- Still unaware of a traitor in their midst, the dollhouse survivors flee Los Angeles for Rossum's headquarters in Tucson, where they hope to prevent the apocalyptic future.
- Forced to flee the Los Angeles Dollhouse in the aftermath of the Rossum attack, the survivors of the Dollhouse head for Rossum's headquarters in Tucson, where they hope to prevent the apocalyptic future they've seen by destroying the company's mainframe computer system and the prototypes and plans for the remote wipe technology. But they are still unaware of the identity of Rossum's mysterious founder, and Echo/Caroline is unable to tell them. Meanwhile, Priya and Anthony reject their chance at a free life together in favor of returning to help their friends - but find everyone gone, and must piece together what happened in their absence.—Anonymous
- TWO YEARS AGO: Caroline trades hard words with Boyd. "You can't do anything to me!" she says. "People will find out." Boyd laughs. He then explains that Caroline's medical records are quite interesting and he would like to borrow "a few years" of the terrorist's life. "Believe me when I tell you, Caroline, this is your only chance," Boyd says. "I promise you: I will protect you ... you'll learn to trust me."
PRESENT DAY: Victor and Sierra head back to the Dollhouse after spending a day away to get, uh, reacquainted. They find the place totally trashed, littered with glass and dead bodies. "Looks like the war started without us," Victor says. Paul and Adelle, meanwhile, stew in an abandoned parking garage. Mellie takes the opportunity to try to kiss Paul, who pulls away. "They say the way I feel about you is only a program," she says. "I'm trying to remember that." Suddenly, the sound of squealing tires! A car carrying Boyd, Topher and Echo screams into view. Echo gets out, yelling in pain. Something has gone horribly wrong with the wedge implant. Boyd, though, isn't exactly sympathetic. "We have to get to Tucson, break into that mainframe and destroy Rossum," Boyd yells. "It's up to us to finish this!"
Back at the L.A. Dollhouse, Victor and Sierra spot a note near the chair that reads "press enter." Victor decides to take the risk. "Maybe it's someone who could tell us what happened," he says before sitting in the chair. Sierra presses enter. Seconds later, Victor emerges from the chair ... speaking exactly like Topher! Oddly, this version of Topher doesn't remember anything that happened at the Dollhouse. He seems shocked by the broken glass and blood stains. "Am I dead?" Topher/ Victor asks. Cut to Rossum headquarters, where Adelle brazenly walks through the front door. "I'm looking for the man in charge," Adelle says. A woman who looks exactly like Claire, but apparently isn't, introduces herself as Clyde Randolph, co-founder of Rossum!
Back at the L.A. Dollhouse, Topher/Victor wonders why Topher would leave behind a Topher wedge (got that?). Suddenly, inspiration! Topher/Victor remembers that Topher installed a security camera that no one else knew about. On the video, he sees Echo in the chair and Boyd surreptitiously tossing something into a trashcan. Topher/Victor checks said trashcan and discovers a syringe. But why would Boyd drug Echo? "Not Echo!" Sierra says. "Caroline! She was going to tell us who the founder of Rossum is." Understanding dawns on Topher/Victor's face. "Boyd is working for Rossum," he says.
Cut to Rossum HQ, where Clyde/Claire taunts Adelle, calling Echo/Caroline our "savior." But Echo/Caroline won't be saving the entire world -- just a deserving few. "The mind doesn't matter," Clyde/Claire says of Echo/Caroline. "It's the body we want." Meanwhile, Paul, Mellie, Topher and Boyd are being held captive. Boyd, being surreptitious once again, uses his ID badge to swipe the sensor and open the door. Everyone thinks he picked the lock. The group "escapes." Boyd and Topher head down one corridor, giving the latter the opportunity to divulge to the former his back up plan involving Topher 2.0. "Hopefully, Victor and Sierra came back, fired it up and are on their way with reinforcements," Topher explains. Boyd isn't pleased, but hides it well.
Back at the L.A. Dollhouse, Topher/Victor decides to regain his old identity, while adding a few combat improvements in the process. He gets out of the chair and -- in a flurry of fists -- violently dispatches a lingering Rossum agent. "Looks like somebody from Tucson knows we're here," he says. "What do you say we take the fight to them?" Cut to Rossum HQ, where Echo/Caroline suddenly awakes with her memory intact (the drugs apparently worn off). "Boyd!" she says accusingly. Speaking of, the traitor leads Topher into a Rossum lab, where they discover the ultimate tech weapon. "With this, you can wipe and imprint anyone," Topher says. "They're set up for mass production. This is catastrophic!" Boyd points out that the techs don't work, though, and urges Topher to fix them so that they can all escape from HQ unharmed. Don't do it, Topher!
