Because I really liked the first episode of Dollhouse I decided to continue to watch the series. This episode, “The Target”, gives us a lot more information on the past of Echo and how she is different than all her other “doll” counterparts. We also learn more about the trust between Echo and her handler Langdon. In this episode the client decides to hunt Echo as some sick game of chasing another human being, to the death. This episode is very similar to a short story I have read which is called The Most Dangerous Game, and just like in the short story the hunted becomes the hunter. In my opinion this sick need of releasing all human connection to another in order to get an adrenaline high is not only disgusting, it is psychotic. In Dollhouse we start to learn about how Ballard alienates himself from the rest of society in his pursuit of the persecution of the Dollhouse. To me this act of distancing himself from other is very sad and quite destructive. What if after his pursuit he no longer can function in society? I used to have a friend that in high school alienated himself from all contact besides this online videogame. He started to live through the game. His only human contact other than his parents were when he went to school, and even at school he was quiet and shy. He turned from an outgoing quite popular guy to the social outcast that couldn’t keep a conversation for his life. I wonder if Ballard will also be an example of this.
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