A young woman commits five years of her life to an illegal, high-tech organization that programs her to do anything or be anyone -- including a cutthroat hostage negotiator who finds that she has retained a very personal connection to her client's enemies.
Echo is made to be the perfect date for an outdoorsman, who turns on her and makes her the target of his hunt. Boyd recalls his arrival at the Dollhouse and the brutal escape of Alpha, a former Active.
Echo leads a team of art thieves into a high-security vault, only to find herself locked inside -- without her imprinted skills and personality after a remote wipe.
Agent Ballard comes face-to-face with Echo after identifying a regular Dollhouse client and interrupting them during an engagement. Victor's apparent attraction to Sierra sparks an investigation into her abuse.
Moments from Echo's real past bleed through during an engagement, sending her off-mission to a university where a drug that compromises the mind has been set loose.
While Miss DeWitt is away the Dollhouse discovers that they have a traitor in their midst, leaving Topher and Dominic to try and identify the mole. Paul discovers Mellie's secret in a shocking way.
After a friend of Adelle's dies, she is temporarily brought back in Echo's body and decides to solve her own murder. Agent Ballard investigates Mellie's background, and must decide whether to continue their relationship.
Ballard finds the man who designed the Dollhouse, leading him into the heart of enemy territory. To help a traumatized girl, Echo is programmed with a grown-up version of the girl's own mind.
Alpha's dangerous past is revealed when he takes Echo from the Dollhouse, introducing her to her real self -- Caroline -- so that Echo may kill her original self.
In the year 2019 a ragtag band of survivors discover the Dollhouse, which holds the secrets to why the world has fallen into chaos -- and new dangers of its own.