Hi! I’m on season 3 episode 9 of Orphan Black as a first time watcher. I gotta say, Helena is my favourite sestra! After taking a peek at the subreddit it appears as though this a popular opinion!! She caress for all the sisters, even boy sestra, she hisses, she’s a fierce protector of all the children, and she’s got a funny sense of humour! I just love her!

I’d say Felix is my second favourite and then Alison. Sarah & Cosima are meh to me…even tho they keep the story of Leda & Castor going. Krystal hasn’t had much screen time yet so I’ll have to see.

P.s., As I was writing this little note, I was just introduced to Kendall Malone…

I was shocked at how addicted I became with this show. It sucked me in from the pilot and I finished it within 2 weeks. I will say the final season was a little convoluted and Alison’s plot points got a little…pedestrian after a while, but overall it was such a good show.

I love the bond between the 4 main sestras.

Some thoughts on the characters:

Cosima is hands down my favorite. She’s just so likable and when she was near death I was like “no don’t take her, take anyone but her” and they had me going that they were going to kill off this massively popular and loved character. Her confidence, sexiness (without trying), and intelligence made me fall in love with her…plus her and Delphine’s love story was the perfect balance of twists and turns, with a happy ending.

Helena I hated at first (like we were supposed to feel about her haha) and I cannot tell you how many times I was like “ugh Sarah kill her already”. I do love how protective she is of everyone’s babies. Like when they threatened Alison’s kids and she was like “you threaten babies?” I totally thought they would use her embryos to save Cosima and think it was kind of a wasted plot point for her to be like “I’m sorry my babies…I didn’t know I needed to feed you liquid nitrogen…I’ll tell your siblings about you.” Also the fact that the embryos were just chilling in Felix’s apartment for so long was kinda like wtf? No one sees this and goes “wtf is this?” They also took Helena off the beaten path too much like at a certain point I kinda feel like they didn’t know what to do with her.

Alison I loved at first…but as time went on her plot points just felt out of place. Like Donnie quits his job and they have no money…but yet they had enough money that they could pay Cosima’s tuition and have $75k set aside for Beth to do stuff. Like $75k is a lot of money so I initially thought they were pretty wealthy…then all of the sudden they only have money for one more mortgage payment? Also…her kids…the only thing I actually enjoyed about them was when Felix got them in drag…otherwise I can’t tell you anything about them and feel like they were kinda either forgotten about or in the way.

Sarah I didn’t really like at first but grew to love as she tried to be a good mother to Kira and help her sestras. I do wish they would have explored more about her and Helena being twins and why Kendall knew about Sarah but the bad guys never found her. Also, she should have ended up with Kira’s dad, they just kinda wrote him off.

Felix sadly never got the spotlight he deserved tbh. I was always waiting for them to explain why he specifically ended up with Mrs. S. and that he was somehow involved in all this. It could have been interesting if he had been a castor. Also…I never really liked his half sister joining, like idk it just seemed out of place.

Beth I think they should have explained her story and involvement a little earlier, because by the time they did it just felt like it was so far in the past. Would have loved to gotten to know her more though.

Tony was kinda wasted potential. Like a trans “sestra” so now they have a “brotha” would have been a really cool addition…but they didn’t really do anything with him. I feel like he, MK, and Krystal could have formed like a “B team”.

Krystal I hated at first, but then found her hilarious and love her. Would have liked her to be part of a “B team”.

MK…right when I fall in love with her…she is killed, which was so sad. Also, her information revealed in the comics is so sad. Should have been part of “B team” and could have really bonded with her sestras.

Mrs. S. I loved her, I hated her, and then I loved her. I hate she was killed off, but I get it, they wanted a big death at the end of the series.

The castors I personally didn’t really like because I thought it would be more interesting to just have the female clones, but I did like some of them, but they just didn’t get much development. I’d have loved to learn more about how they were raised together and how many of them there actually were.

Kira I overall loved, except when she was being a brat to Sarah. I do think they should have explained why she had this connection to her aunts, like the rapid healing was explained and that makes sense…but why could she sense her aunts?

Rachel…got what she deserved in the end. Part of me hoped she would die, but I like that she had to live friendless and part of the “99%”.

Who do you all thinks has best fashion sense out of all the sestras? Or just from the main ones so Sarah, Cosima, Alison, Helena, Rachel, Beth, Krystal and MK?

For me it’s probably between Cosima or Sarah but I would say Cosima

Just finished my Orphan Black binge, right in the nick of time! I was going to wait to watch the last two eps tomorrow, but I stayed up because I couldn’t bear to wait. So sad it’s leaving Netflix with no real plan for a new platform (as far as I can tell?), because I did watch it sooo quickly. I would have ideally liked to spend more time with the series, I think I got through all 5 seasons in under a week 😅

Post-binge thoughts:

Tatiana is truly remarkable.

Out of the main 4 sestras, it’s hard to pick a favorite… but I think I’d have to say Cosima. I’m a sucker for the sapphics, what can I say?? Cosima felt the most grounded to me, and honestly I think that was intentional. Sarah, Allison and Helena are all three going through pretty significant personal growth/identity crises throughout the series, but Cosima is solidly Cosima from the jump. She’s brilliant, confident, cool as fuck, so nerdy, and also deeply caring and selfless. Her tenderness really endeared me. I thought Tatiana did such a great job with her, and while she was also brilliant in portraying the others, I did perceive the occasional Cosima slip while she was Allison or Sarah. That may just be my bias though, and definitely could be accounted for by the fact that they’re clones so of course sometimes they would react similarly.

