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Old 02-27-2009, 01:31 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sapiens View Post
I don't see how a person being neurologically manipulated can be consenting. Isn't it akin to drugging and then having sex with a person?
Well, see, it brings up all sorts of questions about identity. Inside the Dollhouse (as they've pointed out to the point of absurdity), Echo isn't even a person. She's an empty shell. When she's on assignment, then... who is she? Is she the implant? Or is she some former human that once inhabited those neurons?

It's a thorny question. The FBI guy (who I can't help but call "Hilo") seems to think that the proto-Echo person is a victim of the evil Dollhouse wranglers. But Echo almost certainly wouldn't think so.

And remember the first scene of the pilot--with Echo (except she was called, I think, Caroline?) sitting across from Ms. Whatsit (the Brit who runs the place). In that scene, it's clear she made a conscious, well-informed decision to put herself in the Dollhouse. Given that, you'd have to say she consented to just about anything her physical person would be subjected to.
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