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Dollhouse: A Love Supreme

Alpha resurfaces, and the Dollhouse becomes aware of it as the body count of Echo's former clients rises. Alpha's deeper plan goes into effect, with disastrous consequences for one of the Dollhouse's staff as the Actives turn against their handlers.


8.5/10 (28 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 2x8
Production Number: 2APK08
Airdate: Friday December 11th, 2009


Alternate Airdates:

UK (Sci-Fi) Feb 02, 2010

Guest Stars
Brett ClaywellBrett Claywell
As Matt
Recurring
Patton OswaltPatton Oswalt
As Joel Mynor
Recurring
Alan TudykAlan Tudyk
As Alpha
Recurring
David Lee Smith (4)David Lee Smith (4)
As Clay Corman
Main Cast
Eliza DushkuEliza Dushku
As Echo / Caroline
Harry J. LennixHarry J. Lennix
As Boyd Langton
Fran KranzFran Kranz
As Topher Brink
Tahmoh PenikettTahmoh Penikett
As Paul Ballard
Enver GjokajEnver Gjokaj
As Victor
Olivia WilliamsOlivia Williams
As Adelle DeWitt
Music
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Greg LaswellYour Ghostthe Dollhouse recovers, Joel says goodbye
M. WardOne LIfe AwayFirst murder


Episode Quotes
Paul: What does she think she's going to get out of Echo?
Boyd: She doesn't expect to get anything out of Echo. She's using her to make you squirm and it's working.
Paul: I can't help it. I don't like seeing her in pain.
Boyd: I don't like seeing her in pain. I looked into her eyes and swore to protect her, same as you. Before you. Today, protecting her means not reacting while DeWitt tortures her. So man up.

Victor/Dr. Gholsen: Oh, you don't like my remark, Ms. DeWitt? You prefer men to keep their natural urges to themselves?
Adelle: On the contrary, urges are my stock in trade. I find identifying with those of my clients to be very useful.
Victor/Dr. Gholsen: But that's your sales pitch, I think. In truth, you're very tightly controlled. See, men wear everything on the outside, including their genitalia. Whereas, you are chastised for any suggestion of sexuality. Punished, perhaps.
Adelle: So goes the entirety of intersexual relations throughout history, Dr. Gholsen. I really don't see...
Victor/Dr. Gholsen: No wonder you despise that girl. Echo. She gets to be the virgin and the whore, and for both, she's, uh, celebrated.
Adelle: Yes, very insightful. Would you like a treatment?
Victor/Dr. Gholsen: Oh, yeah. Very much so.

Topher: These are the craziest scans I've ever seen. I... I can't even look at them without going nuts! I know a conspiracy when I desperately try to avoid seeing one.

Topher: Is she... still Eleanor Penn?
Boyd: Yes.
Topher: Is she still Terry Kerrans?
Boyd: Topher, yes.
Topher: So she's a serial killer.
Boyd: Only a little.
Topher: Right. Only a little bit serial killer.

Topher: I am obsolete. This must be what old people feel like. And Blockbuster.

Adelle: Alpha? What proof do we have?
Boyd: Aside from the note, nothing.
Paul: But it makes sense. He's the only one out there with a knowledge of this place and an obsession with Echo,.
Adelle: I thought that was you, Mr. Ballard.
Paul: You're hilarious.

Topher: Let me guess. You've been done wrong by a man?
Sierra: I've been done wrong ten ways to Sunday and it's Tuesday.

Boyd: Clay Corman, ex-CEO of Comulus, ex-client of Echo's, was found dead three days ago outside of his crappy trailer in Riverside County. Throat was cut with a five-inch gut hook hunting knife. Sheriff chalked it up to a meth deal gone bad.
Paul: That guy was a billionaire. Where'd all his money go?
Boyd: Into that fine, ergonomic chair you're sitting in, among other things. Blew everything on the Dollhouse.
Paul: My ass does feel very pampered.

Alpha: Am I the only one who bothered to dress for this? I mean, the black works, because honestly, when doesn't it? It's functional, it's slimming. But you--you don't work for the federal government anymore. Why don't you go with just a splash of color?
Boyd: Trigger device.
Paul: Yep. Put it down, Alpha.
Alpha: If I do then he will become a splash of color. I'm thinking red.

Boyd: Alpha, do not do this. There's a part of you that knows this is wrong.
Alpha: There are many parts of me that know this is wrong. None that care. And six that just find it funny.

