6. Man on the Street

Complete story — includes the ending

Echo is engaged by internet billionaire Joel Mynor ( Patton Oswalt ), who hires her annually on the anniversary of his wife's death: Once he finally made his fortune, he purchased a house and invited Rebecca to the address as a surprise, only to lose her to a traffic accident three blocks away. Mynor's fantasy is disrupted by Agent Ballard, who is shaken at the sight of Caroline. His interrogation of Mynor reveals that Paul is obsessed with her. Paul defies this by beginning a relationship with Mellie, but is further shaken when Echo is sent to assassinate him—only to go catatonic and recite a message from a spy inside the Dollhouse; she explains that there are over 20 Dollhouses around the world, all connected to the wealthy and powerful. She charges him to ferret out the Dollhouse network's true purpose. Meanwhile, Sierra shows signs of sexual abuse and Victor is implicated as her assailant. However, Boyd stages a sting operation and discovers that it is Sierra's handler, Hearn, who has been raping her. DeWitt sends Hearn to kill Mellie, explaining that Mellie knows too much. But when Hearn attacks her in Ballard's apartment, DeWitt calls and activates Mellie's combat training programming; she is a "sleeper Active", and she uses those skills to easily kill Hearn. Ballard is relieved of duty for reckless behavior while Echo completes her engagement with Joel, at last allowing him to live out his fantasy of surprising his wife.