Orphan Black


Orphan Black
  • Rating: 8.30
  • Year of issue: 2013
  • Genres: Sci-Fi, Drama, Action
  • Countries: Canada
  • Duration: 43 minutes

A streetwise hustler witnesses the suicide of a girl who looks just like her and falls headlong into a deadly mystery.

  • 1. Natural Selection
    Description
    Sarah, a streetwise hustler on the run from a lifetime of bad decisions, witnesses the suicide of a stranger who looks just like her. Sarah assumes her identity hoping that cleaning out the dead woman's bank account will solve all of her problems. Instead, the street smart chameleon is thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic mystery. After taking on the new identity, Sarah quickly finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly conspiracy and must race to find answers.
  • 2. Instinct
    Description
    With a dead identical in her car and an assassin on her tail, Sarah just wants to dump the body and get out of town. But with Beth's cop partner Art holding the money she stole, Sarah is forced to continue her con and earn “Beth” a second chance on the force, only to find out that Beth's past is shadier than she thought. Now, her only hope of finding answers lies with another twin, Alison. But to win Alison's trust, Sarah is going to have to come clean about stealing Beth's life.
  • 3. Variation Under Nature
    Description
    Having learned from Alison and another lookalike, Cosima, just what they are, Sarah thinks they've got it wrong. Cosima told her that if she wants to learn more than just the basics, she'll have to turn over the briefcase. Sarah learns that Beth has been reinstated by the police review board and she is called to the scene of a murder - Katia's grave. She turns to Cosima for advice and gives her the briefcase. Cosima doesn't know who shot Katia but needs Sarah to continue posing as Beth if they have any hope of finding out. Art Bell gets an anonymous phone call from …
  • 4. Effects of External Conditions
    Description
    Sarah returns the money to Alison who seems upset when Sarah mentions she has a biological daughter while her own are adopted. Still posing as Beth, Sarah and Beth's police partner Art Bell begin to track down the woman who attacked her. They find the house where she obviously did some self-surgery. She also left a message for Beth. She contacts Beth to arrange a meeting and identifies herself as Helena. Sarah finds a connection with Aggie Chen, the woman Beth shot. When she can't make a rendezvous to see her daughter Kira, Sarah has an easy solution.
  • 5. Conditions of Existence
    Description
    After spending the night with Paul, Sarah begins to wonder if her dream - of being examined by doctors - was in fact real. She believes Beth was spying on him and searches his apartment. He was once in the military but at his work, she finds that his desks drawers are empty. Sarah is almost caught out when he notices that a scar on her neck is no longer there. Vic's partners want their cocaine and he can't believe his eyes when he sees Alison - thinking she's Sarah.At school in Minnesota, Cosima continues to analyze the blood samples found in Katia's briefcase. She …
  • 6. Variations Under Domestication
    Description
    Sarah's hunt for answers is interrupted by a trip to the suburbs. Alison's paranoia has boiled over, putting all the Orphans at risk. But when Sarah, Alison and Beth's worlds dangerously collide, Sarah must decide who to trust with her secret.
  • 7. Parts Developed in an Unusual Manner
    Description
    With Paul missing, Sarah is forced to confront the conspiracy head on. But when Paul learns Sarah has kept essential information from him, the fragile trust between them threatens to shatter. Meanwhile, Cosima grows closer to Delphine and the dangerously fascinating Dr. Leekie.
  • 8. Entangled Bank
    Description
    Sarah's actions pit the Orphans against each other as she tries to plan her next move. As Paul tries desperately to cover up Sarah's existence, Alison takes vengeance on her suspected monitor, which could cost her everything she holds dear.
  • 9. Unconscious Selection
    Description
    After Kira's life is threatened, Sarah is on the warpath, but Dr. Leekie makes her think twice about her plans for revenge. Meanwhile, Cosima faces the truth about Delphine, forcing her to choose sides. Now, it's up to Sarah to decide the killer's fate, but the truth about where Sarah came from changes everything.
  • 10. Endless Forms Most Beautiful
    Description
    Sarah's last chance to bring her nemesis back to sanity slips away as Art intervenes to get answers of his own. Meanwhile, the Orphans must decide whether to make peace with their creators, as Sarah is forced into a deadly confrontation with their enemy.
