Dollhouse

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...and out in the hall, they observe that the Dolls are walking around as if they like the place, and Victor tells them they have to act the same way to allay any notice. Then, after a staff member greets a blonde female down the hall as "Tango," she turns their way and bids them all good morning, mentioning all their code names before telling them their clothes are in the changing room. Mike looks about 11 feet tall compared to the others, which makes me wonder if they made him a custom-sized pod. If not, good thing about all the on-site massage on tap. Also, I recognize the actor, Teddy Sears, from an episode of Mad Men in which he played a social superior of Pete's, which makes me wonder if he'll only do scenes with people he towers over by at least a full head. Anyway, the woman asks "Echo" how she's feeling, and after she assures her she's fine and the woman leaves, Echo whispers to Victor that that's not her name, and based on the codes, they conclude that they're prisoners of the government. Honey, I think you might even prefer Guantanamo Bay to what's going on here. They go through a set of doors...

...into the atrium, which awes them. Echo admits that everyone looks happy, and November speculates that maybe it's a place of healing. It is hard to come to nefarious conclusions once you see people doing yoga and offering you banana pancakes. However, in response to the latter occurrence, some passing blonde (Tango, as it happens) ditzes that she likes pancakes, prompting this hilarious opinion from Victor: "We're all gonna die." We'll see how you feel after the Swedish massage and communal showers, you horndog.

Inspired by his dream, Ballard searches his apartment rather thoroughly, and eventually finds some sort of bug hidden in a vent. I'd make a comment about him only thinking to do a counterintelligence sweep of his place after having a dream about it, if it weren't already clear he's the worst agent in the history of ever.

Echo and Mike are sitting with Tango the Banana-Loving Bimbo, and after Mike talks nervously about fruits he enjoys, some staffer pulls Echo away to have Claire look at her hand...

...and upstairs, Echo sees Claire and is horrified by her facial scars, thinking the Dollhouse was responsible for them, but Claire cautions her to be quiet -- "they're watching." Obviously, you'd think Claire would notice this isn't Echo she's dealing with, but it plays without knowing the twist, because Claire always seemed like she'd turn against the Dollhouse given half a chance, so it seems like she's just taking advantage of the composite event she always knew was coming. Anyway, after Claire's warning, Echo notices the security cameras all over the place, so she keeps her voice down as she asks where they are and who's running the place. Claire, however, says she's sorry, but she can't help her to that degree...

Dollhouse

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