Dollhouse

Adele DeWitt: I'm talking about a clean slate. Echo: You ever try and clean an actual slate? You always see what was on it before.

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Echo: Did I fall asleep? Topher Brink: For a little while. Echo: Shall I go now? Topher Brink: If you like.

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Topher Brink: She had fun, right? Boyd Langton: She thought so. Topher Brink: There's nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so, man friend. We gave two people a perfect weekend together. We're great humanitarians. Boyd Langton: Who would spend their lives in jail if anyone ever found this place. Topher Brink: We're also misunderstood which great humanitarians often are. Look at Echo. Not a care in the world. She's living the dream. Boyd Langton: Whose dream?

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You see someone running incredibly fast, the first thing you gotta ask is, are they running to something, or are they running from something? And the answer is always both.

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Paul Ballard: Dollhouse. Lubov: What? Paul Ballard: Dollhouse. Say it. Lubov: Dollhouse. Paul Ballard: Say it again. Lubov: Your brains are-- Lubov: Okay, dollhouse. Doll freaking house. I'll keep saying it. it's fun to say.Dollhouse, dollhouse, dollhouse, dollhouse.

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In their resting state, our actives are as innocent and vulnerable as children. We call it the "Tabula Rasa". The blank slate. Now imagine the imprint process filling it, creating a new personality. A friend, a lover, a confidant in a sea of enemies. Your heart's desire made flesh. And when the engagement has been completed, all memory of you and your time together will be wiped clean.

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