Back at the jail of boring subplots, Echo and Galena are detained, and when they're left alone, a worried Galena asks if this is part of the plan. It'd be pretty hilarious if Echo tried to sell her on that idea. I have the feeling it's what Ballard would do, and he's been training her for three months. But there's no time for that, as a headache overwhelms Echo, and as she sinks down against the wall, she opines, "This isn't good." Try writing about it, honey.
Down in the atrium, Topher's giving a self-important speech, the upshot of which is that he's modified his disruptor gadget to remotely wipe any imprinted Active at a distance of fifty yards. To demonstrate, he brings in Maurissa Tancharoen again, who's apparently been programmed to imitate Alyson Hannigan in the "Sandcastles In The Sand" episode of How I Met Your Mother. He doesn't let it go on for very long, though, before he zaps her with the gun and she asks, in a normal voice, if she fell asleep. Everyone applauds, and then Victor and Sierra make out like he just got back from an overseas war, prompting Topher to zap them too. But even though they jerk apart, they end up holding hands as they leave, a development observed by Keith Carradine. He affably tells a nervous Topher that this sort of thing happens all the time and is easily dealt with: "Split them up. Place them in separate houses." This kind of groundbreaking thinking must be why he's the boss. He adds that Sierra would be perfect for Dubai, and lest thoughts of the number of international Nolans one could find in that place overwhelm me with nausea, let's just move on...
...back to the boring jail, and given the fact that the girl who's been beaten and drugged within an inch of her life is now worried for Echo's health, I think it's safe to say the rescue is not going particularly well. Galena sits with Echo and in choppy English tells her it's going to be okay as she takes her hand, and nothing against the actress here -- she's doing a decent job with a crappily-written role. Anyway, The Disco Ball Of Echo's Past Personalities appears, which prompts her to utter "Blue skies," and I really thought I'd heard the last of that but it's at least better than "Goodness gracious," which we unfortunately also just heard while seeing The Disco Ball Of Echo's Past Personalities. Now having accessed Taffy the Safecracker, Echo uses the underwire in her bra -- not kidding -- to pick the lock on the door as she gives Galena some instructions about how they're going to deal with the guards. Galena, still employing broken English, realizes that Echo's not a nurse, and Echo's response is actually amusing: "Right now? No." They flee the room, but when two guards accost them, one from each direction, Echo uses the Disco Ball Of Her Past Personalities and quickly dispatches them with some jail-fu. The Disco Ball Of Echo's Past Personalities again kicks in to allow her to hotwire an electronic lock, and then she once again kicks the ass of that racist deputy, at one point totally wearing Buffy Summers's fight face, as the hick sheriff calls for backup. After this, she clutches her head and worries that she cannot keep up the pace of accessing The Disco Ball Of Her Past Personalities, but luckily, Galena gets the idea to take the keys off the unconscious deputy, like, at least they were keeping her around for a reason. Outside, Echo boots some random in the chest and then climbs on his motorcycle, accessing her personality from, like, the second scene of the show ever, and she and Galena flee the scene. The sheriff starts to get in his car to give chase, but Ballard pulls up, blocking his way, and pulls out his old FBI ID while threatening them with exposure of his abuse if he pursues Echo and Galena. They do dress Ballard well on this show.













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