Dollhouse

Season 2

Vows

1. Jamie Bamber (Martin Klar) and Tahmoh Penikett (Paul Ballard) both starred on Battlestar Galactica as Apollo and Helo, respectively.

Instinct

Belle Chose

1. The title means "beautiful thing" in French and was a euphemism for a vagina in Middle English.
2. "Belle chose" in Middle English was a euphemism for a vagina.

Belonging

1. Written on the inside of Echo's pod: I was trained to killMy son killed meBlue skiesI'm a believerI love my babyBaby isn't mineThe attic is badWhere is Caroline?I am nobodyFriends help each other outI was blindShoulder to the wheelGhosts aren't realMountains are safeMy husband bought me a houseDominic was badTopher makes meVictor loves SierraSierra loves VictorI like painWomen are whoresI tried to make shapeI have a right to survive; among other things.

The Public Eye

The Left Hand

1. While the Los Angeles house uses the NATO phonetic alphabet to identify its actives (Alpha, Echo, etc.), the Washington DC house uses the names of Greek gods (Hades and Aphrodite are briefly referred to).

Meet Jane Doe

A Love Supreme

1. Patton Oswalt reprises his role of Joel Mynor; the Internet Mogul whose wife passed away years ago. Sadly, such became true of Patton Oswalt's wife in real life who passed away in April of 2016.

Stop-Loss

1. When Victor is released from his contract, Langton tells him that they had made arrangements for him to stay at the Hyperion. The Hyperion was the headquarters for Angel Investigations in Angel (1999).
2. Adelle says, "Pain reveals who you really are." The villain in Firefly (2002) episode 'War Stories' said something similar. Both series were created by Joss Whedon.
3. When Victor joins Scytheon, he's implanted with a chip that links his brainwave patterns with every soldier in their network. This allows him to share the senses of his comrades, making them a much more efficient fighting force that's able to truly move as "one." This concept was originally introduced in the 2008 KONAMI video game "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. In that storyline, a worldwide integrated Military Network called "Sons of the Patriots" linked all forms of information (including realtime biometrics) into their system. This allowed teams and battalions to operation literally as a single unit; sharing in each other's senses, reaction times and movements.
4. Ivy (Liza Lapira) wears a flamingo pin like Badger's (Mark Shepard) in Firefly. Both shows are created by Joss Whedon.

The Attic

1. In Victor (Enver Gjokaj)'s nightmare, he is fighting "himself". The doppelgänger is played by Enver Gjokaj's identical twin brother, Demir Gjokaj.
2. As Topher is trying to figure out how to fix Ballard, he says the situation is like have a great new set of plays, except the quarterback is in jail for dog fighting essentially comparing the situation to Michael Vick.

Getting Closer

1. When Echo discovers a file on Bennett Halverson, she comments that Bennett is "off-the-charts smart," adding, "I bet you could kill me with your brain." Bennett is played by Summer Glau, who in Joss Whedon's previous series, Firefly (2002), played River Tam, a psychic super-genius who once advised another character, "I can kill you with my brain." River's amygdala (part of the brain) was damaged by experiments, and Bennett says "I'd love to get a look at your [Caroline's] amygdala."
2. Topher and Ivy are programming the actives back to their original personalities in one scene. The active in the chair is Gary, played by Rick Fox who is in a relationship with the top billed actress on the show, Eliza Dushku.
3. Clyde says the name Rossum is from a play and "Although technically you're not robots, it seemed to fit." In the 1920s Czechoslovakian play R. U. R. there are manufactured people, but those 'roboti' are biological constructs physically indistinguishable from humans. By the end of the play these biological slaves have developed into real people capable of free will, independent thought, and love. They ultimately replace the human race. This fits exactly.

The Hollow Men

Epitaph Two: Return

1. This episode takes place in 2020.
2. In the beginning of the episode, Adele and T pick strawberries, which appear to be a rarity during that time. This is a nod to another Joss show, Firefly, where they are also a rarity and enjoyed by Kaylee when they are found.