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sugarboots
sugarboots
DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Paul Ballard moments of paranoia...
Jun 19 2009, 8:39 PM EDT | Post edited: Jun 19 2009, 8:39 PM EDT
We all know the man is paranoid! Add your favorite moments of paranoia from our man Paul right here! Do you find this valuable?    
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bluesun89
bluesun89
1. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Paul Ballard moments of paranoia...
Jun 19 2009, 8:50 PM EDT | Post edited: Jun 19 2009, 8:50 PM EDT
My favorite Ballard moment of the whole season was the "Wrong building" line in "Briar Rose." That was gold. Do you find this valuable?    
noobloser
noobloser
2. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Paul Ballard moments of paranoia...
Jun 19 2009, 9:35 PM EDT | Post edited: Jun 19 2009, 9:35 PM EDT
Definitely when he found out Mellie was November. That had me laughing at his dismay. Do you find this valuable?    
bluesun89
bluesun89
3. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Paul Ballard moments of paranoia...
Jun 19 2009, 11:32 PM EDT | Post edited: Jun 19 2009, 11:32 PM EDT
I liked the angry-horny face when he snatched her up to kiss her after he knew she was November. What can I say, I have no filter. Do you find this valuable?    
tehQ
tehQ
4. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Paul Ballard moments of paranoia...
Jul 8 2009, 8:35 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 8 2009, 8:35 AM EDT
when he spotted Victor at the dollhouse and said "my whole life is a lie" Do you find this valuable?    
runa27
runa27
5. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Paul Ballard moments of paranoia...
Jul 16 2009, 7:50 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 16 2009, 7:50 PM EDT
How about leaving November in the Dollhouse because he's sure she's still programmed to spy on/potentially kill him? Granted, he's probably ill-informed as to the details of how the Dolls are programmed... but wow. He's comfortable rescuing Caroline like that, but not "Mellie"?? Nice rationale, hero. Talk about paranoid! To me this actually shows how much he's obsessed with Caroline at that point. Although him apparently contracting with them to get November set free was actually a pleasant surprise on those lines... albeit bitterly ironic, since she seemingly contracted with them willingly (after her daughter died; probably a single mom is the thinking I've heard), unlike Caroline who was pretty much forced and would theoretically LOVE to bring the Dollhouse down were her original personality still 100% intact.

I did indeed love the "my whole life is a lie" line when he saw Victor though. Man, that was something. I think at that point, ANYONE in his shoes would be paranoid. Also makes me wonder if Tanaka isn't a Doll too, at this rate! I mean really... who says he's not!
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SilentEchoes
SilentEchoes
6. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Paul Ballard moments of paranoia...
Jul 24 2009, 4:18 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 4:18 AM EDT
"We all know the man is paranoid! Add your favorite moments of paranoia from our man Paul right here!"
The dream he had with Echo and Mellie. If that's not paranoia I don't know what is. The fact that he's thinking so hardly on it, he dreams of a complete delusional situation where Echo goes off mission just so she can get some nookie from him. This sort of turned into "Paul ballard's top 10 wet dream moments" :p

.....................I Digress, his brain also comes up with the phrase "How did they know what we shared?" which is somewhat paranoid also. haha.
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Dollbait
Dollbait
7. RE: DOLLHOUSE Season 1 WRAP-UP: Top 10 Paul Ballard moments of paranoia...
Jul 26 2009, 7:59 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 26 2009, 7:59 PM EDT
"We all know the man is paranoid! Add your favorite moments of paranoia from our man Paul right here!"
Haha...I don't believe he was paranoid...
His apartment was bugged, he found out Mellie was a sleeper doll, he was givne clues to go on, and he discovered the location of the Dollhouse. If all he went through happened to me, I wouldn't consider it paranoia as much as sharp careful observation and a high instinct for survival...
However. Among my favorite moments is when he was sizing up Alpha's timeline on his murder spree escaping the dollhouse, the why of it in the Omega episode...the interaction with Adelle, Boyd and Topher. That and when November's imprint was corrupted and a message to him was given personally...I agree it was golden, his reaction...As well as his action of closing her pod up with the thought she's a killer when he infiltrated the Dollhouse. Yeah, those dreams were good too. Dreams are crazy, we all know it.
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