"BRIAR ROSE"  FUNDAMENTALS
| Episode Number: 11
| Season: 1
| Original Air Date: May 1st, 2009
| Writer: Jane Espenson
| Director: Dwight Little
| | Special Guests: (Alan Tudyk) | | Synopsis: Ballard's investigation leads him to the agoraphobic designer of the Dollhouse. Echo helps a young girl deal with her traumatic past; Adelle goes to the Attic in search of answers; and Alpha reveals himself to set his end game in motion. | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | |
INSIDE THE DOLLHOUSE
This episode's reveals...
| New findings on the inner workings of the Dollhouse: | | New location(s):
| New character(s): Susan
| | New behavior(s): | | Agent Smith's progress: | | | Revelations about her past: | | | New memories: | | | New relationships:
| | | | TRACKING THE DOLLS 
ACTIVE: ECHO
Handler:
| PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Susan
| CLIENT: Topher
| MISSION: Help Susan (the younger) deal with her troubled past.
| GLITCHES: None.
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ACTIVE:
Sierra
Handler: | PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Agent Gehrhard (FBI forensic scientist)
| CLIENT: Boyd
| MISSION: Examine the body in Tucson to determine if it's linked to Alpha.
| GLITCHES: None.
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ACTIVE:
Victor
Handler:
None
| PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Laurence Dominic
| CLIENT: Adelle DeWitt
| MISSION: Open the unidentified message that came for him from the NSA or Alpha.
| GLITCHES: None.
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ACTIVE:Whiskey
Handler: | PERSONALITY IMPRINT:Dr. Claire Saunders
| CLIENT:Adelle DeWitt
| MISSION:To monitor the physical health of the Dolls and heal their injuries.
| | GLITCHES:None | | | | | |
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
- What's going to happen to Victor now that his face is scarred? Will they release him as his original self, or put him in the attic?
- What is the significance of the dialogue between Alpha and Dr. Saunders? Is "Saunders" a permanent imprint on a doll that was retired after Alpha's attack?
- Why does Dr. Saunders still bear Alpha's scars, when they're surface wounds which minor plastic surgery could easily repair?
- Who did Alpha imprint onto Echo? Is Echo now a composite as well?
- Is Paul going to the attic?
- When Mr. Dominic shouts for "whiskey" while strapped to the chair-- is he really asking for a drink, or is he referring to an Active we don't know about yet (Saunders, perhaps)?
- What was the real Kepler doing poking around in the trash-- and why would Alpha bother posing as a naked guy with missing fingers, hanging out in a dumpster, to kill him?
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BEST MOMENTS
- Echo taking physical action to protect Boyd from Ballard, while she was mind wiped. Twice!
| | BEST QUOTES
- "I'm not comfortable with people in my home that aren't delivering me Thai food."
- "Carrots! ...Medicinal carrots! That were here when I moved in, and-- I'm just holding them for a friend!"
- "They flip a switch, you'll kill me and you won't even know it. I'm sorry." - Paul Ballard to November
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TRIVIA
- The little girl, Susan, uses crayon to cross out sections of the Sleeping Beauty story, saying that she's "fixing" it. River Tam similarly "fixed" Shepherd Book's bible in Firefly episode 7, "Jaynestown."
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