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Dollhouse :: The Attic (02x10)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Attic
Episode #: 02x10
Production Number: 2APK10
Original Airdate: Friday December 18th, 2009
9.2/10 (29 Votes cast)
Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country: Aired On:
UK (Sci-Fi) Feb 16, 2010
Episode Crew
Director: John Cassaday
Writer: Maurissa Tancharoen
Jed Whedon
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Episode Summary
 
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Adelle decides Echo is too dangerous, and arranges for her to be sent to the Attic. Once there, Echo must uncover the Attic's secrets in order to survive.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Reed DiamondplayedLaurence DominicRecurring (10th appearance)
Liza LapiraplayedIvyRecurring (7th appearance)
Vincent VentrescaplayedNolan KinnardRecurring (third appearance)
Adam GodleyplayedClyde Randolph 
Tzi MaplayedMatsu 
Co-Guest Stars
Greg Collins (1)playedMolesterRecurring (second appearance)
Keir ThirusplayedMeyersRecurring (first appearance)
Jeff Cole (2)playedMale Attendant #2 
Demir GjokajplayedVictor #2 
Jeremy JuusoplayedMale Staff Member 
Evie PeckplayedFemale Staff Member 
Madison RussellplayedLittle Girl 
Tanoai ReedplayedDark Figure (Arcane) 
 
Main Cast
 
Eliza DushkuplayedEcho / Caroline
Harry J. LennixplayedBoyd Langton
Fran KranzplayedTopher Brink
Tahmoh PenikettplayedPaul Ballard
Enver GjokajplayedVictor
Dichen LachmanplayedSierra
Olivia WilliamsplayedAdelle DeWitt
 
Episode Notes
 
Caroline's last name is Farrell, according to the monitor screens. Priya's is Tsetsang.
 
In a very odd coincidence, on the same night this episode premiered, actor Adam Godley also appeared on a rerun of Numb3rs, "First Law (05x17)".
 
The opening sequence is omitted except for Joss Whedon's creator credit. The star credits are run afterward on-screen as the story continues.
 
The figure that appears at the 13:22 mark in Echo's scenario, holding a large piece of cheese, is The Cheese Man. The character previously appeared in Joss Whedon's series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in the episode "Restless". There he was an inexplicable dream figure that offered people cheese, but was never explained.
 
Demir Gjokaj (pronounced "joke eye", BTW) plays the sniper-self Victor fights in his nightmare scenario. Demir is Enver's actual twin brother (yes, ladies, there's two of him!) and is more usually a real estate analyst. The writers encountered him at the DH Xmas party last year and decided to write him into a role.
 
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Anna TernheimNo, I Don't RememberEcho, Sierra, and Victor "die" and revive
 
Episode Quotes
 
Echo: Victor and Sierra--where are they?
Male Attendant #2: We... we don't use Active-codes here. We use your real names.
Echo: My real name is Echo.
 
Topher: I've tried homotropic and heterotropic stimulation.
Adelle: Haven't we all?
 
Topher: Adelle wants to see you.
Ivy: Did she say why?
Topher: Does she ever? Hey, Darth Vader kills lieutenants, not storm troopers.
Ivy: Thanks.
 
Adelle: You gave us extraordinary technology which will be used soon. The question is whether you have anything more to offer--whether you can accept radical change or if you'll buckle under pressure.
Topher: I don't buckle. Occasionally I swashbuckle.
Adelle: Yes, you're quite a pirate hero, swinging in and dismembering Nolan Kennard. If you try to keep secrets from the Corporation, you may have every expectation of being chopped into pieces yourself.
 
Adelle: I have seen the future, Mr. Langton. And it is not for the weak.
 
Nolan Kinnard: You know, this is a scenario I've never tried. Rigor mortis. The new Viagra.
 
Victor: In my scenario, I was constantly fighting myself, at war. Just trying to get home to my girl.
Sierra: In mine, I was constantly making love to you.
Victor: Oh?
Sierra: And then you'd turn into the rotting corpse of a rapist I killed.
Victor: Oh.
 
Paul: I'm not afraid to lose my life taking you down.
Adelle: I don't want to die.
Paul: Then only one of us is going to be disappointed.
 
Laurence Dominic: I guess I'm glad I never did kill you.
Echo: Don't get sloppy.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Echo: That's pretty cool and all, and I don't want to ruin your Highlander vibe...

A reference to the Highlander movies and the subsequent TV series. Starting with the first movie in 1986, the movies and the later series chronicle the adventures of a small subset of humanity known as Immortals. Immortals are found as orphans, taken in by humans, and upon their first death gain immortality. They can sense each others' presence, and are generally, but not inherently, inimical to one another. They can only be killed "for good" via decapitation, which unleashes their life force, their "Quickening." The opponent in a fight (assuming that's the cause of the decapitation) absorbs the loser's Quickening and becomes more powerful. The Immortals are doomed to pursue each other and fight down through the ages, much as Dominic believes himself doomed to fight his way through the Attic and battle Arcane.
 
Topher: ...And the quarterback's in jail for dog fighting.

A reference to Michael Vick, a fairly successful professional quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, who was arrested and convicted of dog fighting, resulting in his serving jail time, filing bankruptcy, and, after being released from jail, released from the Falcons and subsequently being signed by the Philadelphia Eagles.
 
Topher: Does she ever? Hey, Darth Vader kills lieutenants, not storm troopers.

Topher is referring to the black-clad villainous figure first seen in Star Wars; A New Hope (1977). Rated one of the most iconic movie villains of all time, Darth Vader is the primary nemesis of the movies, until he turns from his evil ways and sacrifices himself in the last movie of the original trilogy, Return of the Jedi (1983). The second trilogy, prequels to the first trilogy, shows how Anakin Skywalker grew up to embrace the Dark Side and become Darth Vader. Topher's reference is to Vader's preferred method of discipline, by killing commanding officers who fail him, and to impress upon their successors the price of failure.
 
 
Episode References
 
Laurence Dominic, the former head of security for the LA Dollhouse, was sent to The Attic as a result of the events occurring in "A Spy in the House of Love (1x09)."
 
Nolan Kinnard, who was responsible for Sierra/Priya's introduction to the Dollhouse, was killed as a result of the events in "Belonging (02x04)."
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
CreatorJoss Whedon
Executive ProducerJoss Whedon  |  Tim Minear  |  David Solomon
ProducerEliza Dushku  |  Kelly A. Manners
Consulting ProducerMichele Fazekas  |  Tara Butters
Associate ProducerChris Cheramie
Production DesignerCameron Birnie
EditorPeter Basinski
CastingMichael Nicolo  |  Amy McIntyre Britt  |  Anya Colloff
Unit Production ManagerRobert D. Nellans
First Assistant DirectorBrenda Kalosh
Second Assistant DirectorAthena Alexander
Music EditorMoira Marquis
Music SupervisorAndrea von Foerster
Costume DesignerShawna Trpcic
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 MixerKen Teaney  |  Todd Orr
Director of PhotographyLisa Wiegand
Story EditorAndrew Chambliss  |  Tracy A. Bellomo  |  Jed Whedon  |  Maurissa Tancharoen
Stunt CoordinatorMike Massa
Art DirectorRon Mason
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  |  Chandra Farley Smith  |  John J. Gray (3)  |  Natalie Farrell
Special Effects CoordinatorChris Nelson (3)
Writing AssistantJenny DeArmitt
 
 
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