Can you wipe away a soul?
Synopsis
The series follows a top-secret world of people programmed with different personalities, abilities and memories depending on their mission. The title "Dollhouse" refers to the futuristic dorm/lab where said agents have their memories wiped clean, reducing them to a child-like state. Dushku will play Echo, an agent who slowly begins to develop some self-awareness, which impacts her missions. Other characters include the people who run the mysterious "dollhouse" and two other "dolls," a man and woman who are friendly with Echo as well as a federal agent who has heard an urban myth about the dolls, and is trying to investigate their existence.
Cast
Eliza Dushku ... Echo
Tahmoh Penikett ... Paul Ballard
Dichen Lachman ... Sierra
Olivia Williams ... Adelle DeWitt
Fran Kranz ... Topher Brink
Enver Gjokaj ... Victor
Harry Lennix ... Boyd Langton
Miracle Laurie ... November
"Echo" Episode 1.00
Unaired pilot episode of Dollhouse. Included in the season one dvd.
Guests
Amy Acker ... Dr. Claire "The Phantom" Saunders
"Ghost" Episode 1.01
Pilot episode of Dollhouse.
Echo is an "Active," a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals who have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected, the Actives don't just perform their hired roles; they wholly become -- with mind, personality and physiology -- whomever the client wants or needs them to be. Whether imprinted to be a lover, an assassin, a corporate negotiator or a best friend, the Actives know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time.
Guests
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Air date
Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. (FOX)
"The Target" Episode 1.02
Echo is imprinted to be the female counterpart to an avid outdoorsman and quickly learns how the hunter becomes the hunted during her wilderness adventure.
Guests
Amy Acker ... Dr. Claire "The Phantom" Saunders
Air date
February 20, 2009
"Stage Fright" Episode 1.03
To protect a volatile pop star from an obsessed fan, Echo goes undercover as her new backup singer. Meanwhile, Agent Ballard is led down a dangerously wrong path in his investigation and Lubov harbors a secret.
Guests
Amy Acker ... Dr. Claire "The Phantom" Saunders
Air date
February 27, 2009
"Gray Hour" Episode 1.04
Echo's stint as a midwife doesn't prove as laborious as when she becomes an expert safe-cracker in order to perform a dangerous art heist. Yet a more than an invaluable piece of art is stolen from her on the engagement, forcing Sierra to take on a familiar persona.
Guests
Air date
March 6, 2009
"True Believer" Episode 1.05
Imprinted as a visually impaired woman, Echo must infiltrate a heavily guarded cult in order to rescue a woman held captive.
Guests
Amy Acker ... Dr. Claire "The Phantom" Saunders
Air date
March 13, 2009
"Man on the Street" Episode 1.06
Echo becomes the perfect wife for a lonely internet mogul. Sierra's attacker is revealed and Mellie's life is in danger.
Guests
Amy Acker ... Dr. Claire "The Phantom" Saunders
Air date
March 20, 2009
"Echoes" Episode 1.07
Echo is strangely drawn to a college campus, where a new drug is causing the students to kill themselves. She has flashbacks to her life as Caroline, where her boyfriend Leo was killed at the same college.
Guests
Air date
March 27, 2009
"Needs" Episode 1.08
Echo, Sierra and Victor awaken in the Dollhouse with most of their original personalities and memories intact. They have been put into an experimental environment in order to resolve repeating behaviors. Echo deviates from her programming and leads the charge to free the Actives from their apparent captivity in order to escape the Dollhouse forever.
Guests
Amy Acker ... Dr. Claire "The Phantom" Saunders
Air date
April 3, 2009
"A Spy in the House of Love" Episode 1.09
A traitor is discovered inside the Dollhouse. Echo and Sierra are programmed to find the spy who has been changing the Doll's imprints. It is Dominick.
Guests
Amy Acker ... Dr. Claire "The Phantom" Saunders
Air date
April 10, 2009
"Haunted" Episode 1.10
When Adelle's wealthy friend is murdered, Adelle imprints Echo with the woman's memories and personality to solve the case.
Guests
Air date
April 24, 2009
"Briar Rose" Episode 1.11
Adelle goes to the attic in search of answers. Meanwhile, Ballard's investigation leads him to the agoraphobic designer of the Dollhouse, who helps Ballard break in. However, the architect turns out to be Alpha, who reveals himself and sets his game in motion.
Guests
Amy Acker ... Dr. Claire "The Phantom" Saunders
Air date
May 1, 2009
"Omega" Episode 1.12
Alpha's reign of terror continues. Obsessed with Echo, he takes her to his lair in order to erase Caroline and imprint her with all of her previous engagements.
Guests
Amy Acker ... Dr. Claire "The Phantom" Saunders
Air date
May 8th, 2009
"Epitaph One" Standalone episode
This episode is set in the future.
Guests
Amy Acker ... Dr. Claire "The Phantom" Saunders
Air date
Not aired in the USA, part of the season 1 DVD release. Might air in foreign countries such as Australia, that bought rights to air the 13 episodes.
Season 2
"Vows" Episode 2.01
Air date
September 25, 2009
Release date
- Series picked up, 2008 - 2009 midseason.
13 episodes ordered
- July 28, 2009 (Season 1 DVD release)
Did you know that?
- Eliza Dushku is also a producer.
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Fox ordered 7 episodes of the show to Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku right from the start, long before any script, cast nor pilot was completed.
- At the Fox upfront, the episode order was extended to 13 episodes with the possibility of a full season order.
- Dollhouse and Fringe will be the first shows to benefit of Fox's Remote-Free TV. Less commercials, more show!
- Tahmoh Penikett's character was first named
Paul Smith.
- Season one has officialy 12 episodes. The last one is a standalone episode which didn't air at the end of the first season on FOX during the initial run. Omega is the official season one finale of Dollhouse.
- Season one DVD released in the USA, includes unaired original pilot Echo, full season one (12 episodes) and the unaired standalone episode set in the future Epitaph One.
- A limited edition of 5000 DVDs (half Blue ray) were available at comic con 2009. Featuring a personal letter by Joss Whedon
and a collectible packaging. Upon pre-ordering online you could receive a sneak peak of the never-before-seen episode Epitaph One.
Pre-order online was from Monday, July 6 at 10:00 AM PST through July 20 (or until sold out). Additional information from offcial FOX press release: "a limited quantity will also be available for on-site purchase at the Fox Booth (#1429). In person pick-up for those that pre-ordered the collection will begin at the Fox Booth on Wednesday, July 22 (preview night)."
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(Informations and photos from Fox. Dollhouse © Fox.)
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