The Attic
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- " Yeah, and even though the Attic was originally pitched by ["Dollhouse" writers] Jed [Whedon] and Maurissa [Tancharoen], it was not my idea, I was watching "Toy Story" [a script that Whedon contributed to] the other day with my kids, and there's [that concept in that movie also,] "You're going to end up in the attic!" I was like, "Well, I've come full circle!" "
The Attic refers to both the physical place where out-of-favor Dollhouse employees are sent, and the mental condition in which they live once sent.
[edit] Description
The exact nature of the Attic is left ambiguous until Spy in the House of Love, when Topher describes it as the sensation of being unable to remember something "on the tip of your tongue" - save that what one is unable to remember is their entire life. This suggests that Attic-dwellers retain a greater sense of identity than do Dolls, but not by much. A relatively violent wipe is used to prepare (at least non- Doll) Attic-bound employees, involving extra wiring, and restraints. Significant pain was also apparently observed in the form of the body tensing, but this may have simply been panic.
After Laurence Dominic's wipe, Topher holds up a wedge, referring to it as "the unabridged Laurence Dominic". Adelle tells him to "lose it in the archives."
Attic-dwellers are kept in an as yet undisclosed location.
When Dominic is about to be wiped, he can be seen attempting suicide with a gun, implying that being sent to the Attic is considered a fate worse than death. However it could be that he was attempting to alert the NSA anyway he could, as they needed him alive to reassure them nothing is wrong and they would become suspicious if they didn't.
[edit] Sent to the Attic
Laurence Dominic has suggested that Adelle DeWitt send Echo to the Attic, but DeWitt remains adamant about Echo's continued usefulness to the Dollhouse. Joe Hearn feared Adelle would send him to the Attic, the first suggestion that non-Doll employees are vulnerable to being sent to the Attic. In "A Spy in the House of Love", Dominic himself becomes the only confirmed resident of the Attic as a penalty for espionage, and as insurance against his now-former employer, the NSA, from discovering that he has been compromised.
"Epitaph One" shows that Dominic eventually leaves the Attic to confront Adelle.
[edit] Notes & References
- ↑ Ryan, Maureen (2009-04-20). Joss Whedon on 'Dollhouse's' renewal chances, that missing episode, 'Dr. Horrible' and more. The Watcher. chicagotribune.com. Retrieved on 2009-04-21.
