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If you have not watched Orphan Black: why haven't you watched Orphan Black? I'm confident that like, virtually every one of you would enjoy this show.
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The basic premise if you're unfamiliar is that down-and-out con artist Sarah Manning witnesses the suicide of a stranger who looks exactly like her. Desperate for cash to get her daughter and escape her abusive drug-dealer boyfriend, Sarah steals the woman's purse and assumes her identity in order to empty out her savings account, but of course in doing so gets entangled in the same ~*~*~*world of mystery*~*~ that drove the woman to suicide in the first place.
That's the least spoilery description I could manage, because the show has a number of twists and (IMO) is more enjoyable the fewer twists you know. But it's well-plotted and fast paced and has lots of awesome women characters and the lead actress is gr9. Also it's set in exotic Toronto, Canada, not New York contrary to popular belief ahem Tumblr.
Here, I'll even point you in the right direction.
If you have seen it, COME TALK.
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The basic premise if you're unfamiliar is that down-and-out con artist Sarah Manning witnesses the suicide of a stranger who looks exactly like her. Desperate for cash to get her daughter and escape her abusive drug-dealer boyfriend, Sarah steals the woman's purse and assumes her identity in order to empty out her savings account, but of course in doing so gets entangled in the same ~*~*~*world of mystery*~*~ that drove the woman to suicide in the first place.
That's the least spoilery description I could manage, because the show has a number of twists and (IMO) is more enjoyable the fewer twists you know. But it's well-plotted and fast paced and has lots of awesome women characters and the lead actress is gr9. Also it's set in exotic Toronto, Canada, not New York contrary to popular belief ahem Tumblr.
Here, I'll even point you in the right direction.
If you have seen it, COME TALK.
- would it be accurate to say sarah is/was a con artist? they don't really make it explicit but they make odd mentions to her "running a job" or whatever which implies that she has conned people in the past. it would also i think explain why she's so good at thinking on her feet/generally "being" beth
- i am not british so i cannot really say with confidence how convincing tatiana's english accent is, though it sounded great to me. but it occured to me anyway that even if it does slip, sarah's been living in canada for what like 10+ at least years, so
- tatiana maslany is amaaaaaazing though holy crap, and the show itself splices together the clone scenes so well it's basically seamless; at least, it is on a casual watch (maybe less if you look at it cap by cap or over and over as a gif) -- at any rate i don't think i was ever thrown out of a scene by an obvious double. after a while you really do forget you're watching the same actress in every role. her body language and stance and everything for each clone is so different
- the plot was so fast-paced and fun, there were very very few scenes where i felt bored/restless/wanted to check tumblr
- all the protagonists were so likable, by which i really mean all the clones + felix; i was skeptical of basically everyone else but i think you're meant to be, so they did well at creating that sense of "not sure who to trust". i still don't care for paul or the idea of paul/sarah, but his unpredictability was good.
- sarah especially though ugh what a gr9 lead, she starts off sort of morally gray, willing to impersonate and rob a dead woman, but ends up with such a strong moral backbone and won't sell out the other clones etc etc bb angel
- helena was really interesting and i felt bad for the obvious terrible stuff she went through but lol @ the tag like "NO SWEET PRECIOUS BABY" ummmm nope
- alison oh god lol i knew ainsley wasn't her monitor noooo alison, she's gonna flip when she finds out i feel bad. letting ainsley choke was STONE COLD omg
- i find myself very wary of cosima/delphine but i was glad it was indeed UST i was sensing in their earlier scenes and not just a bff thing lmao i was watching like "lesbians... right? i mean, right?"
- which, actually, the nature/nurture concept behind the whole show is super interesting, esp considering things like sexuality. there's probably a lot of interesting meta to be written... but not by me at this point in time
- anyway this show is gr9 tell ur friends