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Orphan Black - Effects of External Conditions
episode 1.4
Canada 2013
produced by Claire Welland, John Fawcett (executive), David Fortier (executive), Graeme Manson (executive), Ivan Schneeberg (executive) for Temple Street Productions, Bell Media/BBC (BBC America)
directed by Grant Harvey
starring Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Inga Cadranel, Ron Lea, Skyler Wexler, Kristian Bruun, Raymond Ablack, Jean Yoon, Jack Fulton, Jane Spence, Jamillah Ross, Michael Brown, Lila Yee
written by Karen Walton, created by Graeme Manson, John Fawcett, music by Trevor Yuile
TV-series Orphan Black
review by Mike Haberfelner
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On the chase of Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) and Art's (Kevin
Hanchard) assailant, the police finds out she was a woman, something Sarah
(as Beth) has chosen to conceil, as it's a fellow clone (and thus also
played by Tatiana Maslany) named Helena. Helena leads the police on a wild
goose chase though, and while they're out hunting - and finding out some
disturbing things about her including the fact that she's a religious nut,
Helena enters the police station posing as Sarah's Beth alter ego. While
out hunting Helena though, Sarah is about to miss an all-important meeting
with her daughter Kira (Skyler Wexler), whom she's doing all of this for,
so she has her foster brother and best friend Felix (Jordan Gavaris)
persuade her fellow clone Alison (of course again Tatiana Maslany) to pose
as her - and she doesn't fool Kira one second but can convince her not to
tell her foster mother (Maria Doyle Kennedy), as she could prevent Sarah
from ever seeing Kira again. Ultimately, Sarah figures Helena has gotten
too close to her for comfort, so she (as Beth) quits the police force,
figuring she can do more on her own ... Another cool episode,
effortlessly balancing the more light-hearted moments (like Felix training
Alison to be Sarah) with the psycho stuff that comes out about Helena's
character and everything else in between, from police procedural elements
to tidbits about Beth's private life coming to the fore (which Sarah's as
unaware about as the audience), and yet telling another in itself
compelling story while letting the mystery of the series further evolve.
Nice watch for sure.
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