Birds of a Feather

Episode aired Jan 28, 2018
TV-MATV-MA
59m

7.9/10

S1.E2

Drama Sci-Fi Thriller

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.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.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.

7.9/10

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Director
- Stephen Williams
Writers
- Justin Marks
- Gianna Sobol(story editor)
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Trailer 0:26

Counterpart: Birds of a Feather

Featurette 2:00

Counterpart: Inside the World: Birds of a Feather

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Trivia
A close up of one of the typewriters in the opening shows that the Office Of Interchange is using at least one IBM Selectric typewriter with the typical "golf ball" type head. Inside the Office Of Interchange there is a mix of vintage office technology. Typewriters share desk space with early IBM-like desktop computers and dot matrix printers. The OI uses dated technology to try and "stay in line" with how advanced the alternate universe's technology is; as they have advances in medicine, but not so much in computers & personal electronics.

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.

Connections
References Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

Soundtracks
Big White Cloud
Written and Performed by John Cale

Top review

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'.

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