The latest episode of Orphan Black revealed a lot, although we still don’t know much about why the clones were created.
In “Entangled Bank” we learn that there is more to Delphine and Dr. Leekie’s relationship than previously thoug...
The latest episode of Orphan Black revealed a lot, although we still don’t know much about why the clones were created.
In “Entangled Bank” we learn that there is more to Delphine and Dr. Leekie’s relationship than previously thought. Not only are they together, but he is manipulating Delphine. Dr. Leekie has her spying on Cosima beyond the usual surveillance that we have seen from the monitors at this point. Delphine is in pretty deep in it, and I think Dr. Leekie has something more over her than a transgression from her past. It seems she is being blackmailed in a big way.
While waiting for Cosima to come back from the store, Delphine hacks her computer. Delphine discovers that not only does Cosima know of the other clones, but she has made contact with some of them. Delphine immediately calls Dr. Leekie to tell him of her discovery. She gives him the names of all the clones that Cosima knows of so far. These include Helena, Alison, and Katja. When Delphine mentions the name Sarah Manning, Dr. Leekie asks her what else Cosima knows about Sarah. Delphine actually does something good, and says that Cosima doesn’t know anything about Sarah. This is a lie, because the page Delphine is looking at says that Sarah has a daughter named Kira, aged 7. Dr. Leekie tries to keep the conversation going, but Delphine says that Cosima is coming and hangs up on him. It is Dr. Leekie’s reaction to hearing Sarah’s name that now has me convinced that Sarah is the real original.
Sarah makes a big decision in this episode … she confides in Mrs. S what is going on. That’s a big step for Sarah, because up until this point, the only person she trusted with her secret is Felix and of course the other clones.
Art also progresses in his investigation. He goes to Mrs. S and tells her that Sarah is dead. Of course, he thinks this because the fingerprints that he and his partner found were a match to Sarah. As you can imagine, Mrs. S is not happy to hear this. She confronts Sarah and demands to know what the heck is going on. Sarah doesn’t tell her at first, but later in the episode Sarah realizes that she can’t keep Mrs. S in the dark forever. It’s at this point that she reveals the truth about the clones.
We meet up with Olivier again in this episode as well. He is in hospital after having his tail cut off. And Paul figures out who Olivier really is. His real name is Kevin, and he has a number of sex related warrants against him in his home state of Washington. While Paul is talking to Olivier, trying to get information, Dr. Leekie comes by to pay Olivier a visit. The doctor is less than impressed that Olivier lost Sarah, and lets him know it. Unfortunately this is the last we will see of Olivier. One of Dr. Leekie’s henchmen disguised as an orderly poisons him. Olivier can’t do anything to stop it, since he is strapped facedown on a gurney so as to not put any pressure on the area where his tail used to be. It’s rather unfortunate that Olivier died, because he could have made a very interesting long-term baddie.
There’s a third monitor thrown into the mix in this episode as well. Alison figures out that her monitor is one of her neighbours, Aynsley, not her husband Donny as she first thought. One of the best Alison moments happens in this episode – in her infinite wisdom, Alison sleeps with Aynsley’s husband, Chad. When Aynsley finds out, she tracks Alison down and the two of them get into a fight. This freaks Alison out, as she prides herself on being an upstanding, law-abiding citizen. In her shock, Alison turns to Sarah for help. This turns out to benefit both of them, because now Sarah has someone to show Mrs. S when she does decide to let her in on the secret.
We previously saw Helena and Sarah trade coats so that Sarah could escape and Helena could exact revenge on Olivier. They still have each other’s coats in this episode. This doesn’t seem like anything significant, except that Sarah had a letter from Kira in her coat.
