Birds of a Feather 

Howard must work together with his counterpart. Baldwin comes face to face with her past. Emily, from the other side, tries to make sense of her orders.

Director:

Stephen Williams

Writers:

Justin Marks (created by), Justin Marks

Stars:

J.K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Harry Lloyd

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
J.K. Simmons	...	Howard Silk
Olivia Williams	...	Emily Burton Silk
Harry Lloyd	...	Peter Quayle
Nazanin Boniadi	...	Clare Quayle
Sara Serraiocco	...	Baldwin
Ulrich Thomsen	...	Aldrich
Nicholas Pinnock	...	Ian Shaw
Mido Hamada	...	Cyrus
Stephen Rea	...	Alexander Pope
Kenneth Choi	...	Bob Dwyer
Marco Khan	...	Raash
Alessandra Reggiani	...	Young Nadia
Fabrizio Ferracane	...	Nadia's Father
Andrew Bering	...	Armen
Sandra Darnell	...	Heike Riess

Storyline

Howard must work together with his counterpart. Baldwin comes face to face with her past. Emily, from the other side, tries to make sense of her orders.

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

At one point J.K. Simmons refers to a portal connecting the two dimensions. In Portal 2 (2011), Simmons voiced the inventor of the game's Portal technology.

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Goofs

About 25 minutes into this episode, after Howard asks for a tranquilizer, he looks at list of names of the orchestra players. They show viewer the list in his hand, and then it cuts to shot of Howard reading list. Then they show a close-up of a name on the list and Howard says it aloud, "Jennifer Wilcox", which is listed under the instrument "KLARINETTEN". If you go back to first showing of the list you see the name where Jennifer Wilcox should be says Lisa Adler, and Jennifer Wilcox is listed under a different instrument, "BRATCHEN", on the left.

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Connections

References Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

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Soundtracks

Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
Written by Fritz Kreisler
Performed by John Lenehan & Tasmin Little

User Reviews

We cannot escape who we are.

After a failed attempt to kill Howard Silk's wife in the hospital, the wounded Baldwin gets a new assignment - she has to kill her other-self. At the same time, Prime Howard Silk manages to escape from an attempt for his life and he returns to the Alpha World to continue his chase after Baldwin. Together with Aldrich, they look up Nadia Fierro (Baldwin's Alpha) to capture Baldwin, while Alpha Howard tags along still without any understanding of what is going on.

The second episode reveals us the past of Baldwin (and her Alpha). We also learn more about Prime Howard and his relationship with his estranged wife Emily who also works for the agency. Few bits are given about how the parallel universes have evolved.

Slower and less exciting than the first episode, the second one keeps the atmosphere and moves the story forward while still leaving everything open. Some new layers are added to the characters while it is still unclear who is the real 'bad guy'.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 January 2018 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gilbert Films, Anonymous Content, Gate 34 Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

59 min

Color:

Color