Blood poster?

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DOES SCI-FI ALLOW FOR POSSIBILITY OF A SOUL?

With all the avant-garde trends in sci-fi television and movies to allow for cloning and downloading, it poses a mind-bending question: What about a person’s soul?

Perhaps no two television series have addressed so thoroughly this impossible question than the sci-fi dramas “Dollhouse” and “Caprica.” Both are dependent upon the idea that a person’s persona or personality can be saved onto a computer chip and downloaded into another being – whether it be human or robotic.

But as we watched the collision of personal identities between Echo (the imprintable doll) and Caroline (the person) in “Dollhouse,” how can we say which was more entitled to the physical body than the other.

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BEAM ME UP SCOTTY: IS SCIENCE FICTION DESTROYING SCIENCE?

As a genre, science fiction could potentially wield more influence over its followers than any other cultural force. Through film, television, and comics, it has inspired countless socially-awkward young people to think outside the realms of objective reality, even compelling them to congregate en masse in bizarre costumes. Sure, science fiction has been known to attract all kinds of hyper-intellectuals and leaders of tomorrow, but people in the science and sci-fi communities are arguing over how it positively or negatively affects education.

While it’s known primarily for its contribution to popular culture, science fiction has influenced countless minds. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman was influenced by the genre, as was most of the current brain trust at NASA. But when it comes to a sense of real-world educational value, science fiction could be more fiction than science.

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE SCIENCE FICTION POSTERS GONE?

I’ve got two blank spots on the wall behind my TV that are just begging to be filled, so I’ve spent the last few days scouring the web for worthy film posters to fill the void. I’m a bit partial to the UK Quad standard size, so a search through various online poster collections turned up a nice selection of classic sci-fi posters that got me wondering… when did sci-fi posters become so lame? Sure, the overall poster industry has been suffering, but the sci-fi sector has taken a particular flogging. And that makes zero sense considering if anything should be showing creativity in the poster department, it should be a damned science fiction film.

Moon had several outstanding poster designs, but it’s been the only cool game in town recently. District 9‘s was quite striking, but even it also loses points for being a still from the actual movie. So I decided to look up the current posters for some of the more visible sci-fi films left on the docket for 2010 to see if this trend was on the turn around. The results? Not great.

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It seems lately everyone is on a ‘science fiction is getting destroyed, we need more real science in science fiction, and science fiction is dead’ tip.

The following comment astounds me: “Emory physics prof Sidney Perkowitz, has established a set of guidelines for Hollywood producers to help them observe the laws of science and not mislead their fanboy following. These guidelines were in direct response to some of the scientific implausibilities presented in science fiction films.”  Why are we over analyzing sci-fi films to death? Take Starship Troopers, the scientists said that if you scale a bug to the size it is in the film, it would collapse under its own weight. Hence, the major implausibility. I agree, but disagree with applying it to such films, because it means any movie made about humongous bugs could never been made if Hollywood if it were to adhere to such strict guidelines, and there’s been plenty. Why stifle creativity and imagination? Fictional films are suppose to take you on a journey, one of wonderment or horror, implausibility and craziness. It’s an escape. If Hollywood starts abiding by rules that force it to maintain plausibilty in science, what about those disturbing car chases in every action movie, where the car does a quadruple smash bang somersault on concrete, falls off a bridge, into a tank of sharks and the protagonist swims out of the side window, with only a scratch on his forehead. I believe that less than a 10-story tall insect. Car crashes involves physics which is a science. Hello!!

Rant aside, I know what they really mean. They don’t want the  actual use of science within a film to be depicted in such a preposterous way it’s insulting to science itself.  That type of sci-fi flick will have to move over into the fantasy genre I suppose in order not to be scrutinized.

What are your thoughts?

TV Watchtower: When Sci-Fi TV Shows Fall Beneath The Guillotine

By Tiffany Vogt at Airlock Alpha

While shows like “Dollhouse,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Stargate SG-1,” and “Stargate: Atlantis” and even “Lost” are given the opportunity to conclude their series with some semblance of a storyline wrap-up, more frequently networks just unceremoniously yank sci-fi shows off the air without the dignity of a proper send-off or good-bye – “Firefly” being perhaps one of the more glaring examples.

With Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” airing its final episode last month, this is a perfect time to analyze how sci-fi shows are treated by the networks when their time has come. Fortunately, with “Dollhouse,” Joss was given advance notice that Fox was not going to pick up the back nine episodes of the second season, and it allowed him the opportunity to wrap up the series.

That was unlike when Fox abruptly canceled “Firefly” a mere eight years before, which ended with Fox airing “Firefly’s” two-hour pilot as its swan song, a maneuver that still has fans scratching their heads in bewilderment. I mean who airs the two-hour pilot after a show has been canceled? It’s like rubbing it in the fans’ faces that a terrific show was forever gone.

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Will Steven Spielberg Save Science Fiction Television?

By Meredith Woerner at io9

Spielberg is ready to redeem the struggling genre of science fiction on television. His third genre TV show, Nine Lives, might be airing on NBC, and we think Spielberg could be the TV savior we’ve been hoping for.

Spielberg created Nine Lives for the Syfy Channel but it never saw the light of day. The 12-hour miniseries brings back Spielberg’s collaborator Les Bohem, who was a writer on Taken. The series was supposed to be centered on people who seek out near-death situations in order to reunite with dead loved ones. But the project never happened.

But the trades are now reporting that NBC is interested in bringing back this series, if Bohem updates the script.

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New trailer for Doctor Who highlights Matt Smith’s Time Lord

by Patrick Lee at Sci Fi Wire

BBC America has posted a teaser trailer for the upcoming new episodes of Doctor Who, featuring Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gillan as his new companion, which you can view below.

It’s not a series of clips from the episodes, but rather a kind of homage to past episodes and, especially, villains, such as the stone angels from the 2007 episode “Blink,” which happens to have been written by Steven Moffat, Doctor Who‘s new show runner.

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From Vicki to Zoe: The Evolution of Robot Daughters on Television

Teresa Jusino at Tor

On Caprica, Zoe Graystone has become infinitely more compelling now that she exists only as an avatar. While we recognize Daniel and Amanda Graystone’s pain having lost their only daughter, we can’t help but be more fascinated by Avatar Zoe, who experiences life for the first time, despite memories that tell her otherwise, in the body of a seven-foot robot. Zoe is a well-written character and benefits from an intelligent performance by Alessandra Torresani. However, both the writers of Caprica and Ms. Torresani owe a great debt to another jewel in the science-fiction television crown.

I refer, of course, to Small Wonder.

Caprica wasn’t the first sci-fi show to center around a family with a robot daughter, and there are several similarities between it and its 1980s predecessor.

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I think Sci Fi shows are always judged more harshly than normal shows, and less well handled by the network (at least at Fox). Any show will fail if you don’t market it well or to the right audience, or if you change the time slot often, or the day of the week it’s on. I hope that with all of the sci fi movies doing so well lately it will give sci fi shows more opportunity.

What do you think of the Doctor Who trailer? Are you a fan of Caprica?

From Debi Moore at Dread Central: Denis O’Hare Drops Some Hints About True Blood Season 3

Denis O’Hare has a pretty big movie opening this weekend, Martin Campbell’s Edge of Darkness starring Mel Gibson, but during the red carpet premiere just about all anyone wanted to talk to him about was True Blood, in which he’ll be appearing as the Vampire King of Mississippi. Read on for a few of the scoops O’Hare provided.

Are you as evil as they say you’re going to be?

Denis O’Hare: “No! I’m charming. I’m not evil – I’m charming. I’m the Vampire King of Mississippi. And I actually got my fangs today.”

Are we going to see you sucking on people?

Denis O’Hare: “Definitely. Yeah, definitely.”

Okay, but they say you’re the big villain…

Denis O’Hare: “No. I have a point of view. I’m for vampires, and I want them to get their rights. I want them to be preeminent, and I’ll do what I have to do to make that happen.”

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by Fred Topel at Sci Fi Wire: Spoilers! Werewolf rage and nudity due on Vampire Diaries

The CW’s Vampire Diaries returned last week to pay off the pre-holiday cliffhanger, and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) took Elena (Nina Dobrev) on a road trip, Elena finally confronted Stefan (Paul Wesley) about looking exactly like his ex, Katherine. Now the show builds up to the season finale, and you won’t know what’s coming even if you read all the books on which the show is based. (Spoilers ahead!)

Series creator Kevin Williamson told fans exactly what they could look forward to, and it won’t involve just the main three characters. Everyone has something to do.

