History Recap / OrphanBlackS02E07KnowledgeOfCausesAndSecretMotionOfThings

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Subverted. Rachel and Marian plan to do this to Leekie, but Rachel spares him because of her sentimental attachment to him.

--> '''Alison''': You destroyed us Donnie, with the spying and the lies. I love you so much and you ruined our family. And you're so ''stupid'' you don't even know why.

* UnwittingPawn: Donnie comes off much more sympathetic than previously, due to the reveal that he's not a plant and really is who he presents himself as, and really loves Allison and the children -- he was recruited in college to participate in what he thought was told was a harmless sociology experiment, and is shocked and horrified when Allison tells him about the medical tests that were being secretly conducted on her during the night.

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Donnie accidentally shoots Leekie.]]
* BloodyHilarious: [[spoiler: Leekie's head exploding when Donnie accidentally shoots him.]]
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: How Leekie dies.]]
* CallBack: Kira's accident from season one. [[spoiler: She lost a tooth which the Dyad got a hold of. They're using its cells in Cosima's treatment.]]

* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: Rachel learns that Leekie, who raised her like a daughter, killed her mother and tried to kill her father.]]

* GetOut: Cosima to Delphine after learning that [[spoiler: the stem cells used to treat her illness came from Kira]].

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: [[spoiler: When Donnie confronts Leekie, he smacks his gun against the steering wheel of his car. It accidentally discharges, killing Leekie instantly]].
* LaserGuidedKarma[=/=]KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Leekie used people as pawns, and one of his pawns killed him.]]

* LittleMissBadass: When Kira finds out that Cosima needs her stem cells, [[spoiler:she nonchalantly yanks one of her loose teeth out with string and a doorknob.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: When Donnie realizes the true nature of the Dyad and what they've been doing to his wife. He has this again after he accidentally shoots Leekie in the face.]]

* OutOfFocus: [[spoiler:Helena]] doesn't appear in this episode.

** Though Rachel has had plenty of KickTheDog moments, in this episode [[spoiler: she decides to spare Leekie, lying to Marian that he's been eliminated]].
** Donnie comes off much more sympathetic than previously, due to the reveal that he's not a plant and really is who he presents himself as, and really loves Allison and the children- he was recruited in college to participate in what he thought was told was a harmless sociology experiment, and is shocked and horrified when Allison tells him about the medical tests that were being secretly conducted on her during the night.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Alison gives one to Donnie when she confronts him [[spoiler: about his involvement with the Dyad.]]
--> '''Alison''': You destroyed us Donnie, [[spoiler: with the spying and the lies.]] I love you so much and you ruined our family. And you're so ''stupid'' you don't even know why.

* SoundtrackDissonance: "Love Is All Around" by The Troggs plays [[spoiler: after Donnie accidentally shoots and kills Leekie]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Cosima chews out Delphine for [[spoiler: using Kira's cells in her treatment without telling her.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Subverted. Rachel and Marian plan to do this to Leekie, but Rachel spares him because of her sentimental attachment to him.]]

-->'''Sarah:''' And I'm [[ActingForTwo being Alison being Donny?]]

* DisposingOfABody: Felix and Alison frantically try to hid the unconscious Vic, both from the rehab staff and Angie. Includes an AmusingInjuries moment when Felix - carrying Vic over his shoulders - lets Vic's head bang into a wall.

[[caption-width-right:350:"I ''may'' have [[SlippingAMickeyspiked his tea]]..."]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: During the roleplaying skit.
-->'''Sarah:''' And I'm [[ActingForTwo being Alison being Donny?]]