"Ghost""GHOST"  FUNDAMENTALS
| Episode Number: 1
| Season: 1 | | Original Air Date: February 13th, 2009 | | Writer: Joss Whedon | | Director: Joss Whedon | | Special Guests: (Amy Acker) Claire Saunders; (Reed Diamond) Laurence Dominic; (Brett Claywell) Matt; (Kurt Caceres) Gabriel Crestejo; (Haley Alexis Pullos) Davina Crestejo; (David Doty) Dir.Sam Zimmerman; (Tim Kelleher) Detmer; (Vincent Laresca) Mr. Sunshine; (Greg Collins) Older man; (Bryan Costanich) Friend; (Johnny Lee) Deerskin; (Oscar Torre) Chui; (Becky Wu) Assistant; (Christian J. Meoli) Thug 1 | Synopsis:
Echo is one of the "Actives" in the elite and illegal Dollhouse. Through different personality downloads, she plays the role of a lovestruck girl on a romantic weekend, and then a ruthlessly efficient kidnapping negotiator.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Paul Ballard is struggling with his assignment to uncover information on the Dollhouse. The chase has destroyed his marriage and is wrecking his career, and it doesn't seem that he'll stop until he uncovers the truth. The father of the kidnapped child triggers confusion in Echo when he attacks her competence as a manufactured psyche. | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | CATCH THIS EPISODE?
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INSIDE THE DOLLHOUSE
This episode's reveals...
New findings on the inner workings of the Dollhouse:
- Revelation how memories are imprinted into the Actives.
- Brief explanation as to how the personality imprints are made.
- Glimpse at a first-time treatment of an Active.
- Glimpses at the living conditions in the Dollhouse.
| | New location(s): The Dollhouse
| New character(s): Hayden Leeds, Cyril, Ethan, Sierra, Claire Saunders, Topher, Echo, Agent Ballard, Adelle DeWitt, Boyd Langdon
| | New behavior(s): | | Agent Ballard's progress: No one believes him, his department thinks he's crazy. He corners Lubov and tells him to use his connections with the Borodin family to find him information about the Dollhouse and in return he'll let him live and stay away from the Borodins. | | Revelations about her past:
- Pre-Dollhouse name was Caroline
- Trouble with the law right before coming into the Dollhouse
- Had a college education, was inspired by "Mrs. Dundee" to try to change the world for the better
- College dormmates were Ditra and Meg
- Dislikes members of the sorority Sigma Tau
| | | New memories: When Gabriel pushes her on who is she, she flashes and has a memory of Sierra getting her first treatment, and how she was in pain | | Clues to self-awareness: She is obviously bothered that she can't remember what "fell on her and hurt her knee" refering to the motorcycle fall at the beginning of the episode | | New relationships:
| | | | TRACKING THE DOLLS | | | ACTIVE: ECHO
Handler: Boyd Langdon
| PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Elinor Penn
| CLIENT:
Gabriel Crestejo | MISSION: Safely retrieve the kidnapped daughter of an entrepreneur
| GLITCHES: Memory of imprinted person remembers her kidnapper, causes asthma-attack.
| | |  ACTIVE: SIERRA
Handler: Laurence Dominick
| PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Killer/Sweeper
| CLIENT: Dollhouse Clean-up Mission
| MISSION: Eliminate the kidnappers, retrieve the ransom money, and dispose of any evidence linking back to the Dollhouse
| GLITCHES:
| | | | | ACTIVE: Echo
Handler: Boyd Langdon | | PERSONALITY IMPRINT: | CLIENT: Matt
| MISSION: Have a romantic weekend with Matt
| | GLITCHES: | | | | ACTIVE:
Handler: | | PERSONALITY IMPRINT: | CLIENT:
| MISSION:
| | GLITCHES: | | | | | |
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
- Who was Echo pre-Dollhouse?
- What was her crime? Why did she get into contact with the law?
- Who is the man watching videos of Echo's past life as Caroline?
- Are the bodies at the end Echo/Caroline's parents?
- Why is Ballard so obsessed with the Dollhouse? Does he have some connection that gives a reason why he's searching for it?
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BEST MOMENTS
- When Sierra busts open the door and takes out all the remaining kidnappers.
| | BEST QUOTES
- "Nothing is as it appears to be." Opening line, said by Adelle to Echo.
- "Actions have consequences, what if they didn't?" said by Adelle to Echo.
- "I know it's a cliche. But what can I say? I want to do everything? Is that too much to ask?" said by Echo on a home video taken at her college when she was still Caroline
- "You told me you were good with people." said by Gabriel to Echo. "I misspoke. I'm good at people." replied Echo.
- Matt: "Oh my god you are a sore loser!" Echo: "I wouldn't know I've never lossed." Matt: "That's okay the first time you're always just a little bit sore."
- "Ever try to clean an actual slate? You always see what was on it before." -Caroline, before she became Echo
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TRIVIA
- According to a copy of the shooting script for this episode, which leaked onto the internet in August 2008, the title of this episode was originally 'Mariposa'
- Also, according to the shooting script for this episode, the name of Tahmoh Penikett's character changed from Paul Smith to Paul Ballard.
| | EPISODE SHOCKERS
- Naked man watching video of the pre-Echo as the camera pans to show two dead people in the room with him. Are they "Echo's" parents? Is the man Alpha?
- When Elinor/Echo started having a panic attack after seeing the kidnapper, and saying they weren't gonna give the girl back, because she "remembered" him from taking her when she was a little girl.
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EPISODE PICTURES
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This is mind blowing |
You're looking fine, girl. |
We attach the electrodes here | | |
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