A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
- Creators
- Kim Coghill(developed with the participation of: Canadian Film Centre story editor resident)
- Andrew De Angelis(developed with the participation of: Canadian Film Centre story editor resident)
- Jeff Detsky(developed with the participation of: Canadian Film Centre story editor resident)
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- Creators
- Kim Coghill(developed with the participation of: Canadian Film Centre story editor resident)
- Andrew De Angelis(developed with the participation of: Canadian Film Centre story editor resident)
- Jeff Detsky(developed with the participation of: Canadian Film Centre story editor resident)
- Stars
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- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 68 wins & 95 nominations total
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- Creators
- Kim Coghill(developed with the participation of: Canadian Film Centre story editor resident)
- Andrew De Angelis(developed with the participation of: Canadian Film Centre story editor resident)
- Jeff Detsky(developed with the participation of: Canadian Film Centre story editor resident)
- All cast & crew
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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. —Annonymous
- Taglines
- She's been duped.
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- 16
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- TriviaTatiana Maslany said in an interview that she has a continuity team that keeps her from mixing up the characters. For instance, if she's doing a scene that has both Alison and Sarah in it and she's playing Alison, if the script tells her to roll her eyes, they make sure it's an 'Alison' eye roll and not a 'Sarah' eye roll.
- GoofsCosima mentions in season 1 that Katja's fingerprints would be close enough to Sarah's that running Katja's prints through standard police search would pull up Sarah's rap-sheet. No one seems worried that Beth's fingerprints should have been just as similar, and as a police officer her prints would definitely be in the system. Why didn't Sarah's rap-sheet emerge when Beth applied to become a police officer? Why did the system match Katja to Sarah but not to Beth? The system may have matched Sarah to Beth, but other data would not have matched, such as date of birth, place of birth, parents etc. The match would have been seen as a false positive which often occurs in fingerprint matching systems. Even in ten-print matches, depending on what level of search was employed. In many systems, technician intervention is required to eliminate candidate matches.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chelsea Lately: Episode #7.115 (2013)
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Written by Two Fingers
Performed by Two Fingers
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What a thrilling, fantastic first season
I watched the first season of Orphan Black in just two days. Yes, it was that addicting. Such a fast-paced first season as well, the thrills never stop, the twists and turns never let down. But what's most remarkable is Tatiana Maslany, who plays these various characters brilliantly. It's not just that she plays many characters though, it's how she does it, and how when you see a different one you can see the difference in characterization that she's able to give them. She honestly deserves to win the Emmy at this point, and I truly hope she gets the nomination. Still, the first season of this sort of reminds me of other shows' first seasons where the quality takes a drastic downturn. Something built like this in its structure certainly is always at risk of getting too outlandish or stupid, but thankfully this never did.
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- Jun 2, 2013
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- 44min
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- 16:9 HD
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