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She's a risk.
- An increasing risk.
- She had control over the situation.
But we can't control her.
Stay away from me!
Please
There are three flowers in a vase.
The third flower
is green.
And our sleeper Active
performed perfectly.
I replayed the tap.
More than once.
It did not lack for poetry.
You.
I only have a few minutes.
They can't know this body
left an engagement.
- Are we not fighting this time?
- I have a message for you
- from inside the Dollhouse.
- What?
Sit back and wait some more
while they dismantle my life?
I could handcuff you right now
and bring the Dollhouse to my door.
So, you tell me, who sent you?
You have something we need.
I have something you need.
And what is that?
I'm not a client.
I don't need that.
You know you do.
Caroline?
Save me, Paul.
- Oh, God.
- Oh, my God.
I guess
I took too long getting back.
You're already with a Her.
I know this is confusing
for all of us.
Don't stop, Paul. I need you.
I'm sorry. I have a thing she needs.
She's not even real!
You feel me. Trust that.
I need you to finish
what you started.
Caroline doesn't need
anything anymore, Paul.
She's dead!
Come back.
I won't let anything happen to you.
Not again.
You let them hurt me, didn't you?
- I tried to stop it.
- How did they know?
- I'm trying to stop everything.
- How do they know what we shared?
How do they know?
We're all aware there have been
recent problems.
Our house is a complicated world.
But the world of our Actives
must be one of constant
certainty.
Did you guys start early?
I was backing up my primary
drives to protect them
from that.
As Topher points out,
we are currently upgrading
our electrical and security systems.
We will be instituting
other changes as well.
We have had an Active
go off mission.
Another has developed urges.
Others still are showing signs
of cognizance or recognition.
Nearly all the Actives exposed
to the N-7316 drug experienced a glitch,
a random memory thread.
This house is out of balance.
For the handlers,
the main concern will be
identifying behavioral problems
that cannot be quelled
and reporting them.
It's easy to become attached
to your assigned Active.
In fact, it's necessary,
but don't think of them as children.
Think of them as pets.
Is that supposed to be funny?
If your child starts talking
for the first time,
you feel proud.
If your dog does,
you freak the hell out.
Any developmental progress
an Active makes is dangerous
to the house,
and a possible first step
toward another Alpha.
What about the Alpha
that's already an Alpha?
Whereabouts unknown.
Let's stay on topic. Topher?
I've scrubbed them
as much as I safely can.
If we pursued
the short-range calcium
modulin K2 amplifier,
I could advance
the protein's corrosion
of long-term potentiation.
Done, whatever that means.
Anything else?
The sleep cycle.
The sedatives and anti-psychotics
we pump into the pods
with the O2,
the subliminal tone patterns
I think I could
play with that cocktail a bit.
Sleeping is
their most vulnerable time.
We could test it out on one chamber
if you're stressed about it
If you start playing
with their meds,
it could backfire or damage them.
Or solve the problem.
I know what I'm doing, Doc.
So do I.
But I also care what you're doing.
- To our pets.
- I was taking it in consideration.
I need reports
at the end of every shift
detailing your interactions
with the Actives:
feelings they express,
questions they ask,
instincts you observe.
- Everything.
- We can't jump at shadows.
I don't wanna report
that my Active asked for toast
and have her sent to the Attic.
We were hired to protect them.
In the field, yes, Mr. Langton.
In here, we protect the house.
A tide is rising.
Until we learn how to turn it back,
we pile up the sandbags together.
Unless anyone here thinks
they've got a better idea.
Caroline, I'm Paul Ballard.
I'm with the FBI.
Your name is Caroline.
You don't know this,
but you're being fooled, being used.
I will never hurt you
Do you trust me?
Do you want to play the game?
You remember to be very quiet
during the game, right?
Wake up.
Help.
God.
Oh, God.
Help me!
Help me, somebody, please!
Help me, somebody!
Somebody get me out of here!
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Oh, my God, help me!
Get me out of here!
Help!
Help me!
Who's there?
Who the hell are you?
I woke up in a five-star floor
coffin just like you, Pal.
Help!
Help me!
