Dollhouse - Original Pilot Script

[fembuck]

OMG!  The script for the unaired pilot was so much better than the aired one.  I mean, yes the second half of the aired pilot was pretty good, but all of the unaired one was good.  There was Joss speak, and more of an exploration of how the Dollhouse works, we got hints into the characters backgrounds, the Activies interacted with each other, there was some philosphizing and tons more Adelle and Claire. 

*hates FOX so much*  Why do they always gotta go and eff up Joss's pilots?!?!?!  Ugh.

Anyway ... 

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[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing! I like this version way better. And not just for the additional Claire.

No problem! Glad to help :D

I liked this version a lot better as well. Not only was the additional Claire nice, but the additional Adelle was fantastic as well, and Paul actually seemed to have a purpose (though the femslasher in me is not sad that I didn't have the seeds of Paul and Echo's inevitably epic love shoved down my throat in the first episode).

I couldn't fully grasp it and knew I would have to see more in order to get into the swing of it.

It was choppy. It felt like a patch work. You could see Fox's meddling hands all over it. The second episode felt much more organic, it felt much more Mutant Enemy, and established the characters and world far better than the aired pilot.

Of course, the original plot did all of these things wonderfully.

I honestly don't get networks sometimes. Why hire someone with a distinctive and popular style and then tell them to be completely different?