Dollhouse 2x08

Adele DeWitt was pretty miffed when Harding took over her position at the L.A. Dollhouse, so when Topher’s latest invention (not just to remotely wipe an active Doll, but to imprint just any random person with a simple zap without consent), she saw an opportunity to regain control and grabbed it with both hands. Now she reigns the house with an iron fist. So, when Paul Ballard finally returns with Echo, DeWitt has her thrown into an isolation cell just to see how she’d hold out! That, and to check how torturing Echo affects Ballard. Then DeWitt finally decides to employ Echo again on an engagement, and Topher, Boyd (the head of security) and Ballard witness that she doesn’t even need her imprint for the mission, she can just access it herself. Finally, on her next two missions, we hear from Alpha again, the Dollhouse’s first Active Missing in Action, who became obsessed with Echo and escaped after violently running amok. Now he’s back and ready to cause some serious rampage with his own little device that turns all the Dolls into black-belt martial artists! In the confusion, Alpha vents his jealous frustration about Echo’s affection for Ballard ... causing Ballard to go brain-dead... Ouch!