Dollhouse shocker: Joss Whedon says FOX execs were nervous about that whole "prostitute" thing

Probably my biggest complaint about first season Dollhouse was that the creators of the show seemed to be so uncomfortable with their own premise that they spent more time avoiding implications than exploring them -- leading me, as a viewer, to constantly say, "Joss, if you didn't want to go there, why did you go there?"

Turns out I was right about the discomfort but wrong about the source, which is an occupational hazard when you're a solo novelist judging the team sport that is TV production...