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Big day.
Is it?
Trust me.
With my life.
We're okay, right?
She's not going to?
Glitch?
She's fine, Agent Ballard.
Sorry, Mr.
Ballard.
all wiped clean away.
If she acts funny,
her handler tells me.
I just know this one's
been long-term, and today
(yawning): Was definitely
one for the books.
But this is the
Dollhouse, frenemy,
and nothing happens
without my
(electrical crackling)
What the hell?
What?
Saunders.
We're okay, right?
You're fine.
She's fine.
I'm gonna go to sleep.
Ivy?
ADELLE:
Oh, it's not that bad.
It's the last thing
she should be doing.
You're not Echo's
handler, Mr.
Langton.
You're head of security now.
As head of security,
I'm telling you this
engagement poses a risk.
Victor.
This is coming
along well.
Thank you.
We made a deal
with Paul Ballard.
Either we honor
that deal,
or he exposes us, or I order
you to do something
extreme.
I'd like to avoid
the latter two.
I have plans for
the erstwhile agent.
You're touching my face.
Move along.
He hunted the Dollhouse
for months.
The Bureau kicks him out
and you think that
just flips him?
He's one of us now?
No, I expect he's looking for
something else--
a darker purpose perhaps,
or a weakness.
And there's his extreme
devotion to Echo.
So he uses her to fulfill
some sad fantasy
about righting old wrongs
by doing something worse.
Why in particular does
this engagement bother you?
You know, after
that news anchor--
Which one?
The one who wanted
to be rolled in eggs
and flour and dipped.
Oh, Tempura Joe.
Such a lonely soul.
I thought I'd seen it all,
but this engagement--
honestly, this one's sick.
(classical music playing)
Dearly beloved, we
are gathered here today
to join this man
and this woman
(sighs)
So, do you want to know
what I've been doing
while you overslept?
If you tweaked an imprint, I'll
throw you through that window.
I'm just moving things along.
We are backed up
like LAX at Christmas.
It's the autumn rush.
Temperatures plummet
to the high 60's.
The leaves fall off
that one tree on Wilshire.
People need comfort.
What's up with you?
(clearing throat)
If you little
worker bees
aren't too busy,
I was promised
a treatment.
Sierra, nobody
called down.
I can't have the other one?
The man one?
I need caffeine.
Ivy.
I'm on it.
They didn't change you.
I'm not comfortable
with, uh, Orientals.
It'll only take a second.
It's not a
racialist issue.
It's just that
Well, your culture's not
really the thing, is it?
Have a seat.
I suppose I'm
at your mercy.
In fact,
if you were to tie me down
and spank me,
I could hardly be expected
to resist, could I?
I'll keep that in mind.
Yes.
How many more today?
Well, the Jonas Brothers
are back in town.
Say no more.
Voracious little nippers.
(screaming)
Oh, my God!
(gasping)
Are those
from the lab?
I don't care,
just get them!
Okay, okay, okay.
That one went there!
IVY:
Come here, come here.
I didn't know you had
a problem with rodents.
Well, clearly somebody knew.
Oh
Come here.
(yelps)
(phone line ringing)
Is this your idea of a joke?
You designed me, Mr.
Brink.
I guess it must be
your idea of a joke.
I designed you to be
a not crazy woman!
You've got to stop
messing with me.
I don't seem to be able to.
(squeaking)
(Topher shudders)
Maybe your work's not up to par.
My work is pristine.
If you're losing it,
that's your fault.
Are you sure?
I know what I know.
Put the rats back in the maze,
Topher,
before one of them bites you.
You busy?
Just, uh
dealing with
some vermin.
Is this about Echo again?
Victor.
I didn't know if you were
copied on his results.
The scars are
practically gone.
One more surgery, you'll
never know they were there.
Yes, I was surprised that
Ms.
DeWitt would authorize
such an expensive
process for an Active.
When she
didn't before.
There's no reason
she couldn't do
the same for you.
I like my scars.
They bring out my eyes.
Without my scars, I might
as well be one of them.
And sooner or later,
Ms.
DeWitt will remember
I was a more lucrative
asset when I was.
There's no way
on earth
Adelle DeWitt
that I would allow it.
is not the type of person
What if she went
over your head?
I'm very tall.
