More Sierra this episode? Will it even remotely make up for the faux pop plot? We can dream!

21:03: How come the star is the only one wearing a bedazzled bathing suit?
21:04: Stop drop and roll people! Did they teach you nothing in elementary school? And silly Sierra, don’t you know you’re supposed to cool down before you get off the treadmill? People are missing all these essential life lessons!
21:06: Stalky neighbor is the best security system ever!
21:08: Where exactly did that weird panorama come from? Did he bring it along just to prove that people stalk a pop star?
21:13: Wouldn’t it be better if Echo was aware she had mad ninja skillz, even if she was unaware of her subconscious imperative to protect her pop star BFF?
21:14: Echo’s name is Jordan! And she is standing around in a flowery bra! Oh wait, she’s being fitted, that makes it a little more okay. Only not.
21:16: “Stop. STOP. WHO IS EATING A MINT?” Okay, I smiled a little at this – and the previous “scowly babies” line.
21:20: WHOAH WHAT? VICTOR? Is that how quick you can get picked up by the Dollhouse? Do they have magic little spy cameras everywhere?
21:21: Is that seriously the best cover they had for Sierra? Couldn’t they get her a fake assistant job or something? At least then they could have someone reasonably roaming around the catwalk while Young Alan Tudyk-ish man assembles a sniper rifle out of crutches.
21:26: Wait what? Was Victor already in the Dollhouse? Is he being programmed daily to be a skeezy Russian mobster? Is that asshole guy at the Dollhouse who wanted to get rid of Ballard responsible for this? Is Victor really attractive enough to be a doll? The questions!
21:27: AGENT BALLARD NO. I KNOW YOU HAVE NO LOVEHANDLES TO ABSORD THAT BULLET, IT’S ALL MUSCLE. ;_;
21:29: “My girl only comes into play in extreme scenarios.” Whuh oh.
21:32: You know I’m pretty sure there are ways to stop being a pop start besides getting shot. Just sayin’.
21:35: Oh no, Sierra is going to get shot, isn’t she?
21:36: Okay, Sierra is officially not shot! Carry on.
21:38: Sweetie, I don’t think anyone saw your jangly bikini and thought you weren’t a factory girl.
21:40: Come on Sierra! Ninja skillz, go!
21:43: Ninja skillz… go?….
21:46: Okay, seriously, couldn’t they have saved a ton of money and not deployed a SWAT team if they gave Sierra some goddamn ninja skillz?
21:48: Thank God, someone gave that girl a proper boot to the head.
21:54: What do you mean, “not just yet”? Also, Raina’s false eyelashes seem to be falling off.
21:56: The Attic? Oooooo.
21:58: How did Stalky Neighbor even find out Ballard was in the hospital? I sincerely doubt she’s on his emergency contact list. Unless he’s got a cat she needs to feed or somethig.
21:59: That little headshake was very strange. Does she remember Sierra? Does she remember those creepy suits? Does she just have an icky feeling? Also, WHAT WAS THE POINT of Sierra in that episode?

Not a spectacular episode, but two was good enough to make me want to hold out. Plus, I’ve been hearing rumors that Whedon’s voice emerges from the studio stranglehold around episode 6. Fingers crossed.