Dollhouse

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The story follows Echo, a "doll" or "Active" for the Los Angeles "Dollhouse", one of several facilities that is run by an organization that hires out human beings to wealthy clients who use them for a range of fantasy purposes, called engagements. Engagements range from romantic interludes to high-risk criminal enterprises. The dolls' memories have been wiped using sophisticated technology, and new memories and personalities are programmed into them for each of their jobs. All of the dolls at the LA Dollhouse are referred to by codenames based on the NATO phonetic alphabet. Echo, like her fellow dolls Victor and Sierra, exists in a child-like blank state, until a programmer uploads her with the skills and memories to make her a completely new and unique person. Actives such as Echo are ostensibly volunteers who have surrendered their minds and bodies to the organization for five year stints, during which their original personalities are saved on hard drives, in exchange for vast amounts of money and a solution to any other problematic circumstances in their lives. In reality, however, it appears that heavy coercion or brute force has been used in a number of cases. Echo is unique in that she remembers small amounts even after personality "wipes", and gradually develops an increasingly cognizant self-awareness and personality. This emerging personality is even distinct in some ways from that of her original identity, college student Caroline Farrell. This concept allows the series to examine the notions of identity and personhood.