"STAGE FRIGHT"  FUNDAMENTALS
| Episode Number: 3
| Season: 1 | Original Air Date: February 27th, 2009
| | Writer: Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon | Director: David Solomon
| Special Guests: (Amy Acker) Claire Saunders; (Reed Diamond) Laurence Dominic; (Kevin Kilner) Hearn; (Jamie Lee Kirchner) Rayna Russell; (Jim Piddock) Biz; (Cloie Wyatt Taylor) Chantal; (Miracle Laurie) Mellie; (Graham Norris) The Fan; (Michael khmourov) Thug 1; (Manny Guevara) Stage Manager; (Stephon Fuller) EMT 2; (Kimberly Cole) Kimberly; (John Brantley Cole) Music Director; (Jonathan Kowalsky) Security Guard; (Sherida Mulrowe) Stylist; (Billy "Sly" Williams) Concert Promoter; (Alex Quijano) EMT 1
| Synopsis: To protect a volatile pop star from an overzealous fan, Echo goes undercover as a backup singer.
Meanwhile, Agent Ballard is led down a dangerously wrong path in his investigation, and Lubov harbors a secret. [Fox] | | | CATCH THIS EPISODE?
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NEW! Read a transcript of "Stage Fright" here!
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INSIDE THE DOLLHOUSE
This episode's reveals...
New findings on the inner workings of the Dollhouse:
- Each Active's moniker actually refers to a whole "line" of Actives who have had that name. For example, Boyd asks Joe Hern what happened to the previous Sierra. Hern replies, "She got the job done."
- It is possible to imprint an Active with a Program separate from his or her Parameter, meaning that the Program could be the personality imprint of a struggling singer, whereas the mission Parameter could be to instinctively protect a specific person--two things that have no immediate connection.
| | New location(s):
| New character(s): Alyson, The Fan, Bill "Biz" Zarella, a new active named Victor who has a familiar face.
| | New behavior(s): Knows to warn Sierra not to approach her and talk to her while in the Dollhouse if certain people are watching. She also goes outside expected behavior to completer her mission. | | Agent Ballard's progress: Led into a trap by Lubov/Victor and almost killed. | | Revelations about her past: None
| | New memories: None
| Clues to self-awareness: After the mission is over and they have both been wiped, Sierra seems to almost start a conversation with Echo, though Echo warns her off, as Sierra's handler is watching. This seems to build on the relationship they had been establishing as Jordan and Audra.
| | New relationships:
- Echo refers to Sierra as her friend for the frst time while in the Tabula Rasa state, which then carries over into their combined mission, as Echo tells Rayna that "Friends help each other out."
- Boyd asks Dr. Saunders to call him Boyd, and she complies--a fact that does not go unnoticed by Topher.
| | | | TRACKING THE DOLLS 
| PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Jordan
| CLIENT: Biz, Superstar Rayna's manager
| MISSION: To be a backup singer for Rayna with an underlying mission to protect her from a crazy fan
| | GLITCHES: When Rayna refuses to do anything to help Sierra, she knocks Rayna out with a chair and then says "Friends help each other out," something she had said to Sierra at the dollhouse in a wiped mind state. She sings in a wiped mind state and warns Sierra not to approach her when Joe Hern is watching | | | 
ACTIVE:
SIERRA
Handler:
Joe Hern | | PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Audra | CLIENT: Biz, superstar Rayna's manager
| MISSION: To be Rayna's number 1 fan who won an online contest. To draw the crazy fan's attention away from Rayna onto herself
| | GLITCHES: Sierra heeds Echo's warning when she starts to walk over to her but Echo shakes her head "No" at her. | | | 
ACTIVE:
VICTOR
Handler: Presumably Adelle DeWitt
| PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Lubov
| | CLIENT: Adelle Dewitt | MISSION: To mislead the FBI.
| GLITCHES: None.
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ACTIVE:
Handler: | | PERSONALITY IMPRINT: | CLIENT:
| MISSION:
| | GLITCHES: | | | | | |
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
- What is the "attic" that Joe Hern is trying to tell Adelle to put Echo in?
- How did Mellie know that Ballard was in the hospital?
- Will Rayna try to locate "Jordan" since she helped her so much?
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BEST MOMENTS
- Echo throws a journalist over a railing in a club.
- When Echo knocks Rayna out for being completely self-absorbed and not caring about "her #1 fan", and then stating "Friends help each other out.
- When Agent Ballard gets shot (that's NOT the good part) and then gets back up and whoops his attackers using boards, guns, and human shields. Now THAT's an ass whoopin'.
| | BEST QUOTES
- Echo: "I'm a southy" (After she kicks the crap out of a journalist.)
- Rayna: "I'm not crazy, I just want to be free."
- Echo: (to Rayna) " You can fire me, but bitch don't think you can take me."
- Echo: (repeated line) "Friends help each other out."
- The Fan: (regarding Rayna) "Let her go." Echo: " And let her fall to her death? Then I wouldn't have anything left to bargain with."
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- Topher: "That's enough! You're in my house Laurence! Of the two people here, one of us is a genius and the other is a security guard in a very lovely suit." Laurence: "Alright genius, Tell me why Echo would kidnap the girl you programmed her to protect and bring her to the man who's trying to kill her." Topher: "Wow, that does sound kind of bad."
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- Topher: "oh my god, are you nervous? Opening night jitters. You're little girl out there, on the big stage?" Boyd: "On the stage where the last little girl caught fire?" Topher: "Fair Point."
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TRIVIA
- When Olivia is in her office and reaches for the bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label, she uncorks it then pours a drink. The problem is that Johnnie Walker Red label is the least expensive of all the company's brands. It doesn't come with a cork, it always comes with a screw top to keep the cost low.
| | EPISODE SHOCKERS
- At the end of the episode, Sierra sees Echo, smiles, and starts walking towards her as though to start a conversation. However, Sierra's handler is watching them, so Echo shakes her head no at Sierra and Sierra understands and keeps walking.
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- Lubov is actually an Active named Victor.
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- When Echo hits Rayna over the head with the chair and tells her "Friends help each other out."
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EPISODE PICTURES
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