Podcasts Where Fandom & Analysis Meet for a Drink
Vivi teams up with Jay to free Cosima from being detained by the Department of Defense. Kira confesses quite a bit about herself and her family to Em when she realizes the seriousness of what may be happening in Nasgwine’g. Delphine decodes the information Sturgis stored in the DNA sequence of some hair, which leads them to a locker at a local social club.
lub tries to deal with the stress of being publicly outed as clones as they try to track down Cosima. Jay recruits Art’s help following up on Strugis’s clue about the TAG project. After overhearing Dr. Bai talking about GeneKeep’s data breach, Kira and Em follow him to the Nasgwine’g community where strange things seem to be happening around its mayor Gilles Sauveterre.
Suspected of murder and terrorism, Cosima endures detainment and questioning from the RCMP. Vivi finally comes face to face with a member of Clone Club. Charlotte’s condition worsens, and she makes a decision that affects all the clones. Kris and Stephanie discuss episode 1×06 of Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, “Every Child Is Cast from…
Stephanie shares listener feedback about episodes 1×01 through 1×05 of Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, including thoughts about the border biometric screening, Henrik Johanssen’s enthusiasm for new reproductive techniques, and Sarah’s hoodie of invisibility.
Charlotte learns more about the unknown clone who has been hospitalized with a mysterious illness. Cosima tries to better understand what Sturgis was up to at GRIT and finds herself in a very precarious situation. Kira is suspicious about data being downloaded from GeneKeep’s servers late at night. Kris and Stephanie discuss episode 1×05 of…
Clone Club touches base about the unknown clone who seems to be involved in the GRIT explosion, but they don’t realize that Vivi is listening in on the call. Charlotte discovers they aren’t dealing with the clone disease when she tries to inoculate the sick clone in the US. Art does his best to handle Jay’s questions about Katja, Cosima, and Beth so that he can pass on a warning to Clone Club. Kira notices something strange happening on GeneKeep’s servers.
The investigation into the bombing at GRIT resurrects some old problems for Art, who receives a visit from a determined RCMP officer asking about the Katja Obinger case. Cosima learns more about what was going on at GRIT, while Charlotte and Alison head to the United States to inoculate a sick Leda clone.
Project LEDA ended eight years ago, and Cosima has spent that time playing it safe professionally. But when she interviews for a job at the Genetic Research Institute of Toronto, Cosima is confronted with her DYAD past and insinuations that DYAD’s work has been continued. When GRIT is bombed soon after Cosima’s interview, Delphine tries to use her contacts in national security to find out more information. Charlotte finds evidence on the internet that an unknown Leda clone in Boston is suffering from the clone disease, which reignites tensions concerning whether the clones should go public about their identities.
Kris and Stephanie are reunited with the sestras to talk about Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, an audiobook podcast produced by Realm and narrated by Tatiana Maslany. We plan to release weekly episode discussions of Orphan Black: The Next Chapter starting soon.
Orphan Black: Deviations is a six-issue comic book miniseries with a “what if” setup asking what the plot of Orphan Black would have been like if Beth hadn’t died. Kris and Stephanie share their thoughts about the comic miniseries and discuss the differences in the timeline, such as the very different body count and changes in character arcs.
