Orphan Black S02E10 "By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried."

Castor? As in Castor and Pollux? Dude clones??

Why would you let Duncan brew his own tea??

"Enjoy your oopherectomy"

It must have been funny to film this dance party.

How does Sarah know who Marion is? Or does she not?

Man, Helena just keeps getting kidnapped.

Is Paul a clone?

Ohhh! Mark is the clone!!

What is it that Sarah will never forgive Siobhan for? Having Helena kidnapped?

Orphan Black S02E09

Aw, look - Alison and Donnie are working together!

I want Helena to have a happy ending.

Delphine's hair is great.

I love that Donnie's solution to getting rid of a body is to dump it in the lake. He's a real Heisenberg.

Kira doesn't really have much of a personality.

Mrs. S looks sassy with those braids.

Last episode we had Dr. Moreau, this episode we have Dr. Frankenstein.

I think Gracie kinda likes Helena.

So religious nut guy wanted Gracie pregnant without having sex?

Are Gracie and Helena going to team up now? Soon?

Yay Donnie and Alison!

Helena "impregnating" religious nut is awesome. That's the kind of role reversal I can get behind.

I wonder if Rachel was just testing to see if Delphine would leak info to Sarah.

Wait, whaaaat??

Ohhh, Delphine was in on it!

Orphan Black S02E08

Is this a transclone??

I thought Emma from Degrassi was Rachel's assistant?

What's lab assistant guy's name? I like him.

OMG I love Cosima even more. She's a tabletop gamer.

How did Sarah become, like, the head clone?

Felix is making out with a clone! Weird!

What DID happen to Paul? When did we see him last?

So is Tony just a one-episode deal?

COSIMA HAD BETTER NOT DIE.

Orphan Black S02E07

Oh, did Vic just let Alison find out on purpose?

Are we ever going to see more of Emma from Degrassi?

Did Cosima just say, "I'm the science"?

Hm, so who's this woman?

It's about time we got around to some clone-as-clone impersonation

I'm glad that Alison and Donnie are finally hashing it out, but where are the kids? Unsupervised in rehab?

Is that the end of Leekie? So now what?

Donnie??

UHHHHHHHH   !!!!

Orphan Black S02E06

Sarah asking Helena about what the Proletheans did to her is the first time she has showed interest in Helena.

Really? You're just going to leave Helena in the car and tell her not to cause any troube? What's the chance of that working?

"You have very pretty eyes." "You have a nice hat." I LOLed.

I don't understand what Scott found. The stem cells they're using on Cosima are from one of the clones' daughters or nieces?

Allison is just befriending everyone from Sarah's life. (Everyone = Felix and Vic.)

Oh no. Is Siobhan going to kill the birds?

Orphan Black S02E05

I do feel bad for Rachel. I feel like now there is no chance of Rachel and the other clones working together on the same side. But, she's not quite a villain, is she?

Why doesn't Gracie want to say what happened with Helena?

How did they find out about Cal? I guess Daniel must have mentioned it?

With the fishtank Helena reminds me of Delirium.

WAS HE SENT TO KILL FELIX??

Oh, he's just getting Felix's prints on the gun.

I'm so glad Leekie is explaining this. It's starting to make sense now.

This season feels like a lot of lead up to something.

Orphan Black S02E04

I'm not sure how I feel about Gracie, or how I'm supposed to feel about her.

Using the dead Dyad guy's phone is a bad idea. They can track it. Sarah should know better.

Helena's just playing possum, right? Right.

Hm. So what does Cal know about Dyad?

Ooohhhh Dyad guy is alive.

Ooohhh, was Mrs. S sleeping with this guy? Hot.

Nice to Mrs. S get busy. I guess.

Uh oh. Donny's bringing custody into this.

Who was in the closet???

Nice scene - Cosima's speculation over the home videos.

So was it Helena in the closet? How did she get there?

Whaaaaaaaat?

Orphan Black S02E03

OMG. She's peeing in a field. I love this show.

This store clerk is adorable.

Another clone!

(I love Cosima's eyeliner.)

I am once again surprised that Brian K Vaughan isn't involved with this show.

I love the way Sarah talks to Kira. She's just straight with her.

I like his beard too, Kira.

Awwww, poor Felix! But I like this interaction between him and Srah.

Is Cosima going to autopsy her own clone?? How eerie!!

Didn't Delphine kiss Leekie at some point? Did they just abandon that storyline? Or did I imagine that?