Let me out!
Let me out!
Let me out!
Noise. Not helping.
Doesn't matter.
They're listening.
Anyone hear me over here?
Help!
- You okay?!
- Who's listening?
Aliens.
Pervs behind glass
getting off watching us.
Yeah, we're in outer space, right?
We're in a nuthouse, more like.
What humans you know
build circular pod rooms
with stone cavities
and peeping windows?
Definitely feeling
kind of lab-ratty here.
I'm leaving
before the electric shock.
Sorry.
It's a defense mechanism.
I'm just really terrified.
Anybody else got
anything better than aliens?
I'm serious about lab rats.
Maybe we're supposed to be here.
What for?
I didn't do anything.
- Do you know that?
- I don't remember anything.
I mean, I know the days of the week,
the capital of Nebraska,
but nothing about me.
My guess:
we're prisoners of some sort.
We need to assess the situation,
formulate a strategy
Run.
Strategically.
Yeah, and when they come in with guns,
what do we fight with?
We take the glass shade off
the light fixtures,
splinter them.
Use them as shivs.
Deranged millionaire serial killer.
- That's what I think.
- That's not stupider than aliens?
Watch your mouth.
Can we all act like
humans and not monkeys?
I know you, don't I?
How?
I think I have to get
to the mountains.
Everything's okay there.
I lost something.
Maybe it's here somewhere.
They probably want to study
our reproductive systems.
Sex with aliens?!
Come on. Who doesn't wanna put
alien guy back in the box?
What's behind me?
It's okay.
Just walk towards me.
Someone's out there.
A lot of someones.
Been very nice nearly
knowing you guys.
Good luck.
Hold up.
- You need backup.
- I want to know what they look like.
I'm not sure I do.
We gotta get moving.
I don't wanna leave you behind, please!
They're people like us.
But so calm.
Maybe they know why we're here.
See? I think they like it.
So do we, like it like them.
Got it?
What we don't want is to get noticed,
so until we know what's going on
Good morning, Tango.
Good morning, Victor, Sierra, Mike.
Hi, November, your clothes
are in the changing room.
- How are you, Echo?
- Fine, thank you.
- That's not my name.
- Not names, codes.
Military.
Who uses those besides
Are we government prisoners?
Everyone does look peaceful.
Maybe something bad happened to us.
And they're helping us heal.
Makes sense.
Good morning. We're having
banana pancakes for breakfast today.
I like pancakes.
We're all gonna die.
I like bananas.
They're naturally sweet.
They're high in potassium.
So's the Earth's core.
- But that's not food.
- No, it isn't, Mike.
A food that's naturally sweet.
Apples, cantaloupe,
kiwis, mango, mayonnaise.
Is there something
wrong with your hand?
No, it's fine.
I don't think so.
May I see it?
I'm going to need to take you
to see Dr. Saunders now.
Hello?
What's wrong?
They made me come see you.
About my hand.
No, what happened?
Oh, my God!
Did they do that to you here?
Echo, please, sit.
No, I want to know.
What the hell happened?
Don't They're watching.
- You work for them.
- Who are they?
Where are we?
Please.
I'm not your friend in here, Echo.
I'm sorry.
I can't help you.
I'm happy! I'm happy!
Guys, I'm relaxed and I'm happy!
I like banana pancakes.
I want to climb the rock wall now!
Isn't that what you want?!
Tell me and I'll do it!
- Please, help!
- Let me.
Help!
Somebody help me!
Mike screwed up.
Got noticed.
- Nothing we could do.
- He might be okay.
- The doctor said she'd help.
- She did?
You told her?!
- She knows we're not like the others?
- She warned me.
About the cameras.
Keep walking.
Coed showers?
I don't believe it.
But we have to do it.
So, no big deal.
Okay, New York starting lineup,
second base: Wally Backman;
shortstop: Rafael Santana.
Keep your eyes right where they are.
Mookie Wilson: left field
Third base: Ray Knight;
catcher: Gary Carter:
Center field: Lenny Dykstra.
It's Mike.
- You all right?
- Yes, I'm fine.
Thank God.
What happened to you?