Before you knew
before either of us knew
that I was a fake
Claire.
An Active,
a Doll
When you thought
I was just a doctor,
you didn't care much for me.
We disagreed about things.
Hmm, so should I interpret
this new concern as pity?
Curiosity?
Deviant excitement?
There's no judging
in the Dollhouse.
You seem to be
having a hard time.
My entire existence
was constructed
by a sociopath
in a sweater-vest.
What do you suggest I do?
Have dinner with me.
I think you should get
out of here for awhile.
And I'd be glad
of the company.
I don't go out.
I'm afraid to
leave this place.
I have a problem with crowds,
with people,
and sunlight,
open spaces,
noise, pets.
For some reason,
I'm just built that way.
Every person I know is
pretty poorly constructed.
Everyone has an excuse
for not dealing.
But eventually,
that's all they are-- excuses.
Hmm.
What's yours?
(classical music plays)
(applause)
(phone ringing)
This is Hugo.
No, the shipment is
only delayed a day.
Mr.
Klar is busy today.
(chuckles)
(applause)
Roma Klar.
Mrs.
Roma Klar.
I thought you were
keeping your first name.
It's unbelievable.
What?
I found the woman
of my dreams.
You'll meet her
later tonight.
She's lovely.
(both laughing)
I found the thing that
everyone spends their lives
thinking they're
going to find,
but grieving
that they haven't.
She's in my arms.
She's mine for life.
And all I can think is
I'm going to step on her feet.
(laughing)
I'm practically paralyzed.
We should have taken
those lessons.
I don't want us to
have a wedding story
where I step
all over your feet.
It'd relieve the pressure.
Seriously, these
heels are insane.
Take them off.
When it's time.
Oh, it's time.
It's past time.
Can I wish
everyone away?
No, it's my wedding day.
And I never want
it to end until
(over recorder):
my wedding night.
* I watched you sleeping
* Quietly in my bed
* You don't know this now
* But there's some things
that need to be said *
* It's all that I can hear
* It's more than
I can bear *
* But if I fall
and hurt myself *
* Would you know
how to fix me? *
* If I forgot
* Who I am
* Would you please remind me?
* Oh, 'cause without you
things go hazy.
*
(music fades)
Hey, partner.
Hey.
How was last
night? You okay?
I'm so sore.
(groans)
My feet, perv.
Why do people get married
in frickin' stilettos?
Go on.
Work for a living.
How about Klar?
He said, "I do.
"
I heard that part.
Did you cry?
Little tear, one eye?
(chuckles)
Geez, what is with you?
The biggest arms dealer
on the coast just plighted
his troth to me.
For five years, the
Bureau couldn't get
his cousin's dog walker to
give them the time of day.
Now I'm the Missus.
Five years ago, I still
cared about due process.
The Bureau's going
to coo like doves
when we give them
Martin Klar.
Then we sneak off
into the night.
Forget we were ever here.
Is this about the sex?
I know, for you,
the act of love
is the most intimate
and precious thing
two people can share.
But it's just
bodies.
It's useful.
And with Klar,
it's pretty damn fun.
Man's got a work ethic.
I think you might be
a demon.
I'm justice.
I'm blind when I
need to be blind.
Well, you're inside now,
so open your eyes.
I have.
This is Martin Klar, okay?
I can't even get him to tell
me where the honeymoon is.
There's not going
to be any honeymoon.
Wait I do this
till it's done.
I mean, there's no
movement from suppliers?
All the small arms guys we knew
are accounted for
or out of the game.
I still think Klar
is moving something new.
Well, we know Pavel Hund is
in the market for dirty bombs.
Him and Klar were
really thick in the '90s.
That was AKs, not plutonium.
Klar wouldn't touch
something that hot.
He married me.
(sighs)
Paul.
How long have we been partners?
Three years.
Have I ever said I'm
sure and been wrong?
I'm guessing not.
Trust me.
Everything we've
worked for happens now.
HANDLER:
Not quite yet.
Not until you've
had your treatment.
Wait.
No.
A treatment sounds great.
I need her.
Her protocol says
she comes in.
Long-term engagements
are, um, tricky.
Got to check the wiring.
And the plumbing.
I want Echo back as soon
as she's checked out.
Okay.
You're the client.
SAUNDERS:
How are you feeling?
