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It’s episodes like ‘Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est’ that make it clear just how much faster than your average TV drama Orphan Black is moving. The core of the episode is all about Helena, as she seemingly puts herself under Sarah’s protection before following her own agenda. Rachel’s not best pleased about Helena having killed Daniel, … >
This week’s episode of Orphan Black is heavily concerned with the past. Sarah’s past comes back to haunt her in the form of Helena, after she’s spent her time digging up the history of Mrs S and the secrets of Project Leda. We open on the revelation that it was Cal who smashed into the … >
‘Distempers of Learning’ answers a mystery that almost nobody would have considered central to Orphan Black – that of who Kira’s father is. While it may be an interesting question (and it still may not have been truthfully answered), it’s not one the show has ever treated as all that important until now. Impressively, through … >
With another great episode, Orphan Black slows things down a little to re-establish the various factions and conflicts we need to be aware of going forward. Now that Helena has been revealed to be alive, we get to meet some new Proletheans and say goodbye to Tomas. This episode also sees the return of Mrs … >
Orphan Black is back, and it hasn’t lost even a little bit of that distinctive energy that characterised almost every episode in its excellent first season. We hit the ground running here as the episode begins with Sarah literally running from the ransacked home of Mrs S. This premiere is entirely devoted to dealing with … >
Believe the hype. The Lego Movie is as good as everybody’s been saying it is, perhaps even better. This film is an absolute blast – it’s endlessly entertaining and has a really strong narrative core that works because it is simplistic, optimistic and joyful. It captures something very particular about childhood and it’ll work especially … >
Just over halfway through ‘Unconscious Selection’, Art digs up a key piece of information that we’ve known has been available since the very first episode.
Over the course of these two episodes, Orphan Black gives us most of the desired answers to its key questions.
‘Variations Under Domestication’ is a very full episode of Orphan Black. That’s not to say it’s not focussed, but it tries very hard to feature the majority of the central figures while also pushing the overall story forward.
Just like that, Orphan Black has gone and snatched Paul away from the sidelines of the drama and into a position where he’s genuinely interesting.