  • 1. Nature Under Constraint and Vexed
    Description
    Rachel has kidnapped Kira and Mrs. S. While trying to elude Rachel's thugs herself, Sarah has to decide whether to trust Paul as the person who has the best access to Rachel of those she knows in order to get Kira back. All Paul does tell Sarah is that there is a black tie event at Dyad at which Rachel will be in attendance. Sarah decides that she needs to attend the event - Cosima who already is an invitee - but has no plan beyond knowing that she will need to get in there with concealed gun in hand. With this scant outline of a plan, Sarah enlists the help of Felix …
  • 2. Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion
    Description
    From information from Art, Sarah learns that it is not Rachel who abducted Kira, but rather the Prolethians, the reasons she does not know behind the abduction. However, there is no news whatsoever about Mrs. S, who she believes must have also been abducted along with Kira, which is only of little concern to her based on what her birth mother told her before her death. Regardless, Sarah decides to trust Art so that he can help her locate Kira. What Sarah discovers in the matter is not quite what she expects, which results in her not knowing who to trust. Art also …
  • 3. Mingling Its Own Nature with It
    Description
    Sarah is able to escape with Kira from the bird watchers and Mrs. S, and now, along with Felix, are on the run with no money. They decide to take refuge at a secluded house where the owner seems to be away. But the choice of the house is no accident. This stop has an unintended affect on Felix. As Alison prepares for opening night, she slowly begins to unravel under all the pressure, which includes meeting someone who she believes is another monitor. Cosima learns from Delphine of yet another clone, one who recently died from whatever ails Cosima herself. They hope …
  • 4. Governed as It Were by Chance
    Description
    Sarah survives the car crash, is quickly reunited with Kira and sets off with Cal in his camper. She decides to head back to the city to find out from Mrs. S just what is going on. She also pays a visit to Rachel which doesn't quite go as expected. At the Dyad Institute, Cosima takes on the task of finding out about Project Leda. Alison awakens from her drug and alcohol stupor to find her right arm in a sling - and that she's in a rehab clinic. Felix convinces her she should spend a week there and just rest. Henrik Johanssen makes it clear to his daughter Gracie that …
  • 5. Ipsa Scientia Potestas
    Description
    Rachel returns home to find Rosen dead, which she takes out on Sarah and Cosima. She also makes Paul an offer he can't refuse, even if he wanted to. In this new position, Paul decides to use Felix to help Rachel. Leekie, unlike Rachel, shows that his plans veer toward the truly scientific, he who provides Cosima and Delphine with some information about the clones' past. Feeling indebted to Helena for saving her from Rosen, Sarah decides to help Helena within the bounds of what Sarah believes is right. Helena may have thoughts of her own about what she wants to achieve…
  • 6. To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings
    Description
    Sarah and Helena are traveling together to Cold River to find out more about their clone past and specifically the person who Helena refers to as the Swan Man. This trip marks the first time that Helena has felt a sense of freedom in a long time. This freedom, however, may ultimately cause problems for her. Sarah's quest for information takes her to some unlikely places, or more precisely to some unexpected people. She gets some help in this quest by Art and Felix, who have the information obtained from Maggie Chen's storage unit. Felix, however, is often in a state …
  • 7. Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things
    Description
    When a rehab confidante betrays Alison and threatens to expose the truth about Aynsley's death, she goes into free fall on the eve of Family Day. With Donnie and the kids set to visit, it's all clones on deck to contain the fallout.
  • 8. Variable and Full of Perturbation
    Description
    A new player in the clone conspiracy turns up at Felix's door, sending him into crisis mode. With Cosima running out of options, Sarah struggles with the decision to surrender a crucial piece of leverage and make a deal with Dyad.
  • 9. Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done
    Description
    As Cosima watches Dr. Duncan re-assemble the missing artificial genetic sequencing, Rachel places Delphine in the executive vacancy created by the sudden demise of Dr. Leekie. Meanwhile, Allison and Donnie ignite a new spark in their relationship while teaming up to handle a potentially explosive double dilemma. Helena discovers an even darker side to the Prolethean sect's ‘master plan’ and forms a surprising alliance with an unlikely couple. When Delphine approaches Sarah with a request to help Cosima, Kira's bravery is put to the test, and Rachel uses that to …
  • 10. By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried
    Description
    Now that she has Kira and her harvested bone marrow, Rachel is holding all the cards. She replaces Delphine with a Dr. Nealon as the facility and thus Cosima's chief physician, not even letting Delphine say goodbye before she is escorted out of the facility. As such, Rachel can use Cosima and Kira as a bargaining chip, which works as Sarah feels she has no other option but to surrender herself to Dyad, although Sarah still stays as defiant as ever under the circumstances. However, some will do anything, even risk their own life, to stop whatever Rachel's grand plan. …
  • 1. The Weight of This Combination
    Description
    Sarah pursues the missing Helena who is held in a faraway compound. Sarah must use her wiles - and acting chops - to deter a Topside investigator who threatens the Leda sisters' lives. Meanwhile, Cosima appears to be rebounding from her illness, while Alison and Donnie face newfound financial woes. But when the menace of Castor rears its head once more, Sarah and her entire family must come together to survive.
