Daily Archives: June 18, 2016

Orphan Black <> Season 4

Liked this season quite a bit more than the last. Quality corporate skullduggery and the Clone Club did a lot of juking and jiving to keep up.

The sisters all had good roles to play for most of the season. Krystal came in and out, proving to be useful in her own dim-witted way. Helen was on the back burner for the entire season which I found disappointing. Her coming through with the assist at the Hendrix’s home was great.  Alison and Donnie were in the mix for awhile and I was surprised how their storyline ended much sooner than episode. Smart writing to sideline them for now, it made sense. Rachel had a great story this year and while I thought they were going to do something with Sarah’s daughter, they didn’t integrate her at all. Really dug Evie Cho as the main antagonist, they gave her a lot to work with and she’s ruthless. A fun foil and mirror to Susan Duncan

The light shined on Brightborn and Neolution was great to see this season. We got to see a lot of the inner workings of the tech race (wild idea on Brightborn’s side) which really fleshed out the world. Major plot movement is always a plus in my book. Many significant story beats and character deaths made it all very meaningful. Rachel was brought back into the spotlight in baby steps and I think it worked out really well. Great season finale that had action, suspense, a touching reunion and the culmination of story threads to a quality cliffhanger ending. Nothing felt cheap and the set ups for the next (and final) season are great. Loved the last shot, looking forward to the last run to the end.