Fox won’t air final Dollhouse episode.. yeah you read it right… The good news (??) is, the news doesn’t confirm if FOX will be dropping the axe on Dollhouse.
Joss Whedon’s ambitious show will be cut short by one; 12th episode reportedly original vision for season finale.
Fox e-mailed out the highlights from its upcoming May schedule, and one thing appears to be missing: the final episode of Joss Whedon’s new action show.
On May 8, Fox will air the episode titled “Omega,” which the network describes as a season finale. But there’s just one problem: “Omega” is only the show’s 12th episode and the crew shot 13. The episode that won’t air is titled “Epitaph One.”
The news appears to have been confirmed with Felicia Day, who starred in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and had a role in “Epitaph One.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, Day used her Twitter account to say, “Man, day getting worse and worse. Found out my Dollhouse ep, #13 isn’t gonna air. Only on DVD. Such a great part too. Thx Fox. 
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However, according to some from Whedon’s camp, “Omega” is actually Whedon’s original idea of a season finale, so season one won’t feel cut short. But the obvious question is “if that was the season finale, why did they shoot an extra episode?”
It looks as though Fox cut Dollhouse’s run short in order to make room for the two-hour Prison Break series finale.
This should in no way be interpreted as the show being cancelled, but it isn’t a good sign either.
UPDATE: According to television critic Alan Sepinwall, Fox apparently considers the original pilot (Joss Whedon re-shot the first episode) as part of the 13-episode order, and “Epitaph One” was produced independently by the studio. Therefore, Fox doesn’t feel as though they need to air the extra episode (and if that’s the case, it’s a legitimate decision). It is believed the unaired episode will be part of the season one DVD box set.
[...] not… If you haven’t heard, there’s this news a couple of week back that FOX wont be airing the final episode of Dollhouse.. But there’s a a little bit of good news, that the decision to cancel the show is not yet [...]
i really do hope that dollhouse isn’t canceled it is such a good show!
i live in england and watched the first season online and i loved it i mean it isn’t as good as Buffy was but it isn’t far off and i think they should defenetly carry on with dollhouse!
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