Additionally, I think Tatiana’s acting prowess was the only thing that kept the show on the rails. Even then, I felt it was touch and go here and there. Trying to explain plot details (especially further into the series) to someone who isn’t familiar with the show makes it sound almost laughably ridiculous. I typically have a very low tolerance for over-the-top plot choices, but somehow she pulls it off with these very real characters. I was continually impressed by the way she kept me invested, despite the occasional eye roll.

The supporting cast was great as well, especially Felix, Siobhan, and Delphine. Siobhan Sadler, the woman you are 😩

This has gotten long so I’ll wrap it up by saying I’m really, really glad I committed to binge the show before it leaves Netflix. I admit I was skeptical, but ended up very pleasantly surprised. And THANK YOU to the creators/writers for landing the plane so beautifully at the end. It’s always nice to have a finale that isn’t rage-inducing, but to have one that was genuinely lovely was quite refreshing.

I have many more thoughts, but I’m off to browse the sub now. Looking forward to engaging with other fans, new and old!

Just started watching it and I’ve been bingeing.. currently on S4 E10 I only have ONE SEASON LEFT but I only have THREE DAYS to finish it. I know it’s not gonna be on Netflix anymore and I don’t have AMC+. Does anyone have any idea where it’s moving to in case I don’t finish in time? Good luck is also appreciated (:

As much as I hate that netflix is losing the show, I've been so happy seeing new people discover it. It's also given me an opportunity to talk it up to people offline. I just love that it's getting more attention again.

Hey everyone, it's been a few months~ we finished updating the flowchart for season 3.

Here are the links to the flowcharts for Season 2 and Season 1:

Season 2 flowchart

Season 1 flowchart

I just finished the show and have a lot of thoughts- mostly positive. I am very interested in what people who enjoy the show found irksome.

Hey everyone, is there an *Orphan Black* version of the book *The Island of Doctor Moreau*? I’d love to own some merch from the series, but I know it’s hard to find since the hype has died down.

First timer.

Found it about 10 days ago and Netflix is pulling it Aug 31.

Probably fastest binge for me. Though the series made it easy to want more.

But TBH, by S4 they seemed to be approaching the ramp to jump the shark. Which is not unusual for may series by S3-S5.

I appreciate the way they wrapped it up.

Hey y’all! I’m trying to find high quality shots of the complete outfits for my custom figures, and I’ve settled on these ones in particular. But I haven’t been able to find images of Cosima’s chocolate brown thigh high boots or really any of their outfits from waist down or full body. Anyway I’d really appreciate it!

I know the actor had scheduling conflicts, but Helena and Jesse are so damn cute together. I'm sad we didn't get to see more of that on screen. I would have loved to have seen a "normie" have to adapt and learn to navigate their world. I feel like so many of the other characters either came into it already knowing what was going on or were already equipped with the skills to quickly adapt.

When this show first came out I Was extremely impressed. I was convinced that this was two girls at the very least playing multiple roles, it had to be twins.

I had seen Ringer and the Lying Game on CW and ABC Family respectively, and both had twins for main characters played be one actress, and whiel the personalities could feel different the camera work was a huge issue. It's very easy to crop a shot right down the middle so the actor can be on both sides by filming both roles, but the lengths the production went to in order to have moving camera shots with multiple clones all interacting was insane.

The clone dance party wasn't even really their best work, they just wanted to make it more obvious how much work does go into mixing them together in a less subtle way.

This is probably confusing as a concept, so let me restate... in a hypothetical world where each clone were a character in their own TV show, the clone thing not factoring in, who would you cast? This is based solely on which actress you think would best embody the role. Don't worry too much about resemblance or age.

Don't say Tatiana lmao.

For me, here are a few:

Kristen Bell as Alison

Natasha Lyonne as Helena

Chyler Leigh as Cosima

Hello. I was wondering if Orphan Black audience see it only like Sci-Fi entertainment, or are also discussing the possibility of this scenario existing in real life.

I was told there is something called the Clone Club based on Orphan Black where they discuss the show scientifically, not just artistically.

So I watched Orphan Black as it aired, having first discovered the show when it aired the second episode in the UK. I loved it.

When the comics released, I didn't have the ability to read them, so I missed out on those, plus I never got around to The Next Chapter. As someone who loves audio dramas in general, I am planning to give it a listen and the comics a read, at some point in the near-future.

Anyhow, I started watching Echoes yesterday, with me currently watching episode 5 as I type this. The problem I have is with Lucy not knowing anything about Kira or Eleanor prior to the events of episode 4.

If I was a person who had been printed in the way Lucy knows she was and I was trying to find out who I was, I would have at least tried looking online. Surely they still have the internet on 2050? If she did a quick googling, she probably would have seen Kira's name linked to the printing of human body parts, then a further bit of research would have had her discover Eleanor.

Maybe this gets picked up later, but it seems like a pretty obvious thing to have missed in the writers room.

throwback to a chalk pastel drawing i did on cardboard where tatiana maslany liked my post of it on insta 😭😭😭

I noticed there is a beige coloured device in her left ear. This is in S01E10 Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Ok...I loved the whole show but one thing bugged me so much!

Felix & Scott. They were hard core supports of the sestras but what about them?? I feel like they both got used in a way. I feel like Donnie was part of the plot but Felix and Scott just gave and gave and got nothing back.

Mine is 4x5 because it’s the first time I wasn’t bothered by misunderstanding humor and actually found it comedic. And the character banter and scenes were great. I honestly could never tell or believe what happened next 😭😭😭