Ah. So Alison thinks Angie is another monitor.

Angie is not very good at playing soccer mom.

Wait, what happened to Paul?

Ohhhhh Alison, do not self-medicate before opening night.

Is Kira going to get snatched? Because MAN

Aww, I liked that sheriff guy.

You're going to make your captive drive? That seems unwise.

Oh good, we don't have to wait until next episode to see what the plan is for Helena. (I hope it's not rape...)

Oh. Forced marriage. Poor Helena.

Grace don't like it.

Orphan Black S02E02

So then where's Mrs. S?

Apparently the Orphan Black fandom really likes Delphine. I'm not crazy about her, though.

I don't understand what just happened with Brenda.

"Aynsley wore a scarf in the kitchen." NEVER wear a scarf in the kitchen.

Poor Alison.

Also, I think I have the same sunglasses as Felix.

Who are these farmer people?

Orphan Black S02E01

Awww, that diner owner was a nice guy.

Alison puts up a good fight.

Wait, I thought Helena was dead? I guess not.

But the cowboy guy was working with Daniel, wasn't he?

Orphan Black S01E10

• Does anyone ever actually say "Try me" in real life?
• Goddammit. Vic again.
• Did Alison just seriously pull a Walter White and watch Ainsley die?? I'm betting she wasn't even the monitor...
• Weird that the revelation that she's a clone totally repaired Sarah's relationship with Mrs. S. 
• People on TV always try to hide that they think they're seriously sick. Casima is coughing up blood and she's like, "I'm all right." I would be like, "I think I'm dying. I probably have cancer. WebMD says I have three weeks to live."
• Is the French music playing Felix's choice or Casima's? Or is it non-diegetic?
• Wait - when did Helena get access to Sarah's clothes to pretend to be her? And the town house? And a wig??
• Nobody is interested in getting help for Helena.
• I don't remember Rachel giving Sarah her phone number.
• Two down, two to go? Who's the fourth?
• The patent reveal is pretty chilling.

End of season questions:

• What was Amelia trying to tell Sarah about Mrs. S? That she was one of the clone scientists?
• Who kidnapped Mrs. S. and Kira? Rachel et. al.?
• What is the sickness that Casima has?
• Will Alison find out that Donny is her monitor and Ainsley was not?
• How will Alison come to terms with letting Ainsley die?
• Who is the fourth clone?
• What's the next step for the police?
• What is Dr. Leekie really playing at?

Orphan Black S01E09

• It's good Sarah just explained the whole clone thing to Mrs. S or she'd be piiiiiiissed
• I think maybe Alison would be safer at a hotel than at Felix's place. That's just inviting more mistaken identity hijinks.
• Alison has the most character development of all the clones, even if Sarah is the "main" character/clone.
• "I worry about scientists more than science" is like the flipside of "I don't mind Christ, it's Christians I don't trust"
• When one of the clones imitates another it's often to humorous effect (Alison as Sarah, Sarah as Alison) but Sarah as Beth kept its gravity because we don't know what Beth was like, really.
• Is that Chekhov's shotgun that Mrs. S is carrying, mayhaps?
• If Dr. Leekie's talk had been a little less of a lightshow, I might trust him more.
• Is it kind of homophobic that I want an Orphan Black/True Blood crossover so that Felix and Lafayette can be besties?
• "Maybe it's not just Ainsley. Maybe they're all monitors." Whoa. Twilight Zone-y.
• I don't believe that Delphine really fell for Casima. What is this, She's All That?
• If Delphine DID fall for Casima, and Paul DID fall for Sarah...does that mean Ainsley fell for Alison?
• Evil priest guy is suddenly referring to Sarah as "her" instead of "it"
• Does Brian K. Vaughan have anything to do with this show?

Orphan Black S01E08

• Don't detectives get printed when they join the police? So wouldn't Beth also be in the database?
• It's neat to see Alison's personality change and how people react to her.
• Meredith Brooks?? I LOVE THIS SHOW
• I don't remember if they said how Casima and Beth and Alison met.
• Delphine hid that Sarah has a daughter. Because she's a good person? Or because she wants leverage?
• Kiraaaaa, what did Mrs. S say about opening the doooooor?

