Everything that Alpha did last season was methodical and carefully planned out. I suppose my theory is that after Echo refused to become his “Omega” in his last appearance, he didn’t know what to expect from her. If we’re acting on the theory that you can’t fully wipe away someone’s soul, for lack of a better term, Alpha was a burgeoning serial killer before coming to the Dollhouse, which aided in him going bonkers after his composite event. I think that seeing Echo become her own person, in complete control of all of her personalities, and falling in love with Paul sent Alpha over the edge. That’s at least what i can say/posit.

I really like how they’re tying the universe together, though; Matt (who got sploded ) was featured in two episodes last season, Alpha’s tech was an update from last season, etc. In any case, the last thing I loved about this episode was the end music; an artist that’s twice now been on DH named Greg Laswell did a fantastic cover of Kristen Hersh’s “Your Ghost.” At this point, I *really* want “Dollhouse” to have a soundtrack, because they’ve had some pretty OK tunes over these two seasons.