Orphan Black Season 2 Episode 9
Added 2024-02-17 14:28:05 +0000 UTCComments
I thought I already posted my comment π€¦πΎββοΈ. This was a crazy episode and the season of chaos is fighting for the finish line. Name Check: Melvin/Daphne - Delphine Cormier. The Fish People - Rachel's Assistant - Martin. Siobhan's Security - Benjamin. Big Boss Lady - Marion Bowles. Cosima's Lab Friend - Scott. Rachel's Father - Ethan Duncan. Prolethean Leader- Henrik Johannsen. Prolethean Ginger Daughter - Gracie. Prolethean Soldier - Mark. Cosima is still alive for now, but now the polyps have spread throughout her body rapidly and her immune system is failing. I love the sister video of chat of Sarah & Alison checking on Cosima. She definitely had a real bad scare, almost dying, and now she's breathing oxygen through a tube π. I appreciate that Cosima reassured Alison, who was feeling guilty about getting while Cosima was sick. Cosima was right. Alison's stuff was important too. Her marriage, Aynsley, her addictions and rehab. So Scott builds a computer for Ethan to go through. When the genetic sequences finally come on the screen, Ethan tells Cosima that it's all encoded and he has the key to it in his head. So now they can start working fixing the mistakes and work on a cure. The picture that Kira drew was a picture of her "aunties", Alison, Helena, & Cosima (in that order). The first time we see Kira mention "Auntie Cosima" was in 2x4, when she tells Cal that her mom is talking to "Auntie Cosima" in the video chat in the RV. So, we have NOT seen them meet nor have we seen anyone tell her about Cosima. The scene Perhaps Sarah introduced the two of them in one of those video chats. Maybe Sarah, but how would Kira know what Cosima looks like to be able to draw a picture of her? Or is Kira being eerie again and everyone just lowkey accepts it? Lol We haven't seen them meet, but we know Cosima's protective of Kira, and Kira wants to save Cosima from dying. Kira's such a brave little girl. "Does Cosima need another tooth?" π. She just wants to help, even if means sacrificing her own comfort. She's scared, but she's making the choice to give her bone marrow to Cosima. That baby truly is special. Poor Sarah. Caught between keeping and saving her sister's life. I would say luckily Mrs. S was able to come up with a plan to make sure Kira was safe and secure in order to do her procedure, but as we later see, even Mrs. S can get outsmarted to the point of being defenseless without even knowing it. Sarah sitting by Kira's side, watching as the doctor is corkscrewing her baby's hip bone right in front of her. And Felix is such a great supportive brother. He's genuinely probably the only person that Sarah's truly trusted in her life. Sarah running into Kira's room and straight to Felix when she walked in on Kira missing and her brother just laid out on the floor like that had to be devasting for many reasons. Mrs. S was so cute in her pigtails lol. Don't let them fool you. She's still the most dangerous person in the room and, will get to blasting folks if need be, pigtails and all lol. So, we meet back up with Helena at the Prolethean farm and she's getting inseminated. I hope those aren't the same tools they be using on the cows and horses. We already know Henrik doesn't wash and santize his hands immediately his hands after use π«. And Helena is just obvious to sinister actions that's happening around her because she's being manipulated. All she can think about are her "babies". Helena + Kids = π€. It amkes sense since Helena like a big kid herself. Her immediately bonding with the shy, little girl standing nearby was so cute. Helena was NOT playing with that midwife though. Had to pull out a Scream reference to let her know what was up lol. And it seemed like Gracie actually like the way Helena handled it that she even smiles at Helena little after it happened. To see someone stand up and fight back? To see someone PROTECTING the child from being harm? Have you seen her parents? Something tells me that she's never had anyone stand up for her like that, and the way her mom was quick to sew up her daughter's lips and ready to keep her locked away the way that she did? Makes you realize, not only did no one protect Helena growing up, but no one protected Gracie either. She's still essentially a child herself. It made Gracie view Helena in a whole different light. She judged Helena for being "unnatural", but she started seeing Helena a hero. There's is something SERIOUSLY wrong with Henrik. That man inseminated his OWN DAUGHTER with his and Helena non consentual embryos. So that BS of her mom telling her was just that BS, because they forced her to carry those babies anyways smh. Like, how twisted of a person do you have to be to do something like that. And Helena was NOT pleased about that news either. Helena seems to be the only person who actually listens to what Gracie has to say, so despite Gracie, Probably because Gracie is the only one who's been honest to Helena about her thoughts and feelings. The one who had was the same one she tried to kill and dismissed for being different. Helena's sad adorable face as she watched Gracie sleep, processing everything Gracie