Orphan Black Season 2 Episodes 9 Thru 10 Recaps: Make Room For More Clones (Season Finale)

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I Can't Do This Without You Cosima (My Thoughts Exactly)

"Orphan Black" has reached the end of season 2 and it is WAY too soon. What are we to do without the clones, their monitors and/or love interests and various nefarious government/religious organizations until next year?

Here's the highlights from episode 9 "Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done" and episode 10 "By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried". And yes a LOT went down. 

Donnie and Alison are still trying to dispose of Leekie's body. They consider throwing him in the ocean but Alison says "Have you never seen Dexter? Scuba divers are finding everything". They finally jack hammer the garage and bury him. Then they have sexy times on the freezer. That was both funny and a little disturbing.  

Donnie finally grows a pair and threatens Angie and Vic with death if they come near his family again. Will they really stay away? My guess is "no". And who is Angie reporting to anyway? Is it one of the groups we already know about or someone new?

Helena is impregnated by the Fish People (ie the Prolos). Gracie is also impregnated with Helena's fertilized eggs. Having your own father's children? Yuck. Helena finally gets her revenge by using the same probe on Henrik. Another satisfying yet disturbing scene. Helena burns down the farmhouse. Gracie and Mark escape and are later married. 

Dr Duncan is back at Dyad. Scott locates an old floppy drive to retrieve Ethan's genetic sequencing info. But it's encoded and only the cipher will unlock it (and that is in Ethan's head). Each sequence has a unique key. Duncan will not unlock them until he knows what Dyad is up to. And after talking to Rachel he decides they are up to no good. He commits suicide in her arms. Death by tea bag. 

Cosima will die without the Kira's bone marrow cells. The procedure is performed but then Rachel disguises herself as Sarah and steals Kira. Sarah turns herself into Dyad in order to get Kira back. Rachel wont let Delphine see Cosima and sends her packing to Germany. She still sneaks Cosima Rachel's travel schedule and says "now it's up to you". This better not be the last we've seen of Delphine.   

The doctors plan to remove one of Sarah's ovaries and later impregnate her. Sarah, a helpful hint. You might want to read any documents before signing them. Rachel is so jealous of Sarah's ability to have a child. Get some therapy clone! Anyway she stomps the vials with Kira's bone marrow when Sarah swears she doesnt know the key to Ethan's cipher. Now Cosima is most likely a goner. 

Luckily Cosima and Scott have devised a plan for Sarah to escape. Does anyone notice the fire extinguisher that just happens to be next to Sarah's bed? Apparently not. And its a sharp pencil to the eye for Rachel. Haaaa. Good one. At least now we can tell her apart. Will Rachel show up next season with a stylish eye patch? 

All the clones are reunited (minus Cyclops Rachel). They have a dance party. I have no idea how they did that scene but it was seamless and totally awesome! Cosimo is getting sicker and sicker.  When Kira couldn't wake her up, I really thought it was the end. PLEASE DONT KILL OFF COSIMA!!! Kira shows her the book "The Island of Doctor Moreau”. Cosima notices the notes inside from Ethan. She may be saved yet. 

Marion invites Sarah to her house to provides her (and us) with some answers. Sarah sees a little girl who is the spitting image of her as a child. That's right. its another clone. Her name is Charlotte Bowles. She is the sole survivor of the cloning tests. She was adopted by Marion. She has a bum leg so not sure what that's about. 

And in the biggest reveal of the season, there are boy clones! Apparently the military kept the boy clone project (know as "Project Castor") and Dyad kept the girl clone project (known as "Project Leda"). It seems like a duplication of efforts but hey no one asked me. And the boy clones are all variations of Mark Rollins. We see one on the plane where Helena is being taken. We also see one in Marion's basement. Why Marion has a clone in her basement, I do not know. 

If my totals are correct, we have seen 12 girl clones (some are dead) and 3 boy clones. We know there were at least 400 other cloning attempts of Sarah by Topside/Dyad/whoever. This show just gets crazier by the minute. 

Does anyone know for sure what Mrs S, Paul and Cal are up to? They all have LOTS of secrets. Cal contacts Marion who releases Sarah/Kira. Mrs S contacts Paul who takes Helena is exchange for what? Leaving Sarah and the rest of the clones alone? Is everyone on this show an agent of some type? And what special powers does Kira have? She seems to be smarter than all the adults combined. I also wondered about the scene where she touched Cosima's cheek and Delphine appeared to her. 

Favorite Quotes:

• "My name is Sarah Manning and this is my unconditional surrender"
• "I cant do this without you Cosima"- Sarah. 
• "To multiple is divine"- Mark to Helena. Funny looking back on this line because its a clone saying it to a clone. 
• "Tell Topside that Rachel is fine"- Rachel to Marion. Why does Rachel refer to herself in the third person?
• "Hello sestra brother"- Helena to Felix.
• "If I say you're making a car bomb, you're making a car bomb..."- Mrs S on the phone before she sees Felix. Oh never mind, wrong number. I love that woman!
• "I can use the internet Cal"- Mrs S regarding the information that Cal retrieved. 
• "Sarah will never forgive me"- Mrs S about kidnapping Helena and handing her over to the government. Note Helena's "babies" are still in the nitrogen tank back at Felix's place. 
• "Helena did you burn down the fish people's ranch?"- Felix. She just smiles at him. Why yes she did. 

Grade: 5 Monsters (out of 5). I would have given the show a 4 1/2 but the clone dance party scene put them over the top. I still dont understand how they filmed that so seamlessly. My only concern going into season 3 is that the introduction of Project Castor will mean less screen time for the girl clones. Let's hope not. In conclusion, 1. Dont even think about killing Cosima; 2. Bring back Delphine; 3. More air time for Mrs S; 4. Boy clones are cool but dont take away too much time from the primary characters. 

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