Orphan Black: Season 2, Episode 8 “Variable and Full of Perturbation” (B+)
In an episode that didn’t involve any killing or violence of any kind, we got a surprise a whole lot bigger than anything else we’ve experienced before: a male clone! What Felix endearingly referred to as a “transclone” was Tony, who was initially far too cool for the situation, made a move on Felix, and then was actually pretty okay with everything once he met the female version of him. I don’t know when we’ll see Tony again if at all, but this is yet another performance that Tatiana Maslany has mastered, creating a wholly new and quite intriguing personality. With Ethan now officially working for the Dyad, we learned that the clones were supposed to be barren and Sarah was the mistake, though apparently Rachel is not even close to okay with that idea. Leave it to Alison to be more upset about the trunk not being clean and her gun being used than by the fact that Donnie killed someone, let alone Dr. Leekie, but at least it will keep them together, since the idea of Alison as a single parent is truly terrifying. I’m glad that Cosima got to be the cool nerd girl in front of all of Scott’s friends and that she got Delphine high for a moment of love-laced bliss, since it seems that my favorite clone may have just suffered a fatal seizure of sorts. Losing her won’t hurt as much as it would on another show because we’ll still see her face, but it’s still a major loss.
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