How could you miss the scars? [link]

I did wonder if they are meant to be relatively fresh with the intention of fading them some over time or if they're older scars.

That picture looks quite different from what I was remembering. I thought there were more scars and they were much more subtle so I figured they were old. Then I felt bad for Amy Acker having to sit through their application every day.

I think that they might get more subtle as the show goes on They probably really want you to notice them now. So, what's our theory?

Mine is that she's a former active that "woke up" during an assignment and ended up getting injured. As a payoff, they paid for her to go to medical school. She discovered that patients reacted badly to her scars, so she came back to work at the dollhouse where the actives don't ask any questions or have opinions.

I didn't notice anything until her second scene, and then I only noticed one scar.

My theory was along the same lines but less fully formed.

That picture looks quite different from what I was remembering.

There were more on her left cheek that fall in the shadows in that photo.

Vortex, what if she's only a doctor due to an imprint?

So I think the issue is that I see the imprints as real, but you don't.

Because they aren't real. They're recordings. And they're not even original recordings; they're mashups.

The thing I can't get beyond with this show is way would you want Echo as Miss Penn and not the real thing.

I had the same reaction. DW said it's because they take multiple personalities and splice them together So you're getting a bunch of "Miss Penns," not just a single good negotiator. I'm still not quite buying it, though (probably because Eliza didn't quite sell it as others have mentioned).

Vortex, what if she's only a doctor due to an imprint?

ooooooh! meta!

I finally watched it off the DVR and was not particularly impressed. It was okay, I certainly didn't feel like I wasted an hour and there's some interesting stuff there, but it didn't hook me.

Then again, it took 3 episodes for Firefly to hook me (though I blame Fox for that) so I'm will to give this 3 episodes as well.

The GF, on the other hand, really enjoyed it. Not to the point where she'd keep watching if I stopped, but she was a lot more involved during the episode than I was.

I agree that the promos during the show were awful and cringe-inducing, and that I think whoever said that Summer looked like she didn't want to be there was spot-on.

On a side note, am I the only one who recognized Agent Helo's boxing opponent as Toa? (And how many respect points have I lost for making that connection?)