Warning: Spoilers for Omega, as well as previous episodes.

Ok, I am going to get this out of the way first, because - as stubborn as I am - if I am proven wrong I will admit it.

I was wrong about Paul Ballard.

As far as I'm concerned, he is (mostly) absolved for being so annoying and ridiculous in the last few episodes. I particularly enjoyed seeing him and Boyd work together, rather than fighting each other in some sort of machismo pissing contest - but I'll get to that in a bit.

Let's start at the beginning...with Alpha! Alan Tudyk continued to knock my socks off tonight. I'm officially smitten with the guy. Ladies and gentleman - we have an actor in the house! Now I don't want to belittle any of the other Whedon alumnus. I think that Joss has a special talent for choosing the right people, and overall I love the whole ensemble of this show. But Tudyk is something special - like Alexis Denisof (Wesley from Angel) special. His portrayal of a man with 48 distinct personalities was bone-chilling, and a little reminiscent of Jubal Early in the last episode of Firefly.

The homage to Blue Velvet (where Alpha and Whiskey torture some guy) was creepy and awesome - right down to the dancing silhouette on the same part of the same song - "In Dreams." Tim knows his Lynch. What I wasn't expecting was the silhouette belonging to Amy Acker!

Saunders is Whiskey! Yay! I called it.

And yet, despite this, I still see Saunders as her own person, and her realization that she isn't real is kind of heartbreaking. She also raised an interesting question: why would Topher program her to hate him? Is that just how he gets his rocks off? Or is there a deeper story there?

I thought Eliza did really well tonight. It was interesting to see "Echo" as a person separate from Caroline - which I had suspected. Echo is the guardian of the house (body) where Caroline dwells. And she protected that house with some serious booty kicking! The fight between Echo and Alpha was intense, scary, and awesome.

I am a little disappointed that we didn't get to see more Miracle/Dichen interaction. From the promo pics (one of which is pictured at right) I thought that there was going to be more of a B-plot with them as bounty hunters (who are dressed like they're going to a Flan Convention, I might add). According to some sources on Whedonesque there was quite a bit of Sierra/November footage that got cut from the final episode. Hopefully we will see this extra footage on the DVD.

Ballard "working" for the Dollhouse was an interesting twist. I liked seeing him interact with Boyd, and I feel like Boyd may be breaking down with regards to his reasoning for working for the Dollhouse. This is obviously a man with morals. He thinks that he is doing the right thing - but that's coming into question now even more than before.

I was relieved that I didn't find Ballard as obnoxious this time. I even chuckled when he finally "saved the girl" - a computer hard drive that contained Caroline's memories. And what a pleasant surprise when we find out that he helped the Dollhouse out in order to free November (Madeleine) from her contract!

However, there are still a lot of loose strings left in the series. Echo is sent back to the Dollhouse, though she seems to retain some memory of Caroline. Alpha is still on the loose. Victor has been deeply scarred and will be retired (but what will he do when he wakes up looking like that?) And Paul...well, what is he going to do now? Was part of the trade deal that he would become a doll himself? Is he going to walk away from the Dollhouse and let things be?

We need a season two!!!! And more Alan Tudyk!

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