Orphan Black

[lathany]

We finished the first season of Orphan Black recently. Ten episodes and I'm struggling to say anything that isn't a spoiler.

Hmmm.

Well, it's modern day with a sci-fi(ish) twist (Wikipedia describes it as Canadian science fiction). It's interesting and well-acted. The full season (10 episodes) did address some of the things it raised, but most went unanswered or became more complicated (so a bit of an improvement on The Returned but I like more resolution in my TV seasons generally). Oh, and I really liked much of the main cast - particularly the lead.

The main concept - meeting a duplicate of yourself is really well done. I liked Sarah's attempts to pretend to be Beth and the contrasts between Sarah and Beth. I also liked Felix and Art (and, later on, Mrs S). I found that the series managed to progress and make things happen - with the exception of episode six which is a bit of a farce (in both senses). I now want to see the second season.

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[dr-bob.livejournal.com]

There is some resolution into series 2 and some more complexity (factions) becomes apparent as well - BBC broadcast series 3 overnight on two nights so it was almost impossible to find, and has now fallen off iPlayer, so can;t comment on whether there's a resolution there.

The lead pretty much is the main cast :o) (is that a spoiler???)