Dollhouse/Awesome

Describe Dollhouse here: Joss Whedon (and friends) being awesome after a five episode warm up period. Enjoy.

"I would no sooner allow you one of our other Actives than I would a mad dog near a child, given that you're a raping scumbag one tick shy of a murderer. I can't recall, do you take sugar?"
 * Alpha gets one as part of his introduction, which is coupled with High Octane Nightmare Fuel. He kills a man. In eight seconds. With surgically precise strikes. Yes, it's scary, but it's so cool.
 * There's also one in the third episode, when Echo's current persona lectures the pop star she's guarding about
 * "Friends help each other out."
 * Also being completely in control of the hostage situation, while she believes she's just a background singer who is good at beating people up. You don't mess with Echo in any form.
 * "Four brothers." *cocks gun* "None of 'em Democrats."
 * Boyd in The Target: "Everything's fine...except for the gun pointed at my head." *smack* *proceeds to kick his ass*
 * Ballard in the sixth episode... upon being blindsided and tazed he proceeds to beat up four armed security guards. This is three episodes after being shot and did I mention TEN SECONDS AFTER GETTING TAZED.
 * "There are three flowers in a vase. The third flower is green." HSQ.
 * The point where Adelle's Magnificent Bastard status was realized, working everything in her favor in one single move. Awesome.
 * Her ploy in 2x06 I think counts as well; the 'Oh Crap' moment happens... and it's followed shortly by 'The Reveal' that it's -exactly- how DeWitt planned things. Add Chessmaster (Chessmistress?) to her list.
 * Ballard and Echo's fight in the kitchen (hopefully the first of many) was a masterpiece of sheer brutality.
 * Boyd's Dynamic Entry. Followed by "That wasn't quiet."
 * "Next one goes where your heart should've been."
 * The entirety of "Spy in the House of Love":
 * Echo asking and later declaring that !
 * Also,
 * DeWitt and  fencing.
 * "Paul, you cannot tell her."
 * DeWitt in the preceding show soon after DeWitt explained to  is expendable.
 * Seconding the part about  Holy shit.
 * The sequence with Sierra showing us the wonderful FutureTech of the Dollhouse universe.
 * "You'll tell them everything's all right, and then we'll put you back in your box."
 * Alan Tudyk. That is all.
 * Just the....the acting. The sudden, brilliant shift  was nothing short of jaw-dropping.
 * And his . Holy crap.
 * Speaking of Batman... When he was talking to the doctor, did anyone else get a vibe like "Holy shit, that's EXACTLY like I mean, seriously! *swoon* Alan Tudyk is now my love...
 * Back to acting,
 * Coming from someone that I gotta say that how Alan acted is exactly what  feels like at times. Alan gets MAJOR props.
 * He doesn't have . Well,
 * Enver Gyokaj (Victor) being . Just, holy shit, that was possibly the single most convincing imprint so far. It's already hard to change personalities like the dolls have to. Enver manages to be . And he pulls it off brilliantly, too.
 * Yes but the icing on that performance is when later, after the wipe and he deadpans "Some people were fighting on me". Too bad  just as I realize how awesome he is.
 * That he got the voice down too was pretty darn awesome.
 * He's even better as  That he tops that with   is brilliant. That he tops that with   makes him god of versatility.
 * And then he repeated so well that we knew who it was before we were told about it.
 * Amy Acker should also join Gjokaj and Tudyk as awesome.
 * Also pretty much everything in "Omega" from the moment Especially immediately afterwards when she makes like she's going to  and then  instead.
 * Ballard's true CMoA?
 * Dr. Saunders. No freak out.
 * Wendy!Caroline telling Echo!Crystal why it is a really bad idea to let Alpha do whatever he's about to do to her, in that speech of Genre Savvy and common sense I finally believed Caroline, who had annoyed me in all her other appearances, was Echo.
 * The show overcoming The Firefly Effect. The odds against a second season were astronomical, but apparently enough little factors clicked together and made it happen.
 * And then Whedon turns around to add to the awesome by casting  for the second season.
 * "God has a message for you. That message is MOVE YOUR ASS!"
 * Not to dwell on the pilot but "I think I'm a little old for you". You tell him Ms Penn!!!
 * And the other goons get theirs when they
 * "To ascend to anything, at minimum, you don't cut up women!"
 * How has no one yet mentioned Ballard and Boyd's fight post-infiltration in Briar Rose? Up to and included Echo's assistance of Boyd in the fight?
 * Epitaph One. WHAM. WHAM. WHAM. This is your brain on Joss.
 * Sage advice
 * Also, Zone turning the tables on Iris.
 * "That's perfectly fine. "
 * From "Man on the Street," when Tanaka is mocking Ballard, Ballard puts him in an armlock and slams him against the wall. Tanaka taunts him with "What's the matter Ballard, did I hit a nerve?" To which Ballard responds "Yeah. It felt like this." (cue cries of pain) Ballard may be a psycho, but he's an awesome one.
 * And now getting into Season Two - "Vows" (2-01) features
 * In "Belle Chose", Victor-as-Terry. It was so chillingly accurate, he even seemed to look like the other actor. Almost as good is Echo-as-Terry. then Enver tops it with his CMoF as Kikki.
 * Priya killing the obsessive Complete Monster responsible for her becoming a doll. It also counts as one for Topher, who made it possible by uploading her real personality before sending her off to him.
 * Word, word, word! Topher's can double by having him do the "right" thing in
 * Also, Boyd, for
 * And DeWitt's casual explanation to Nolan as to just what she thinks of him.
 * Also, Boyd, for
 * And DeWitt's casual explanation to Nolan as to just what she thinks of him.