A little sleepy.
They tell me you
had a big night.
Who tells you?
You're going to feel
a little pressure.
(removing glove)
Clean bill of health.
Whiskey.
Did someone say that to you?
To call me that?
You were number one.
Yes.
I don't remember the rest.
Alpha cut up my face.
Do you remember that?
Why?
So you could be number one.
Am I?
You are.
I try to be my best.
Good for you.
You're done.
Go be your best.
No one is their
best in here.
What is more precious to
a human being than their mind?
Everything we feel, see,
everything we are
is controlled by our brains.
They are the most powerful
and delicate part
of the human machine.
As some of you know, I lost
my mother to Alzheimer's
years before she died.
Since I took office, I have made
health care and medical research
a top priority, and I call you
all here today to tell you
I am shocked and appalled
by what I have found.
There is nothing less
than a conspiracy
spearheaded
by the Rossum Corporation
to withhold medical
advancements,
to use radical illegal
Well, this is charmless,
isn't it?
What do you think,
Mr.
Langton?
I like his suit.
guinea pigs and the public
at large like cattle.
You may well
be missing the point.
I am calling for a
He knows how to wear it, too.
Money.
A lot.
And he was born into it.
He'll have connections.
We have connections.
He also has ambition.
Which he wasn't born into.
Money like that,
you either coast
or you shoot for the stars.
This one isn't going away.
How is it he wasn't
on our radar?
We weren't on his.
I'm sure he was
looking for a cause.
Someone gave him us.
Recently.
Any idea who?
of the brain,
but these are just
BOYD:
Mr.
Ballard.
We were just about
to talk about you.
Did you see Senator Perrin's
press conference?
Just now.
Nice suit.
Have you ever talked
to Senator Perrin?
Have you?
Mr.
Langton?
Miss DeWitt.
He reminds me of you.
BALLARD:
I mean it.
If you're pointing fingers,
you should be looking at Boyd.
I know why I'm here.
Do you?
(pours drink)
I can't beat you.
The FBI kicked me out
for trying.
Maybe the Senator can,
and I'll raise a glass.
But in the meanwhile,
I'm a kiss away
from taking down a gunrunner
the FBI couldn't touch.
A kiss away?
Echo married him.
And my reports put you no closer
to closing than you were
when their eyes first locked.
Are you shutting us down?
I want you to consider
becoming Echo's handler.
I don't work for you.
No, you work for the
betterment of mankind.
Fighting crime by listening
to Echo have sex.
It's terribly noble.
We don't have audio
inside Klar's house.
You never ask
about November.
Who?
Mellie.
Well, Madeline, actually.
But she was Mellie
when she was with you.
When you used your leverage
to have her released
instead of Echo,
I thought you must have
really cared for her.
Are you threatening her?
Now I think you were
just done with her.
But not with Echo.
You still need Echo
for something.
But you'll never get it
with the ex strutting
about the place.
You're a sick lady.
Well, I'm not asking you
to handle me.
Echo's special.
You know it.
Alpha knew it.
She was evolving even before
he dumped all her
personas into her.
Policy would be to send her
straight to the Attic,
and if this goes too far,
I still will.
But I'm a little bit curious.
You want to study the rat
before you slice it up?
Well, that is
how science works.
What we learn here feeds
Rossum's crucial research.
As much as it feeds
their coffers.
She hasn't shown me
anything weird.
I wouldn't risk this
mission if she had.
Echo has three more years
on her contract.
I would prefer her to have
someone in her corner
who really cared about her.
Even unreasonably.
You're working an angle.
With the exception of the
very special and the comatose,
have you ever met
someone who wasn't?
Think about it.
It'll pass the time
during her honeymoon.
KLAR:
Hugo, is everything on track
with the shipment?
Good.
Then tell me
what it is you
Well, if it has to be in person,
it can wait until the morning.
It can absolutely wait
until the morning.
I'll call you.
(sighing)
You were gone too long.
You won't tell me
where we're going,
so I had to buy
one of everything.
(chuckles)
Well, supper's laid out.
Are you hungry?
Are you?
Ten seconds ago,
I swear I was.
I think you're controlling
my thoughts.
It's easier
than you'd think.
Women.
Mmm
What the?!
What the hell?!
(gasping breaths)
Are you drunk?
