“He has his socks on.”
Orphan Black‘s current season concludes with cliffhangers for everyone—and one year left to go.
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Orphan Black Review: “The Mitigation of Competition”
Ari: You really don’t like her.
Rachel: She put a pencil in my brain.
In this season’s penultimate episode, some long-unseen characters reappear, the clones bear down on their enemies, and the island mystery deepens.
Helena goes full Ollie Queen.
Orphan Black Review: “The Redesign of Natural Objects”
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…
Orphan Black Review: “The Antisocialism of Sex”
“You came to me an orphan. That’s all you’ll ever be.”
The characters deal with the repercussions of Kendall Malone’s death, in an episode as powerful and inventive as anything this show has done.
Orphan Black Review: “The Scandal of Altruism”
Conflicts were resolving, suggesting we would see a new era of cooperation between former enemies.
Some cooperation might still happen, but only because everything has collapsed for Clone Club and Susan Duncan, and some characters have not survived. What begins with hope ends with one of Orphan Black‘s bleakest installments.
Orphan Black Review: “Human Raw Material”
“I don’t know. Sarah things. Skulk around. Look miserable. Con people.”
–Alison
This week, Cosima, Krystal, and Donnie engage in “Sarah Things” with hilarious results, while Sarah addresses family matters and serious issues and ethical questions arise.
The show ends with a kiss, but it won’t comfort most viewers.
Orphan Black Review: “From Instinct to Rational Control”
We learn the purpose of the Neolutionists and the implants as Felix and the Hendrixes infiltrate a Neolutionist-connected clinic, Sarah and Dizzy track down MK, Rachel and Charlotte are exposed, and Ferdinand finds himself on the hot seat.
Two clones exit the show, for the present.
Orphan Black Review: “The Stigmata of Progress”
The fourth season delivers an excellent, if queasy, third episode.
Orphan Black Review: “Transgressive Border Crossing”
Helena gets an ultrasound, but we learn she’s not the only clone carrying something. M.K. has a reason to be on the lam, and it connects to a danger Clone Club has faced, unknowingly, from the very start. It’s not just the humor that’s cheeky this season.
O, clones, thou art sick.
Orphan Black Review: “The Collapse of Nature”
Orphan Black‘s fourth season begins as prequel. Save for the final scene, the episode depicts the events leading up to the pilot: Beth Childs, the Neolutionists, and the original Clone Club.
And, of course, a woman in a creepy sheep mask. Hello, Dolly.