Fans have guessed that they’re going to get to see Tyler (Michael Trevino) wolf out this year, but Williamson said you’ll have to wait for that. “Not this season, but anyone who’s been watching, they know that we hinted of it already,” Williamson continued. “If you’ve read the books, you know which character actually has the curse. It’s latent; it’s a repressed curse. It’s triggered by one particular activity that hasn’t happened yet, so we’ll go there probably in the next season.

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by Thomas Mill at Sci Fi Wire: 9 secrets from the set of Caprica

We stopped by the set of Caprica a while back to chat with the actors and brought back some tidbits for you to chew on as the show prepares for its first new episode this Friday. (Spoilers ahead!)

♦According to Paula Malcomson, Ron Moore is just as crazy as Deadwood creator David Milch, he just doesn’t show it. “Dave is outwardly insane, and Ron is inwardly insane,” she explained.

♦Malcomson also revealed that her character, Amanda Graystone, was originally supposed to have an affair, but that storyline got cut because they thought it would be more interesting for her to work through the death of her daughter via her 20-year relationship with Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz). “We just found that more exciting,” she said.

♦How does Esai Morales (Joseph Adama) feel about following up one of the most acclaimed sci-fi series in history, Battlestar Galactica? “It makes you really care to get things right.”

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By Luc Ippersiel at Two Geeks and a Blog: “Good News Everybody” Futurama’s ‘Rebirth’ in June!

Put a reminder in your calendar and set your PVRs because Futurama returns to Comedy Central on June 10! The first episode will be called ‘Rebirth’ and will kinda sorta not really continue from the story of the last straight-to-DVD movie, Into The Wild Green Yonder. Instead the characters will live a literal rebirth for the 6th production season and will focus more on the relationship between Fry and Leela. Word is that this episode is suppose to have you laughing from beginning to end.

You can find all the up to date information about the show’s return and it’s next episodes at a Futurama wiki called The Infosphere. Until then re-watch all 4 volumes on DVD & the 4 straight-to-DVD “movies” to get ready for a return that’ll be Legen…. wait for it….. dery!

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By Meredith Woerner at io9: Stargate Universe Writer Asks For Your Help With The New Season

Stargate writer and consulting producer for SGU Joseph Mallozzi took to his blog asking the Gaters for input while he’s scribbling away on the new season. Here’s your chance to tell them to throw the stones out the airlock.

Mallozzi’s blog asked his readers 5 questions about the NEW SGU series. Remember we still haven’t seen the second half of season one. But that shouldn’t stop you from voicing your opinion about the crew aboard the Destiny.

1. Which character would you like to see explored more?

2. What aspect of the show would you like to see exploited more?

3. What aspect of the show would prefer to see minimized?

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By Charlie Jane Anders at io9: 10 Reasons We’ll Miss Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse

Joss Whedon’s mind-warping Dollhouse ends tonight, and then we’ll enter the “endless rewatching and overanalyzing” phase of our relationship with this show. Here are 10 things we’ll miss most about Dollhouse, plus some clips from tonight’s finale.

The Cyberpunk visions. People don’t give Dollhouse credit for being cyberpunk, probably because there’s no A.I. in it. (And maybe “neuropunk” is an alternate term.) But really, this show is all about brain-computer interfaces, and it increasingly became about virtual spaces in its second season.

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I cannot wait for new Futurama!! I’m so glad we have a date now, I have every episode memorized, so it’ll be a nice change. And asking Stargate Universe viewers for tips on the show is great; there were some things that just irritated me about some characters.

What are you most looking forward to for True Blood Season 3? What about Vampire Diaries? Will you miss Dollhouse?

True Blood’ Christmas

www.examiner.com: Radaronline.com posted the HBO’s ‘True Blood’ Christmas gift idea list from the official HBO store where you can find something for that ‘True Blood ‘fan in your life.

The “True Blood ‘ hit series has gained millions of fans , a Golden Globe and an Emmy in a era where vampire books, movies and tv shows rule.

HBO’s shop offers a variety of True Blood products for even the hardest of people to buy gifts for. The ‘True Blood products are have all been inspired from the ever growing popular HBO series in categories of wear ,watch swallow or read.

