Echo, after a wild party involving motorcycle racing and dancing, returns home to be memory wiped.  While wandering around the facility she happens upon a new recruit but is amazed that she is not asleep during her "treatment".  Later, a new client hires the Dollhouse when his daughter is kidnapped.  They send in Echo to perform the hostage negations.  Things suddenly start to go south when part of the personality that's been implanted in her recognizes the ringleader of the gang.