Orphan Black: The Next Chapter is an audiobook series that serves as the official continuation of Orphan Black. The series is produced by Realm Media, then known as Serial Box, and released on various podcast platforms.
It is written by Malka Older (who serves as the showrunner), Madeline Ashby, Mishell Baker, Heli Kennedy, E.C. Myers, and Lindsay Smith.[1][2][3]
“It's an interesting new medium to use for the characters … The show was such a visual kind of gimmick, in a way, to have multiple versions of me in the same frame. It feels like a natural extension of it to do something that's audio-based. So much of the work we were doing on the clones was vocally how they were different, and the joy of having one voice do multiple different accents and idiosyncrasies and all of that. It made sense to me to extend the story through the audio world.” - Tatiana Maslany[4]
Initially a 10-episode audio series, the first season ran from April 1 to June 18, 2021, and a second season, also with 10 episodes, released on October 29, 2021. Actors from the series returned to voice their characters, including Tatiana Maslany (voicing the original seestras Sarah Manning, Alison Hendrix, Cosima Niehaus, and Helena, as well as new additions to the clone family), Jordan Gavaris (Felix Dawkins), and Evelyne Brochu (Delphine Cormier), and Kristian Bruun (Donnie).
Synopsis[]
After a groundbreaking event changes the world, all clones—familiar and unknown—must face the consequences.
Since their victory against Project Leda eight years ago, the original sestras—Sarah, Alison, Cosima, and those they love—have been free to live quiet, anonymous lives. But that anonymity comes at a cost: Cosima is unable to pursue the cutting-edge science that saved her life; Sarah's daughter Kira is suffocated by her mother's insistence on secrecy; and Charlotte, the youngest Leda clone, questions why her family gets to survive while other, unaware clones get sick and die.
Everything changes when Vivi Valdez, a CIA Agent, discovers she, too, is a clone—and goes rogue. Vivi's pursuit of the truth brings chaos to the original Clone Club when one of them is accused of murder. To prove their innocence, they must step out of the shadows and publicly claim the secret they've sacrificed everything to protect. Family ties will be tested, long-lasting alliances betrayed, and the future of all clones hangs in the balance.
Episodes[]
| Title | Writer | Release Date | Episode | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Needs To Shape Us: Part 1 & 2 | Malka Older | April 1 and 9, 2021 | 01 | 1.01 | |
| It's been 8 years since Project LEDA was destroyed for good, but all is not well. / Cosima suggests something unthinkable after Charlotte's discovery, and Vivi faces a disaster in the lab. | |||||
| Dogged in Denial | Mishell Baker | Apr 16, 2021 | 02 | 1.02 | |
| Ex-cop Art Bell gets an unwelcome visitor, Cosima learns what GRIT had been up to, and Vivi digs deeper into her lookalikes. | |||||
| Bread and Pottages | E.C. Myers | Apr 23, 2021 | 03 | 1.03 | |
| As Vivi gets closer to the truth, the sestras convene an emergency Clone Call, and Charlotte makes an outrageous proposal. | |||||
| To Ignore the Obvious | Lindsay Smith | April 30, 2021 | 04 | 1.04 | |
| Clone Club discovers they've been infiltrated, Charlotte makes a shocking discovery, and Cosima finds herself in hot water. | |||||
| Every Child Is Cast From Paradise | Madeline Ashby | May 7, 2021 | 05 | 1.05 | |
| Sarah meets Vivi, Charlotte's condition worsens, and one of Clone Club's worst fears becomes reality. | |||||
| What A Living World Will Demand | Heli Kennedy | May 14, 2021 | 06 | 1.06 | |
| The worst has happened; now the real fallout begins. | |||||
| Best Learn to Cope | Lindsay Smith | May 21, 2021 | 07 | 1.07 | |
| Kira begins to understand the magnitude of what has been unleashed. | |||||
| A Harvest of Survivors | Madeline Ashby | May 28, 2021 | 08 | 1.08 | |
| Alison and Donnie's undercover mission takes them to tantalizing places and Vivi talks to the sestras. | |||||
| Which Aspect We Embrace | Mishell Baker and E.C. Myers | June 4, 2021 | 09 | 1.09 | |
| Art's in danger, Charlotte makes a revelation, and Vivi confronts the weapon developer. | |||||
| Embrace Diversity | Malka Older | June 18, 2021 | 10 | 1.10 | |
| Cosima and Delphine confront the real mastermind behind it all. | |||||
| 11 | 2.01 | ||||
| 12 | 2.02 | ||||
| 13 | 2.03 | ||||
| 14 | 2.04 | ||||
| 15 | 2.05 | ||||
| 16 | 2.06 | ||||
| 17 | 2.07 | ||||
| 18 | 2.08 | ||||
| 19 | 2.09 | ||||
| 20 | 2.10 | ||||
External links[]
Listen to Orphan Black: The Next Chapter on Spotify- Orphan Black: The Next Chapter on Apple Podcasts
- Orphan Black: The Next Chapter on YouTube (via Realm)