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Recap / Dollhouse S 02 E 09

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Season 2, Episode 9:

Stop-Loss

As his contract with the Dollhouse expires, Victor is released back into the world, where his military past threatens his future with Sierra.


Tropes present in this episode:

  • Drowning My Sorrows: Adelle is drinking constantly in this episode, until Boyd calls her out on it.
  • Face Doodling: Mentioned by Topher. When Boyd mentions that Adelle is out cold, he asks if he can go upstairs with a Sharpie.
  • Hive Mind: Rossum's Mind Whisper project turned a group of ex-soldiers into a group mind with experimental neural radios. Echo implants herself with a neural radio, and her numerous personalities allow her to retain her individuality and influence the hive mind.
  • Hope Spot: Echo has just told Anthony and Priya they should go on their own, and there's a promise they'll meet up when Echo gets all the other Dolls out - and that's when Topher's remote wiping device is used to knock the three of them out, all of them get taken back to the Dollhouse, and all three of them get sent to the Attic.
  • Mind Hive: Echo, capitalized on in this episode. She has Topher download numerous imprints into her brain to expand her skillset to include military combat training, field medicine, acrobatics, and nuclear physics. It also makes her resistant to the assimilating effects of the group mind.
  • The Power of Love: Victor and Sierra's love for each other is powerful enough to break through his Roger imprint, as well as pull him out of Rossum's super soldier Hive Mind.
  • Shout-Out
    Topher: You really think we're gonna be able to pull this off without Cruella DeWitt finding out?
  • Super-Soldier: The purpose of the Mind Whisper program, with a side order of Hive Mind.
  • That Man Is Dead
    Hive Mind!Anthony: Anthony's gone.
  • Voice of the Legion: We hear snippets of the group mind's thoughts as the voices of everyone linked together speaking in unison.

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