Blog 7 More Dollhouse

In episode four of the show Dollhouse, some of my suspicions about the scientist seem to be confirmed. He and Echos handler notice some of the dolls eating lunch at the same table and with the same people. The scientist compares them to bison and says it is part of their base instincts to form herds for survival. The handler is of course offended by the comparison of the dolls and beasts, proving he really cares about the people and doesn’t like the whole idea. The one thing the scientist can’t figure out is why they are doing this since he says he thought they all volunteered. Also, halfway through the episode, Echo is remotely wiped which everyone thought was not possible. The scientist and Echo’s handler are genuinely concerned for her well-being and the boss lady says that they need to rescue her to save the reputation of the company. Another thing to look at this episode is the remote mind wipe. Apparently it was impossible but it was obviously done and has the scientist thinking there is a big team of people trying to sabotage Dollhouse due to the complexity of the wipe. I have a sneaking suspicion that it could just be Alpha doing this since he seems to be out for Dollhouse and extremely good at everything he does. When Echo is wiped, she seems to vaguely remember certain things, for example when her partner tells her what her name is, she says she thinks she has a different name somewhere else. Something is obviously going wrong with the Dolls or the wiping system and I am interested in seeing what happens next.