History Recap / OrphanBlackS03E08RuthlessInPurposeAndInsidiousInMethod

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of Fee's gambits for social-engineering Krystal's personal info is "the porn name game." Krystal's immediate response: "Can it be anything, like, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Bitch Mistress of Cumalot?]]"
** Then when Fee is rooting through her purse, the first thing he finds is a bright pink vibrator...

* WhamLine: "In London town we all fell down, and Castor woke from slumber."
* WeirdnessMagnet: Even before her close encounter with the Castor clones, Krystal realizes that a lot of really odd things have been going on in her life.

* McGuffin: Everyone scrambles for Ethan Duncan's book, or at least a copy of it.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Krystal develops a bit of a crush of Felix. Not only is he gay, but she looks like his sister.

* FakeAmerican: InUniverse, Felix dumps his British accent in order to get close to Krystal.

* BodyDouble: Nealon kidnaps Krystal so she can be used as Rachel's double while she's abroad.

* WhamLine: "In London town we all fell down, and Castor woke from slumber."

** Out of universe, this is Jordan Gavaris a Canadian [[FakeBrit playing a Brit]] [[HowsYourBritishAccent playing a Canadian]].

* FakeAmerican: Felix dumps his British accent in order to get close to Krystal.
** Out of universe, this is Jordan Gavaris a Canadian [[FakeBrit playing a Brit]] [[FakeAmerican playing an American]]. Or possibly playing a Canadian considering he still uses the word "loo" and such.

* NiceJobbreakingItHero:

** Out of universe, this is [[Creator/JordanGavaris a [=Canadian=]]] [[FakeBrit playing a Brit]] [[FakeAmerican playing an American]]. Or possibly playing a Canadian considering he still uses the word "loo" and such.

** Out of universe, this is [[Creator/JordanGavaris a {{Canadian}}]] [[FakeBrit playing a Brit]] [[FakeAmerican playing an American]]. Or possibly playing a Canadian considering he still uses the word "loo" and such.

** Out of universe, this is [[Creator/JordanGavaris a Canadian]] [[FakeBrit playing a Brit]] [[FakeAmerican playing an American]]. Or possibly playing a Canadian considering he still uses the word "loo" and such.

** FakeAmerican: Part of the ruse.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The Krystal character was originally written as a one-off RedShirt clone, glimpsed on security-cam footage, for the Season 3 opener - whose original fate would be [[LosingYourHead losing her head]] at the hands of Rudy and Seth. After filming the scene, Manson and Fawcett decided the character was too good to kill off, and fleshed her out enough to anchor an entire episode.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of Fee's gambits for social-engineering Krystal's personal info is "the porn name game." Krystal's immediate response: "Can it be anything, like, Bitch Mistress of Cumalot?"

* GiveHimANormalLife: Sarah doesn't want Krystal to dragged into the clone drama, so she tells Felix not to tell her anything when he goes undercover.

* OutGambitted: Clone club was outsmarted by Delphine, who was then outsmarted by Rachel and Nealon.
* PlayingSick: Rachel pretends to collapse so Nealon can have an excuse to take her back to Dyad, so she can switched out for Krystal, and so everything would think she was incapacitated.

* WhamLime: "In London town we all fell down, and Castor woke from slumber."

* WhatTheHellHero: Delphine calls Cosima out for not trusting her with the book.

* EyepatchOfPower: Rachel gets one in this episode, as a sign that she's slowly returning to her old self.

When Rachel makes a promise to Sarah, it comes with a hefty price. Meanwhile, Helena and Gracie work with the Hendrixes, and Donnie takes Kellerman to task. Over at Castor, Coady and Benchman scheme to track down the Castor Original, and Rudy descends on DYAD for a much needed asset.

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