Rogue FBI agent, Paul, finds a way into the dollhouse by using November/Mellie, but there are more surprises about who is using who to get where. The big bad who has been discussed in hushed tones all season shows up at last. And there are more clues about the company behind the dollhouse, but it is mostly by implication and only grants enough information to move the plot along.
In the climax, Paul and Boyd have an extended fight scene (with an assist from Echo/Caroline). I defy anyone who has been watching all along to root whole heartedly for either one, though, since both Paul and Boyd are essentially good guys. It's a question of whether what each is fighting for is misguided.
There is an otherwise separate subplot about Echo being sent on a rare pro bono engagement to help a troubled girl to turn her life around. Among other things, Echo persuades the girl to take a fairy tale about a prince rescuing a damsel and read it in a new way. As the girl reads the story in voice over, we see that Paul's mission to rescue Caroline follows the fairy tale only so far, but, then, who is really the rescuing prince?
As usual, Enver Gjokaj as Victor comes through with a spot-on performance. During the fight scene, Victor's blank-slate self gets hurt, and when Dr. Saunders asks him what happened, he explains with childlike simplicity, "People were fighting on me." But Alan Tudyk turns out to be the episode's—and perhaps the series'—secret weapon.
In the climax, Paul and Boyd have an extended fight scene (with an assist from Echo/Caroline). I defy anyone who has been watching all along to root whole heartedly for either one, though, since both Paul and Boyd are essentially good guys. It's a question of whether what each is fighting for is misguided.
There is an otherwise separate subplot about Echo being sent on a rare pro bono engagement to help a troubled girl to turn her life around. Among other things, Echo persuades the girl to take a fairy tale about a prince rescuing a damsel and read it in a new way. As the girl reads the story in voice over, we see that Paul's mission to rescue Caroline follows the fairy tale only so far, but, then, who is really the rescuing prince?
As usual, Enver Gjokaj as Victor comes through with a spot-on performance. During the fight scene, Victor's blank-slate self gets hurt, and when Dr. Saunders asks him what happened, he explains with childlike simplicity, "People were fighting on me." But Alan Tudyk turns out to be the episode's—and perhaps the series'—secret weapon.