Welcome to Brilliant, a tribute site dedicated to the incredibly talented actor Enver Gjokaj who is best known for his multi-layered portrayal of Victor on Joss Whedon's television series Dollhouse. The goal of the site is to bring you, the fans, an up-to-date resource covering the span of his career. Thanks for visiting and stay tuned for all the latest on Enver and his career. Please feel free and contact me with any questions you may have or if you'd like to contribute news, photos, etc.
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“Young woman with special abilities fights evil.” “Vampire fights crime.” “Cowboys and cowgirls (and a priest and some other people) in space.”
Joss Whedon’s previous shows may not have been “CSI: Des Moines” and they certainly never pulled in “CSI”-style ratings, but they weren’t all that hard to explain in a 15-second promo clip.
Of course, in execution, the shows were so much more than a one-sentence pitch. The heartfelt and probing explorations of love, loyalty, betrayal, friendship and morality seen in “Angel,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly” meant that fans of those shows tend to be of the rabid variety. (more…)
I gasped a little (and made my co-workers stare at me curiously) when I saw that “Dollhouse” has now officially been canceled. This isn’t a surprise. You don’t renew a show that you’ve yanked off the air for a month for November sweeps and that you’re going to air in double doses all at once. You don’t renew a show whose ratings are so poor, but still, it hurts. I’ve been lucky, I guess. The shows I’ve loved have mostly not been ratings powerhouses, and not mainstream attractions, but I’ve never had a show I really loved get pulled off the air mid-season, or at the end of the first season, or as in the case of “Dollhouse,” with just half of a normal-length second season. And this isn’t a worst-case scenario: Joss Whedon must have seen the writing on the wall and wrapped things up somewhat satisfactorily and all 13 episodes will air.
With the exception of “Veronica Mars” (and it was minor), I’ve never watched a show that ended on a cliffhanger to not return for another season. What’s saddest about the end of “Dollhouse” is the end of its potential. It was getting great, but it got great too late. Mistakes were made, not just by Fox (although the easy thing will be to blame them completely.) The biggest mistake was in ever believing that “Dollhouse” would work as a completely episodic show. “Dollhouse” came with a double-edge sword: loyal Whedonites (of which I am a card-carrying — if they have cards — member) came ready to watch. But then the first five or so episodes contained very little of what we watch Whedon shows for — witty, quirky humor and dialogue; complex and lovable (or not so lovable) characters and a fascinating unusual world. (more…)
The network has canceled Joss Whedon’s cult fave, which in May beat the odds with a second-season pickup despite low ratings.
The sci-fi series, which is filming episode 11, is expected to finish its 13-episode order, and Whedon is expected to give the show a proper ending.
After some dismal performance this fall, despite the ratings bumps “Dollhouse” got from DVR viewing, Fox benched the show for the November sweep after four episodes.
For now, Fox is expected to air the remaining episodes starting Dec. 4 as planned.
Screencaps of Enver’s performance in Belonging have been added to the gallery. Another fantastic episode with really great performances by Enver and Dichen. I just adore the two of them together and their relationship is just so sweet. I do hope they explore their relationship more throughout the rest of the season.
Poor Topher. He may be the sick genius who has made this whole body-enslaving Dollhouse thingamajig possible, and though he is clearly a wisecracking stand-in for Joss Whedon himself, he’s looking like the fall guy here. In various episodes, women have suggested to his face that he is a bad man: the show’s very own Dr. Horrible. The Dollhouse manager, Adele, even tells him that he has less of a moral compass than anyone else on the staff, including her.
But that’s all about to change. Because somehow, between now and whenever Fox decides to pull the plug on this doomed series, we need to get from here to the chilling, apocalyptic scenario of the “Epitaph One” episode: A world where nearly everyone is a Doll, and the former employees and inhabitants of the Dollhouse are in open revolt against their wealthy masters. And this week’s episode — written by Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, who also wrote “Epitaph One†and co-created Dr. Horrible with Joss — moves the plot forward by addressing head-on the awkward and awful core of the show: rape, human trafficking, and the question of complicity. (more…)
In the title facility of DOLLHOUSE, where “Actives†have their minds completely wiped so they can be imprinted with various personalities, most of the Dolls have signed up voluntarily, or at least to avoid prison, as in the case of our heroine Caroline/Echo (Eliza Dushku). However, viewers who have been following the series know that the Active known as Sierra (Dichen Lachman) is there as the result of being kidnapped, raped and drugged.
