Joss Whedon, creator of the Buffy the Vampire and Angel TV series, brings you Dollhouse: Season 2 available in it's entirety on Blu-ray.

Television isn't generally receptive to complicated stories or moral ambiguity--and how else can you describe a series about people called "actives," whose minds are wiped clean so they can be imprinted with other personalities and rented out to the wealthy?

The regular characters all develop in juicy ways and some actors from other Whedon series (like Firefly's Summer Glau and Angel's Alexis Denisof) get plum guest roles. The series has its weaknesses--some ideas seem clumsily grafted on from other science-fiction franchises--but the second season vastly improved upon the first, and Whedon's vivid characters and superb storytelling make Dollhouse a pleasure to watch.

The DVD extras are substantive, particularly some deleted scenes that give additional heft to the season's developments. -- Bret Fetzer