At the Beijing Games, Dodds and Mouat blew a semi-final lead against Norway before losing to the inspired Swedes in the bronze-medal match.
Both Scots had spoken in the build-up about using that as fuel this time but, although this was a different Swedish pair, the outcome was the same.
The British duo had seen off Rasmus and Isabella Wranaa with relative ease on Friday, but the siblings started strongly and just got stronger in a flawless display.
They restricted GB to one in a scrappy first end, taking two themselves in the second, and stealing another in the third.
Dodds and Mouat were just not quite at it, their shots not quite coming off and the margins going against them. The Swedes could not miss, but the GB pair did. Time and again. Not by much, but by enough.
The fourth end again only brought one, leaving them trailing 3-2 at the interval, but then Dodds – the best women’s player here all week – belatedly found her touch.
The 34-year-old spied the chance to take out two Swedish stones. Mouat and coach Greg Drummond were wary. But Dodds was adamant she could execute. And she did.
The Swedes still had a chance to take one, but Isabella Wranaa erred for once and GB stole one to level the contest.
It turned out to be a brief flash of hope, though. Poor throws from both Dodds and Mouat left them chasing in the sixth end and their ruthless opponents took full advantage by taking five. It was a decisive moment.
Sweden were never likely to lose such a huge lead in the remaining two ends, and so it proved. The British pair, chasing a big score in the seventh, couldn’t find a miracle, gave up one more point, and shook hands with an end to spare.
“We don’t want this to affect our chances of a medal tomorrow so we’ll speak about the things that need to be spoken about and corrected and we’ll come out firing tomorrow,” Dodds told BBC Sport.