  • 2. Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis
    Description
    Castor pursues the Leda clones for original tissue samples. Helena, who is pregnant and imprisoned, is examined by a mysterious new villain. The Castor boys are also out to play, toying with a frightened young woman, Patty, in a sexy switcheroo that ultimately sets Sarah - and Art - hot on the Castor trail. But it's not all fun and games for the Castor boys, as Sarah gleans they may have a mysterious defect that puts their lives in peril.
  • 3. Formalized, Complex, and Costly
    Description
    Leda and Castor are both on the hunt for original clone DNA. On-the-lam, Mark and Gracie pursue new leads to find the samples that might set them free, while Art and Sarah reunite to track them down. Meanwhile, Cosima and Scott try to learn more about Castor's biology and Alison's new money-making venture is going gangbusters. A shocking revelation about the Castor-Leda connection leaves the sisters reeling, just before Sarah witnesses a deadly Prolethean-Castor face-off.
  • 4. Newer Elements of Our Defense
    Description
    Sarah's fate hangs in the balance as she tries to save her sister.
  • 5. Scarred by Many Past Frustrations
    Description
    Sarah and Helena suffer a strained reunion; the Leda family worries about Sarah's absence.
  • 6. Certain Agony of the Battlefield
    Description
    Paul learns the truth about Coady's plans for Castor and has no choice but to make a dangerous play.
  • 7. Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate
    Description
    Sarah and Helena have managed to escape from the Castor compound, and arranging with Mrs. S are awaiting Benjamin's arrival in the Mexican desert to retrieve them. However, they are surprised to see that their retriever is Mrs. S herself. This meeting allows for a showdown between Helena and Mrs. S, the former who wants to kill the latter for selling her out. With Cosima's new relationship with Shay being strong, Cosima is having problems dealing with Delphine, whether it be on a professional or personal level. Cosima feels like betraying a request by Delphine without…
  • 8. Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method
    Description
    Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method Rachel bargains for her freedom with decoding Duncan's Moreau book.
  • 9. Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow
    Description
    Clone Club heads to London to track down the Castor Original, but their enemies follow closely.
  • 10. History Yet to Be Written
    Description
    Kendall may be the key to stop Castor; the sisters appear to be thwarting their most dangerous foe.
  • 1. The Collapse of Nature
    Description
    After two months of respite, Sarah’s hard-won refuge in Iceland is shattered by a Neolution attack. Once again forced to flee, she realizes no matter how far her family runs it will never be far enough.
  • 2. Transgressive Border Crossing
    Description
    After evading a Neolution attack in Iceland, Sarah returns home to track down an elusive new ally. As Cosima struggles with Delphine’s disappearance, Alison and Donnie host a pregnant and ever-hungry Helena. Meanwhile Felix, feeling like an outsider, embarks on his own journey of self-discovery.
  • 3. The Stigmata of Progress
    Description
    As Sarah reels from the shocking discovery of Neolution’s biotech, she’s desperate to find answers. Rachel receives a visit from her keeper and takes a fraught step forward towards recovery. Meanwhile, Helena is mistaken for “Mrs. Hendrix” when she answers a visit from suspicious visitors.
  • 4. From Instinct to Rational Control
    Description
    Sarah realizes her goals have aligned with her once enemy and forms a precarious alliance in hopes of getting to the head of Neolution. Meanwhile, on her end, Alison dispatches Felix and Donnie to infiltrate a Neolution fertility clinic that Beth investigated. Back at the lab, Cosima and Scott receive a revolting delivery from Alison. As Rachel grows closer to Charlotte, Susan Duncan leaves a devastating decision in her hands.
  • 5. Human Raw Material
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  • 6. The Scandal of Altruism
    Description
    When Cosima admits doubts about finding a cure in time to save her life, Sarah makes a lone decision that exposes Kendall to those she’s spent years hiding from. Meanwhile, Art and Felix team up to protect naïve clone, Krystal Godderitch, from herself.
  • 7. The Antisocialism of Sex
    Description
    Sarah regresses to old habits while struggling to cope with the consequences of her decisions —reconnecting with Beth on a dark night of the soul. Back at the lab, Cosima, haunted by vicious memories and news of Delphine, attempts a dangerous Hail Mary to find a cure. At the Hendrixes, Alison is more determined than ever to create normalcy for her kids. As she forges ahead with a birthday party, Donnie is caught in the Neolution crosshairs.
