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Echo is introduced as one of the "Actives" in the Dollhouse. The Dollhouse's Topher Brink wipes her mind and reprograms her as a ruthlessly efficient kidnapping negotiator. Echo's new personality incorporates memories from another woman who was kidnapped and molested as a child, and it turns out the molester is one of the kidnappers with whom she must now negotiate. Her inside knowledge allows her to figure out that the molester's plan is to kill the other kidnappers and run away with both the money and the young girl. Instead, Echo turns the kidnappers against each other and rescues the girl. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Paul Ballard struggles with his assignment to uncover information on the Dollhouse, which has destroyed his marriage and is wrecking his career; his lead is small-time Russian gangster Lubov.
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