But Topher does. He fixes the tech almost immediately. "A team of engineers couldn't crack that, but you, Topher Brink, you did it in 10 minutes," Boyd says. "I'm glad I chose you." Boyd then pulls a gun, but Echo/Caroline BURSTS into the room and starts beating the holy hell out of her former friend! Just as it looks like she might beat Boyd to death, Clyde/Claire enters and holds a gun to Echo/Caroline's head. "What the hell is going on!?" Topher demands. Echo/Caroline then reveals that Boyd is the co-founder of Rossum. Everyone is SHOCKED. Boyd then says he wasn't going to kill Topher. Why? "You're here because you're my family," he says. "I love you guys." Some family.
Paul and Mellie, in the meantime, have broken into the Rossum weapons cache and armed themselves to the teeth. They head toward the mainframe when Mellie suggests that they simply overheat the power source. "Can't we just unplug the A.C.?" she asks. Paul, who was about to shoot his way into a heavily fortified room, is grateful. Cut back to Boyd and "family." Boyd says the the tech exists -- there is no way to "un-invent" it -- so a decision must be made. "You want to be the destroyed, or the destroyers?" he asks the group. Boyd then repeats that Echo/Caroline is the "key." But how so? Turns out Echo/Caroline has been imprinted so many times that she has developed something of a resistance to the process. "We're going to use your spinal fluid to make a vaccine against imprinting," Boyd says. He then raises the tech and points it at Echo/Caroline. She grabs her head in pain and collapses. Boyd then gets a call: the mainframe is overheating! He realizes it must be Paul and Mellie, so he points a gun at Adelle's head. "Activate Mellie's sleeper protocol?" Adelle asks. "I won't do it." No matter. Turns out Boyd has Adelle's voice command on tape. He plays it over the HQ loudspeaker and Mellie immediately turns on Paul! She opens fire, sending Paul fleeing for his life. "Mellie, remember us!" Paul pleads. "Remember what we had!" That seems to spark something. Mellie hesitates. Then she takes a step backward and shoots herself in the head. "No!" Paul screams as blood splatters on his face. Goodbye, Mellie.
Cut to Echo/Caroline in the spinal-fluid extraction machine. She SCREAMS as the multiple needles enter her bare back. Suddenly, Victor and Sierra BURST into the room. They quickly dispatch the medical technician on duty and release Echo/Caroline. "I thought you two would be on a beach in Cancun by now," Echo/Caroline quips. She then urges the lovebirds to free Topher and Adelle while she goes off on her own. What is she going to do? "Something Caroline tried to do two years ago -- shut this place down for good," she says. Cut to Topher and Adelle. The former laments developing the technology to bring about the "thoughtpocalypse" when Victor and Sierra enter, guns a blazin'. Soon, the Rossum security guards are dead and the gang, on Topher's suggestion, decides to "destroy the prototypes, the plans for the prototypes and every piece of equipment used to make the prototypes." Good idea.
Echo/Caroline, in the meantime, runs into Clyde/Claire. The former urges the latter's better half to "overpower" Clyde, but to no avail. Time for plan B. Kick butt. The two enter into an epic cat fight. Punches! Kicks! Flips! Spins! Body slams! It ends with Echo/Caroline SLAMMING Clyde/Claires face into the wall. He/she falls to the floor. Cut to Boyd, who rounds a hallway to find Paul waiting. Of course, Paul doesn't know Boyd is evil. He blames Adelle for Mellie's suicide. "Whoever is running things got to her," Boyd lies. "She turned on all of us." The two rush to the mainframe room to find Echo standing over Clyde/Claire's body. Boyd quickly pulls his gun and sticks it under Paul's chin. "What did I miss?" Paul asks. A lot.
Echo/Caroline gives Paul the gist. "You're going to be the savior of the world," Boyd reiterates (for at least the third time). Echo/Caroline doesn't think so. She shoots Paul in the leg to get him out of the way, but Boyd is too quick. Another epic battle ensues as Echo/Caroline and Boyd mix it up. More punches! More kicks! More flips! More slams! It ends with Boyd holding a gun to Echo/Carolines face. "I loved you," Echo/Caroline whispers. Boyd seems genuinely moved -- and then he goes completely stiff. Suddenly, Topher steps into view. He has used the tech on Boyd! Oh, the delicious irony! Boyd slowly sits up. "Did I fall asleep?" Boyd the Doll asks. Moments later, Echo/Caroline hands Boyd a grenade with instructions to walk into the mainframe and blow himself up. "I'll do my best," Boyd says. It's a surprisingly touching moment.
Paul, Topher, Adelle, Victor and Sierra stand outside Rossum HQ and listen as the underground facility explodes. Echo/Caroline emerges from the building, having barely escaped the blast. "So, did we save the world?" Paul asks. Gasps Echo/Caroline: "I guess we did." All's well that ends well, right? Not quite.
TEN YEARS LATER: America is in ruins. People run screaming down the street. Gunfire erupts. Paul and Echo traverse the post-apocalyptic landscape with rifles.
To be continued ...
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