She'd almost have to be full-time, otherwise she wouldn't be home when Helo called to get his pain medicine. It seems like a rather exorbitant waste of resources on the Dollhouse's part.

I think it'd be interesting for Mellie to be an Active who has played that role and no other for a long time. Because maybe that imprint would be very sticky.

I think that she's an active that's been placed there to keep an eye on Ballard. OTOH, haven't they said something about the imprint only lasting 10 hours?

Isn't the problem multiple imprints of the same personality? I thought that's what Amy Acker (what's her character's name anyway?) was complaining about with Victor.

Hmm, the attic... does imply a more problematic termination policy than the 5 year contract would indicate.

If you don't want spoilers about Mellie, don't look up the actress who plays her on imdb.

I don't think she's an active, and I don't really think she is directly connected to the dollhouse. I'm open to the idea of her being connected to Caroline, Alpha, the Borodins, or the senator.

The thing with Mellie is, if she's a doll it kinda makes Paul's whole quest quite amusing. He's desperately trying to get inside The Dollhouse to break it up, save the girls and be the hero - except he's living right next to one in that scenario.

Borodins

The Whosits?

Russian human trafficking dudes

Although, given the beating they gave Paul, the neighbor/spy idea would take to long and be way too subtle for the Borodins (I have no idea if I'm spelling that correctly).

I just found this on Youtube, it's a recap of Tim's episode: [link]