Dollhouse: There Are Three Flowers In A Vase

Absolutely. Brilliant.

So much happened in this marvelous episode entitled "The Man on the Street" that I'm probably going to have a hard time trying to actually put this together.
Where to begin, where to begin?

1. There are over 20 Dollhouses around the world with connections to the highest ranks of government. As hijacked Echo says "fulfilling fantasies is their business, it is not their purpose". This, of course is right after her and Ballard have a knock-down drag-out brawl trough the kitchen of their nearest Chinese restaurant. Which leads us straight into number two...

2. Alpha appears to have moved onto some other organization. Echo ensures Ballard that the people who added this directive into her programming are not the same as the person who sent him his initial photos of Caroline. This implies that there is a somewhat more large scale operation going on. It also changes the entire way that we have to look at the Alpha situation. (hell, that is if Alpha is even actually involved in this)

3. Hearn was raping Sierra when she was in her blank state. Langton catches onto this and exposes him. DeWitt handled him with flair by sending him to kill Mellie. Read on.

4. The most dropped jaw moment of any show recently. Mellie (our sweet, adorable, unassuming neighbor) is a fu*$ing active!! The scene with her being attacked by Hearn was wrenching to begin with, since she's so flipping cute. Then DeWitt comes on the phone and things starting going crazy. "There are three flowers in the vase. The third flower is green." Then...just wow.

The Big Questions:
1. What is the Dollhouse's purpose?
2. Who imprinted the sub directive into Echo?
3. What will Ballard do now that he's off the force?
4. Are there other long term actives aside from Mellie?
5. Who's the "man on the inside"? (actually my theory about this may be that it's Dominic. He is worried about them grouping and about how Echo seems to be retaining info from engagements. What if it's because he is concerned that he'll be found out?) Cue "ooooooooos".

I'm sorry that this post was mostly rambling. I should have taken time to compose my thoughts. Joss Whedon is the new Jesus. Sans the cross and sin thing.