[BINGED: June 15-24, 2014] Orphan Black
Last year when Orphan Black came out, we taped a bunch of episodes, but it aired at an awkward time in our viewing schedule. We watched the first episode but we picked a bad night (for me) to watch it because I dozed off and didn’t get absorbed in it. Then the Tivo deleted an episode or two and that was the end of that.
As Season 2 was amping up, the press about the show was a little ridiculous, but everything made the show sound so good that we decided to give it a try again. Of course, it started before the Fall season shows ended, but SyFy kindly aired a marathon of Season 1. By the time we had time to watch it, we had 17 episodes in our queue. And that was an awesome way to watch this show–no delays between episodes, just one show a night until we were totally hooked.
Sure, some of the details of the show are confusing and sure there’s some weird sciencey mumbo-jumbo, but when the characters are this intriguing, and the actual story grows more compelling, you can forgive confusion (especially since a surprising number of those questions were answered in the Season 2 finale). The acting is superb and each clone’s storyline is detailed and rich. Even the characters that were despicable have become enjoyable (how many murderers are we going to root for on this show?). (more…)
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