Orphan Black S01E07

• Casima has the best grad student apartment I've ever seen
• The statue in Olivier's office looks like the cupid statue from Kamisama no Iutoori
• Oh yeah!! The police!!
• Do any of the clones have tattoos?
• This apartment really needs knew locks.
• Okay, now I kind of like the other lady detective. Angie. I even like that I didn't really trust her. 
• No major characters have been killed yet, so I have no reason to think they will be, but if Mrs. S gets killed I'll be pissed.
• Paul might kick the bucket soon, though
• Helena having dinner with "Paul" is amazing. Helena is amazing.
• Olivier just wants to punch Paul for kicks. He knows he's not going to get anything out of it. Except maybe a boner. Tail boner?
• "I don't do running" Evidence to the contrary...

Orphan Black S01E06

• Hot glue doesn't hurt thaaaat much, does it?
• A potluck with a Spice Girls soundtrack sounds like my kind of party!
• I think I could be friends with Casima
• I've figured out the trick to writing for TV: All the Shit Shall Hit the Fan at Once
• I increasingly like Paul.
• I'm getting tired of Vic. I can't imagine how Sarah feels.
• Pooor Donny.

Orphan Black S01E05

• I like Alison's husband. He seems like a nice guy. So of course he's a bad guy. Maybe.
• Shit, how am I supposed to tell which clone she is when she's naked??
• Wait, is that Emma from Degrassi?? It totally is!!
• I'm gonna go ahead and guess that the other clones can't procreate.

Orphan Black S01E04

• The theme music is a weird fit. It's kind of psychedelic.
• You know how sometimes you associate an actor with a character so totally? Or you like a character on a show because of the actor who plays her? Can't do that on this show.
• I don't trust this other female detective. I wonder what real Beth's relationship with her was like.
• The police captain or lieutenant or whoever is channeling Queenan from The Departed
• Sniper clone is the Blair Witch!?
• Oh shit! The kid knows the score!
• I don't think I would notice that "Beth" and Helena have the same face because I wouldn't be looking for it. I wouldn't think "clones!" I would chalk it up to "Huh. That's odd."

Orphan Black S01E03

• Oh my god, neighborhood watch lady's red overalls are AMAZING. What is that print? Dog bones??
• I wanna find interview with the guy playing Felix about filming scenes with multiple Tatianas. 
• I'm pretty sure that is exactly how I would use a walkie-talkie, too. Roger.
• All the clones have the same perfect eyebrows.
• Is it really that easy to pretend to be someone else? Would no one question you, for real?
• Psycho killer clone looks like Natasha Lyonne almost.

Orphan Black S01E02

Thoughts on the episode:

• They go to great lengths to make Felix's apartment look shitty, but it's still huge. No way an artist/drug dealer could afford a loft that big in Manhattan without a trust fund.
• The swapped identity thing would be enough to carry these first episodes, but the sci-fi/international intrigue angle makes it even meatier. Or is it the other way around?
• I feel like Vic Mackey could wipe the floor with Art. Art wouldn't even make it through the first round of a dirty TV cop battle royale.
• "Don't you want to know what's in the briefcase?" When has anything good EVER come from a mystery briefcase??
• I wonder if Tatiana Maslany looks to Eddie Murphy for inspiration in playing all the characters. Are any of the twins Tatiana in a fat suit?
• Tatiana Maslany is like Barbie - she can pull off any look. I want Orphan Black fashion dolls.
• A string of implausible coincidences can make for good, clever comedy. (See: Arrested Development). For it to make good drama, I have to really buy it - at least within the parameters of the show.
• For instance: Sarah spent time practicing an American accent to do a convincing Beth, but she breaks the German accent for Katya out of nowhere. I'll let it slide because one of the givens of the series is that she can think on her feet.
• I think it was Mark Twain who said that thing about telling the truth so that you don't have to remember anything? "Beth" going over her account of the shooting with Art unwraps a nuance there. The story she was telling, which she got from her previous statement in the file, was the truth as far as she knew. It wasn't HER truth - she isn't the person who did the shooting - but it's what she knew to have happened. Then she found out that her true lie was actually a lie, a cover-up. Is it easier to tell a lie if you think it's the truth?
• It's kind of refreshing that there's only one storyline - no subplots around minor characters. But I have a feeling that the main plot will soon get complicated enough that it would be futile to try to delve into any other characters.

Orphan Black S01E01

It's so good!

Um...

What else can I say?

Really intriguing first episode. I've heard amazing things about Tatiana Maslany's performance, and I can see where that praise is coming from.