Alpha: All right, tell me the truth. What do you think of the suit?
Adelle: You're quite the dandy.
Alpha: It's a little Brummel. I've gone a little Brummel. It's better to look good than to feel good. It's ironic. It took 40-odd characters on the inside... for me to realize that it's what's on the outside that counts.

Alpha: Are you scared?
Adelle: Out of my mind.
Alpha: Smart girl. Of course, I could never be out of my mind. I have so many, and the second I'm out of one, I'm right into the next.

Alpha: That's what I love about the British--your talent for understatement. Also Python.

Alpha: You're in for the ride. You're not going to get loose. One of my imprints was an Eagle Scout. Another one was a sailor. There's a dirty joke in there somewhere.

Alpha: I was there. I saw everything.
Paul: There was nothing to see.
Alpha: That's how I know that I am not wrong. For months you shared the same room. You never slept with her. You could have, but you didn't. If that's not love... Are you gay?
Paul: No.
Alpha: Then it's love.

Boyd: We don't have much time.
Topher: Won't take me a second to put this together.
Boyd: You have to put it together?!
Topher: It's the manufacturing room, not the "it's finished" room!

Alpha: Hey! I'm the only one who should be mad. I created you, and who do you fall for? The schmuck I used to get in here.
Echo: He's ten times the man you are, and you're, like, 40 guys.



Cultural References
Paul: So if she floats, she's a witch?

A reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in which there is an absurdist argument about a witch, wood, and a duck and comparing properties therein to come to the conclusion that "if she drowns, she's not a witch, but if she floats, she's a witch"... and essentially, she's screwed either way.

Alpha: It's a little Brummel. I've gone a little Brummel.

Alpha is referring to Beau Brummel, the famous English fashionplate of the early 19th century. A famous dandy, he gave birth to what eventually became the modern male suit, and was considered the arbiter of fashion in Regency England.

Alpha: Nothing more than feelings.

Referring to the 1975 song Feelings, composed by Loulou Gasté and popularized by Morris Albert. Popular in time, it's fallen into parody as a sappy sentimental 70s song.

Alpha: But nothing more than the average bear, so why do you get to be her honey, hmm?

A reference to Yogi Bear, whose self-promoting catchphrase was that he was "smarter than the average bear."

Alpha: Get over it, babies. Love the ones you're with.

A reference to the chorus of Stephen Stills song, Love the One You're With.



Other Episode Crew

CreatorJoss Whedon
Executive ProducerJoss Whedon  |  David Solomon  |  Tim Minear
ProducerEliza Dushku  |  Kelly A. Manners
Consulting ProducerMichele Fazekas  |  Tara Butters
Associate ProducerChris Cheramie
Production DesignerCameron Birnie
EditorPaul Trejo
CastingAnya Colloff  |  Amy McIntyre Britt  |  Michael Nicolo
Unit Production ManagerRobert D. Nellans
First Assistant DirectorBrenda Kalosh
Second Assistant DirectorAthena Alexander
Music EditorMoira Marquis
Music SupervisorAndrea von Foerster
Costume DesignerShawna Trpcic
Camera OperatorRon Baldwin (2)  |  Jay Hunter
Set DecoratorDavid A. Koneff
Location ManagerChris Campbell (2)
Transportation CoordinatorLeroy Reed
Property MasterEric J. Bates
Construction CoordinatorTed Wilson (2)
Production Sound MixerColeman Metts
Script SupervisorNirvana Adams
Production CoordinatorLynnet Price
Script CoordinatorLisa Randolph
Assistant EditorJeff Ervin
Post Production SupervisorJessica Bupp
Re-Recording MixerTodd Orr  |  Ken Teaney
Director of PhotographyLisa Wiegand
Story EditorJed Whedon  |  Andrew Chambliss  |  Tracy A. Bellomo  |  Maurissa Tancharoen
Stunt CoordinatorMike Massa
Production AccountantTony Lindo
ScoreRob Simonsen  |  Mychael Danna
Main Title Theme Written/performedJonatha Brooke
Main Title Theme Written ByEric Bazilian
Department Head HairAndre Dubois
Sound SupervisorWilliam Dotson
Department Head Make-upDavid Abbott (4)
Post Production AssistantCody Smith
Assistant To The Executive ProducerCelez Suratos  |  John J. Gray (3)  |  Chandra Farley Smith  |  Natalie Farrell
Special Effects CoordinatorChris Nelson (3)
Writing AssistantJenny DeArmitt
 
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