told her π₯Ί. She's been used and abused by so many people in her life and a the happiness of motherhood gets tainted by the nerferious acts of the people who "gifted" her the experience π. Helena decides to leave, having the place she thought she would be accepted and taken care of with her new babies being a manipulative lie, and Gracie decides to run away with her. Even Gracie understands how twisted her family and their whole situation is. She probably haven't and probably actually feels safe with Helena. She even found courage to stand up for herself against her father and got dragged and locked away for it. Luckily, Mark seemed have a better perspective after that. Seeing his beloved hurting, he realized the pain and harm this cult has caused her. Sometimes it takes being open to a new perspective to see a bigger picture. Sadly, sometimes it takes seeing your loved ones hurt by something or someone to realize how wrong something or someone is. But it's better late than never because who knows how long Gracie would have been trapped in that snall room if he didn't save Gracie. And her mother, who was away to find more "broodmares" to carry the Helena/Henrik embryos, seems to be the less empathetic of Gracie's two parents. If there was a chance for her to escape, it was then. And don't look back. And we get that sweet, sweet revenge. Sorry, Ralph, but this one was for the ladies π. And once again, a scene that give you both two different reactions lol. Helena having Henrik drugged up, strapped down, legs propped in those stirrups, and shooting him up with "horse babies" was π€πΎ. If we're going to get the horror-filled essence of Helena, then we're grateful that she's unleashing it on the bad guys π. And to top of her chaos, she burned the whole Prolethean farm down, and what a glorious, beautiful sight it is to see. We were worried about the kids too, but I think it's safe to assume that Helena got them out. Helena love the kids π₯°. Fun Fact: The actress that played the Prolethean mid-wife was . So, this was the first time we actually see these two actors face to face on the screen together, where you can actually see both of their faces. The actress name is Kathryn Alexander. If course we gotta talk about Alison & Donnie Hendrix. Out here making marriage work through manslaughter and mayhem #CoupleGoals π. I think fans started referring them as House of Manslaughter or something as a Game of Thrones reference lol. Fun Fact: The scene where Donnie and Alison was wrapping up and carrying Leekie's body was all improvised. Tatiana & Kristian Bruun have such great chemistry. "Pitter Patter, Donnie". Alison's phrases are so hilarious. I use that one to motivate me to focus and get my work done lol. Them arguing over how differently they handled killing someone while trying to wrap up Leekie. "At least I had the good sense to leave mine where she dropped." "HE WAS IN MY CAR!" π Who would have thought that Donnie of all people would go from the audience saying "I hate Donnie" to "Donnie's the MVP" π. One moment he's freaking out about the blood, brain, and Vic popping up with questions, and Alison's in charge trying to handle everything. But then Donnie steps up to shut it all down. He said he already caught a body. Ain't a thang to do it again, except this time he'll mean it lol. Them both just rubbing santizier on their hands as they're discussing what to do with the body is such a random detail, but hilarious. The way they casually do it as they're talking just feels like they've been together for such a long time that of course they pick up each other's habits because we know Alison is constantly rubbing something on her hands lol. I love how Alison uses her skills that seem useless, like her theatre acting, her arts & crafts weave into skillsets that turn out to be VERY useful. From her arts & craft torture room, to cloneswapping, to wrapping up dead bodies and making new trunk liners lol. Her looking at Donnie as she busted up that concrete was gold. And Alison is no longer holding down the fort in her home alone anymore. The Hendrix are gonna protect their family together, the way married folk should. Also poor Vic. He's already gotten beat up and his hand nailed by Paul in that garage last season, and now he's sitting by an open grave with a gun to his head by Donnie of all people. I would never step foot in that neighborhood again, let alone that damn garage lol. He's a damn fool putting up the peace sign when Donnie to their picture π. All I know is, Angie need to get that man his charges dropped after everything he's dealt with messing with her smh. Donnie shutting down Angie & Vic was perfect and the way walked away with all of that newfound confidence, bopping his way back to the house with his goofy self lol. He's handling business and his wife LOVES it lol. I guess the show said if Delphine & Cosima can have romantic moment over medical procedure like the nerds they are, then Alison & Donnie can get nasty on top of a freezer over their successful body burying like the crazy suburbans they are lol (him putting a heart in the concrete was actually really cute, if you ignore the dead body they just buried under there π₯°π). And