This episode sees the beginning of the events that will lead to the post-apocalyptic world in "Epitaph One".
Back in the Dollhouse, Echo views video of Caroline that Alpha had previously sent to Ballard.
Echo tells DeWitt she was glad when she heard the wedge was missing but that she didn't take it.
Topher is quick to rebuff saying Echo endured the Attic for the information and it wouldn't make sense.
Topher brings Caroline's backup which Alpha damaged in "Omega," and believes Bennett can put it back together given she has done something similar before.
In a flashback, Dominic informs DeWitt that three months ago, security footage was deleted from the main building, but not the Dollhouse.
He also informs DeWitt that it was Caroline that broke into her office and stole two files, her own and that of Bennett Halverson.
Back inside the Dollhouse, Echo watches over Bennett through a two-way mirror.
Boyd leaves to place the Dollhouse into lockdown, but Echo asks him to delay it for a few minutes.
DeWitt assumes the information is true and orders a full evacuation, where all actives have their original personalities restored.
Back inside the Dollhouse, Dr. Saunders informs DeWitt that Dominic is going into shock and needs to go to a hospital.
Ballard protests, but Echo states that Dominic's best chance is in the Attic and having someone in the mainframe is not a bad idea.
In another flashback (first seen in "The Left Hand," just after the explosion, Bennett's arm is trapped under rubble.
As Topher finishes up restoring all the actives' original selves, he and Bennett begin work on Caroline's wedge again.
In a scene previously shown as a flashback in "Epitaph One", Boyd packs to leave and promises to return for Dr. Saunders.
DeWitt plans to bring her back to the L.A. Dollhouse, but instead is ordered to send her up to see the head of Rossum.
Echo is still being imprinted and thus vulnerable but Boyd arrives and swiftly takes out the agent.
Echo begins to live out Caroline's memories, one of which was when she met the head of Rossum.
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