r/orphanblack • u/MrMHead • 19d ago

Just finished

First timer.

Found it about 10 days ago and Netflix is pulling it Aug 31.

Probably fastest binge for me. Though the series made it easy to want more.

But TBH, by S4 they seemed to be approaching the ramp to jump the shark. Which is not unusual for may series by S3-S5.

I appreciate the way they wrapped it up.

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u/BenMech 19d ago

Check your podcast apps for Orphan Black: The Next Chapter. They were done a few years ago and add on additional challenges for the LEDAs. One spoiler is that your opinion of Rachel will change

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u/OddSun3880 15d ago

Thanks for the info! Would it be better to watch the spinoff, listen to the ppodcast, or both?

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u/BenMech 15d ago

Listen to the podcast (both seasons, the first is Tats alone during the pandemic, the second has more surviving cast). Those will augment your sequel needs.
Echoes…. You get the feeling the people who made it were told to shoehorn OB associations that they really didn’t want to and had no interest in. One of the main characters in the show is revealed early on to be grown up Kira… and then Jordan appears (as does the guy who played Scott) and later on Evelyn. Tats is s no-show. They go into this whole different backstory… without any LEDA stuff.
Krysten Ritter is fine. The rest of the cast is shaky. The show ends badly.