Pegasus Girl

Air date

November 3, 2023 (Australia)
July 7, 2024 (USA)

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Pegasus Girl is the third episode of the first season of Orphan Black: Echoes and the third episode of this series overall. It first aired in Australia on November 3, 2023 on Stan^[2]. It subsequently premiered on July 7, 2024 in the United States on AMC, BBC America and AMC+ respectively.

Summary[]

Jules questions her past, taking Wes on a journey to investigate, as Lucy searches for answers.

Plot[]

In the past, Jules wakes up in a hospital, and is disoriented. Eventually she looks at a medical cuff that is on her arm, and she proceeds to take it off. But said cuff then begins to beat. Not long after she is greeted by a seemingly nice nurse. The nurse asks Jules if she knows where she is. To which the nurse replies that Jules has been in a coma for a few weeks and that she was just transferred to this hospital the day before. The nurse promises that they will take good care of Jules. But once she is alone, she touches the back of her ear, and she looks at what she touched, it is a pink, gelatinous substance. Shortly thereafter she loses consciousness.

Still at Beacon Bayview Medical hospital, Jules is awake and ends up getting questioned by a Dr. Teller, her neuropsychologist tasked with helping Jules get her memory back. She proceeds to tell Jules that she was in a head-on collision with a driverless truck. Jules was sitting in the back, and her parents were at front. Unfortunately. Her parents didn’t make it, and as a result of the accident, Jules allegedly suffered trauma, and her heart even stopped on the way to the hospital which in turn caused her brain hypoxia. . As a result, Jules also lost access to her long-term memory. Afterward she admits that she is not sad because they died, but rather she is feeling sad because even after hearing that piece of devastating news she feels nothing.

Sometime later, Jules is much calmer as she answers that she is from Florida, but she was on her way to Boston with her parents because her mom wanted to see Fenway. When asked by her neuropsychologist what her parents' names were. Jules grabs a picture of them, and answers that it was Monica and Nicholas Anderson. Apparently everyone called her dad Nicky for short. At the time of her accident, she was a junior in high school, but she recites how she skipped a grade. However, she remains indifferent to her progress as her own parents still feel like strangers to her. Dr. Teller admits that it is hard, but the exercises they are doing will help to stimulate her limbic system. According to the neuropsychologist, her memories are still in there. At this point, Jules is told that although she has a family member alive in her grandpa, he is not well enough to take care of her because he had a stroke. After this, she continues to recite how her family was working class, but she got a scholarship to a private school. In addition, she had a dog named Sparkle Fatty. She admits that it is a bad name for a dog, and hopes that she was not the one who came up with it.

Later, Jules is with a girl her age who is talking her ear off. Saying how the two of them are friends, and apparently her name is Peyton. However, Jules feels like she has nothing in common with her, and is glad when she is able to kick her out. But not before Peyton and Dr. Teller share a weird knowing look, as the younger girl leaves. Once she is gone, Dr. Teller tells Jules how oftentimes, amnesiac patients feel alienated from their past selves. So she suggests that perhaps what Jules needs is a fresh start.

Some more time passes, and Jules is much happier now as she excitedly tells Dr. Teller how as she was making her bed, she had a flash of walking sparkle fatty, a car honked, and the dog took off through someone’s yard. Which led to the pair to crash through sheets on a clothesline. But then can’t help but feel down, as she suggests that perhaps it’s just a memory she created. But Dr. Teller tells Jules to not be so hard on herself, and praises her for all the work she has put into her recovery after the accident. Afterwards, she tells Jules that her foster family will be coming to pick her up the following week. Jules is caught off guard and brings up the fact that she hasn’t even met them yet.

More time passes, and Jules is now standing outside of the hospital after being discharged as they pose for a family photo. Before she leaves with her new family, Jules hugs Dr. Teller. The female doctor reminds the teen girl that this is not a goodbye, but rather a see you later, as she will see her for rehab on Monday. Now at her new home, Jules is shown what would become her bedroom, and once her adoptive mom leaves, she lays on the bed and sighs.

In the present day, Jules is laying on her bed, with her school uniform already on. Wes comes into her room so that they can walk to school together, but before she’s out the door, she can’t help but look at the picture that Dr. Teller took for her with her adoptive family.

Meanwhile, Lucy enlists Jack’s help to help find out more about Jules

Whereas Kira meets up with Josh, who is her colleague and friend. He then apologizes for not answering her, but tells her it’s been quite hectic for him dealing with his dog having a stomach problem, and then also dealing with some stuff going on with his parents. She explains to Josh that they are worried Lucy is dangerous, which doesn’t make any sense to Kira. She then throws out the possibility that there could have been some cellular variations they didn’t anticipate. But Josh doesn’t think so, and explains he checked the calibration of the printer, and their calculations were not wrong. He checked it at least 100 times, and Lucy was the perfect match. The only reason Lucy woke up without any memories, is that the scan wasn’t high-res enough to replicate the details needed for adding the memories they wanted Lucy to have. .Structurally, her brain was exactly the same. Josh however tells Kira, that this doesn’t feel like she is freaking out about the calibration of the machine, but rather that they even did it in the first place. Despite the pep talk, Kira tells her friend that she is actually thinking of retiring because she doesn't trust herself anymore.

