Orphan Black, S01E01- Natural Selection (Patreon)

Good afternoon, Patrons! I'm very excited to be starting Orphan Black, and you guys are getting this episode a few days before everyone else will because the iTunes feed hasn't even been approved yet!

Well this first episode really is pretty much 0-70MPH in 6 seconds, isn't it? I was super engrossed from the first several seconds, a simple moment of Sarah swearing follwed by a mother with her child shooting her a reprimanding look. It's funny what gets us to pay attention, isn't it? But that little character moment followed by meeting Beth on the platform was pretty much a clincher. You wanna know what's hilarious, though? Owen is so bad at recognizing faces that he was completely bewildered as to why Sarah seems so shaken by seeing Beth's face, and I had to explain to him, "THEY LOOK THE SAME!" And he looked at me sort of blankly and said, "They do?"

Sarah is a very interesting character. I always enjoy when a focal character is a little sketchy and does things that I wouldn't necessarily do, because so many main characters tend towards being heroic or morally narrow. It tends to make things predictable, and someone like Sarah who has very little to lose (although some could argue that having a daughter is actually quite a lot) is going to take action that most main characters wouldn't. The arc of many stories is a hero starting off with a great deal and slowly losing everything, pushing them to the edge, but having them start from that point...that's much more interesting to me.

I hope you all enjoy the episode! And don't forget to join Owen and I for Dinner & A Movie tonight! We will be eating, popping champagne, and watching nationally reviled/esteemed dark comedy The Room. You can find all the information on the Facebook group here!