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I think Orphan Black is one of the best TV series of the last few years. But it frustrates me that it is practically unknown. I recommend it to all my friends and they usually love it if they give it a try. Why did this series not garner more attention and acclaim?

Charlotte Fisher·10/27/2019 in General

Who do you think is the best clone?

Sarah

Helena

Cosima

Alison

Rachel

Other ( please name)

109 Votes in Poll

PedrosoH27·10/20/2019 in General

Whats better to cosima

delphine's friendship

delphine's relationship

83 Votes in Poll

Em fillds·8/23/2019 in Series Questions

Why I Sarah listed as lgbt

She is tagged in the category of LGBT. As far as we see in the show she is straight. So why?

(edited by Em fillds)

Sarah Manning

Sewaguma John·8/21/2019 in General

Holle

Lemoniza silva·7/31/2019 in General

Um oi pro meu Brasil

Oii 💭💕

Lemoniza silva·7/31/2019 in General

vocês acham que vai ter mas temporadas?

6 temporada ou mas?

Burcunilsu·3/26/2019 in General

Is delphine dead?

Did delphine died???

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The series begins with Sarah Manning, a con artist by trade, witnessing the suicide of a woman, Beth Childs, who appears to be her doppelganger. Sarah takes on Beth's identity and occupation as a police detective after Beth's death. During the first season, Sarah discovers that she is a clone, that she has many 'sister' clones spread throughout North America and Europe, and that someone is plotting to kill them and her. Alongside her foster brother, Felix Dawkins, and two of her fellow clones, Alison Hendrix and Cosima Niehaus, Sarah discovers the origin of the clones: a scientific movement called Neolution. The movement believes that human beings can use scientific knowledge to direct their evolution as a species. The Neolutionists thus advocate eugenics. The movement has an institutional base in the large, influential, and wealthy bio-tech corporation, the Dyad Institute. The Dyad Institute conducts basic research, lobbies political institutions, and promotes its eugenics program, aided by the clone Rachel Duncan. But it also seeks to profit from the technology the clones embody. It has thus placed "monitors" into the clones' personal lives, allegedly to study them scientifically but also to keep them under surveillance. Sarah eventually discovers that she's also wanted by the police and by a secret religious group, the Proletheans. A faction of the Proletheans carries out the clone assassinations. They use a clone, Helena, to kill the other clones. Yet Sarah and Helena share a surrogate birth mother and are twins both genetically and with respect to their early maternal environment. The Proletheans assassinate clones because they believe they are abominations. Eventually, the Dyad Institute and the Proletheans learn that Sarah has a daughter, Kira, the only known offspring of a clone, all other clones being sterile by design. The plot lines of the series revolve around Sarah and Kira's efforts to avoid capture by the clearly sinister Neolutionists and Proletheans as well as around the efforts made by each clone to give sense to her life and origin. The attempt to control the creation of human life is a dominant theme that drives various story lines. A second key theme forms around the intrigues made by the Dyad Group and the Proletheans along with the earlier intrigues made by the authors of Project Leda (see the Greek myth Leda and the Swan) and Mrs. S., Sarah’s foster mother, and her political network.Both themes intersect in the effort to control the creation of human life. Sarah, who matures because of her struggles, defends the bond between parent and child against the Neolutionists and Proletheans.

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