Alison's agile, isn't she? Donnie's not a small dude (he's definitely over 6 ft), but Alison hopped onto that tree of a man ready to go π. So, Delphine was actually trying to do the right thing this episode. Last episode, Cosima drew a boundary for Delphine not to cross by telling her the only way for them to be together is for Delphine "love all of us", meaning she can't put Cosima's needs over her sisters, and especially Kira. Delphine must treat their importance as equally as she treats Cosima. Rachel promotes Delphine to Leekie's position and tries to play nice, trying to use Delphine to conjure up some sort of truce and working relationship, so they can work together and save Cosima and have a cure waiting for the rest of them if they end up sick themselves. Like Marion Bowles said to Rachel, Delphine has an intimate relationship. To put her in a high position when her loyalty is shakey? Like, she told Rachel, "I'm loyal to my subject." Now, Delphine is positioned as the conflicted middle man. Cosima's running out of time, not enough time to wait on a cure, and Rachel needs Delphine to be the liaison between the two. Rachel's turned into a little terror, hasn't she? A clever terror she proved to be in this episode. She played everybody, got what she wanted, and gave us the cloneswap we never wanted. The thing that brought her to this point was interesting though. She already pissed about the news from last episode where she finds out from Ethan that all of the clones were barren by design. Then she has this conversation with Marion Bowles who's checking in on Rachel to see where her priorities lie, and just starts raving and gushing over the idea of Sarah Manning, the one clone, that she knows of, that has the ability to have children, and it's by chance. The mysterious clone who came out of a nowhere, a grifter, con artist, who's a product of chance, keep one upping against Rachel's product of privilege and power of being self aware. Sarah came out of nowhere for her and she can't get a real handle on her. Her job is to make sure Sarah gets brought in and she has been out done by Sarah and her team almost every time. No Sarah. No Kira. So, she goes into this dark, weird screening room with a small table and a martini. And she's just sitting there, watching her home family video from her childhood over and over. She's staring up at the screen, laughing at childhood she had, and sheds a tear as she watches the happiness of her family. Then she starts tapping herself on her face, like she's a little drunk, and just keep quietly repeating to herself, "Stupid. Stupid. Stupid." I always took that moment as Rachel kicking herself for allowing herself to show vulnerable in front of her father when the reunited. She's fighting he child she was when she with her parents, and the woman she became under the guidance of Leekie. And she feels betrayed by them both. She switched from that vulnerable state, back into her cold energy as she switches from her family video to a photo of Kira. She puts on a leather jacket and starts divising a plan. Like, she needed some drinks and thr lodt of her childhood to get fuel her anger, her motivations, and a cleverly, devious plan of getting the job done herself. Leekie's not around anymore to try and talk some sort of ethical behavior from Rachel or at least divert her actions as much as he could. Rachel immediately sets Delphine up by having Benjamin popped up on Delphine's computer after using it. She knew Delphine going to snitch. And Rachel is very calculating. Even when she's just looking and not saying anything, she's watching and thinking. Whst she's thinking is the hardest part to figure out. I mean, if you're going to be a success at being a major control freak, you gotta be able to manipulate people and things that would normally be out of somone's control and she does it. She manipulated Delphine, Sarah, Siobhan, and Felix in one executed plan, and she just scoops up the prize they been trying to keep from her this whole time: Kira. The cloneswap was brilliant honestly. Slap a wig on (the wig looks more wavy than Sarah's actual hair), she's also got a British accent (although different from Sarah's, but the accent still sounds mostly like Rachel's voice), so upon first hearing, you can't really tell the difference, especially since it's brief, and of course, the leather jacket. Wait until Sarah slip out to see Delphine which sure enough cause confusion and chaos with her blackmailing Benjamin, so while they're focused on him, . When Felix looked at his phone and showed "Sarah" on his caller ID, before you can have that "Aha!" moment, poor Felix get "Pleasure to meet you, Felix" is so good, it makes your stomach drop. For one, we don't know WHAT Rachel just did to Felix. Drugs, poison, who on Earth knows what as he dropped to the floor. My sweet baby Felix already has had a rough season, including Rachel already framing him for murder. And the last thing he sees before he goes out is Rachel dressed as his sister looking down at him π©. She executed a brilliant plan with little effort on her end, to deliver an f-u by going in to snatched Kira herself, right under their noses. All that preparation Sarah & Mrs. S was doing and they all got played like a fiddle. And to end it with poor Kira. After choosing to save her Auntie Cosima with going through a painful procedure, she wakes up ilaway from her whole family and the presence of Rachel. And baby girl is NOT vibing with this Auntie. The way she way she tried to scoot away when Rachel walked over to her π. But that speech Rachel gives, giving a slight insight into Rachel's mind and possibly what she had to deal with and feel from her own childhood. Her parents "dead" and probably being placed in that room to be raised by Leekie, probably the way Cosima described to Sarah when Sarah was watching Rachel's family video. Little human contact, no emotional attachments, isolation, being a science experiment under constant observation "Maybe you'll grow to love it as I did". Almost like a reflection of Rachel went through at that age. But all Rachel sees is the child she never got to have now being hers. Okay, since y'all have finally disclosed y'all favorite clone(s), I have a confession to make. Rachel Duncan is probably my favorite clone π«£π. Every Orphan Black fan looks at me like I have grown two extra heads whenever I say that, which is a very reasonable response. Yes, I know she's cold and villainy. It's funny because I actually didn't care for the character when we met her in the season 1 finale, but something about the type of energy Tatiana brought to the character in season 2 was great. In my head, all Rachel needs is a hug and some therapy (Wanda is my favorite MCU character and even after everything that's happened, I'm still like, "All she needs is real good hug and a really great therapist. She can come back from this." π). Sure, if I tried to hug Rachel Duncan, she'd probably jump back like a cat that got water dumped it and shout, "Unhand me, you mongrel!" Lol. Like, I don't want her to win, but like with Mrs. S, I was always curious to see what she's going to do next. With Rachel, it happens to be not anything good. And with her turning on Leekie and reuniting with her father, there was a possible sliver of hope that she may even actually try to work with the sisters somewhat like they way Helena may switched sides, (like Rachel told Delphine this episode, she had been lied to just as well), but nope. Daddy Duncan made it even worse and just pissed Rachel off even more. Maybe I'm just a sucker for tragically, stoic characters who emotionally crack bit by bit until they break because they don't know how to deal with their emotions (not in real life though because that's what therapy is for lol). Like, a mystery within a mystery. How did we go from that seemingly sweet little girl to the Rachel we got now? I don't know what that says about me though lol. I think part of it is because I view Helena (at least s1 Helena) & Rachel as two sides of the same coin. They're both clones who have been created into these "monsters" and weaponized by their respective sides: Proletheans vs DYAD. One was guided with violence by religious extremists, while the other was guided with power through science extremists. One suffered through poverty, while the other through privilege. One is emotionally open, while the other is emotionally closed off. Both have been used, betrayed, and lied to by their "father figures". I'm not sure if it was intentional, but I've realized that there's this interesting parallel of the two characters. Helena, through her connection between Sarah & Kira, was able to do a turn around and join Clone Club's with her family with acceptance. Rachel, on the other hand, doesn't trust ANYBODY and went rogue by creating her OWN side. She's doing her job, but her attacks are getting more and more personal the more emotionally unhigned she becomes. I don't know if it was ever intentional, but I've always felt that there was some sort of parellel between Helena & Rachel's stories as antagonists in the story, where Helena chose redemption, while Rachel chooses herself. What if Helena didn't have that "connection" to Sarah and Kira? Now, to be fair, the order of some of my faves tend to switch up sometimes with each rewatch, and honestly, Sarah miiiight just be creeping as my favorite, so far, this go around. Watching the evolution of her character go from a girfting con artist trying to reconcil with her child to becoming a relectant hero that's taken on a leadership role to a whole group of people that she's now trying to protect. She's still VERY flawed as hell and I like that although she's maturing, she's still messy, but messy to survive. She went from trying to run from her clone sisters to now fighting to save their lives. Coming Up: Will the Hendrix duo catch another body to strengthen their new bond? Will Felix catch a break? Will people stop trying to get their hands on Kira? I honestly just can't wait to watch the finale with you guys.
Ash Lee Can
2024-02-24 20:55:24 +0000 UTCI don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, the actress playing Helena's gutted like a fish midwife is played by Katheryn Alexandre. She's Tatiana's body double for all multi clone scenes in the show. A faceless invaluable role on the show.
Mike Goddard
2024-02-17 23:58:58 +0000 UTC