  • 8. The Redesign of Natural Objects
    Description
    As Alison is terrified by Neolution threats made against Donnie, Sarah and Mrs. S question her loyalty to her sisters. While Sarah is distracted, Siobhan sneaks out to seek vengeance. Meanwhile, Cosima and Susan Duncan work together in a final attempt to discover a cure.
  • 9. The Mitigation of Competition
    Description
    With Susan Duncan deposed, Sarah finds herself in the same position as Rachel — under the heel of a new HBIC — causing the archenemies to come together for the greater good. Cosima and Susan butt heads on the ethical implications of human experiments. Meanwhile, when the Hendrixes' legal counsel, Adele, further investigates Donnie’s case, she begins to suspect Felix is keeping deep secrets. Helena’s arrival forces Felix to make a difficult decision.
  • 10. From Dancing Mice to Psychopaths
    Description
  • 1. The Few Who Dare
    Description
    Sarah is deeply wounded and struggling to stay alive on the Island. Driven deep into its forest by Neolutionists and worse, she strives to make it far enough to rescue Cosima. Meanwhile, a recovering Cosima reunites with Delphine, but there's way more going on this Island than Cosima imagined and Delphine can't give her all the answers she needs. What is clear is that Rachel is now in firmly in charge at the right-hand of the 170-year-old founder of Neolution, PT Westmorland. Back home, Neolution puts the screws to Alison and Donnie in their hunt for Helena. The sestras couldn't be further apart when they need most to be together.
  • 2. Clutch of Greed
    Description
    Captured by Neolution Sarah receives a damning ultimatum from Rachel: come into the fold, or lose your family. Her decision causes a clash with Kira who begins exploring her own maturity. Meanwhile, Ferdinand struggles to get a handle on Rachel's new velvet glove mandate in pursuit of the clones. With Neolutionists and Ferdinand watching their every move, Felix brings an old ally into the mix to help his family get Kira to safety. On the Island, Cosima struggles to comprehend the reality of the Neolution myth made real.
  • 3. Beneath Her Heart
    Description
    Stuck on the sidelines with Neolutionists crawling all over her home, Alison seeks to return to her community center, but Bailey Downs has moved on from her. As she flounders to take back some semblance of control, the ghost of friendships' past rears its handsome head. Art and his new partner show up at the Hendrix residence to continue their search for Helena, forcing Art to make a difficult moral judgement.
  • 4. Let the Children and Childbearers Toil
    Description
    Following up on intel from a mysterious source, Mrs. S heads on the road with Sarah to investigate a lead on a Neolution defector. Meanwhile, an unexpected reunion takes place on the island, while Cosima's research leads her to a terrible discovery.
  • 5. Ease For Idle Millionaires
    Description
    While Sarah and Kira spend some well-needed bonding time at home, secrets are unlocked about Kira’s special gifts that are surprisingly linked to the island’s creature. Meanwhile, Cosima joins Delphine at the mansion for a twisted family dinner, causing a dangerous showdown with the Neolution patriarch.
  • 6. Manacled Slim Wrists
    Description
    Cosima is forced into an alliance when an old enemy returns to the island, accelerating P. T. Westmorland's sinister agenda. Meanwhile, on the mainland, Krystal stumbles onto a vital clue to the Neolution endgame. Sarah and Mrs. S’s research into Neolution's corporate ties leads to the cosmetics industry and an inevitable cross with Krystal Goderitch. But before Sarah can dig deeper, Krystal hijacks the investigation.
  • 7. Gag or Throttle
    Description
    As P. T. Westmorland demands a more aggressive action on Kira, and Sarah fights to save her daughter, Rachel discovers a dark secret that makes her question her place within Neolution. Cosima has returned with a vital clue to Westmorland's true identity.
  • 8. Guillotines Decide
    Description
    Mrs. S orders the sisters to take a night off from sleuthing to celebrate Felix's art opening. But while Felix attempts to impress a famous gallerist with the help of his sestras, Sarah remains on edge with a nagging suspicion that S is hiding something. Meanwhile, wounded and desperate, Rachel reunites with an old ally, but their plans for revenge on Neolution put Clone Club in the line of fire.
  • 9. One Fettered Slave
    Description
    A devastating loss is eclipsed when word reaches Sarah that Helena has been kidnapped. Clone Club bands together in a race against time, determined to find her before she has her babies. And with time running out, Sarah is forced into action in a last-ditch effort to save her sestra.
  • 10. To Right the Wrongs of Many
    Description
    With Helena forced to take shelter behind enemy lines, it’s a bloody last stand for survival as Sarah and Art struggle to protect her, and end the siege on the sestras once and for all.
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