In “Belonging,†we learn the circumstances behind Sierra’s presence at the Dollhouse, as well as the fact that neither Dollhouse administrator Adelle DeWitt (Olivia Williams) nor Topher Brink (Fran Kranz), who programs the Actives, has been aware of the reality of the situation.
In flashbacks, we see that Priya, Sierra’s pre-imprint real name, is an artist selling her wares on Venice Beach until she catches the eye of wealthy doctor Nolan Kinnard (the effectively creepy guest star Vincent Ventresca). In addition to being very persistent, Nolan is a contributor to the Rossum Corporation, which secretly runs the various Dollhouses around the world. When Priya won’t respond to standard seduction, Nolan drugs her with anti-psychotics, which cause psychosis in a “normal†person, and has her delivered to the Dollhouse. (more…)
Fresh off the news that “Dollhouse” will be MIA during November sweeps, the show returns this week with a Sierra-centric episode that is arguably the best hour the series has produced so far. What can you expect from the last new ep until December?
First of all, Dichen Lachman’s performance as both Sierra and Priya — the woman she was before she became a doll — will blow you away.
Turns out Priya’s initiation to the dollhouse wasn’t as kosher as everyone (including Adelle) thought, and that discovery sets off a chain reaction which Sierra/Priya, Topher, Boyd, and Adelle will likely wish they hadn’t started.
The episode is definitely one of the darkest “Dollhouse” has done to date, as many of the characters are dealing with serious moral and ethical conflicts, but it’s also one of the most satisfying. Besides Dichen’s noteworthy performance, Fran Kranz, Harry Lennix and Olivia Williams all get the chance to shine… albeit in a much creepier fashion.
And in addition to all of the heart-wrenching, twisted Joss-y things fans have come to expect, the Victor/Sierra romance is highlighted this week. Their relationship continues to be one of the sweetest aspects of the series, something Dichen and Enver Gjokaj (Victor) talk about in the clip below.
Clearly the chemistry isn’t confined to just the show…
Joss Whedon, creator of Fox’s Dollhouse, has posted on the Whedonesque Web site about the network’s decision to pull the show from its November schedule, and as you might expect, he’s philosophical and good-humored about it:
“Howzabout that schedule? Well, I’m not as depressed as everyone else. We weren’t about to rock sweeps anyway, and though there’s a chilly November, December is CRAZY. It’s like an Advent calendar of episodes! We get November to try to spread the word (which I’ll be leaning on Fox to do, though it’s hard to imagine them doing as good a job as the WhyIWatch guy) and then December is pure gluttony. Plus the episodes line up extremely well in these pairs, and we’ll have an absurdly appropriate lead-in. Back to breaking Tim’s [Minear] episode.
Keep the faith, peeps. I’ll bring you news (and hopefully a little humor, I mean would it kill me to punch these up a little?) when I can.
Well, no such luck. I’m writing about “Dollhouse” again, even though I have a ton of work to do because I’m taking next week off. When the next two episodes of the Fox show landed on my doorstep Tuesday, I thought I might be able to watch them. But I was doubtful I’d have enough time to write about the episodes.
But I watched “Belonging” and “The Public Eye” Tuesday night and I just had to post a few thoughts about them (and I’ve tried to make what’s below as spoiler-free as possible). The episodes are fantastic. They’re up there with the best episodes “Dollhouse” has ever made.
“Belonging,” which airs Friday, is one of the most emotionally compelling hours the show has ever done. Writers Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon give Dichen Lachman, who plays Sierra, a lot to do in this episode. Lachman does simply fantastic work, but every cast member brings his or her A-game. (more…)
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“Dollhouse” fans can breathe easier: Fox will air all 13 episodes.
On the heels of impressive DVR data for the “Dollhouse” premiere, network execs said they will run each produced hour of the show’s current order despite the Friday drama’s modest overall ratings.
“We’re going to run all the episodes,” Fox scheduling chief Preston Beckman said. “We’re not saying we’re happy with those numbers, or accept them, but we don’t have to overreact.”
Premiere-week DVR data released Monday showed that the second-season “Dollhouse” debut climbed 50% from its very modest base of a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demo. Beckman said DVR results have played a role in the show’s fate, though he wasn’t surprised by the new numbers. (more…)
