For me it’s Ferdinand right until he kills Siobhan but apart from that he’s so funny in every scene and has so much fun and is so witty, always does something interesting and unpredictable

Plus the actor was amazing in this role and I always liked him when he returned

Yep - Orphan Black is now streaming on HBO MAX. All 5 Seasons.

I just watched an episode tonight - picked up where I left off after watching it on Hoopla, but I ran of the permitted number of titles of borrow. I was only a little over half-way through Season 1, and I am hooked on this Show! I am so happy it came back to streaming.

I made sure to save it in "my favorties lists" or whatever it is HBO MAX calls it, so I can get back to it every night. 😄

...if this is repeated post, so sorry.

I watched Orphan Black with my family as it aired and now i’m rewatching with my partner who has never seen the show. We are about to start season 5, but it has come to my attention that there’s a podcast series sequel that takes place 8 years after season 5 and then there’s a spinoff about Kira as an adult? I have never seen them and didn’t know they existed until like last week!!

I haven’t told my partner at all what these two sequels are about - to keep season 5 spoiler free - but I’m wondering a few things.

Are they any good / comparable to the OG show?

Is the continuity okay with Kira being 17 in the podcast and an adult in the spinoff?

Any ideas for how to listen to a podcast as two people? Would love to hear if anyone watched the show with someone and then found a good way to listen to the podcast together. I usually listen to podcasts while doing chores or gaming alone, but idk, I would like to pay attention to the story!

Stream Orphan Black on HBO Max

me as Helena and my older sister as Cosima

(repost because I forgot to add the other photos)

I posted this on my instagram on the 22nd of September to honor Tatiana's birthday but this photo was taken back around 2016 and 2017!!!

La estuve buscando en varios servicios de streaming y no la encontré

For me it’s Rachel saying “I’ve gleaned the pattern.” It pops into my head anytime someone is going on and on with unnecessary examples.

I love listening to the Sestra cast podcast. I've been working my way through it and just got to season 3 episode 5. When I try to play it, it's not available. This is on the pocket casts app.

Anyone know why / have suggestions where I can find it?

I'm rewatching the series, this is my second time, saw it when it first came out. Holy, is it only me or Sarah is so unlikable(only in season 1 ep 3). I forgot how it goes but does she get better? Haha

Paul dirty, ferdinand and vic wil are the pigs, coming soon!

Tatiana is the GOAT!

Edit: Daisy the Dino is Tat’s character in Rhinoceros at the theater, because I didn’t know what else sounded similar! 🤣

Edit 2: MK is a sheep, and Rachel just gave birth to bsby a cow named Charlotte. 🤣

Orphan Black lives forever and ever!

Hi! I’m on season 3 episode 9 of Orphan Black as a first time watcher. I gotta say, Helena is my favourite sestra! After taking a peek at the subreddit it appears as though this a popular opinion!! She caress for all the sisters, even boy sestra, she hisses, she’s a fierce protector of all the children, and she’s got a funny sense of humour! I just love her!

I’d say Felix is my second favourite and then Alison. Sarah & Cosima are meh to me…even tho they keep the story of Leda & Castor going. Krystal hasn’t had much screen time yet so I’ll have to see.

P.s., As I was writing this little note, I was just introduced to Kendall Malone…

I was shocked at how addicted I became with this show. It sucked me in from the pilot and I finished it within 2 weeks. I will say the final season was a little convoluted and Alison’s plot points got a little…pedestrian after a while, but overall it was such a good show.

I love the bond between the 4 main sestras.

Some thoughts on the characters:

Cosima is hands down my favorite. She’s just so likable and when she was near death I was like “no don’t take her, take anyone but her” and they had me going that they were going to kill off this massively popular and loved character. Her confidence, sexiness (without trying), and intelligence made me fall in love with her…plus her and Delphine’s love story was the perfect balance of twists and turns, with a happy ending.

Helena I hated at first (like we were supposed to feel about her haha) and I cannot tell you how many times I was like “ugh Sarah kill her already”. I do love how protective she is of everyone’s babies. Like when they threatened Alison’s kids and she was like “you threaten babies?” I totally thought they would use her embryos to save Cosima and think it was kind of a wasted plot point for her to be like “I’m sorry my babies…I didn’t know I needed to feed you liquid nitrogen…I’ll tell your siblings about you.” Also the fact that the embryos were just chilling in Felix’s apartment for so long was kinda like wtf? No one sees this and goes “wtf is this?” They also took Helena off the beaten path too much like at a certain point I kinda feel like they didn’t know what to do with her.

Alison I loved at first…but as time went on her plot points just felt out of place. Like Donnie quits his job and they have no money…but yet they had enough money that they could pay Cosima’s tuition and have $75k set aside for Beth to do stuff. Like $75k is a lot of money so I initially thought they were pretty wealthy…then all of the sudden they only have money for one more mortgage payment? Also…her kids…the only thing I actually enjoyed about them was when Felix got them in drag…otherwise I can’t tell you anything about them and feel like they were kinda either forgotten about or in the way.

