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After six episodes of mounting insanity, “Valley of the Dolls” offers its characters a much-needed reprieve. There are no gunshots or death threats here; there’s just the trio hanging out in the doll-infested home of Charles’ sister Doreen (Melissa McCarthy). Granted, this is arguably even scarier.
(Warning: Spoilers ahead.)
Like a lot of McCarthy’s comedic characters, Doreen is unhinged. She veers wildly from one emotion to another, is quick to resort to violence, and her horniness for Oliver manages to nearly ruin (and then save?) his relationship with Loretta (Meryl Streep). She’s a fun character, and her final heart-to-heart with Charles provides some heartwrenching insight to both of their dysfunctional childhoods. Still, it’s hard to get too invested, because she feels like a filler character. We’ve got a big murder to solve, so why are we spending so much time on a character who’s clearly not a suspect?
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