Blog 12 - Dollhouse Episode 2

I was very surprised as to how much action is in this series. I had thought Dollhouse would be more of a psychological "ah-ha!" realization type of show that makes you really think, but this episode has really shown more of an action type of show. In this episode, Echo is imprinted as an ideal outdoorsy girl who can take a challenge. She is supposed to be a man's girlfriend for a weekend out in the wilderness, however, this man has other things on his mind aside from having a relationship: he wants Echo to prove to him that she is worthy of living. The way she can prove this is by being able to escape from him while he is hunting her through the woods.


Throughout the episode there are flashbacks to when Langdon, Echo's "bodyguard," first becomes an employer of Dollhouse. In all the scenes, he shows signs of being unsure and not approving of what Dollhouse does. In one instance, he says "So the stories are true. Programmable people made to order." It really seems like Langdon is here for a bigger reason, especially since he doesn't seem to approve of the morality of Dollhouse's services.


When the man that is hunting down Echo tells her that she needs to "prove you're not just an echo," I realized why Echo's name is so significant: she herself is an Echo.  A copy. An imitation of the original, with very slight differences. Echo is always a copy of someone else, or multiple copies of people's imprints, just like every other doll in the Dollhouse.