""You just woke a lot of people up, and they all think you're a bitch.""
 * So, we thought Enver playing  was good, right? His portrayal of   put that to absolute shame. He doesn't just resemble , he is.
 * Echo overcoming Bennett's programing to
 * I think it's safe to say that Enver Gjokaj is a Crowning Actor of AWESOME. Seriously, anything this man does is gold. Someone get him a leading role STAT.
 * Second. I mean... really, an actor of his skill gets relegated to a secondary role? Watching closely, it's more than just voice inflections or smaller but notable traits like  but the smaller microexpressions too. The way someone slightly squints or the emphasize on particular words or syllables and so forth. Even without characters naming who he is directly or what he's wearing, it's clear when he's different people. Of the relatively mundane and normal people he's played like Lubov or the art collector, even those come across as distinctive even though they're basically stock characters with no change or personality at all.
 * And in Stop Loss/The Attic, he turns into pre-Doll Victor. This one wonders if Enver has military training or just learned really well because Victor/Tony acts and moves like a soldier down to his firing stance when watching/protecting everyone else and stepping in and out of cover.
 * Doubling as a Crowning Moment of Funny, when Adelle's DC counterpart believes he has her on the ropes,  She can make being so awesome look so effortless.
 * Echo in 'The Public Eye':


 * And in "The Left Hand," Topher.
 * Topher didn't need to prove that he was a genius in his field, but  that proves his brain is awesome.
 * His reaction to the stolen blueprints is made of awesomeness as well - he dared to
 * And then Adelle's speech to him afterward was just pure Crowning Moment of Awesome in this troper's opinion.
 * Hell, the shot of
 * And don't forget Alpha, in season two. Just as Topher was assuring  the camera cuts to Adelle, who says: "We need to find a nearby five star hotel. Where a security detail could be discreetly accommodated." Then   and says: "Try the Franklin. I hear the view is wonderful this time of year. Also, you're out of paper. (pause) So tell me... how's the suit?"
 * If that didn't dawn on you
 * And then there was the
 * And he knows it, too, given his Pet the Dog line in the "Getting Closer" where he tells her to "get out" and "not become me."
 * Which qualifies as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.
 * Echo
 * "The Attic". All of it. HSQ, High Octane Nightmare Fuel, the works.
 * Chief among them:
 * "Getting Closer". All of it. HSQ! Apparently we have dueling chessmasters between Caroline, Adelle, and
 * Ladies and Gentlemen, say hello to the Magnificent Bastard incarnate, . Although we don't know   plan yet.
 * Victor is confused that the new skills he's been uploaded with don't seem to have kicked in, then he takes down two Rossum soldiers in about three seconds.
 * Boyd's Xanatos Roulette is
 * Mellie gets a few as well, first when she convinces Paul to take the sneaky easy way to Rossum's mainframe, then again when
 * Top moment in the series:
 * In The Hollow Men during  Adelle can be heard to reply in a hoarse pained voice. You realize she is on the verge of tears. This troper just about broke down. All the credit to Olivia Williams, it's a spectacular understated moment of AWESOME.
 * In 2x11, Topher facing down a guy with a highly powered rifle at point blank range by saying "I have imprinted myself with many useful skills," . This five minutes after  . Damn.
 * Echo's first 'date'. It includes a motorcycle race that ends through a hotel, night clubbing, and at the end of the night she gets a nice necklace from the hot guy she initially agreed to have no strings attached with. Who wouldn't want to be her?
 * Echo's first 'date'. It includes a motorcycle race that ends through a hotel, night clubbing, and at the end of the night she gets a nice necklace from the hot guy she initially agreed to have no strings attached with. Who wouldn't want to be her?