"I think that having labelled it as season 8, Joss owes us more connection to BtVS than we've gotten so far. But I also think he's starting to pay off the slow intro, so this is sort of like sliding into mid-season two of Buffy, where it became clear tha there was more potential there than you might have guessed at the start. But it'll still be a while before I can decide whether Joss really is a one hit wonder, or a guy with a well of talent for big canvass story telling."

Yeah, I agree there. I'm afraid I can't shake the feeling that Joss is a wee bit 'yesterdays man' really, but as we've long way to go till season 8 ends and as I won't see Dollahouse for a long, long time to come I won't know that for certain for just yet.