Only two more episodes of 'Dollhouse' left

Did you watch "Dollhouse" last week?

No?  If you haven't then maybe you have good reason to be jaded, because the show produced by "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" creator Joss Whedon and starring Buffy-vet Eliza Dushku has not exactly knocked it out of the park.

But lately, the show has been terrific, especially last week's episode "Getting Closer."  I'm not going to spoil anything but check this recap out if you want more details.

The second to last episode of "Dollhouse" premieres 9 p.m. tonight on your local Fox station and I expect it to be as dramatic and thrilling as the last few episodes have been.

To their credit, Whedon and Dushku must have known that there was a strong possibility that "Dollhouse" would not be back for a third season and planned the direction of these final episodes accordingly. 

When "Dollhouse" began, the ongoing premise of the show followed the main character Echo (Dushku) who has her personality and memories altered to suit whatever mission or encounter she is dispatched to.  These one-shot episodes typically ended with her returning to her base personality but retaining some part of the new skills and memories she was artificially given.

The series didn't always stay that course or begin explaining the reasons why Echo could do this when most other "dolls" could not, but there seemed to be something really cool behind the curtain.  Especially with the super-intelligent "doll" sociopath "Alpha" lurking out there.

"Dollhouse" had a driving storyline in there somewhere but it didn't reveal itself soon enough for me to stay hooked.  Perhaps this is what Whedon was referring to in his recent interview with Comic Book Resources about the end of the series:

I just look back and go, 'I wish I had figured some things out a little earlier.' But that's all the time I have for regret. It is what it is."

Well, never mind how the show started, what's more important is how it finishes and "Dolhouse" looks like it's geared to go out like a champ.

The second to the last episode of "Dollhouse," "The Hollow Man" airs 9 p.m. tonight.