Sierra: Damsel in the Dollhouse

This is Sierra, one of the main Actives on which Dollhouse's writers focus. Sierra as character is interesting because she is the only character, besides Echo, that has her full back-story revealed to the audience. However, knowing everything that this young woman has gone through makes her character all the more tragic. In fact, I argue that of all the characters in the show, Sierra suffers the most (outside of straight-up getting killed) because of her experiences with the Dollhouse. Let's examine Sierra's victimhood.

1. The first scene of Sierra in Dollhouse is her transformation from human to Doll.

Needles and electrodes are injected around over her exposed body, and with the flip of a switch, Sierra begins writhing in pain. Echo is standing outside and shares this look with Sierra, and promises to herself to "help her not hurt".

Next week, I'll show how the Dollhouse deals with Sierra and Victor's inexplicable romantic and Sierra's reasons for entering the Dollhouse continuing that first scene's theme of Sierra in pain and powerless to stop it.