One of the things that hurt the final season is that all of the stuff in the first half was supposed to be building up to an epic showdown on the island. They decided fairly late in the game to make the final showdown with Neolution be at Dyad instead. The end result of that is that the island...
It was this whole elaborate dance thing, a cross between the actors dancing in a studio and fan-submitted videos of #CloneClub viewers dancing in their homes:
A true series finale.
If I had a complaint, it's that the wrap up of the Neolution conspiracy after five seasons felt somewhat anti-climactic. I was expecting P.T. Westmoreland and Cody to meet a demise as ambitious as their evil. Seeing Cody stabbed in the neck by Helena and Westmoreland's...
I figured they killed off Gracie to set up Mark killing Cody, but that doesn't seem to be the case. My guess is that they wanted to clear the board of Castors so that the finale would be entirely Leda-centric.
I definitely would like a time jump. If not to an adult Kira, at least far enough...
This episode really felt like the episode before the finale. After giving the fallout from S's sacrifice the weight and time it deserved, the remainder of the episode was breathless.
Even within the sestrahood, the twin bond between Sarah and Helena is one of the show's strongest relationships...
Big episode tonight.
A lot of series fall victim to that, where they know heading into the season that it's going to be their last, and then tell a normal season story with a rushed wrap up at the end.
I don't think that's necessarily the case here, since the season has brought things back...
Great Rachel episode tonight. One of the tensions of the show since she was introduced at the end of the first season has been the question of whether she would ever be able to see herself as one of the sestras. Tonight we finally got our answer.
Alison subplots are usually played for laughs, but tonight's hour did a great job delving into the pathos of being Alison Hendrix in this world. I loved seeing her go toe to toe with Rachel and have Rachel blink.
I take it from Felix's “the weirdest people get one” reaction that Donnie has a...
My tuning adapter crapped out, so the season premiere didn't record. Fortunately, BBC America has made it available to stream for free.
I rewatched the fourth season finale on Blu-Ray right beforehand. Mostly it seems to line up, except that Sarah was pretty obviously shot as well as stabbed in...
With the premiere of the final season a week from Saturday, more information is starting to dribble out, including the guide synopses for the first three episodes:
The first season titles were all quoted from Charles Darwin. The second season titles were all quoted from Francis Bacon. The...
Thanks for the update, Travis! Mixed feelings on that premiere date. On one hand, summer TV is slim pickings so I'll be happy to have something good to watch and I'm glad the end of "Orphan Black" is that much further away. On the other hand, I was really looking forward to seeing it in April...