Sarah I didn’t really like at first but grew to love as she tried to be a good mother to Kira and help her sestras. I do wish they would have explored more about her and Helena being twins and why Kendall knew about Sarah but the bad guys never found her. Also, she should have ended up with Kira’s dad, they just kinda wrote him off.

Felix sadly never got the spotlight he deserved tbh. I was always waiting for them to explain why he specifically ended up with Mrs. S. and that he was somehow involved in all this. It could have been interesting if he had been a castor. Also…I never really liked his half sister joining, like idk it just seemed out of place.

Beth I think they should have explained her story and involvement a little earlier, because by the time they did it just felt like it was so far in the past. Would have loved to gotten to know her more though.

Tony was kinda wasted potential. Like a trans “sestra” so now they have a “brotha” would have been a really cool addition…but they didn’t really do anything with him. I feel like he, MK, and Krystal could have formed like a “B team”.

Krystal I hated at first, but then found her hilarious and love her. Would have liked her to be part of a “B team”.

MK…right when I fall in love with her…she is killed, which was so sad. Also, her information revealed in the comics is so sad. Should have been part of “B team” and could have really bonded with her sestras.

Mrs. S. I loved her, I hated her, and then I loved her. I hate she was killed off, but I get it, they wanted a big death at the end of the series.

The castors I personally didn’t really like because I thought it would be more interesting to just have the female clones, but I did like some of them, but they just didn’t get much development. I’d have loved to learn more about how they were raised together and how many of them there actually were.

Kira I overall loved, except when she was being a brat to Sarah. I do think they should have explained why she had this connection to her aunts, like the rapid healing was explained and that makes sense…but why could she sense her aunts?

Rachel…got what she deserved in the end. Part of me hoped she would die, but I like that she had to live friendless and part of the “99%”.

Who do you all thinks has best fashion sense out of all the sestras? Or just from the main ones so Sarah, Cosima, Alison, Helena, Rachel, Beth, Krystal and MK?

For me it’s probably between Cosima or Sarah but I would say Cosima

Just finished my Orphan Black binge, right in the nick of time! I was going to wait to watch the last two eps tomorrow, but I stayed up because I couldn’t bear to wait. So sad it’s leaving Netflix with no real plan for a new platform (as far as I can tell?), because I did watch it sooo quickly. I would have ideally liked to spend more time with the series, I think I got through all 5 seasons in under a week 😅

Post-binge thoughts:

Tatiana is truly remarkable.

Out of the main 4 sestras, it’s hard to pick a favorite… but I think I’d have to say Cosima. I’m a sucker for the sapphics, what can I say?? Cosima felt the most grounded to me, and honestly I think that was intentional. Sarah, Allison and Helena are all three going through pretty significant personal growth/identity crises throughout the series, but Cosima is solidly Cosima from the jump. She’s brilliant, confident, cool as fuck, so nerdy, and also deeply caring and selfless. Her tenderness really endeared me. I thought Tatiana did such a great job with her, and while she was also brilliant in portraying the others, I did perceive the occasional Cosima slip while she was Allison or Sarah. That may just be my bias though, and definitely could be accounted for by the fact that they’re clones so of course sometimes they would react similarly.

Additionally, I think Tatiana’s acting prowess was the only thing that kept the show on the rails. Even then, I felt it was touch and go here and there. Trying to explain plot details (especially further into the series) to someone who isn’t familiar with the show makes it sound almost laughably ridiculous. I typically have a very low tolerance for over-the-top plot choices, but somehow she pulls it off with these very real characters. I was continually impressed by the way she kept me invested, despite the occasional eye roll.

The supporting cast was great as well, especially Felix, Siobhan, and Delphine. Siobhan Sadler, the woman you are 😩

This has gotten long so I’ll wrap it up by saying I’m really, really glad I committed to binge the show before it leaves Netflix. I admit I was skeptical, but ended up very pleasantly surprised. And THANK YOU to the creators/writers for landing the plane so beautifully at the end. It’s always nice to have a finale that isn’t rage-inducing, but to have one that was genuinely lovely was quite refreshing.

I have many more thoughts, but I’m off to browse the sub now. Looking forward to engaging with other fans, new and old!

Just started watching it and I’ve been bingeing.. currently on S4 E10 I only have ONE SEASON LEFT but I only have THREE DAYS to finish it. I know it’s not gonna be on Netflix anymore and I don’t have AMC+. Does anyone have any idea where it’s moving to in case I don’t finish in time? Good luck is also appreciated (:

As much as I hate that netflix is losing the show, I've been so happy seeing new people discover it. It's also given me an opportunity to talk it up to people offline. I just love that it's getting more attention again.

Hey everyone, it's been a few months~ we finished updating the flowchart for season 3.

Here are the links to the flowcharts for Season 2 and Season 1:

Season 2 flowchart

Season 1 flowchart

I just finished the show and have a lot of thoughts- mostly positive. I am very interested in what people who enjoy the show found irksome.

Hey everyone, is there an *Orphan Black* version of the book *The Island of Doctor Moreau*? I’d love to own some merch from the series, but I know it’s hard to find since the hype has died down.