I had a treatment.
Just a spa thing, nothing bad?
- Did you see the doctor?
- Dr. Saunders?
She's so nice.
I was trying to tell these guys,
I think she's a prisoner, like us.
No cameras here.
No one's watching.
- Do you remember me? Lab rat?
- Yes, you're Echo.
We woke up together, trapped.
We were scared.
I like sleeping in the pods.
- Wait, where are you going?
- I'm going to swim in the pool.
No, Mike, we're all gonna leave.
Come with us.
I do 30 laps every day.
It helps me be my best.
- We lost Mike.
- We save ourselves and we do it now.
I'm with her.
Yes, Mr. Dominic?
I was just informed we have
four Actives preparing to escape.
Right on schedule.
Will you at least allow me
to brief the in-house security team?
The staff thinks they're preparing
for an exercise in two months.
- They're not ready.
- Every person in this house
should always be ready.
For anything.
Echo, Sierra, Victor, and November
need real adversaries,
real obstacles.
Freedom has to be earned.
We don't have the power to end this.
No kill switch; we can't shut them down.
What if they make it out
and decide to shoot up a store
and jump off a roof?
Don't be melodramatic.
We could lose them all.
And there's a limit to what
I'll be able to clean up after the fact.
I've made my decision.
I forgot where the sauna is.
- You told me.
- I like the sauna.
Big surprise there.
He's very tired.
So, the light at the end
of the tunnel was
Another tunnel.
Come on.
No need to be aware of anything
but your breath
moving through your body.
Tango would you like
your treatment now?
It's time.
Come on. Right here.
Did something happen to them?
What's taking them so long?
They're just being careful is all.
We'll give them
a little bit more time.
Why don't you
tell me something about yourself?
I'm just making small talk.
We don't remember anything,
remember?
Sometimes I feel like we
we do.
The Yankees.
The Mets, but whatever.
And you.
Are you sure?
Can you tell me anything about me?
I just got this feeling
in my gut that
something bad happened to you.
Probably the same something bad
that happened to all of us.
I don't feel that way
about anyone else.
Just you.
Is there any part of you that
finds me
familiar?
- It's them.
- Thank God.
Nobody saw us,
but who knows what the cameras got.
Or who's watching them.
Sophie. You're off, too?
After a few hours of paperwork
to wrap up the client's file.
What kind of engagement?
I can't believe you are cheating on me
with that perfect woman you just met.
Now I get everything in the divorce.
Easy stuff.
Seems tame next to your crap{\
.
Echo's all right. They're giving her
a few days' downtime.
I can use the vacation.
Ask me, she's not gonna last.
I haven't given up on her yet.
Look, Boyd,
you're a classy guy,
but you shouldn't get too attached.
It's like Mr. Dominic said.
They're pets.
Even a good dog needs
to be put down sometimes.
Stairwell ends this level.
There's got to be another.
What's wrong?
Look at me look.
Tell me: what's wrong?
Keep an eye on the hall.
I remember men.
They had guns.
They took me away.
I remember the man who put me here.
Then, we'll get him, understand?
I will get him,
but you got to be strong for me
and go with us,
so you can help me find him.
Still no windows.
We got to be underground.
We need to find another way.
This just keeps getting
weirder and weirder.
What is all this for?
Us.
These all say "Echo".
There's a rack for each of us.
Yeah, there is.
We can blend in more now.
This fits perfectly.
Maybe these are clothes
from our former life.
Never mind.
Let's go right now.
I thought we were
getting changed first.
I have a daughter.
Katie.
We'll get you out of here.
What's wrong?
She has a daughter.
Please help me find her.
I don't know where she is.
Someone's coming.
Who has the card thingy?
What did you just do?
- Call the elevator.
- What if somebody's in it?
- We don't have a choice, do we?
- Go up or go back.
Anyone going back?
I can't believe we made it.
Start checking doors;
see if any of them are unlocked.
We need to tell someone{\
.
- Should we call the police, the FBI?
- For all we know, this is the FBI.
What about everybody inside?
We do nothing till we understand
what this place is and who we can trust.
Guys, a car is coming.
