Okay, if they can do that with Mellie - why don't they do that with other dolls?
Wash: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. Zoe: We live in a space ship, dear. Wash: So?
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sumi - Mar 20, 2009 5:04:06 pm PDT #798 of 5827
Art Crawl!!!
Juliebird - Mar 20, 2009 5:11:23 pm PDT #799 of 5827
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Things are definitely more interesting, but I can't say as I'm emotionally engaged.
When did Mellie get imprinted to send Paul out for Thai food? Why, if Echo's imprint was supposedly to warn Paul, did she first beat him up?
I mean, don't get me wrong, kick-ass, stellar fight scene!
sumi - Mar 20, 2009 5:14:07 pm PDT #800 of 5827
Art Crawl!!!
Echo said that her imprint had been tampered with - so probably they just added in the message but kept the rest.
sj - Mar 20, 2009 5:16:59 pm PDT #801 of 5827
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Okay, if they can do that with Mellie - why don't they do that with other dolls?
It seems like her programming is more complicated than that of the others. Maybe she is an experiment? Do others think she has three distinct personalities programmed within her? That was the impression I got from the three flowers thing.
This episode definitely made things more interesting.
Steph L. - Mar 20, 2009 5:49:10 pm PDT #802 of 5827
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Okay, that was good.
(1) Evil!handler. I totally didn't see that coming.
(2) Mellie is a doll -- well, people here were predicting it, so I wasn't totally surprised, though I really didn't expect the reveal to work the way it did.
(3) Someone on the inside who tampered with the imprint -- was it the female computer tech? Or Dr. Fred? And is Echo's handler in on it? Because the only time the imprint could have been tampered with was when Computer Guy stepped out into the hall to talk to Echo's handler. (One day I'll learn all the characters' names, I swear.)
Finally, I realized something tonight: when they're in the dollhouse, the actives talk like lolcats. "I have a book!" (My book, let me show you it.)
Juliebird - Mar 20, 2009 5:53:09 pm PDT #803 of 5827
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
3) I had just assumed that Adelle had Topher imprint Echo with the double agent/"tampered" imprint personality. That the tampering was a deliberate ruse on Adelle's part to get Paul to back off.
Steph L. - Mar 20, 2009 5:54:54 pm PDT #804 of 5827
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
3) I had just assumed that Adelle had Topher imprint Echo with the double agent/"tampered" imprint personality. That the tampering was a deliberate ruse on Adelle's part to get Paul to back off.
Really? I took it at face value, because the idea of someone on the inside is -- potentially -- a game-changer, and a really great idea if this show is going to be anything other than week after week of mind-wiped whores.
Juliebird - Mar 20, 2009 5:59:18 pm PDT #805 of 5827
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
the idea of someone on the inside is -- potentially -- a game-changer, and a really great idea
I definitely agree, it just didn't occur to me at the time. I'll blame it being sleepy and not entirely engaged.
I haz a bed. It's comfy. Feels nice. Warm.
I can haz a kitteh footwarmer?
Jesse - Mar 20, 2009 6:05:00 pm PDT #806 of 5827
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It seems like that could have been the pilot, pretty much -- wasn't someone here wondering why the series started when it did? There was no specific starting point, but now things are changing, and it feels like the show can/will move forward.
Emily - Mar 20, 2009 6:41:50 pm PDT #807 of 5827
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
They clearly have a whole lot of story to tell -- I really really really hope they get to tell it, damn it.
Boy, they pack a lot of story into an episode! I actually thought this one was over about halfway through -- how'd they DO that?
Also, have we gotten any explanation as to why Ballard is SUCH a badass? Don't get me wrong, I'm loving that he shook off a tasering and semi-casually took out five or six guys with complete assurance that none of them was permanently harmed, but it does strain the credulity a bit.
No, wait. It totally doesn't. He's just a total badass. I love it.