Episode: 1×00 Echo (Unaired Pilot)
Character: Anton Lubov/Victor
Writer/Director: Joss Whedon
Air Date: Unaired
Episode Summary
Agent Ballard’s investigation into the Dollhouse gains momentum when he gets a photo of Echo. Meanwhile Echo and some of the other Actives start to show signs of self-awareness, making Adelle and the handlers nervous.
Episode: 1×01 Ghost
Character: Anton Lubov
Writer/Director: Joss Whedon
Air Date: February 13, 2009
Episode Summary
Echo is one of the “Actives” in the elite and illegal Dollhouse. Through different personality downloads, she plays the role of a lovestruck girl on a romantic weekend, and then a ruthlessly efficient kidnapping negotiator.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Paul Ballard is struggling with his assignment to uncover information on the Dollhouse. The chase has destroyed his marriage and is wrecking his career, and it doesn’t seem that he’ll stop until he uncovers the truth.
Episode: 1×02 The Target
Character: Anton Lubov
Writer/Director: Steven S. DeKnight
Air Date: February 20, 2009
Episode Summary
Echo becomes the ultimate outdoorswoman when she is is hired by a handsome young client named Richard, but it may turn out that neither of the pair is what they seem to be. Meanwhile, Agent Ballard receives a clue about Echo’s past, and we learn about Dr. Saunders’ scars and the rogue active “Alpha”.
Episode: 1×03 Stage Fright
Character: Anton Lubov/Victor
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon
Air Date: February 27, 2009
Episode Summary
To protect a volatile pop star from an overzealous fan, Echo goes undercover as a backup singer.
Meanwhile, Agent Ballard is led down a dangerously wrong path in his investigation, and Lubov harbors a secret.
Episode: 1×04 Gray Hour
Character: Victor
Director: Rod Hardy
Writer: Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain
Air Date: March 6, 2009
Episode Summary
Echo’s stint as a midwife doesn’t prove as laborious as when she becomes an expert safecracker, and more than an invaluable piece of art is stolen from her on the engagement, forcing Sierra to take on a familiar persona.
Episode: 1×05 True Believer
Character: Victor
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Tim Minear
Air Date: March 13, 2009
Episode Summary
Imprinted as a blind girl, Echo must infiltrate a heavily guarded cult run by a charismatic leader before a Waco-like tragedy strikes.
Episode: 1×06 Man on the Street
Character: Victor
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Joss Whedon
Air Date: March 20, 2009
Episode Summary
Echo becomes the perfect wife for a lonely internet mogul and Sierra’s attacker is revealed.
Meanwhile, Mellie’s life is in danger and Agent Ballard’s investigation takes a surprising turn when he comes face-to-face and goes fist to-fist with Echo for the very first time.
Episode: 1×07 Echoes
Character: Tom, CDC Agent/Victor
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain
Air Date: March 27, 2009
Episode Summary
A deadly virus outbreak on a college campus and sends Echo back to school where pieces of her past come into focus.
Episode: 1×08 Needs
Character: Himself (pre-Victor)/Victor
Director: Félix EnrÃquez Alcalá
Writer: Tracy Bellomo
Air Date: April 3, 2009
Episode Summary
When Echo, Sierra and Victor awaken in the Dollhouse with most of their original personalities and memories intact, Echo leads the charge to free the Actives from their apparent captivity and escape the Dollhouse forever.
Meanwhile, Ballard discovers the Dollhouse is closer than he thinks.
Episode: 1×09 Spy in the House of Love
Character: Roger/Victor
Director: Andrew Solomon
Writer: Andrew Chambliss
Air Date: April 10, 2009
Episode Summary
When a traitor is discovered inside the Dollhouse Echo and Sierra are programmed as Spy hunters to uncover the culprit.
Meanwhile, Ballard receives surprising news from Mellie, and Adelle harbors a secret.
Episode: 1×10 Haunted
Character: Drew Chilton
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Andrew Chambliss
Air Date: April 24, 2009
Episode Summary
When Adelle’s wealthy friend is murdered, Adelle imprints Echo with the woman’s memories and personality to solve the case.
Ballard looks into Mellie’s past, and Topher secretly programs Sierra for an engagement.
Episode: 1×11 Briar Rose
Character: Laurence Dominic/Victor
Director: Dwight Little
Writer: Jane Espenson
Air Date: May 1, 2009
Episode Summary
Ballard’s investigation leads him to the agoraphobic designer of the Dollhouse. Echo helps a young girl deal with her traumatic past; Adelle goes to the Attic in search of answers; and Alpha reveals himself to set his end game in motion.
Episode: 1×12 Omega
Character: Victor
Writer/Director: Tim Minear
Air Date: May 8, 2009
Episode Summary
Alpha’s reign of terror continues as his obsession with Echo endangers Caroline’s survival; Ballard must make a life-changing decision; and one Doll is permanently deactivated while another’s shocking past is revealed.
Episode: 1×13 Epitaph One
Character: Victor/Mr. Ambrose
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon
Air Date: Unaired
Episode Summary
The year is now 2019. A group of “actuals” (non-imprinted humans) are attempting to get underground to avoid the technology that will wipe their minds. It is revealed that Rossum Corporation has let the technology slip from their hands and China has created a way to spread the imprint not only through phone lines but also by blanketing an area with a wave, and as a result the humans of the world have been imprinted to kill those who have not been.
