I am – Hercules!!

I’ll agree with those who said the greatness of last week’s “Dollhouse” installment didn’t have much to do with Echo. What made the episode was the sharp comedy regarding the Dollhouse’s clientele and the mind-bending position Claire “I Like My Scars” Saunders finds herself in following the explosive revelations of the season-one finale.

(In defense of the Echo parts, there WAS that great shot of Jamie Bamber staring at Echo through that glass door as she tried to jimmy open her new husband’s desk. And for all the “Mad Men” fans, how funny was Betty’s quick tug on Don’s locked drawer after she got off the phone with the governor’s advisor? I digress!)

Fox says of tonight’s installment, titled “Instinct”:

When Echo is imprinted as a mother with a newborn baby, she takes too strongly to motherhood as a result of Topher's modifications. Meanwhile, Adelle pays November a visit, and Perrin ramps up his investigation into the Rossum Corporation.

9 p.m. Friday. Fox.

Still here? Let’s talk about those opening titles.

Look how much more exciting the series gets when you replace the tra-la-la with faster drums and a louder electric guitar:



Conversely, look at the dude-repellent “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” becomes when paired with the “Dollhouse” theme:

Maybe they just need to use a better piece of Jonatha Brooke’s song, which turns out to be much better than its opening-title excerpt lets on:

Or, hey, how about scoring those titles with the bridge from Veruca Salt’s “Volcano Girls,” AS PERFORMED ENTIRELY BY PRETEEN GIRLS??

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