Orphan Black

[LurkerNan]

Angie is annoying ... I'll be glad when she's gone. Why would the cops spend so much time trying to figure out why so many girls look exactly alike? I'd be all like "Huh. Well...they are probably clones." and leave it at that.

This rundown by T-Lo points out that Cult Dad was carrying Helena into the breeding barn:

And was Henrik actually carrying her to the stall where we saw him artificially inseminating a cow? Because holy shit, that is BEYOND creepy and disturbing.

...which I missed entirely, and now I'm just as squicked as they are. Wake up Helena... Time to go all Murder-y on these cult assholes.

That first picture makes Felix and Sarah look a lot alike. I hope Felix ends up being the clone that was accidentally born a boy, because his reaction would be priceless. T-Lo makes this astute observation on the previous episode about what the hippie lady said:

“Who are these cursed children you brought into our lives?” “They’re Project Leda.”

Was Old Crucified Hippy asking about Sarah and Kira or Sarah and Felix? After all, why would she refer to a mother and daughter as “children?” Is Felix a more central member of Clone Club than he realizes?

Sarah is the only clone who can have kids, and she's being protected and hidden along with Felix? Yeah.., there is more to him than we think.

[iClaudia]

I've never really considered that Felix could be a clone. I don't know if I'd buy him as one of the central clones but maybe a parallel experiment with boys? I could kind of buy it if he was the only one who survived. I'm not sure that I'd want Felix to be a clone, though. They do need to have a good explanation for why he was being taken care of along with Sarah but non-clone reasoning might take his story into more interesting directions. He could have a gut-wrenching reunion with his biological family and Alison could help him through it. Maybe his family is somehow involved with Project Leda and he needed protection because they went rogue but not because he is a clone.

[sugarhigh]

Thanks for the rundown of all the different factions guys. This shows moves so fast, I could not keep everyone straight. Also, I think all the white guys are blending together in my head. Can we get some color in there?

I hope that when Helena gets stronger, she slaughters everyone on that farm.

[Martini Girl]

I love how we all want psycho Helena to do her thing!

[roseland]

I hope Felix ends up being the clone that was accidentally born a boy

That's not actually possible since a clone, by definition, has identical DNA, which would include that XX chromosome making it impossible to have a male clone. It could be a parallel experimentation, where there are more Felix's out there but it's possible there were more experiments going on that had nothing to do with cloning. Maybe a Mengele-type of experimentation on children and Felix was rescued due to cruelty.

[scrabblequeen]

So will Helena have a baybee? Maybe she will give it to Sara for safekeeping.

Interesting theories about Felix, I can't wait to see how this all goes down. I'm not sure how many episodes there are in a season, I am afraid to look because it will be some stupid low number like 10 and I will be so bummed!

[bklynred]

I don't think Felix is a clone at all, but I do think he's involved. I have to read recaps b/c every ep confuses me somehow, sigh.

[Mugsy]

Sorry, scrabblequeen, but there are 10 episodes in season 2, just like season 1. It airs from April 19 to June 21.

[iClaudia]

First the bad: Helena's body count hasn't even reached one yet (it seems like Rachel's boy toy might survive)

The Good:

Helena to the rescue! I honestly hadn't considered that Helena was the person at the door. I thought it would have been Art. Whoever was spying on Sarah and Felix had on a coat. I am happy that Helena seems focused on fighting the real enemy. I want her crazy but not so unstable that she's going after the clones again.

Rachel actually had a normal childhood. So what happened? Boy toy as her monitor? Dyad politics are more complicated than I thought they were. Maybe Leakey is in more control than it has appeared recently.

Mrs. S. is caught up in an intricate web of lies. I like watching her try to stay on top of it all. It appears that she knows more than Carlton did/does, but he could be playing her, too.

Crazy cult finally got more interesting. I still want them all dead but now I wonder if Clone Club can figure out how to play the factions against one another.

The So-So:

So far, I'm not feeling the Alison in rehab story. It makes sense but I'm not sure about the execution. Hopefully some rehab hijinks will add a bit of levity. It's time for them to ditch Donnie. I'd like to see her start dating.

Felix and Sarah's interaction lacked continuity.

[kostgard]

First the bad: Helena's body count hasn't even reached one yet (it seems like Rachel's boy toy might survive)

I know! Helena, you should have done a lot more murdering before you left that farm. But I cheered when she was the one who showed up to kick Daniel's ass. If clone club is going to win, they need an attack dog like Helena.