Orphan Black
2013 · TV Series · TV-MA · 43 min · ★ 7.8 · 85% critics
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a high-stakes conspiracy after witnessing a girl who looks just like her. What starts as a shock quickly turns into a gripping mystery about who is behind the events and why.
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Details
- Years
- 2013–2017
- Release date
- 2013-03-30
- Network
- Space, BBC America
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 43 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (1,424 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Orphan Black if you love intense sci-fi mysteries and standout lead acting with lots of suspense and twists; Not for you if you dislike complex, science-driven plots or prefer lighter, family-friendly viewing, and if “Counterpart” or “Humans” already feels too much.
Pros: Tatiana Maslany’s range; gripping conspiracy; binge-worthy tension | Cons: can feel convoluted; may seem slow; darkness not kid-friendly
Themes
- sibling relationship
- clone
- experiment
- eugenics
- identity swap
- genetic enhancement
Awards & recognition
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form · 2015
- Critics' Choice Television Award — Best Drama Actress · 2013
- TCA Award — Individual Achievement in Drama · 2013
Cast & crew
Tatiana Maslany
as Sarah / Cosima / Alison / Helena / Rachel
- DB
Dylan Bruce
as Paul Dierden
- MB
Matthew Bennett
as Daniel Rosen
Jordan Gavaris
as Felix 'Fee' Dawkins
Josh Vokey
as Scott Smith
Maria Doyle Kennedy
as Siobhan 'Mrs. S' Sadler
- MM
Michael Mando
as Victor 'Vic' Schmidt
Ari Millen
as Mark / Rudy / Miller / Ira
Kevin Hanchard
as Detective Arthur 'Art' Bell
Kristian Bruun
as Donald 'Donnie' Hendrix
Directed by Peter Stebbings, Ken Girotti, Helen Shaver +9 more
Created by Graeme Manson, John Fawcett
Episodes5 seasons · 50 episodes
Season 110 episodes
- S1E1Natural Selection45mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E2Instinct45mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E3Variation Under Nature45mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E4Effects of External Conditions44mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E5Conditions of Existence45mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E6Variations Under Domestication45mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E7Parts Developed in an Unusual Manner44mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8Entangled Bank44mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9Unconscious Selection45mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10Endless Forms Most Beautiful44mAmazon Prime Video
Season 210 episodes
- S2E1Nature Under Constraint and Vexed44mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E2Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion43mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E3Mingling Its Own Nature with It44mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E4Governed As It Were by Chance44mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E5Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est44mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E6To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings43mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E7Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things43mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E8Variable and Full of Perturbation43mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E9Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done43mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E10By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried44mAmazon Prime Video
Season 310 episodes
- S3E1The Weight of This Combination44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E2Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E3Formalized, Complex, and Costly43mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E4Newer Elements of Our Defense44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E5Scarred by Many Past Frustrations44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E6Certain Agony of the Battlefield44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E7Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E8Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E9Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E10History Yet to Be Written44mAmazon Prime Video
Season 410 episodes
- S4E1The Collapse of Nature44mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E2Transgressive Border Crossing44mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E3The Stigmata of Progress44mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E4From Instinct to Rational Control44mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E5Human Raw Material44mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E6The Scandal of Altruism44mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E7The Antisocialism of Sex44mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E8The Redesign of Natural Objects43mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E9The Mitigation of Competition44mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E10From Dancing Mice to Psychopaths46mAmazon Prime Video
Season 510 episodes
- S5E1The Few Who Dare42mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E2Clutch of Greed42mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E3Beneath Her Heart42mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E4Let the Children and Childbearers Toil42mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E5Ease for Idle Millionaires42mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E6Manacled Slim Wrists42mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E7Gag or Throttle42mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E8Guillotines Decide43mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E9One Fettered Slave43mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E10To Right the Wrongs of Many43mAmazon Prime Video