When you wear the uniform,
you got to push it all down,
bury it.
It never happened, right?
The good guys lost one today.
I had to watch a man die,
and I'm just supposed
to make it disappear?
Guys, wait here.
Did you hear that?
Someone died.
- He said he was one of the good guys.
- But he went in there.
How do we know who to trust?
We trust each other.
We figure this out together.
We start with what we know.
You know your name's not Sierra.
And the guy that put you here,
what's his name?
I don't know.
You do know. What's his name?
His name
His name
his name is Nolan.
See?
And you know Katie, your daughter.
And you're gonna think hard
and remember where to find her, right?
And I know a mountain house.
It's safe there.
I need to go there.
Guys, look sharp.
Wheels up.
Look out!
You know I don't understand
when you speak French.
Tango?
Let's get out of here.
On your toes, people.
We have a black SUV,
license plate number 386PCE
embarking with the following
four Actives:
Victor, Sierra, November, and Echo.
Here we go.
Wait!
What are you doing?
What's wrong?
- Get back in the car!
- I can't leave.
Did you see Tango, that sweet girl?
That is not a costume warehouse
we just busted out of.
That's a people warehouse.
- You have to come with us.
- The army guy they brought back
they're doing it both ways.
They make people go out
and do terrible things,
then bring them back,
make them go away.
You'll be putting yourself back in.
You didn't fight to get out for nothing.
Not nothing.
You guys are okay now.
I go back in knowing that.
It's too big.
There's too many of them.
They got guns.
What are you gonna do?
Try and make a difference.
- What are you doing here?
- Don't touch that.
It's okay.
I'm just gonna call Boyd.
Remember Boyd, your handler?
You know him.
- You trust him.
- I said don't touch it.
I'm a friend of his.
Maybe I can help.
Do you know what you need?
Give me the key.
No one here wants to hurt you, Echo.
I don't want to hurt you.
I'm just gonna
tell Boyd you're here,
and he'll come
and take you for your treatment.
All right?
You Jimmy?
Good day to you, too.
Ever seen one of these?
Just now, on the counter
in front of me.
I hope you don't want to pretend
you don't butter your bread this way,
'cause I'm not in a mood
that's gonna care.
I'm just trying to figure out what kind
of business you think you got here.
Look at it.
Look.
Any closer, and it will come out
of the back of my head.
- This don't even exist yet.
- Meaning what?
Meaning, if me
and everyone else I know
powwowed, we still
wouldn't figure this out.
It's gorgeous.
Can I trace
where it was transmitting?
Absolutely.
If you were ET.
It inverts the frequency
into white noise.
The only way you could find it
once it hits the universe
is to know exactly
which speck of dust you're looking for
and tune in on it.
What about scrambling it?
Someone put this on you?
You're gonna need an RF detector,
smart scrambler, and frequency jammer.
And to believe in God, 'cause
I don't care how big you think you are.
They're bigger.
Can't remember which way to go
until I see it, but
I'm pretty sure we're almost there.
You've been saying that for 20 minutes
while I've been circling.
I know. I'm so sorry.
Stop the car.
- What?
- I know where Katie is.
- You do?
- That's wonderful!
- Let me out here.
- Can I take you there?
- She says we're almost there.
- I'm going alone.
We can't just leave you here.
Until we figure things out,
we should stick together.
Help each other.
I remember my life.
You're sure?
All right then.
It's why we left.
We decide for ourselves now.
Good luck.
You too.
I hope it's easy for you
to go back home.
Whatever it is.
Well, let's get a tail on her.
November separated from the group.
Is that an Active
leaving Dr. Saunders' office?
Rewind it.
- Oh, my God.
- She was in the car.
Apparently she's got
one step ahead of us.
I should've seen this coming.
This is Caroline.
Minus the memories, but it's her
and this is exactly
what Caroline would do.
Try and take us down by herself.
- You want me to call it in?
- No harm in letting this play out.
Caroline never was very realistic.
Apparently, this is exactly
what she was
- Stop her?
- Immediately, please.
This is Mr. Dominic.
We have a rogue Active.
