Fox says of tonight’s installment, “Spy in the House of Love”:

When a traitor is discovered inside the Dollhouse, Echo and Sierra are programmed as spy hunters to uncover the culprit. Meanwhile, Ballard receives surprising news from Mellie, and Adelle harbors a secret. Guest Cast: Amy Acker as Dr. Claire Saunders; Reed Diamond as Laurence Dominic; Miracle Laurie as Mellie; Valerie Cruz as Ramirez; Liza Lapira as Ivy; Tim Chiou as Nikoden.

I am – Hercules!!


Was going to save this item until my usual Friday morning “Dollhouse” post, but my emailbox is exploding and my hand is forced.

"Dollhouse" actress Felicia Day “twittered” today that Fox won’t air the 13th and final episode of “Dollhouse’s” first season:

Man, day getting worse and worse. Found out my Dollhouse ep, #13 isn't gonna air. Only on DVD. Such a great part too. Thx Fox. :(

Panic reigns, though Fox confirms nothing so far, and is certainly not yet declaring the series cancelled.

Word is the series’ May 8 12th episode, “Omega,” is highly season-finale like, and the Joss Whedon-directed 13th, “Epitaph One,” is more of a tacked-on epilogue made specifically to fulfill the series' contractual 13-episode DVD obligation. (Perhaps it’s a “Buffy” season-four kind of thing: David Fury’s penultimate episode “Primeval” effectively concluded the season-four arc by destroying the Frankensteiny Adam and the Sunnydale branch of The Initiative -- but the season technically ended with the standalone dream-happy Cheese Man episode “Restless” written and directed by series mastermind Whedon.)

“Dollhouse” writer-producer Tim Minear explains the finale situation on Whedonesque.com:

Okay. So maybe I can help clarify this somewhat. Because we scrapped the original pilot -- and in fact cannibalized some of its parts for other eps -- we really ended up with 12 episodes. But the studio makes DVD and other deals based on the original 13 number. So we created a standalone kind of coda episode. Which is the mythical new episode 13. The network had already paid for 13 episodes, and this included the one they agreed to let us scrap for parts. It does not include the one we made to bring the number back up to 13 for the studio side and its obligations. We always knew it would be for the DVD for sure, but we also think Fox should air it because it’s awesome.

Day guest stars in the finale, and maybe “Firefly” vet Alan Tudyk, rumored to play the murderous “active” Alpha, too.

I am reminded that NBC wasn’t going to air the “Journeyman” finale – until it did.

The ninth "Dollhouse" episode, "Spy in the House of Love," airs Friday.

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