Alpha Love

SPOILER ALERT. READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK.


Oh, Alpha, I love you. Deep, deep fan love.

Yes, you're a psychotic, murderous compilation of forty-plus unstable imprints. You sliced Whiskey's face, killed Dr. Saunders 1.0, cut up Victor, killed nearly everyone who'd ever loved Echo, left Paul Ballard brain dead, and committed all kinds of other monstrous acts along the way. In short, you're evil, ruthless, and scary as all hell.

But you're also incredibly smart and wildly unpredictable, and that's what makes you so fascinating. Really, once you set your mind to some new act of evil, it's all the Dollhouse staff can do to scramble six or seven steps behind, trying to stop you. I mean, let's take a look at the list of people you've outsmarted so far: a tech genius; an ex-FBI agent; a who-the-hell-knows-what-he-did-before-but-he's-got-some-scary-skills head of Dollhouse security; and an anal control freak of a Dollhouse manager. That's pretty impressive.

So, Alpha, I just want to say that I LOVE it whenever you appear on an episode, and not just because you're played by the awesome Alan Tudyk (though, seriously, that's a big part of it). You're easily the scariest villain I've seen on TV in a while, and you turn every episode in which you appear into a wild, wild ride. We never know what you're going to do or how you're going to do it. And on top of it all, you're so damn funny!

So thanks, Alpha, and I can't wait to see you again.

Evil again? Why?

SPOILER ALERT - READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK

I'll be honest. The only reason I watched the first episode of "V" tonight was because Alan Tudyk was a guest star. The show itself is, in my opinion, a rather lame retread of the whole alien invasion concept. However, there was no way I was going to miss a chance to see my current celebrity crush on TV again, no matter what show.

But do they let me enjoy it? NO! Because, once again, Alan had to pull an Alpha and turn out to be working for the Dark Side!

Don't get me wrong: Alan Tudyk plays evil and creepifying REALLY well. We saw it on Dollhouse, and we get to see it again here. I'm sure he'll be awesome as an evil, lizard-y sleeper cell agent.

But we also know he can play the funny good guy just as well, the obvious example being Wash. The good guy is what I thought I was getting at the beginning of this episode; unfortunately, that guy was just a cover for his true, evil V identity, so we won't get to see nice guy Alan anymore. Bummer. :(

Also: Did we REALLY need to see his character stabbed through the chest? That moment brought on a VERY depressing "leaf on the wind" flashback (R.I.P., Wash).