Spoiler: Dollhouse kicks it up another notch

Though the episode a few weeks ago was talked about as the game changer and one to watch, I think last night's episode of Dollhouse was by far the best so far. It takes a lot for a television show to shock me yet last night I was shocked into speechlessness by the show three times.

The first shock came in a storyline between Mellie and Paul. Mellie arrives back at her apartment from her "vacation" to find that Paul is OBSESSED with the Dollhouse, even more so than before. Paul even goes as far as to tell Mellie to leave again because she is not safe around him. But Mellie says she needs to be there for him. In the midst of normal actions, Mellie turns into November. She talks to Paul and tells him that the person on the inside has been discovered and that communicating with him will get more difficult. She also says that Mellie only exists to keep an eye on Paul. Because of this, Paul should not talk to Mellie about the investigation anymore because it will get back to those inside the dollhouse. She tells him she is a sleeper active, which means she is controlled from inside the house and could be turned on to kill him instantly.The biggest hint she provides is that he needs to investigate why the dollhouse exists. She also warns that he "must maintain the illusion" meaning he needs to pretend he does not know Mellie is an active because if he pushes her away, then those inside the house will be suspicious.

The next shock came in a storyline with DeWitt. At the beginning of the show she is leaving the dollhouse to go to headquarters for what we are lead to assume means she will be reprimanded. While gone Mr. Dominic is in charge. We also see that Victor is being brought to an engagement with "Miss Lonely Hearts" who is someone he frequently visits and spends romantic time with. What we find out is that DeWitt is this woman who continually pays for romantic getaways with the imprint "Roger." Though this we also see the cracks in DeWitt's character - that she is stressed about the dollhouse, is emotionally unstable and actually has feelings regardless of the stoic front she puts on while at work.

The last shock came while they are trying to find out who is the mole on the inside of the dollhouse. Sierra is imprinted as a spy and is sent to headquarters to gather information and Echo is imprinted as another spy who interviews everyone with access to the lab, which is where the evidence of a mole was found. Sierra finds that Topher's assistant is the mole, but she was only planted by the real mole as a cover up. The actual mole is Mr. Dominic, which if we think about it, explains many of his past actions including when he tried to kill Echo. Dominic swears headquarters sent him to the dollhouse to help and that he has been working to keep Paul off their trail, but in the end DeWitt has him "sent to the attic." But before he is wiped, he is alone with Echo and says she will erase them. I'm not sure what that means, but I think he is forewarning Echo's revolution in a fashion similar to Alpha.

At the very end of the episode, DeWitt is talking with Boyd and mentions how Echo not only saved the Dollhouse, but is also taking care of them. Because of this, Boyd is freed up to become the new head of security in Dominic's place and Echo got a new handler.

I especially liked this episode because each active got their own section of the show. This allowed for each storyline to be developed and each shock to come at its own time, without them all building up and happening in succession near the end of the episode. Did you like the episode as much as I did? Were you also surprised? Let me know.