So far this season Dollhouse hasn’t been on the money. The first three episodes hasn’t been anything special. The manhunt episode was their weakest til date. I figured this show will have inconstancy throughout this season. I expected this episode to be dumb and unwatchable. I was wrong since I believe this was the best episode yet.
It begins with her pretending to be a hooker. She is having a good time with her company until the party is taken upstairs. She runs out of the room with a busted lip. She runs into one of the hotel workers and asked him for help. He takes her into his security room and tries to buy her off. She becomes insulted and almost leaves the room. She turns back around and beats up the security guard. It was a setup to get her into the room so she can gain access to the vault. I guess looks are deceiving.
Eliza Dushku as Echo
Once she and her crew are in, they blow a hole that leads to a secret hallway. It leads to a vault with unlimited pleasures. Echo’s new personality is a master criminal. She is able to get into the vault with ease. Once inside, one of her partners quickly finds the item to steal but takes it for himself. He stabs his friend and runs outside with the item. Echo quickly calls for help and is assured that the item will reach its buyer. Then something strange happened. Her memory got remotely erased!
This put the people of the dollhouse in a frenzy. They couldn’t understand how it was possible for her memory to be wiped remotely. They finally acknowledge that alpha is alive and that they need to be careful. They are truly afraid of this man. With her that info they pumped in him, I can’t blame them.
Meanwhile, Echo is having a rough time with her remaining crew members. They think she is having some woman crisis. They try to smack her memory back into her but that did very little. The dollhouse is aware of the situation and has to call Seirra, played by Dichen Lachman, to help Echo.
They gave her the same skills with a snarly attitude. She gets in touch with Echo and tries to guide her on how to get everyone out. Unfortunately she messes up. She activates the alarm system and the police are they way. Her partner Vitas, played by Anson Mount, was more than willing to shoot his way out. However, Walton thought differently. He throws green smoke into the fire and escapes with Echo. They run into Boyd. He takes Walton and gives him medical attention. Echo goes through another mind wipe and no longer remembers the day. The dollhouse however will never forget this day.
Meanwhile during this whole ordeal Paul received a visitor. It was his good old buddy Victor. Victor believes people are out to get him and he needs Paul’s help. At first I thought Paul was going to help him but then he changes his mind. He tells him if he dies then he knows that he is on to something. He sends Victor away to his impending doom. I don’t believe Paul is going to let him die because after all he is the closest thing to the dollhouse. Maybe after Victor’s next mind wipe, everything will be okay.
I really liked this episode. I thought everyone did a good job with their parts. They let Dichen show her range as an actress and gave Topher lots of screen time. The nExt episode looks stupid but i thought this one was going to be too. So far they are two in a row for good episodes. I hope they can make it three.
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