Check the power room first.
Topher. Status.
Hard to see.
Some confusion.
Are the Actives afraid of the dark?
Who knows?
They've never seen it.
We always leave the lights on.
Is this that power thing
from yesterday or
Echo.
Really?
Did she cut the main line
or did she go for the
- Can you find her?
- I'm looking out the window,
but am hindered
by a lack of illumination.
Just be ready
when they bring her in.
To do what?
No power, no chair.
No wipey.
I am, BTW.
Am what?
Afraid of the dark.
Not anymore.
We're experiencing a temporary
interruption of power.
We assure you
there is no need to worry.
Everyone please gather calmly
on the main floor.
We should probably go downstairs
with everybody else
Is that blood?
On your hands.
It's kinda dark.
I was hoping that
Tell me what you do
to people in here.
They come in one way and
when they leave, they're something else.
It's complicated.
But
I use
a process of epifluorescent light.
- Make it simple.
- Simple, right.
I put them in a chair
and I program them.
You can't program people.
- We're not freakin' computers.
- Not that different.
Our brains are natural motherboards.
Everything we think, feel, do:
electrical impulses fired by the brain.
I just hack the system.
What year is this?
How long have I been here?
A little while.
A day? A month?
Kind of more.
My head.
Why I don't remember things.
You've done it to me.
You put me in this
chair.
Where?
Show. Don't tell.
Priya.
I'm surprised,
and confused.
Is this some kind
of frequent buyer reward or
It's him.
What's going on?
A little blackmail?
I wouldn't put it past you people.
What you did to me,
putting me in that hell.
- What did I ever do to you?
- You said no.
Nobody ever says no to me.
Because I wouldn't have sex with you,
you took away my whole life?
Do you have any idea how much trouble
that was? I mean, all the strings
I pulled, the palms I greased,
I could've bought Pierre Island.
But owning you is
better than real estate.
So,
you're not her handler.
We got out of that freak show.
She's never going back.
I get it.
You kids hopped the fence.
It doesn't matter.
You don't exist anymore.
- Honey, I'm more of a person than you.
- Honey,
you're programmed to give me
and anyone else
whatever we want
whenever we want it.
Which
you do with pleasure.
And sometimes, you even beg.
Okay.
I can afford one hell
of a security system, so
I have one.
Folks were on their way to grab you up
before you hit the elevator, so.
- Go.
- We got to go.
You will see me again.
Yes, and I look forward to it.
This way.
It'll be even better now.
You put this in and it makes us
whatever you want?
Yes.
I mean, you have to have
power to do that, electricity,
which we don't.
So we can't.
- You should put that down.
- This is seriously screwed.
What the hell is wrong
with you people?
We're good people.
Nice people.
We help people become better people
by giving them what they need.
I don't usually do the sales pitch.
You *** people.
You gut them and use their bodies
as playthings.
- Who was I before you killed me?
- No, no, no, no, no, no.
You are not dead, clearly.
- You volunteered.
- You're lying.
You don't have your memories.
I didn't give them to you so
you don't remember.
In there.
Last time you put me in there
you made me what?
You,
as you were when you came here
only without memories,
which you will get back
when your contract is up
and you leave here
and go and do whatever you want.
Grow a belly, sew a quilt,
spend that truck of money
you made having
Just the time of your life.
Yeah, this is fun.
Isn't it?
Why am I not like them,
the rest down there,
what they're like
when you're not pimping them out?
We're running a test on you.
I remember a mountain.
Somewhere peaceful.
Beautiful.
I feel happy there.
I want to go there.
Is that real
or is that part of your test?
Real.
How come it's there
if you didn't give it to me?
It's coming from you.
It's what you need.
I have your memories.
You can have them back.
You can do that?
Totally.
But I have to go in there.
Yeah, but
Okay. Okay.
You first.
- Who are they?
- Maybe Nolan's guys.
- What do they want?
- Take us back, probably.
Or kill us.
That's the only way out.
This way.
It looks like it fits.
You can't imprint
on top of a fully functional brain;
it'll implode.
- Is that why you keep us so simple?
- Yes. Yes.
