Whedon and Dushku Play with 'Dollhouse 'at Comic-Con

Strong Women. That’s one of the many great things you can count on when attending any sort of Joss Whedon panel at San Diego Comic-Con International. And Friday’s panel featured a few, namely Dollhouse star Eliza Dushku.

Following a screening of the 13^th “lost” episode of the Fox drama, Whedon and Dushku said Epitaph One will carry over into the upcoming Season 2 of the show and that the [SPOILER ALERT] leap forward in time was part a consequence of the writers’ “expectation” that they would be canceled and said they’re “reeling some stuff back in” now that production has resumed after the show’s 13-episode pickup.

"What we intend to do is honor what you’ve seen here today, but a lot of (Episode 13) were memories,” Whedon told the packed ballroom.  “And our memory is famously fallible.”

"We talked about a lot of ideas for going forward after we accidentally forgot to get canceled,” he joked in a nod to Fox’s eleventh-hour pickup of the show following a massive outpouring of support from Dollhouse fans.

As for what else can be expected from Season 2, the multihyphenate said some familiar faces from the Whedon “family” will be showing up on Dollhouse, specifically Felicia Day, who starred as Penny in Whedon’s Emmy-nominated Web series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Day, who appeared in Epitaph One, is confirmed to return on Dollhouse’s Season 2 premiere.

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Summer Glau, a Whedon regular from such series as Firefly and Angel, also could surface on Dollhouse “if the stars align,” Whedon said.

Dushku, who Tweetedthat she had a big reveal set for the Dollhouse panel, made good on her promise. Her big Comic-Con announcement was that she will lend her voice to swords and shooting video game “Wet,” which is due out in September or October.

And as for what else Whedon has on his plate: The Buffy the Vampire Slayercreator said he’ll resume writing the Buffy Season 8 comic books.

Whedon and Dushku, meanwhile, continued their mutual love affair at Comic-Con and were as lighthearted as ever. Noting that they were sitting in each other’s chairs at the panel, Dushku told Whedon in a nod to her Dollhouse character Echo: “I’d like to try on your personality.”

Not to be outdone, Whedon zapped back: “I’d like to try on your dress!”