I really like these two, but I am a little disturbed that they are disturbed that being replaced by two female writers on Dollhouse implies that all female writers are interchangeable. I sincerely doubt that Joss hired two new women just because he needed to replace two women who had just left...

jiggyfly | September 27, 11:24 CET

Didn't Joss once say he hired Liz & Sarah specifically to have a women perspective in the writer's room? Or that he wanted women to run the show?

Anyone know what I'm talking about/remember that better than I do?

wiesengrund | September 27, 11:45 CET

Yeah, I remember Joss saying he got Liz and Sarah because he wanted a female voice overseeing things. I can understand why, given Dollhouse's premise.

gossi | September 27, 12:24 CET

Who are the replacements? Anyone know?

moley75 | September 27, 21:44 CET

Maureen Ryan also recently wrote about the makeover of Lie to Me. Craft & Fain are mentioned favorably.

peacemonger | September 27, 21:56 CET

The people who ran Reaper.

Simon | September 27, 21:59 CET

@moley75: The replacements are the writing team of Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters, formerly of Reaper.

@wisengrund: in my notes from the Paley Fest, Liz Craft said she and Sarah were brought in by Joss "to protect him" because "we don't want to shy away from anything controversial." Trying to find the vid for that is more difficult.

Whedonage | September 27, 22:01 CET

Ah, thanks, I did know they had joined but hadn't realised that they were replacements for anybody.

moley75 | September 27, 22:06 CET

Speaking of which, who's the showrunner on Dollhouse now? I never found that out. Is it Fazeka and Butters?

Jobo | September 28, 04:21 CET

Nothing official on it, but last I heard Tim (who some may have noticed in the credits for "Vows" now is a full time executive producer instead of part time consulting) was running the writer's room, with Joss overseeing production and post.

wiesengrund | September 28, 07:26 CET

I got a little disturbed because my friend who got divorced from a woman, went back out there and started seeing other women. It's as if all he cares about is the fact that the next one is a woman. They're all interchangeable.

I'm pretty sure that Fain & Craft were doing mock outrage, I doubt they seriously think that Joss believes all female writers are interchangeable.

Aidan W. | September 28, 14:37 CET

...and Alan Sepinwall chimes in.

peacemonger | September 28, 22:47 CET

Last night's Lie To Me was the first writing credit for Fain and Craft, and it was IMO the best ep yet (although I haven't seen them all).

I didn't really get into this show until the very end of the first season. Now I see (from peacemonger's link) that Shawn Ryan came on board at about that point - which explains a lot, improvement-wise.

Looking forward to seeing James Marsters guest star, I hope it's a good role and not just one of those "five minutes of screen time" things.

Shey | September 29, 11:43 CET