At least Echo's imprinted personality was an in-your-face tough chick who was ready to throw down, and therefore had some useful skills in a crisis. Not!Adam should have altered Sierra's perceptions so that when the stalker revealed himself she would see him as the dude from Twilight and hallucinate crowds of other squealing fangirls competing to grab a piece of him.

Maybe she, like Echo, just had the programming to protect whats-her-name and it didn't come out if the threat was to herself.

Which, again, the stupid.

She did what she was supposed to do, said head honchess. She distracted the assassin so he spent time focussing on her instead of the songstress.

She did what she was supposed to do, said head honchess. She distracted the assassin so he spent time focussing on her instead of the songstress.

But... but... she didn't choose to be kidnapped! On any conscious or unconscious level- that was completely out of her- or anyone in the Dollhouse's- control.

The British chick's smooth talking at the end, I thought, was about *Echo* doing what she was supposed to do- stop the person from killing songstress, who was in fact the songstress. But that ass-pullery appeared to be directed toward protecting Echo from Lawrence and the Attic.

I missed this business about the Attic. I was very sleepy when I watched the episode, and most of the last twenty minutes is very hazy since I stopped caring about the A-plot. What's the Attic?

What's the Attic?

we don't know much. only that it's the place they put the retired and/or deactivated Actives.

she didn't choose to be kidnapped!

Presenting a self-avowed #1 fan with an acclaimed #1 fan doesn't have to result in kidnapping, but it's really very likely to distract the nutcase.

Plan A: Take out assassin. Backup to plan: Distract assassin.

Hulu's being a bitch to me, so I can't retrieve the quote, but Britchick is definitely talking about Sierra in the snippet I'm remembering.

only that it's the place they put the retired and/or deactivated Actives.

I thought you got to go back to the real world once your tenure as an Active was over. Or is the Attic where you fulfill the rest of your contract if you suck?

Or where you go if there's something wrong with you?

I found the exchange:

Dominic: "Sierra's been kidnapped."
DeWitt: "Ah. She drew his focus away from Rayna. Well, that was a good call."
Dominic: "Thank you. Her handler's outside the location. I told him to wait for our team."
DeWitt: "Yes, that's best. Echo?"
Dominic: "On task. Still protecting Rayna."