At the hospital, one of the nurses tells Lucy that they tried contacting next of kin after the accident, but no one answered. Moreover, it was kind of weird that the teenage girl got her own private neuropsychologist, since the hospital doesn’t typically do that. She tells Jack and Lucy, the psychologist in charge of Jule’s case, that Dr. Pam Teller. The nurse tells them that Jules was such a sweet kid, although troubled as she had these nightmares. Which would cause her to end up huddled up in the corner somewhere not wanting to bother anyone. When Lucy asks if Jules was having nightmares in connection to the crash, the nurse admits she doesn’t know. But all Jules would say was that she needs to get it all out. After the nurse leaves, Lucy tells Jack that she thinks the two of them were having the same nightmare.

At school, Jules is talking to her friend, whom she apparently is in some sort of romantic entanglement with. Her friend then asks if she can make a purchase from the pharmacist and Jules agrees. Telling her friend that she is getting the friend discount, but to be careful and not take too much at once, to avoid the side effects she experienced this morning. Her science teacher then informs Jules that she is wanted in the principal’s office. It is there that a frantic Dr. Teller arrives. Which shocks Jules, especially after Dr. Teller asks why she was not in school the day before. This prompts Jules to tell Dr. Teller that she didn’t know she was keeping such a close eye on her. She asks Jules if there’s anything going on, but Jules lies and says she is fine. Before she leaves the office, Jules asks who sent the stuff that supposedly belonged to her like the stuff toy, or the journal. Dr. Teller tells Jules it was her friend Payton.To which Jules says that the stuff in the journal sounds nothing like her. The Doctor reminds Jules that habits, even personality traits can change in people like her who went through a traumatic experience that resulted in amnesia.

At a park, Tina has taken Charlie there, and has encouraged her to play. But Charlie is frozen in place, as she recalls killing a man, and then pushes a kid to the floor, who subsequently hurts his knee. Another kid asks Charlie why she did that, but she doesn’t answer. Later, Tina is talking to a police officer, where she explains that her goddaughter has been having a hard time with bullies, and misread the situation. The officer explains that the boy’s parents are not pleased. But Charlie signs in ASL to the officer to put her away. But the officer unfortunately doesn’t understand what she is saying. Frustrated, she shows the officer what she typed, which reads that she killed someone. However, Tina covers for her, by lying to the office that Charlie is blaming herself for the death of her hamster.

Elsewhere, Emily tells Tom that an autopsy for the guy that Lucy killed came in and the point of entry was angled from below. Tom suggests that Lucy may have shot the man from the bent-knee position. But Emily thinks it may not have been her, and suggests it may have been the child that was also reported as missing. Thus, she suggests that perhaps Lucy may not be dangerous after all. But Tom doesn’t buy it, and points out how she kidnapped Jules at gunpoint. Emily counters by saying it was under extreme duress and thinks lethal force may not be necessary. But Tom tells her with a bit of a smirk that Paul already signed off on the order and walks away.

Meanwhile, Jules has her brother Wes read through her diary, and one particular entry strikes as odd. She types it into the search engine, and surprisingly, it is part of an excerpt for a book titled Pegasus Girl. She admits to Wes that for this whole year, she has been living with this dread she can’t make it go away. Especially after everyone around her is telling her that she is fine.

Elsewhere, Kira and Paul talk, and she asks for his word that she won’t hurt Lucy. She explains to him how she has gone over the data, and there is nothing that suggests there is anything structurally wrong with her. Paul tells Kira that he is just some philanthropist, and not some movie villain, so she can rest assured that he won’t hurt anyone.

Later that night, Lucas donates some blood, and he introduces a close friend of his from the Quaker meetings he attends to his mom.

Whereas Jules and Wes go to meet the author who wrote the book Pegasus Girl. Jules confronts the aforementioned author by saying part of the excerpt from the book and proceeds to show him her journal. He asks her how she got that journal, and Jules explains that it is hers. He confesses that he wrote that journal for some sketchy folks, and then reused some stuff from it in his book. He explains that he was told it was for study, but stresses the importance of not making them aware that she knows. Moreover, he also reveals to her that he thinks he is being watched by these same people. Frustrated, Jules yells at him to tell her who hired him. Once they leave, Wes tells Jules that he can’t believe that Lucy was telling her the truth.

Meanwhile, Kira goes through the Additive Foundation blood bank donations, and takes one of the blood bags. Later, a coworker thanks Kira for organizing the blood drive.

Back with Wes and Jules, her brother asks her what they will be telling their parents, and Wes wonders if they are part of this plot too. Jules doesn’t answer that part, and instead tells Wes to go home, and that for now, they will not say a word to their parents.

Surprisingly, Craig calls Lucy in the middle of the night, and informs her that her captive has returned. Jules then tells Lucy that she is thinking the two of them should have a do-over. The two women begin to talk, and Jules wonders why they made two prints out of the same person at different ages. Eventually, Lucy confesses to Jules that she also has the same nightmares like Julie as well. They both realize that this nightmare is the only real memory they both have. Everything else is blank. Jules then suggests that they could use a drug she created to see if it helps with unlocking a new part of that single memory they share.

Meanwhile, Kira surprises Emily while she is doing some cardio on a treadmill. Kira gets right to the point, asking the other woman why she left the CIA to work for Paul. But Emily is hesitant to reveal much information. Instead, Emily warns Kira to find Lucy before they do if she wants to keep the clone safe.

Back at her home, Jules is confronted by her adoptive parents who tell her that they are worried about her. They tell her that Dr. Teller thinks she is hanging out with the wrong crowd. Moreover, she wants her to take some antidepressants to make sure her progress thus far doesn’t suffer. She is then forced by her adoptive mother to take one of the pills in front of them. James then has her show them her tongue to make sure she took it. However, she is quick to puke it out.