Personal Bias: Two of my all-time favorite shows are both Joss Whedon creations: Firefly and Dollhouse. Like Whedon’s first hit show, Buffy Vampire Slayer, both series feature a female fighter who can best any male opponent. Echo, the star of Dollhouse, has hundreds of personalities planted into her brain with a range of skills, abilities and motivations--many of which are combat oriented. River proves in the Firefly tie-in movie Serenity that she is the most formitable combatant of the ensemble cast. Although I thought Firefly was the better show overall, Echo edges out River as the more interesting character. Ground Rules: Both characters will face off at their most powerful as seen in their respective programs. Echo is aware of and has access to all her personalities and River is in control of her pychic abilities. The arena for this match-up is an empty bar room. Both women are unarmed, but the room is stocked with items that can be used as weapons. No guns are available. Fight! Echo takes the initiative, going into a chain of jujitsu attacks. She is stunned to see each blow is systematically countered resulting in River using Echo’s momentum against her, hurling her over the bar. Echo ...