I'm just trying
to be my best.
Oh, whoa, I-I-I
don't want your best.
Well, I think you do
(mutters)
Okay, that is
the minority vote.
And you tricked it.
Okay?
A guy's asleep.
Could have been Fozzie Bear
and it would have
Not that I think
about Fozzie Bear.
Let's stop playing games.
Okay, how does this qualify
as not playing games?
Because this is the endgame.
This is where
it all leads.
You design someone
to hate you so you can
convince them to love you.
Hey, I could whip up a love
slave any day I wanted to.
But that wouldn't be
a challenge, would it?
Slaves are just slaves.
But winning over your enemy--
the one person guaranteed
to reject everything you are--
that's real love.
More real than anything
up in the world.
And I understand it now.
I love you.
I love you.
(grunts, gasps)
You need a frickin' treatment!
Why shouldn't
I love you?
Aren't you lovable?
Aren't you Big Brother?
Aren't you the Lord my God?
Why should I fight
your divine plan?
'Cause you're
better than that!
Because you're better than me.
Dr.
Saunders was dead.
And Whiskey was out
of service,
at least temporarily.
So DeWitt gave me the call.
"We need a new doctor.
"One who's committed
to our cause,
who's kind and efficient and
will look after our Actives.
"
So why didn't you stop there?
Because I was designing
a person, not a Roomba.
I needed you
to be whole.
If you agreed
with everything I said,
then we would miss something,
and someone would get hurt.
You don't care
if people get hurt.
You don't know me!
That's the contract.
You don't know me,
and I don't know you.
Not fully, not ever.
I made you question.
I made you fight
for your beliefs.
I didn't make you hate me
You chose to.
How do I live?
(sniffles)
How do I go through my day
knowing everything I think
comes from something
I can't abide?
So you aren't really
gonna sleep with me.
I can't stand the smell of you.
(chuckles):
I did that
so we never
Why didn't you find out
who you really used to be?
You had your chance.
Maybe DeWitt would even
re-imprint your old identity.
You've earned it.
Because I don't want to die.
I'm not even real.
I'm in someone
else's body,
and I'm afraid to give it up.
I'm not better
than you.
I'm just a series of excuses.
You're human.
Don't flatter yourself.
Martin?
Honey?
That desk was
my grandfather's.
I know.
So I'd prefer if you didn't
stab it to death.
No, I just
This is your fault.
(chuckles)
I'm I'm I'm all ears.
You know I can't stand
surprises.
You have to tell
me where we're going.
Half the fun of
a honeymoon is
packing and
Well, maybe not half.
Wait.
You say this
from experience?
From your many marriages?
What's up?
What, besides you assaulting
a family heirloom?
I'm sorry.
I didn't leave a scratch.
It's all right.
Don't worry.
(grunts)
I can always have it refinished.
Martin
What, no self-defense training?
No second gun
in the ankle holster?
Please
I can't believe
he'd leave you here
without any kind of defense.
I don't know what
you're talking about!
Do you take this man
to be your lawfully-wedded
husband?
Martin, I love you.
To love and honor, in
sickness and in health
so long as you
both shall live?
I do!
Who are you?!
My name is Roma Klar.
Yes, it is.
It's comical.
It is, I understand, the key
to comedy-- the, um, timing.
One day,
one day wed, and I get this!
Proof that my wife
is my enemy.
Paul Ballard
Where did he find you?
Huh?
I mean, you're not Bureau.
Uh, Witness Protection?
Starving actress?
What did he promise you?
Is he your lover?
I've never seen this man.
This is a photo!
Have you see this man, darling?!
It's fake! It's Photoshopped!
Or this guy, he asked me
for the time
and had someone snap a picture.
Why?
To hurt you!
He's your enemy.
He comes at what's closest
to you!
Well, good for him!
I thought you were gentle
and honest.
He knew better,
you wife-beating
piece of
Listen
Don't touch me!
Roma!
Roma, Roma I'm sorry.
Who has enemies like that?
Who the hell are you that people
hate you that much?
I'm not stupid.
Martin, I know you're not just
a frickin' financier,
but I don't care!
I didn't marry your job!
I married you.
I can't be wrong about you.
Look at me.
Just forget everything
and look at me.
I am your wife.
For the rest of my life
I am and will always be
Mrs.