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New characters on HBO’s True Blood for the new season

www.examiner.com: The new season of the HBO vampire hit, True Blood, doesn’t start until this summer, but already, we are getting hints of what we can expect.

HBO has just announced that two new characters will be joining the show. The new characters will be Sam Merlotte’s little brother, Tommy (played by Prison Break alum Marshall Allman), and Bill’s Civil War wife, played by Shannon Lucio (also from Prison Break and Grey’s Anatomy).

In October, news was released that True Blood casting calls have supported a slew of new characters of varying importance on the show. The list includes Jesus Velasquez - an orderly at a nursing home, Talbot – the King of Mississippi’s (Denis O’Hare) long-time trophy husband (who will played by Theo Alexander), an African-American couple named Betty and Marvin, Coot – a werewolf and leader of a biker gang (played by Grant Bowler from Ugly Betty) and Franklin Mott – who is supposed to be just delicious.

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The Vampire Diaries: Candice Accola Talks Matt and Caroline

www.buddytv.com: Matt and Caroline aren’t exactly characters I’d like to see hook up with each other on The Vampire Diaries. I like Caroline right off the bat, largely because she’s fun, quirky and she reminds me off another shallow young vamp from another show. On the other hand, Matt, though easy on the eyes, is just plain boring. But after seeing how Matt struggled to get over Elena and seeing what he went through with sister Vicky, not to mention how Damon effortlessly manipulated Caroline, I’m now willing to give these two a chance.

We gradually witnessed the budding friendship between Matt and Caroline after spending a night together in bed, cuddling, and it looks like we’re about to get more Matt and Caroline moments when The Vampire Diaries returns in January now that Matt already defended his friendship with Caroline to Tyler. Does this mean love is finally in the cards for Caroline and the equally damaged Matt?

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Everything you need to know about every sci-fi TV show this week

scifiwire.com: Last week saw several television midseason finales (or winter finales, or we’re-going-into-reruns-and-we-want-to-call-it-something-fancy finales). However, it’s not the end of original programming this year, folks. This week there are a couple of premieres (Better Off Ted, Outer Space Astronauts), original episodes of some favorites (Fringe, Sanctuary, Dollhouse) and lots and lots and lots of ghost shows.

Here’s what we have to look forward to on sci-fi TV this week:

Alice (Syfy), Monday, 9 p.m.: The second half of Nick Willing’s oh-so-adult version of Alice in Wonderland sees Alice (Caterina Scorsone) attempt to find her way out of the looking glass. Unfortunately, that nasty Queen of Hearts (played by the wonderful Kathy Bates) is after the Stone of Wonderland, which controls the portal that would allow Alice to go home.

Better Off Ted (ABC), Tuesday, 9:30 p.m.: Season premiere: Finally, finally, finally! The funniest show on TV, and one that’s got more than a little science and fiction in it, is back for its second season. On “Love Blurts,” Veridian Dynamics plays genetic compatibility matchmaker for its employees. Despite themselves, Linda (Andrea Anders) and Ted (Jay Harrington) are immediately attracted to their matches, and since Linda’s match is played by hot-guy-who-deserves-his-own-show Taye Diggs (Day Break), I’m hoping that match lasts.

As for boss-from-hell Veronica (Portia de Rossi), she’ll be back and dealing with her own boss. “This season, she’s a little bit more developed,” de Rossi told TV Guide. “She really has more of a relationship with the characters in the show. She shares more of her personal life. … She also has a boss this season, so you’re seeing who she has to deal with.”

Dollhouse (Fox), Friday, 8 and 9 p.m.: Alpha returns: We’re double-dipping Dollhouse this week, with a couple of key mythology episodes. First, on “Meet Jane Doe,” Echo (Eliza Dushku) finds herself Dollhouse-free but alone and confused when her multiple personalities battle each other. Meanwhile, Matthew Harding (Keith Carradine) makes his move against Adelle (Olivia Williams), and Topher (Fran Kranz) discovers how dangerous the Dollhouse technology really is. Rumor has it Firefly’s Alan Tudyk, who played psycho doll Alpha last season, will be popping up on this one, likely as a teaser for the next episode. And on “A Love Supreme,” when Echo’s past romantic clients end up dead, Alpha becomes the main suspect in the murders. Meanwhile, the Actives turn against their handlers. Tudyk guest-stars.

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I can’t wait for the seasons to start again! What do you think?