The Left Hand (4 Dec. 2009)

Echo and Bennett have a shocking confrontation in which she reveals the reason for her grudge against Echo, while Adelle goes head-to-head with Stuart Lipman, the ruthless head of the ... See full summary »

Director:

Wendey Stanzler

Writers:

Joss Whedon (creator), Tracy Bellomo

Stars:

Eliza Dushku, Harry Lennix, Fran Kranz

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Eliza Dushku	...	Echo / Caroline Farrell
Harry Lennix	...	Boyd Langton
Fran Kranz	...	Topher Brink
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Paul Ballard (credit only)
Enver Gjokaj	...	Victor / Topher Brink
Dichen Lachman	...	Sierra (credit only)
Olivia Williams	...	Adelle DeWitt
Alexis Denisof	...	Senator Daniel Perrin
Nelson Franklin	...	Burt Styne
Summer Glau	...	Bennett Halverson
Stacey Scowley	...	Cindy Perrin
Miracle Laurie	...	Madeline Costley
Ray Wise	...	Howard Lipman
Matt Riedy	...	Senator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Gann	...	Johnson special ops

Storyline

Echo and Bennett have a shocking confrontation in which she reveals the reason for her grudge against Echo, while Adelle goes head-to-head with Stuart Lipman, the ruthless head of the Washington, D.C. Dollhouse, to lobby for Echo's safe return. Meanwhile, Topher sees double when he involves Victor in his espionage plans to hack into the D.C. Dollhouse computer to locate both Echo and Senator Perrin as they try to run from Perrin's wife Cindy.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 December 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Bennett Halverson: [to Topher] How about, while I build the magic bullets, you work on adapting your gun.

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Connections

References The Fury (1978)

User Reviews

"It wouldn't be a second opinion, it would be the same opinion twice"!

Adelle and Topher go over to Washington to get Echo back, but the tech expert of the Dollhouse there, Bennett, has her own plans for her: apparently, not only did she know Caroline from before, but Caroline is responsible for her current left hand paralysis. Topher and Bennett finally meet and sparks of genius-geeky love start flying, but that doesn't stop Bennett from setting her plan in motion: she arranges for Echo and the senator to escape, only to turn him into an assassin with Echo as his target! The absolute highlight of this episode is Victor: Topher has loaded his brain into Victor's body before leaving him in charge of the tech back in the LA Dollhouse. Enver Gjokaj does an astonishingly accurate impersonation of Topher, perfectly capturing all his mannerisms, tics, voice patterns - in addition to the clothes and hairstyle. It really is one of the best performances by anyone in the history of this show. Fran Kranz and Summer Glau achieve a strange but strong chemistry in their scenes together; Glau plays one weird and uncategorizable character, as she goes from cute and shy to cruel and vengeful at the drop of a hat. However, the senator's story had already given away most of its surprises in the previous episode ("The Public Eye"), and I thought his "wife"/handler was written out of the show too quickly. *** out of 4.