Episode 1.12 Omega

I think it's interesting how "Caroline" sort of survives even when her memories do not; her tendency to be fiercely independent as well as her tendency to stand up to what she perceives as bullies, and her apparent desire to protect those who are defenseless victims of such, shines through even with 38 or more personalities in her head at the same time. We actually also saw this is "Spy in the House of Love" though - the only difference is that as a mind-wiped active, she had less of an idea of who the bully/bad guy really was, so she ended up defending the Dollhouse, her perceived home, because she had no idea of how it was exploiting her or anyone else. But notice she still acts "heroically" in defense of it. Classic Caroline... DeWitt should worry; should Echo ever really become aware of the fact that the Dollhouse hurts and exploits people, she almost certainly will turn on them immediately.

I think what we also see here in "Omega", is that Alpha was never that stable to begin with; in contrast to Caroline. Notice how Echo apparently handles the composite imprint better than he does, in the sense that though she may be experiencing "like 38" other personalities at once, what she displays is a much more cohesive set of behavior, with a lot less waffling back and forth on the persona front. I think the "soul" of Alpha was broken to begin with, psychotic and unstable and on top of being sociopathic... and therefore unable to find its way and be more cohesive in controlling the numerous imprints for anything other than largely randomized psychosis or obsessive quests (such as to create his consort out of Echo - nice use of the word, btw!). Caroline, however, though occasionally naive, always had a firm sense of purpose: to fight bullies and protect the weak and the defenseless. And she still does! Sort of calls to mind Book's advice to Mal in Serenity, doesn't it? ;)

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