"Needs""NEEDS"  FUNDAMENTALS
| Episode Number: 8
| Season: 1
| Original Air Date: April 3rd, 2009
| | Writer: Tracy Bellomo | Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá
| | Special Guests: (Amy Acker) Dr. Claire Saunders; (Reed Diamond) Laurence Dominic; (Miracle Laurie) Mellie; (Teddy Sears) Mike; (Emma Bell) Tango; (Skyler Stone) Jimmy; (Angel Desai) Sophie; (Vincent Ventresca) Nolan; (Joe Wandell) Adams. | Synopsis: When Echo, Sierra and Victor awaken in the Dollhouse with most of their original personalities and memories intact, Echo leads the charge to free the Actives from their apparent captivity and escape the Dollhouse forever.
Meanwhile, Ballard discovers the Dollhouse is closer than he thinks. | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | 
C'mon baby it'll be my first time as well | | | | |
INSIDE THE DOLLHOUSE
This episode's reveals...
| New findings on the inner workings of the Dollhouse: | | New location(s):Mountains?The doll's wardrobe storage area
| New character(s): Jimmy, Mike, Nolan, Sophie, Tango
| | New behavior(s): | Agent Smith's progress:
He realized his apartment was bugged and was told by an expert that the bug was way to advanced.
He got a voicemail from Echo (as Caroline) telling him they are underground and asking him to save them.
| | | Revelations about her past: | | | New memories: The Mountain | | | New relationships:
| | | | TRACKING THE DOLLS 
ACTIVE: ECHO
Handler:
| PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Caroline, without her complete previous memories.
| CLIENT:
| MISSION: Giving Closure to help pacify the dolls who've been glitching.
| GLITCHES: Recalling more memories than was originally planned for.
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ACTIVE:Victor
Handler: | | PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Himself, pre-Dollhouse, with his personalitybut without his memories | CLIENT:
| MISSION: "He needed to get the girl" namely, Sierra
| | GLITCHES: That shower scene | | |
ACTIVE:Sierra
Handler: | | PERSONALITY IMPRINT: Bria, with her personality but without her memories | CLIENT:
| MISSION: "Confront the man who took away her power" - Nolan
| | GLITCHES: | | |
ACTIVE:
Handler: | | PERSONALITY IMPRINT: | CLIENT:
| MISSION:
| | GLITCHES: | | | | | |
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
- How did November's daughter die? Is she responsible?
- Will Nolan get the ass kicking he truly deserves?
- A lot of people assumed that Dr. Saunders was the mole inside the Dollhouse. Now that we know about her plan to give the dolls closure, is there a chance it could still be her? Or someone else?
- What is the significance, if any, of the mountain Echo saw before waking up as Caroline?
- Who is feeding information to Agent Ballard through Echo?
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BEST MOMENTS
- When the dolls awoke in their pods and Victor wanted to put Mike back in for persistently suggesting they were abducted by aliens
- When Victor and Sierra kissed
- When Topher admits to being afraid of the dark.
- Saunders explains to Boyd what the dolls needed. With regard to Victor: "He has a more present need. He's in love."
- Victor listing the '86 Mets during the co-ed shower scene
| | BEST QUOTES
- When a normal active walked by and said "I like pancakes" and Victor replied "Yea we're gonna die."
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TRIVIA
- If a person with a fully functional brain is imprinted their brain will implode
- The mountain scene has been remembered by Caroline/Echo in previous episodes. The Mountain scene is remembered when Echo was imprinted with the skill of a midwife in episode 4 "Gray Hour"
| | EPISODE SHOCKERS
- November (Mellie) has a daughter named Katie who died before she joined Dollhouse
- Sierra was brought to Dollhouse against her will by someone named Nolan when she would not have sex with him
- Dr. Saunders' plan to give the dolls "closure" by allowing them to take a self-guided journey.
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EPISODE PICTURES
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Positions Reversed! |
Come on baby...let's make a night to remember |
I have needs ...you have needs | | |
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