I wasn’t a huge fan of last season. It was uneven with many slow parts that kept it from reaching the heights of Seasons 1 and 2. It kinda felt like the writers weren’t too sure where the season was going to end up when they started, took some extra work to get to the good stuff.

The end of Season 3 reset a lot and that allowed this season to kick off with a running start. Right away I got the feeling that the writers figured out the bulk of the season early and got to work with the details. They throw it back all the way to the beginning of the series with  Beth. The clone we pretty much know nothing about and even less about what she knew before she died. They found a fun and interesting way to mix things up and dig back into the central plot of the show. Saying Beth was messed up is putting it mildly and now we’re getting a great look at how Beth was put onto her final investigation…another clone. And it looks like she knows a lot.

The team is rather splintered so far too. Felix has sidelined himself to focus on his own life (much to Sara’s annoyance). Sara is finding more and more crazy stuff about the Neolution (whoa Biotech!) and her daughter is getting weird. Time for the golden child to start developing some powers. Rachel (not exactly part of the team but…) has been isolated to recover from her S3 downfall and gets a rather nasty visit from her keeper. Cosima is doing her best to move forward without Delphine and the comedy trio of Alison, Donnie and Helena are as strong as ever. The cops show up to the house during a terrible time forces Helena to fake being Alison, bringing repercussions from one of the best parts of last season.

All the credit in the world to Tatian Maslany. Being the lead of a show is one thing, but she’s playing something like 8 characters now and they are all different. She’s literally 95% of the show, I don’t think anyone works harder or better than she does on any TV show, she deserves far more acting awards than she has right now.

3 episodes in and Season 4 is on a tear. Really looking forward to the rest.