TV Series Review: Orphan Black

There have been many productions over the years where one actor is making up half or at least a quarter of the whole cast.

Jim Carrey as both Charlie Baileygates and Hank Evans in Me Myself and Irene, Toni Collette as Tara Gregson, Alice, Bryce, Buck, T, Chicken, Gimmie and Shoshana, Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert, Katherine Pierce and Amara (Sorry Spoilers!), to name but a stunning few.

And now Orphan Black, where Golden Globe nominee, Tatiana Maslany is Sarah Manning, a girl living on the streets and off her wits, who discovers Elizabeth Childs, Alison Hendrix and Cosima Niehaus, all identical to her and she finds that they aren't related, technically - they're clones.

Clones is another very interesting theme to tackle, you have the ethics, the science, the consequences to look at and examine. In this show, the clones are under threat from something or someone unknown.

Jordan Gavaris portrays Sarah's foster brother, Felix and Kevin Hanchard is Detective Art Bell, Elizabeth's partner.

It is an excellent show, all tense and the story writing is top notch, with moments of humour to keep it just light enough to keep you going.

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  1. Film & TV Commentator23 January 2014 at 00:03

    This quote comes from another tense film, with ethics on other issues. Not cloning. But also had moments of humour.
    “Nicholas Easter: [talking about a dead friend] Listen, I dunno if it would be inappropriate, but do you think we could do something today to remember him?
    Rikki Coleman: We could say the Lord's Prayer.
    Nicholas Easter: Well, I don't want to ask people to pray...
    Millie Dupree: How about "God Bless America"?
    Nicholas Easter: [with more conviction] Oh, I couldn't ask people to *sing*!”

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