Connell paid to date Echo in Dollhouse Season 1 Episode 2. Everything was going fine until he turned out to be a psycho and tried to hunt and kill her.
During a singing performance, one of the people on stage catches on fire.
Echo and Sierra are friends, or so they’re told.
Boyd shouldn’t have taken the arrow out because it does more damage coming out than going in. He’ll remember that next time he’s being bow hunted, but he’s healing nicely. He wants to be certified by the doctor so that he’s the one who goes out there with Echo next time she needs a handler.
Lubov arrives at Ballard’s apartment pretending to be an old friend from the navy… or a friend from Old Navy. He wants to meet with him on Friday.
If they hadn’t changed the choreography, it would have been Rayna, the singer, who caught on fire during the performance. Someone’s apparently trying to kill her. She needs someone who she likes and who can protect her without knowing she’s protecting her. It turns out Echo’s got a decent voice, and they’re looking for a backup singer to replace the person who was on fire.
Dr. Saunders doesn’t like this new high risk assignment. Echo is only flagged for romantic or altruistic missions. As some added security, they will be sending in Sierra as backup. Rayna’s people also have beefed up security, going from three body guards to eight plus a full security staff and sending her mail to the police to be checked.
Ballard and Lupov meet as planned. Lupov has thrown around the word Dollhouse where he works, and he’s come to the conclusion that it’s just an urban legend. They’ve given Ballard the one job they know he can’t blow because it doesn’t exist.
Lubov is greeted by Topher inside the Dollhouse and is called Victor.
The night of the last performance, there was a creepy looking guy in the audience. He’s back again and appears to be up to no good. He also shows up at the post-show party, where Echo sees a guy approaching and attacks him.
Ballard arrives at an abandoned basement as instructed by Lubov. On arrival, he gets jumped and shot, but he turns the tables and takes out his attackers.
Echo comes in to Rayna’s dressing room and sees some recent letters from the stalker. Rayna has been communicating with him out of the belief he’s her #1 fan, who will do anything she wants. She dismisses Echo’s belief that the guy’s insane. Then Echo looks under the orchids and sees a threat that tonight will be her last goodbye, but Rayna doesn’t mind being killed. While he prepares his gun, Echo runs around trying to convince security to stop the show. They don’t believe her, so she’ll have to stop it on her own. By waving the spotlight around, she’s able to locate the shooter, then shove Rayna out of the way as shots are fired. Rayna is disappointed by her lack of dying. The reaper will one day come to bring her to freedom. So Echo’s services as a background singer are no longer wanted.
The guy who believes he’s Rayna’s biggest fan isn’t happy that there’s another #1 fan, so he takes the contest winner Audra (Sierra) hostage and holds her at gunpoint, then sends a video message to Rayna with a request to call him (she has the number). She doesn’t get the message from him, but maybe Echo can help deliver one with a chair upside the head. She wants to make an exchange. The stalker can have Rayna, who Echo is now holding hostage, in exchange for his current hostage.
After the four of them arrive at the location, Boyd comes in from behind and has a clear shot, but Adelle doesn’t want him to take it just yet. Rayna has finally decided that her #1 fan is insane as Echo said. Echo shoves Rayna off the ledge, but she’s got her tied to it so she doesn’t fall and die. This distraction is enough to gain the upperhand and get the gun away from the psycho.
Laurence wants Echo sent to the attic for going off mission. The others, however, are impressed because she took the mission parameter and did even better. Claire becomes concerned that too good may be problematic, like Alpha, and Echo would be better off merely being good enough.
Ballard’s made it to the hospital and is recovering from his gunshot wound. His neighbor, who coincidentally is always at her door when he arrives, has gone to see him.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Dollhouse Season 1 Episode 4 Gray Hour, which airs Friday at 9/8c on Fox.