Right, and there was clearly some other incident prior to Alpha's massacre. Because the handler was asking about why the dolls were left defenseless and the programmer says that when they were given skills in their null state, it ended in blood. So something else happened then.
I thought that there was just Alpha. Handler says "why don't they default to ninja mode" Other guy says "we tried that" Handler says "what happened" Other guy answers "Alpha"
Am I remembering that right?
There are fourteen more between F & S, so either there are another ten dead, or we're not seeing them. (Three sets of five pods?)
During the emergency, you see some of them being led to their pods, but then you see several dead in the shower room with Echo, so maybe 5 dead?
Even if I think I can rock climb and I somehow have the physical strength to do so, it seems like I would be looking up a cliff face and making decisions based on how long I thought my limbs were and how controlled my center of balance was, things that would be difficult with a blended imprint.
I was thinking this myself when Echo was pretending to get into climbing trouble -- wouldn't you be assuming different muscle strength than you might actually have?
That might be part of the process of choosing an active, making sure that they have the proper physical attributes (and by attributes, I do not mean boobs)
(and by attributes, I do not mean boobs)
Although, to be fair, those do seem to be a prerequisite.
I'm wondering if, in a future episode, it'll come out that the Dollhouse selected people beforehand and then set it up so they'd be in such a desperate situation that they'll sign up. I mean, as opposed to preying on people who are already in a desperate situation.
Oh, like Le Femme Nikita...hopefully without the gagarific fanfic.
I like that idea, myself.
It seems like a bit too much work... they basically need pretty people in good physical condition and desperate legal or financial situations, right? Surely there are enough such people that it's easier to find them than make them.
They could also instill the desire to work out. Echo is always talking about swimming. The (non)active personality can be programmed to want to keep in shape.
but if you make one, she's not a babymama or anything that will bring drama to work.
