| "Epitaph One" | |||
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| Season 1, Episode 13 | |||
| Written By: | Joss Whedon (story), Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon (teleplay) | ||
| Directed By: | Joss Whedon | ||
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"Epitaph One" is the thirteenth episode of Dollhouse. It was written by Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon, with a story by Joss Whedon. It was directed by Joss Whedon.
Production
Since "Epitaph One" wasn't part of Fox's 13-episode deal with 20th Century Fox Television, it will not air on Fox, but instead be released on the DVD. Tim Minear said that the producers "always knew it would be for the DVD for sure" and that it was written as "a standalone kind of coda episode", not as a season finale.
Joss Whedon said about the episode: "The decision had to do with the studio saying, 'We need another episode for our package, and we can't afford one. Can you do a clip show? Can we show the unaired pilot?' I'm like, 'No, you can't. It wouldn't make any sense. Besides, we cannibalized it for parts. Most of it's in other episodes.' And they were like, 'Well, we really have to have 13 for foreign.' And I said, 'I'll tell you what. I'll shoot a post-apocalyptic thriller that's all on our sets in six days with a cast of four other people, then we'll pepper it with different bits from our regular cast, and we can do it all during the schedule. It'll cost you half. I can do this.' And I was so in love with the idea that I just came up with off the top of my head, and that's what it turned into. It's one of the best episodes we've ever made."[1]
Reception
Cast & Crew
Rocco Passionino, Dollhouse's visual effects supervisor, said about the episode: "The last episode is very interesting. The intention of that episode is bizarre and it's done for half the price of what a normal show is done. They contained their resources and the environments to not make it as expansive as a normal show. For us, I think the concept is phenomenal. I would have hoped that they could have brought the concept in earlier but it opens up everything and allows us to run away with the fact that technology has done more than they intended it to."[2]
Felicia Day, a guest star on the episode, called her role "such a great part"[3]and the episode is "the best script I've ever read"[1], and Tim Minear said Fox should air the episode "because it's awesome".
Cast
Main cast
- Eliza Dushku as Echo
- Olivia Williams as Adelle DeWitt
- Tahmoh Penikett as Paul Ballard
- Harry Lennix as Boyd Langton
- Fran Kranz as Topher Brink
- Dichen Lachman as Sierra
- Enver Gjokaj as Victor
Recurring roles
- Amy Acker as Dr. Claire Saunders
Guest stars
- Chris William Martin as Griff
- Janina Gavankar as Lynn
- Adair Tishler as Iris
- Warren Sweeney as Mr. Miller
- Zack Ward as Zone
Notes & References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Topel, Fred (2009-04-15). Joss Whedon speculates on Dollhouse's future and teases the 13th episode. scifiwire.com. Retrieved on 209-05-14.
- ↑ Bennet, Tara (2009-02-18). Zoic's Dollhouse Mind Wipe. vfxworld.com. Retrieved on 2009-02-19.
- ↑ Day, Felicia (2009-04-09). Twitter / Felicia Day. Twitter. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.