Dollhouse

Dollhouse: Topher meets Bennett

“What’s interesting to me is you don’t call out to God.” Those are the first lines spoken by Summer Glau’s Bennett Halverson in “The Left Hand,” the sixth episode of Dollhouse’s second season, as she’s torturing the hell out of Eliza Dushku’s Echo. She says it quizzically, with the detachment of the brilliant, diabolical scientist she is, both fascinated by this human specimen in the chair and clearly pleased to be its torment. In light of this scene, it’s especially fascinating later to watch Bennett—the most powerful, fearsome tech in the Dollhouse system—meet Topher, her jittery über-nerd counterpart from the L.A. branch. Suddenly, the cool, scarily assured Bennett turns into a swooning schoolgirl, who greets him with an inviting smile and so badly fumbles her words that she compliments him by comparing his pink skin to a pig’s. Not to be outdone in the awkwardness department, Topher gushes over Bennett (“You merged jams with esams to create next-gen proteins!”), initiates a botched high five, and talks about his clammy hands. It’s all very sweet, until Topher brings up Bennett’s Dr. Strangelove arm, and she can no longer hide the dark side of her genius.

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