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"TRUE BELIEVER"
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Episode Number: 5
 Season: 1
Original Air Date: March 13th, 2009
Writer: Tim Minear
Director: Allan Kroeker
Special Guests: (Amy Acker) Dr. Claire Saunders; (Reed Diamond) Laurence Dominic; (Miracle Laurie) Mellie; (Brian Bloom) Jonas Sparrow; (Aisha Hinds) Loomis; (Rebecca Field) Kris; (Angus Sutherland) Lilya; (Mark Totty) Agent Lilly; (Sam Hennings) Senator Boxbaum; (Brad Hunt) Jesse Dillard; (David Alpay) Seth.
Synopsis: Imprinted as a blind girl, Echo must infiltrate a heavily guarded cult run by a charismatic leader before a Waco-like tragedy strikes.
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INSIDE THE DOLLHOUSE
This episode's reveals... Echo is displaying the same warning signs as Alpha did before he went postal. Laurence Dominic is a bad guy, he tried to kill Echo because he feels that she is becoming a threat. Victor is having lustful feelings towards Sierra.

New findings on the inner workings of the Dollhouse: Alpha showed warning signs for a few weeks prior to his killing spree. The Dollhouse has political ties and appear to work use them on a quid pro quo basis.
New location(s): Arizona and a religious cult-like compound
New character(s): Senator Boxbaum, Jesse Dillard, Lilya, Kris, Agent Grant Lilly, Seth, Jonas Sparrow, Loomis.
New behavior(s):
Agent Ballard's progress: He acquires the video yearbook of Echo at college. He sees Echo on the news at the religious compound, but by the time he gets there, she's already gone.
Tracking ECHO
Revelations about her past:
New memories:
Clues to self-awareness: Echo seems to remember that Dominic is a threat.
New relationships: A new enemy, Laurence Dominic, he broke protocol to follow Echo to her engagement and then knocked her out and left her to die.
TRACKING THE DOLLS
Eliza Dushku as ECHO in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
ACTIVE: ECHO
Handler: Boyd Langdon
PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Esther Carpenter
CLIENT: Senator Boxbaum
MISSION: infiltrate a religious cult with mini cameras implanted into her eyes to gather evidence. (the downside is that they make her blind while they are operational.)
GLITCHES: The leader of the cult, Jonas, slaps her in the face disabling the cameras and restoring her sight.
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ACTIVE:
Handler:
PERSONALITY IMPRINT:
CLIENT:
MISSION:
GLITCHES:
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Handler:
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
  • Why would Laurence Dominic risk everything leave unauthorized and then try to kill Echo? Especially when Adelle would probably kill him if he succeeded and she found out, since Echo is her most requested Active, therefore making Adelle, lots of money?
  • It was stated that Victor is showing signs of arousal, and that the reason for the new changes in Victor's behavior is due to the arrival of Sierra. So they decide to do a "scrub" on Victor's brain and then continue to monitor him. We can assume that a "scrub" is probably a pretty accurate description of what they're gonna do. They also stated that Echo is showing the same signs as Alpha did before he started killing everyone, so if their were signs, why didn't they scrub Alpha? Or did they and it didn't work? Also why do they keep suggesting to put Echo in the "attic" instead of Scrubbing her as well?
  • What is the Attic? Are there any actives up there now? and who?
  • Was Laurence Dominic the one who payed Richard Connell to hunt Echo in 'Target'? Did Dominick lie about Richard's background check at the beginning? Since we know now that Laurence definately wants Echo dead, is Alpha even still alive? Has it been Laurence the whole time trying to kill her and hiring other people to kill her? And Alpha's only been responsible for giving information to Agent Ballard to try and protect her, and get her out of the Dollhouse? Therefore making Alpha the good guy and Laurence and whoever he's working for the bad guy?
  • Now that the FBI has the video yearbook, are they going to try to track echo down by finding out what school she went to?
  • It's stated that Echo is showing the same signs as Alpha did. But if you think about it, the glitches that end up staying with Echo even after being mindwiped are due to Mr. Crestejo pushing her about who she really is, "remembering" being kidnapped and raped as a little girl and having a panic attack after seeing the man who did it, even though it wasn't "really" her it happened to, Richard hunting her and drugging her and telling her she needs to prove she's worth living, when Rayna didn't care about anyone but herself and was willing to let Sierra die, and when Laurence Dominick tried killing her, and when Jonas smacked her around. All pretty traumatic events or when someone tried to dominate her. So did Alpha have similar experiences? Was someone tampering with his engagements as well? Or trying to dominate him or someone else? Maybe Laurence Dominic?
  • What caused Alpha to kill most of the staff and actives of the Dollhouse?
  • Why didn't Alpha take Echo with him when he escaped the Dollhouse? Why would he spare her and then leave her there and only send clues to Agent Ballard? Why doesn't he give Agent Ballard more useful information? (about this question, we don't really know that Alpha is the one who is sending the clues to Ballard because we don't know if he was the naked man in the house watching her on the video; we are all just assuming so.)
BEST MOMENTS
  • When Echo catches Jonas' hand when he tries to strike her again.
  • When Echo beats the crap out of Jonas after she had enough of him hitting her and then she saves the followers from burning to death due to their ignorance.
  • When Topher is trying to explain to Dr. Saunders how Victor got a "man reaction."


 BEST QUOTES
  • "More than anything." Said by Echo (as the blind believer) to Boyd after he asks her if she wants to become a new person.
  • "It's a miracle, I can see." Said by Echo to Jonas, after he hits her and then tries to hit her again and she catches his hand.
  • Doctor Saunders: "Victor had an erection?" Topher: "I like to call it a 'man reaction.'"


TRIVIA





 EPISODE SHOCKERS
  • Laurence Dominic, taking a company plane unauthorized and following Echo to Arizona and then trying to kill her.
  • After Echo was mindwiped and when Dr. Saunders asked her how her vision was, and she replied "I can see perfectly." while looking at Laurence Dominic like she's gonna get her revenge for the before mentioned item.
  • That Echo's recent behavior changes are exactly like Alpha's before he went Rogue.


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jewellgurl_13 Speculations??? 6 Mar 15 2009, 11:39 AM EDT by Livingdoll
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So, did Laurence Dominick know that Echo could see again after being hit by Jonas, before he left to go kill her, or did he think she was still blind when he got there? Also if Victor is showing the same warning signs that Alpha showed, and they started with the arrival of Sierra, did Alpha's start with the arrival of Echo, and that's why he's so obsessed? What do yall think? Please don't give away anything though if you somehow know what happens in future episodes, this is strictly for opinions and thoughts and stuff.
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