Eleanor Penn.
Wait.
Who did they make me
this time?
They're lovely, aren't they?
Of course, they're just
little bombs.
But they're not
actually dirty bombs
until you've inserted them
inside the plutonium.
But then they're
just ordinary looking.
I like the heart of the thing.
The mechanism,
the light from within.
That's why I loved you.
I never lied to you
not about anything
that mattered.
(phone ringing)
It's Ballard.
Let me talk to Topher Brink.
Uh, okay.
Please hold.
This is Topher.
What up?
Something's not right.
With Echo?
Her handler said she spiked
about two hours back.
Can you access that?
I can, I am.
Why didn't he move in?
He said it was excitement.
They were being newlyweds.
Yeah, that's not
hot monkey love.
I got zero serotonin.
Theta activities to the CA1
are peaking.
That was pain, and panic.
How did he miss this?
What do you see now?
She's amped,
but there's drop-offs.
It's kind of random.
She could be concussed.
I'm calling it.
You move in now,
Klar will kill her for sure.
You got a better plan?
No, but I do have
a much worse one.
Sir.
(Klar groans)
My God, this is
becoming surreal.
Bring her out.
Well, it's Paul Ballard.
Special agent in charge
of *** all.
Hello, Martin.
Have you come to wish us
joy on our nuptials?
Let her go.
But we're very much in love.
You don't know who you're
dealing with here.
Well, I know it's not the FBI.
(groans)
I think I'm going
to keep this gun.
I'm going to treasure it.
You're making a mistake.
Oh, well, you're the expert
in that field.
Did he tell you he was
still with the FBI?
Not ousted in disgrace?
Did he forget to mention
his pathetic failed attempts
to catch me, or anyone?
I'm just so anxious to know
what he said
that put you in bed with a man
who represents
everything that
he will never be.
What?
(Southern accent):
I don't understand
anything you're saying.
Where's Donny?
Oh, Roma, love,
it's the wrong act.
It's not an act.
God, my head is on fire.
Be a dream and bring
Mommy a Vicodin
Okay, I'm starting to feel
like maybe
she's not taking
this seriously.
She doesn't get
what's happening.
The pressure
or something.
She cracked.
You couldn't take it.
This is the man
from the picture.
Martin, I don't know him.
Just give it up.
Your name is Caroline.
You don't
I would never hurt you.
I bet everything
on you.
I traded my life for this,
and you couldn't even
Paul.
All you had to do
was remember
who you were.
You can't remember?
Nobody home?
We're going to die, and
this scumbag is going
to walk because of you.
The Chinese restaurant--
you remember that!
Whoever you think you are
I swear, I don't want
to hurt you.
I know.
I'm counting on it.
Get the plane started.
(gunfire)
(car starting)
Echo! Roma!
(tires squealing)
Let's go, sweetie.
*** it's over.
It's all over the news.
Arms deal gone wrong.
Your friend's plane
was nabbed.
So was he.
You got your man.
She got him.
Well, she wouldn't have
if you hadn't seen
what her handler failed to.
Topher said her readings
were all over the place.
Yeah, well, concussion.
Did I fall asleep?
For a little while.
* The world is all around us
* It's much too big to see
* And the words are
seldom honest *
* So we never disagree
* Oh, the world
is all around us *
* But have you noticed me?
* Yeah, the world has
overshadowed me *
* The world is all around us
* So tell me what you see
* Yeah, the world
is all around us *
* There's little room
to breathe *
Hey.
Hello.
I'm sorry.
I, uh
well, I guess
I wasn't exactly my best.
I'm trying to do
what's right.
And I'm having a harder
and harder time
figuring out what
that even means.
And maybe I should have gotten
you out of here first thing.
Instead I put
you through
Well, I know you
don't remember it, but
I remember everything.
Sometimes I'm
someone else.
And then I come back,
but I still feel them--
all of them.
I've been
many people.
I can hear them.
Sometimes suddenly.
I'm all of them,
but none of them is me?
Do you know who's real?
Caroline.
I want to find her.
I want to find all of them.
Real them.
They can be found.
We are lost
but we are not gone.
Will you help me?
I swear, no matter
what, I'm with you.
Everything's going
to be all right.
Now that you're here.
Do you trust me?
With my life.