You know this phenomenon, right? While not as common as the old-time “you decide to watch a second episode of a show you’ve only seen once and it’s the same episode you saw before” (noted in Gaiman’s American Gods), it still exists. You watch a show. You tell your friends how great that show is. Then, when they finally see it, it’s a subpar or highly unusual episode, and fails to convince your friends of the show’s merit.
Despite the ludicrousness of watching Orphan Black from any starting point but the first episode, I suspect someone out there had this happen with the current episode of Orphan Black.
Not that “The Redesign of Natural Objects” is bad, per se. Much happens, and we see more of the show’s latest direction. And not everyone survives, which always makes for an interesting watch. But, after last week’s brilliant, character-driven outing…