Dollhouse/Headscratchers: Difference between revisions

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** There's a mole inside the Dollhouse. And no, I don't mean Dominic, since we never actually hear him or them say that he planted messages inside the imprints. This deserves some Wild Mass Guessing.

*** Well, guy who I think I remember being me (Topher-speak, I know, all computer geeks lapse into it at some point, god complexes are our hat), it turns out that the identity of the mole was so very easy to figure out that Topher ran right down and accused the guy himself. Of course, he was a [[Magnificent Bastard]] playing a false identity since he's actually the head of Rossum, but hey, Boyd is just that great a guy.

* How did Ballard not notice a supposedly [[Non Action Guy]]'s massive muscles?

* How did Ballard not notice a supposedly [[Non-Action Guy]]'s massive muscles?

** Because it might, just might, ''maybe'' be possible that someone who is still a coward could take care of their body? Just because he's apparently a coward who likes the bong doesn't mean he doesn't work out.

** Also, its worth noting that by the time Alpha is prancing about in the Doll outfit, Ballard is hip-deep in the Dollhouse and has much, much, ''much'', '''much''' more important things to worry about than stopping to look at Alpha's manly pecs.

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*** Besides, why would hired muscle think about their assignment? Even if he did he would probably come to the logical conclusion of: "DeWitt wouldn't be stupid enough to send me to try and kill a Doll. It must just be a lookalike."

*** And as a Sleeper, it may have only been known to a select few people. He may have met her before but was told that her contract was up - thus he would have no reason to fear her.

* Making Echo into an older Susan bugs me. To do that they'd have to have taken a kidnapping victim who has also been forced into child prostitution and submit her to an exceedingly painful brain scan procedure. I know Topher had good intentions but [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]].

* Making Echo into an older Susan bugs me. To do that they'd have to have taken a kidnapping victim who has also been forced into child prostitution and submit her to an exceedingly painful brain scan procedure. I know Topher had good intentions but [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]].

** [[Critical Research Failure]]. Most of the people who undergo brainscans are volunteers, and the "older" Susan, like ''every other personality'', is a composite of dozens of different individual ones with the experiences they needed.

** Except that they obviously have the young Susan on file as Topher points out the differences in their brain scans and Ivy says "Echos imprint is the kid grown up?" which Topher confirms. He says that the only differences are little details like names. There's nothing to indicate that older Susan is made from anything but young Susan and a bit of fudging the details.

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** Also, Topher might have been told something generic like "It's your worst nightmare" and assumed it was like his own personal worst nightmare.

* Boyd being {{spoiler|the bad guy}} really bugs me. It doesn't seem consistent with his earlier behavior, and stinks of retcon needed to resolve the plot earlier than expected, though given that this is FOX, Joss really should have expected it.

** {{spoiler|1=I assume that he's a combination of [[Affably Evil]] and [[Well Intentioned Extremist]]. DeWitt always said that Rossum was supposed to help people; knowing Boyd, he simply thinks he is literally the only person who can fix the world. I have a feeling the next episode will include some flashbacks. Also note: In the [[Mushroom Samba]] episode, he was the only one (other than Whiskey) who we didn't get to really see do anything crazy under the drug's influence. Presumably, this would have revealed his identity.}} Basically, I trust that Whedon had this in mind from the start.

** {{spoiler|1=I assume that he's a combination of [[Affably Evil]] and [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]. DeWitt always said that Rossum was supposed to help people; knowing Boyd, he simply thinks he is literally the only person who can fix the world. I have a feeling the next episode will include some flashbacks. Also note: In the [[Mushroom Samba]] episode, he was the only one (other than Whiskey) who we didn't get to really see do anything crazy under the drug's influence. Presumably, this would have revealed his identity.}} Basically, I trust that Whedon had this in mind from the start.

*** From the start of Season 2, yes. According to Tim Minear.

*** And as of Joss and [[Comic Con]] the whole Boyd thing {{spoiler|was a creative decision on his part. He always intended to kill off Boyd , but instead of tragic sacriface for team he wanted to do something the fans would not expect.}} Or for that matter what fans would really really hate in my case. After the Hollow Men episode I gave up and erased all my episodes.