Does it hurt when you do it?
Pain is nothing more than nerves
talking to your brain.
Look,
I'm just the science guy.
Up here
looking down on everyone,
playing God.
I can help you
with anything you want.
You just have to tell me.
I want you to let them go.
I don't have that kind of power.
What? No.
I'd pick the chair.
It's just a treatment.
God, no, no, no, no, no!
I can't. I swear I can't.
I can.
Stop the imprint, please.
My chair!
Did I just kill someone,
or should I aim this at her head?
She doesn't really understand.
You wanted to forget.
Who are you?
Adelle DeWitt.
I am responsible for this facility
and everyone in it.
Then, you are one sick ***.
I eased your suffering.
- Is that what you think you're doing?
- I'm certain of it.
Taking away basic human rights
free will
my right to choose, feel, remember.
All relinquished by you
to our care and discretion.
- Tell me why I would.
- I can't.
I'd be breaking a promise
I made to you.
All I can say is that
you couldn't live with the consequences
of your own actions,
and you no longer have to.
You're letting us all go.
You're free to leave.
Who are you to decide
for the others?
Something you should
have been asking yourself.
I made the same promise to them,
to protect them
from the unbearable truths
that brought them here.
I won't return those memories.
So, we agree.
No one gets in the chair.
They'll be back.
Maybe.
I'm sorry.
This is all my fault.
If you didn't want to help me,
this wouldn't have happened.
Exactly.
When we were in that place,
when we were like
what Mike turned into,
but the rest of them were, empty.
- I remember you.
- What?
It's like I'm stuck
inside my head somewhere,
and some part of me
sees and feels
It's like a bad dream
I can't get out of.
I can't talk. I can't move.
I can't be stronger than
what's taken me over, but I'm there.
It's so awful.
Somebody hurt you
like Nolan.
I could see it happening.
Oh, God, I could see his face,
but I couldn't stop it.
I trusted him.
Why did I trust him?
I'm sorry.
Wait
Wait. You wait for me
when we go to bed, at night,
to make sure I'm okay.
What have they done to us?
I don't know which to hope for.
Feels like dying either way.
No.
We'll look for each other
like we always do.
We'll finish this.
We will.
You can't take them outside
as they are.
They'll find the stimulation,
the conflict,
- entirely overwhelming.
- They'll do just fine.
Your unbearable truth, lady
you're not as important
as you think you are.
Next one goes
where your heart should have been.
Now show us out.
A tide is rising.
And until we learn how to turn it back,
we pile up the sandbags together.
Unless anyone here thinks
they've got a better idea.
We give them what they need.
Dr. Saunders.
Closure.
If Actives have
particularly poignant or
reoccurring experiences,
these can cause desires,
emotional needs, or
reactivate old ones
that existed before they came here.
Open loops.
If
they're able to close those loops,
to get some sense of resolve
You're recommending we allow them
to take a self-guided journey.
Just the priority cases.
Let the tide come in.
It's the only way
to wash it back out.
Has the tide turned?
Are they better now?
Each Active's brain was programmed
to release a sedative
the moment they felt closure.
They're all back with us, so
I have to assume they've resolved
the issues that caused them to glitch.
November needed to grieve
for her daughter. I understand that.
And Sierra
she needed to confront the man
who took away her power.
One of them anyway.
As I recall,
you confronted the other one.
And Echo.
She wanted to free us all.
What about Victor?
He wasn't going back to a trauma
or need from his past.
He had a more present need.
He needed to get the girl.
He's in love.
When Echo was leading them out,
I would like to have seen that.
Even if it was all a game.
Your game.
Do you think I had fun?
I don't know you very well.
You have to look after Echo.
I have to look after all of them.
She wasn't leading them to freedom.
She was leading them
to a world of terror and chaos
that would have destroyed them.
She's not leading them
anywhere anymore.
You should be grateful.
I'll work on that.
Paul Ballard, this is
You don't know me,
but I have a file.
And your name is in it,
and I think we've met.
I know it sounds crazy,
but we're here,
somewhere underground.
I'm trying to get everyone out,
but if I can't, please
Please find us.