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Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1. Ghost
Echo is introduced as one of the "Actives" in the Dollhouse. The Dollhouse scientist Topher Brink wipes her mind and reprograms her as a ruthlessly efficient kidnapping negotiator. Echo's new personality incorporates memories from another woman who was molested as a child, and it turns out the molester is one of the kidnappers she must now negotiate with. She crumbles in fear during the ransom exchange, nearly getting their client killed. But she is allowed to confront the kidnappers, turning them against each other and rescuing the kidnapped girl. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Paul Ballard struggles with his assignment to uncover information on the Dollhouse, which has destroyed his marriage and is wrecking his career.
Episode 2. The Target
Echo's latest imprint has her as the perfect date for Richard, an outdoorsman, who takes her on a romantic wilderness adventure. The experience takes a turn for the worse when Richard indicates he will conclude the "date" by hunting her for sport. Although Echo is imprinted with absolute trust in Boyd, he is unable to do more than deliver a weapon to her, and she must kill Richard on her own. Afterward the Dollhouse team discovers the handiwork of Alpha, a roguedoll, on the corpse of an unknown assassin. It was Alpha who had maimed Dr. Saunders and butchered the handler Boyd was hired to replace. Agent Ballard receives an anonymous package concerning Echo's previous identity as a woman named Caroline, and continues his search.
Episode 3. Stage Fright
Echo goes undercover as a backup singer to protect volatile pop star Rayna Russell from an obsessed fan. Fellow Active, Sierra, also goes undercover as a fan who wins a contest and gets to spend an evening with Rayna. Getting closer Rayna, Echo discovers that Rayna is in collusion with her stalker and welcomes death. Sierra is kidnapped when Echo thwarts a shooting and Echo must save Sierra from the stalker and Rayna from herself. Meanwhile, Lubov is revealed to be an Active("Victor") and Agent Paul Ballard is led to an abandoned basement wherehe is attacked by three Russian agents.
Episode 4. Gray Hour
Echo is sent on a high-tech heist to recover stolen art for the Greek government, but the job goes bad when one of her accomplices double crosses them. It gets worse when, during a phone conversation with Boyd, she is remotely "wiped" by an unknown party and returns to her child-like state without any of the skills she had been imprinted with. With help from Sierra, Echo barely manages to escape. Topher suspects only Alpha could have managed the remote wipe, and finally Adelle confides to him that her security had indeed failed to kill Alpha.
Episode 5. True Believer
Imprinted as a visually impaired woman, Echo must infiltrate a heavily guarded cult in order to rescue a woman held against her will.
Episode 6. Man On The Street
Echo tries to help a client heal the ache of a lost love as a TV reporter prepares an exposé on the Dollhouse.
Episode 7.Echos
Echo is strangely drawn to a college campus, where a new drug is causing the students to kill themselves. She has flashbacks to her life as Caroline, where her boyfriend Leo was killed at the same college.
Episode 8. Needs
Echo, Sierra and Victor awaken in the Dollhouse with most of their original personalities and memories intact. They have been put into an experimental environment in order to resolve repeating behaviors. Echo deviates from her programming and leads the charge to free the Actives from their apparent captivity in order to escape the Dollhouse forever.
Episode 9. A Spy in the House of Love
A traitor is discovered inside the Dollhouse. Echo and Sierra are programmed to find the spy who has been changing the Doll's imprints. It is Dominick.Adelle wrestles with her secret love affair with the imprinted Victor. Ballard receives surprising news from Mellie.
Episode 10. Haunted
When Adelle's wealthy friend is murdered, Adelle imprints Echo with the woman's memories and personality to solve the case.Ballard looks into Mellie's past, and Topher secretly programs Sierra for an engagement.
Episode 11.Briar Rose
Adelle goes to the attic in search of answers. Meanwhile, Ballard's investigation leads him to the agoraphobic designer of the Dollhouse, who helps Ballard break in. However, the architect turns out to be Alpha, who reveals himself and sets his game in motion.
Episode 12. Omega
Alpha's continued obsession with Echo may cost her everything. Ballard makes a decision that could change the rest of his life. One Doll's story ends as another's is revealed.
Contributed By Bala
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