With a rich mythological world built within the show, Orphan Black had a huge task on its hands when it came to the show’s finale. The backstory of Mrs S and Kendall has to be the strongest part of the entire series. With supporting characters like Felix, Donnie, Mrs S and even Kendall in later seasons, Orphan Black developed a powerful bank of characters. The rivalry between Rachel and Sarah made for one of the best sub-plots of the show. Orphan Black weaved an intriguing plotline through its run, so questions like who is the original among the clones, who is pulling the string of the Dyad Institute, who is behind neolution and why is Rachel pro-clone are all answered in due course. The villainous Dyad Institute and their research projects that aim to create a new world where they can control the creation of human beings is terrifying to watch. As the audience is introduced to an unbelievable world where an illegal experiment has led to the creation of many clones who are being closely monitored without their knowledge, the show creates a world of horrors where Sarah is challenged at every corner. Orphan Black is a science fiction show and like many others that came before it, the show relies heavily on strong world-building during its first season. An earlier episode features her having a dance party with four of her clones and it is in that scene, you marvel at the fact that all four women are being played by the same woman. It is hard to fathom how Tatiana played such varied characters when, most of the time, she was playing them against herself.
If there was ever a role that demanded the most out of an actor, one can imagine it to be this one as Tatiana plays a soccer mom, a con artist, an assassin, a scientist, a corporate professional, among many others. Tatiana played all the clone versions of herself. Across all those seasons, the spine of the show was Tatiana Maslany. Orphan Black started airing in 2013 and lasted for five seasons (50 episodes).
Through Orphan Black’s five season run, viewers could not stop gushing over Tatiana’s ability to play such varied characters. As layers are peeled back around the scientific study and its deep roots in the system, the focus on human identity increases as we are often reminded about the power of nature over humans. Orphan Black focuses on the effects of tampering with nature’s course. During the first season, we see these women find out about their clone sisters. Sarah is intrigued and assumes her look alike’s identity only to find out that they are a part of a huge group of clones who were created as a part of a scientific study. Orphan Black opens with a woman named Sarah who witnesses the suicide of a woman who seems to be her look alike.