REGULAR CAST

• Eliza Dushku as Echo
• Harry Lennix as Boyd Langton
• Fran Kranz as Topher Brink
• Tahmon Penikett as Paul Ballard
• Enver Gjokaj as Victor
• Dichen Lachman as Sierra
• Olivia Williams as Adele DeWitt

GUEST CAST

• Amy Acker as ‘Dr. Claire Saunders’ / Whiskey
• Felicia Day as Mag
• Reed Diamond as Laurence Dominic
• Janina Gavankar as Lynn
• Chris William Martin as Griff
• Adair Tishler as Iris Miller / ‘Caroline Farrell’
• Zack Ward as Zone
• Clayton Rohner as Dollhouse Client

CO-STARRING

• Josh Kelly as Male
• Warren Sweeney as Mr. Miller
• Shelley Mack as Female

SYNOPSIS

In the year 2019, the world has collapsed under the weight of Rossum’s unchecked technological expansion. A group of actuals – humans who have not been imprinted – desperately seek shelter underground to avoid the imprinting waves that turn people into programmed killers. Rossum lost control of its own invention, allowing China to refine and weaponize the technology, spreading it through phone lines and atmospheric waves. Survival now means escaping both the imprinted and the tech itself.

A small group – Mag, Zone, Griff, Lyn, a young girl named Iris, and her wiped father, Mr. Miller – find their way into the abandoned Dollhouse through underground tunnels. Activating the power, they uncover fragments of its history through an interface connected to the imprinting chair. Mr. Miller is placed into the chair, absorbing memories that reveal how humanity reached this state.

A flashback reveals that imprinting was originally a slow, electrode-based process until Topher Brink perfected a system using waves, reducing imprint time from hours to minutes. This advancement laid the groundwork for widespread imprinting – eventually leading to the fall of civilization.

Meanwhile, Lyn steps away for a shower, setting aside her gun. Iris wanders off, and Lyn is soon bludgeoned to death by an unseen attacker. The group is shaken but returns to the chair room, using tattoos – “birthmarks” – to distinguish actuals from the imprinted.

Then, Whiskey appears – regressed to her Active state, waiting in the Dollhouse. The group, believing she may be responsible for Lyn’s murder, nearly executes her. But Whiskey offers them a way out – she knows the path to Safe Haven, the rumoured refuge from imprinting.

Another flashback reveals Rossum’s final play. Victor, imprinted with Clive Ambrose, announces that actives will be sold to the highest bidder – offering the elite immortality by transferring their minds into new bodies indefinitely. Adelle DeWitt is horrified, but Ambrose assures her that legislation is inevitable. Rossum controls the future.

Tension escalates when Iris unexpectedly shoots Griff, screaming that her father is the murderer. Zone executes Mr. Miller in retaliation, but soon realizes something is wrong – Iris had lied about her father’s name. The real killer was Iris all along.

Zone forces Iris into the chair, imprinting her with memories that reveal how things unravelled. In a harrowing flashback, DeWitt’s Dollhouse struggles to resist Rossum’s growing power. As chaos erupts worldwide, she restores the actives’ true identities, severing ties with Rossum. But then comes the worst revelation – Topher’s advancement in wave-based imprinting has enabled global mind-wipes. One call, one signal, and an instant army is created. Wracked with guilt, Topher succumbs to mental collapse, repeating: “I know what I know.”

Then Caroline and Ballard return, leading ex-Actives toward Safe Haven. Caroline makes one last request – Topher must copy her mind. Someone, someday, may need to remember. Whiskey, still at the Dollhouse, watches them leave.

Back in the present, Caroline is restored in Iris’s body. Whiskey, unwilling to leave, reveals she stayed behind – to guide those seeking Safe Haven, knowing that she would eventually lose herself. The group escapes as the imprinted close in. Whiskey activates nerve gas, flooding the Dollhouse and stopping the invasion. She settles onto the balcony, watching the chaos fade.

Climbing to Adelle’s old office, Mag, Zone, and Caroline gaze out over the ruined world. A collage of photos – To Remember – rests on the wall. Victor. Sierra. November. Caroline. The remnants of what the Dollhouse once was. Caroline removes her own picture, reflecting on her fragmented identity.

She hopes, someday, she will find herself again.

The group climbs out the window, stepping into the unknown.

TRIVIA

CONTINUITY