Synopsis for 4×01: Ghosts of Orphan Black past haunt the season premiere as audiences are given a closer look into Beth Childs’ life. Rating: ★★★★☆ I didn’t realize how badly I needed a Beth episode until I got a Beth episode in the season four premiere of Orphan Black. Of course, she was […]
Orphan Black: History Yet To Be Written Recap
Synopsis: The Leda team negotiates with Ferdinand to eliminate Castor’s people, only to find that an old enemy has been pulling the puppet strings all along. Delphine does her best to hold Dyad together in the midst of corporate betrayal, only to (possibly) meet her demise at the end of […]
Orphan Black: Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method
Synopsis: Donnie and Alison are having too many disagreements, Sarah and Felix take a road trip to steal one of her sisters’ identities for Rachel, and Cosima tries to quit her job at the Dyad Institute. Rating: ★★★★☆ New clone! New clone! We finally meet the clone we spotted in the season […]
Orphan Black: Certain Agony of the Battlefield Recap
Synopsis: Paul learns the Castor Project has been performing unsanctioned human tests to sterilize women via the clones’ contagious virus. Sarah is tested and found to be immune to the virus, and Paul saves her before one of the Castor clones kills him. Helena reunites with Sarah, and the other […]
Orphan Black: Newer Elements of Our Defense Recap
Synopsis: Helena works on her escape and discovers the insidious nature of the Castor compound while Sarah searches for the original DNA. Alison runs into some trouble with her new business, while Cosima pines for Delphine. Rating: ★★★★★ There was very little clone interplay this week, so we’re going to […]
Orphan Black: Formalized, Complex, and Costly Recap
Synopsis: Cosima discovers the Castor clones are the Leda girls’ brothers. Art and Sarah try to track down Mark in the hopes that he’ll lead them to Helena. Rating: ★★★★☆ I like how Orphan Black doesn’t do convenient. Where other shows would have had Seth, the creepy Castor clone’s corpse […]
Orphan Black: Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis Recap
Synopsis: The Castor brothers wreak havoc to find their original genome and Kira gets caught up in the chaos. Helena meets Dr. Virginia Cody, one of the leads on Project Castor. Alison steps up her campaign to win a seat on the school board by dealing drugs to the other […]
Orphan Black: The Weight of This Combination Recap
Synopsis: With Rachel incapacitated, Sarah is forced to play the corporate clone to trick the ‘cleaner’ Ferdinand and save her sisters. The Castor clones run amok while Dyad and Leda people try to find answers; Sarah tries to track down a kidnapped Helena. Rating: ????? Orphan Black is back, seestras! […]
Orphan Black: Endless Forms Most Beautiful Recap
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unIJ8zE8fWk] Orphan Black has been a fast-paced, sometimes nerve-wracking journey, right to the end of its exciting first season finale, which I’m pretty sure will keep the audience’s adrenaline pumping until the show’s return next spring. Amelia, revealed to have given birth to twins Sarah and Helena, meets a restrained […]
Orphan Black: Entangled Bank/Unconscious Selection Recap
Alright Clone Club (is that our fandom name?), a lot has happened. I got a bit buried under finals, so let’s do a quick recap of episode eight, “Entangled Bank,” before we talk about this season’s penultimate episode. The couple’s getaway was a bust and Alison is divorcing Donnie. She […]
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