Round Two: Orphan Black

Orphan Black: Season 1, Episode 2 “Instinct” (B+)

This second installment didn’t disappoint, offering a glimpse of what the show will be like on an episodic basis. After burying the body of the German and scrubbing the car clean, Sarah got a chance to meet what she thought was the other voice on the phone, who turned out to be a soccer mom with a mean streak. I’m equally intrigued by the funkier clone that Sarah met at the very end of the episode, who, as the first moments of the preview for episode three reveal, is finally going to let Sarah in on the fact that they’re clones and not twins. She demonstrated another extraordinary instance of thinking on her feet by nonchalantly telling the hotel clerk to charge $6000 from the credit card on file after she was accosted for trashing the room, and that paid off. Threatening the police psychiatrist worked well too, and she managed to ace her hearing, which will likely put her back in good standing with her partner, though I’m sure she’ll be in way over her head then and won’t even think about taking the money and running. Vic wanting to meet Keira is problematic, but more so for Felix than for Sarah, who, despite a close call, has done a gone job of avoiding him thus far. Sarah seemed truly devastated that Keira was going to think that she was dead, but Mrs. S’ reaction to the news that she was still alive didn’t sound all that much more positive in terms of the chances of Sarah getting to be reunited with her daughter anytime soon.