Hey youtubers it's Charlie and this week on Orphan Black it's all about blowing shit up.
Mrs S and Sarah divide and conquer and Vic the Dick gets molested by elves. Not really,
but we get to see some amazing Tatiana Maslany acting as Sarah acting as another clone. We
also got to meet Michelle Forbes. She's playing Rachel's boss at the Dyad.
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So let's talk about how crazy things are getting. Careful for spoilers in case you haven't seen
the episode. Here's my top 5 wtf moments, then I'll do my review. Number 5 - Vic the
Dick gets molested by elves.
We need a book of Felix quotes. I think of him as the punch up guy. Like when Allison
and Sarah just get way to heavy he just pokes his head into frame and says something crazy.
Vic was totally a dick though. He deserved everything that happened to him. The whole
Vic Sarah shitstorm wasn't quite as funny as I expected it to be. Just painfully awkward.
I was surprised to find out that the police officer he was talking to was the same one
who tried to get information out of Allison in the parking lot a couple of episodes ago.
Number 4 - Sarah Pretends To Be Allison
I always love watching Tatiana do clones acting as other clones. I don't know why she hasn't
won an emmy for it yet. The minute she started dropping Monitor bombs on Donnie during their
role playing session I knew he was going to figure everything out soon. To be fair Allison
had to explain it to him, but we finally get a peek inside Donnie's head.
I actually expected him to be like any other monitor but turns out Leekie was playing him
for the fool the whole time. It is kind of sweet to think that he was being genuine the
whole time. He just thought it was some low grade social experiment. That kind of explains
why he's so terrible at the spy stuff.
I think all of this means there's a good chance he could wind up switching sides so to speak
and helping Clone Club before the end of the season. He's like the loveable goofball of
the show, so that's why that surprise at the end was so shocking. I'll talk about that
in a sec.
Number 3 - Rachel Confronts Doctor Leekie
Mrs S and Sarah blow their shit up. It worked, not quite as expected and there was the added
twist of Rachel's boss Michelle Forbes, siding with her over Leekie. They'd kind of teased
Leekie's side projects. Like the artificial womb was just the tip of the iceberg. I'm
hoping they uncover more of his secret research later in the season.
There is so much going on inside of Dyad right now, it's like King's Landing in Game of Thrones.
They're all liars.
Rachel did defy Marion's wishes and let Leekie go, which suggests that she might do something
to help the clones against Marion's wishes before the finale. Michelle Forbes actually
did an interview about her character. She teased that in the last two episodes of the
season Marion gets progressively weirder. And she's the kind of person who's so powerful,
it doesn't even occur to her that subordinates like Rachel would defy her.
She's really complex, but I see her more than Rachel being the ultimate antagonist this
season. Don't be surprised if Rachel becomes a stealth Clone Club member.
Number 2 - Kira Stem Cells
This was one of the few major violations in the episode. In case you're confused. Leekie
and Delphine harvested Kira's stem cells from a tooth she lost a long time ago. It's really
small, so there's not a lot. They used those stem cells to treat Cosima, without her knowledge.
They totally worked, but that's not the issue. Cosima is totally right to flip out. Delphine
almost seemed like a mad scientist during their shouting match. But in the end she still
needs more of Kira's stem cells or she'll die. Even the teaser for the next episode
shows her spitting up blood.
It seems like as we get closer to the finale, events are conspiring to bring everyone back
together. Sarah is coming back with Kira nd Donnie and Allison start discussing the Dyad
experiment.
I can't wait to see how Michelle Forbes character pulls the strings to get them all to dance.
Number 1 - Donnie Kills Doctor Leekie
I love how casually this scene started out. Leekie doesn't even care to give Donnie the
time of day, he's a speck of dust in the grand design. But all it takes is one random encounter
to blow everything up. In this case, literally Leekie's head.
It is confirmed, unless there is a Leekie Clone floating around somewhere, he's gone
for good. But his influence will still inform some really important things. That artificial
womb he was talking about. That's probably going to have something to do with Cosima
getting better. That camera footage during her operation was from inside her womb. She's
full of cancer, that's what the stem cells are treating.
But I'm really interested to see if Cosima and Delphine hijack Leekie's secret projects
to help solve the problem.
But now it's your turn, let me know what your favorite moment was? Donnie Killing Leekie,
Sarah's Speech as Allison or Vic the Dick?
Overall I gave the episode a B plus. As complex as the show already is, I feel like they're
doing a great job of escalating everything. I was bummed we didn't catch up with Helena
this week, but I don't expect them to be able to fit everyone into every episode.
Leekie as a character is irreplaceable. But I think the show is trading the Mad Scientist
for The Smoking Man. Right now I think of Michelle Forbes' character as being like the
Smoking Man from X-Files. Controlling everything from a distance and totally ruthless in sticking
to an ominous plan.
Michelle Forbes is a neolutionist, so obviously her goal is to patent human beings eventually.
As opposed to the Proletheans that just want to homogenize the world.
One of my favorite things about the show and something this episode did really well was
give characters a very grand send off. Like the producers say, we're going to kill you.
But it's going to be amazing.
Donnie sounds like he's on the run in the next episode, but I think he's going to end
up turning to Clone Club for help. I'm very hopeful for his character. The only alternative
is for the Dyad to hunt him down. Either they will or Sarah will send Helena after him.
The thing I'm looking forward to most right now is learning more about the Marion character
and seeing what happens when Sarah turns herself and Kira into the Dyad. I'm also kind of wondering
what Rachel is going to do with Duncan, eventually they have to meet.
So I'll be posting my next Orphan Black episode next week after episode 8. Be sure to subscribe
to get it. Also, if you have questions about episode 6, the one I missed while I was away.
Just leave them in the comments.
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Thanks for watching, see you guys tomorrow for fire and blood. High Fives!