Well, the Dollhouse premier has come and gone and I am torn.

I'm torn between impressed and confussed.  

Let me explain.  If I knew nothing of the premise of this series, I would be a little dismayed.  Eliza Dusku, no matter how cute she is, is not a great actress, and if she was going to continue to only be the maliable subject of manipulation that she was in episode 1, then this series will be short lived.  Short lived because the average viewer won't understand that this is not the status quo.

I'm impressed because I do know the premise of the show, which is that after every "treatment" to wipe out Echo's memory that she will start to have some self realization of who she really is.  This is when the good stuff will start to happen.  I hope that Fox allows the series to get to that point.  We all know Fox's history with Joss Wedon Sci-Fi (see Firefly - The Complete Series.)  I mean, how many shows that were cut short before the fist season was even over cause such an uproar that they eventually make a movie (Serenity (Collector's Edition)) based on the series, just to add closure.

Knowing the brilliance of Wedon and the basic premise of the show, I was impressed that Joss resisted the temptation to reveal too much in this episode.  However, for the sake of keeping the series moving forward without the potential ban hammer of Fox hitting, I hope that Echo's memories start coming back before too long, give the casual viewer hope that something is going to be different in the long run.

Overall, I will give the premier 3.5 out of 5 stars.  The potential for greatness is there, now lets see it come to fruition.