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SPOILER: Orphan Black follows outsider, orphan and street-wise chameleon Sarah. After witnessing a woman's suicide, Sarah assumes the stranger's identity - who happens to look just like her. Expecting to solve all her problems by cleaning out the dead woman's savings, Sarah is instead thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic mystery as she realizes the dizzying truth - she and the dead woman are clones. As Sarah searches for answers, she discovers the chilling fact that there are more people like her out there - genetically identical individuals who were planted in unsuspecting birth parents and nurtured in completely different circumstances. With no idea who created the clones, she'll need to discover the reason in a hurry as an assassin is killing them one by one.
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The Final Trip (Season 5)
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John Fawcett on his plans for Orphan Black: "Let's say when we were initially designing this, yes, we were talking about five seasons. We were trying to design a story that would have a beginning, middle, and end. I want to know how the thing ends so that we can be focused on telling a cohesive story. I think that's what's really important. I don't want this to feel like we're just floating around and trying to invent stuff from season to season. It really needs to feel like we have a clear way that we're going forward."
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Goofs
In Season 1, it is mentioned that Donnie and Alison were high school sweethearts, but in later seasons that are described as meeting in college.
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Quotes
Helena:
I have science baby inside me, but you are my first
Jesse Towing:
Gosh, sweetheart, you had me at soap-making
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Connections
Referenced in
Jeopardy!: Episode #33.104 (2017)
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Main Title Theme
Written by Two Fingers
Performed by Two Fingers
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As this series aired on BBC America, it seems to me it should have been part of the Emmy candidates. However I wonder about that since it received no mention and as a minimum, Tatiana Maslany's performance in the lead character role is one of the best ever in any media. Tatiana plays the multiple clones effortlessly. Whether American, British, Eastern European, anti-social, nonconformist, conformist, straight, LGBTQ I am never questioning the character. I was a fan and regular viewer of United States of Tara, but Tatiana's performance eclipses Toni Collette's. As I watched each week of the first season, I went from mildly entertained by her transformation to completely believing there were multiple actresses in the show. I would watch the opening credits thinking there were missing actresses! Jordan Gavaris is also great as Tatiana's brother. He brings just the right level of doubt yet support to the character. The story lines, settings, direction are also very good. As video science fiction, I think this is one of the best shows I have seen. It explores many different ethic and moral views - personal, scientific and social - with just enough creepiness to both entertain and make me think.