Who pays half a zillion dollars for a freakin' midwife? WTF?

that was my thought, as well.

Also, was the art-lovin' thief whasshisname from Buffy and Firefly? You know, philosophical vamp/old Browncoat who is delivered in a coffin guy?

Jonathan Woodward? no, it wasn't him.

I didn't like the birth scene at the beginning -- anvils, as Steph said, and also? Who pays half a zillion dollars for a freakin' midwife? WTF?

yeah, I couldn't figure out why anyone would pay for an active as a midwife. I mean a GREAT stretch would be some dot commer whose spouse wanted the perfect midwife, but couldn't find one, so they paid for an active.

So, how much do we think that this costs? half a millon? a million?

The birth thing really made no sense. Vortex, according to Joss it's about a million. I can't remember if he said almost a million or just over.

Was Topher's confidante (sorry, can't remember her name) the same actress as Agent Lee on NCIS*? For a little while I thought she was going to turn out to be the remote wiper, but maybe they just wanted to show some more human interaction for Topher.

Yes, it was, and I immediately thought she was a mole as a result. I still think she could be working with Alpha.

I liked it. I didn't like the birth scene at the beginning -- anvils, as Steph said, and also? Who pays half a zillion dollars for a freakin' midwife? WTF?

Was she ever called by name in that scene? Because when I was watching it I was assuming it was the real her before she became an active.

I thought maybe the midwife was delivering a secret baby.

Because when I was watching it I was assuming it was the real her before she became an active

I was wondering that, too, but then it did that "reverse memories" thing and she was in the machine.

A million dollars? Ok, that makes it even worse. Cause, yo, I may not have had a baby, and I am not dissing midwives. but for a million dollars, I would have to be a secret-baby delivering virgin billionaire's sheik's alien bride and she would have to have some pretty excellent pain-free telepathy skills. Which did not appear to be the case.

I'm wondering if the birth scene was supposed to be complementary to the addiction counselor scene in the original pilot script. The actives were supposed to have a certain number of pro bono jobs that were touchy feely to keep them from going ballistic. And, I'm guessing, to make us believe the Dollhouse isn't all bad because they allow them to work pro bono. But I could be misremembering the pilot script and drawing very way out conclusions.

SailAweigh, I think you're right. I'd forgotten about that completely.