The Doll’s House
We follow Jed and Rose as they try to piece together what happened in 2015, and how it affects them today. They talk to friends and family, but the truth is they don’t know for sure what happened. They just know that their relationship was broken and they can’t go back to it. The only thing they can do is try to move on and live their lives as best they can.
Desire and Despair continue to scheme as to how they can get Rose Walker back. They believe that there is a new vortex that they can access, and as it turns out, this is actually Rose Walker. News of this spreads across Dream’s castle.
Lucienne sends Matthew on to check on her.
When we return to Rose, she is still looking for her brother. Unemployed and out of money (thanks to her mother spending everything on the apartment), Rose is reminded that she does have a job. Or at least an opportunity. ..
Rose has an interview with a London-based magazine in exchange for £250 per day for 7 days. It’s not a bad deal, especially for someone out of options. ..
Lyta Hall arrives in Sussex with Rose, where they rock up at an elderly care home and meet Unity. She has a dolls house in her room, which was a gift for her 12th birthday. However she never got a chance to play with it given she was asleep all that time. If you’ll remember, she was one of the affected dreamers while Morpheus was caged.
Unity was actually pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl called Miranda Walker while she was asleep. Long story short, Unity is actually Rose’s great grandmother!
A convention for serial killers is set to take place, but there have been rumblings about the Corinthian showing up. He’s one of the more prolific killers out there, but as of yet, no one has managed to get him to attend. So in order to convince him, one of the women suggests they enact copycat killings in order to get his attention. And that comes from taking the eyes of one’s victims.
The Three visit Rose Waler in a dream and warn her of the danger she faces if she does not take care.
Rose though is offered a job from Unity and that comes from trying to find Jed. She also meets her downstairs neighbours, Ken and Barbie, as well as Chantal and Zelda, her upstairs neighbours. It’s all pretty accurate to the comics, right down to Matthew watching from outside as Rose tries to find Jed.
Rose soon meets Gilbert from Hal’s attic, who helps save her from a couple of thugs in the alleyway. Matthew happens to be watching and he feeds this back to Lucienne, who realizes that Jed is oddly missing from both the Waking and Dreaming world.
Jed’s nightmare is that he is being chased by a large, angry creature. Lucienne theorizes that the creature may be Jed’s kidnapper, but they are interrupted by Rose showing up, inexplicably appearing in the Dreaming.
The Corinthian sees Dream and Rose but they’re not the only ones who show up. Corinthian meets with the serial killers, imploring them to join him at the convention. They want to bring a guess who can “take their shared dreams to a whole new level” and that is, of course, the vortex herself, Rose.
The episode closes out with Jed being bundled in the trunk of a car. His guardians don’t take kindly to him and after he tries to run away, they catch up and bundle him in the trunk of the car. ..
The Episode Review
The Dolls House is a gripping and well-paced adaptation of the comics, following the story of Rose Walker as she moves from her childhood home to live with her aunt in Corinthia. The adaptation is accurate to the comics, although it does miss out on some key plot points which would have made for a more interesting read.
Despite its flaws, “The Avengers” is an entertaining movie. There are many good things about it, such as great visuals and a strong storyline. ..
With three episodes left, it will be interesting to see what direction the story takes next, with everything left open after that cliffhanger! ..
