History Recap / OrphanBlackS02E02GovernedBySoundReasonAndTrueReligion

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The people who kill Tomas almost certainly don't have good intentions toward Helena, but he was such an asshole that it's difficult not to cheer his death.

* SmugSnake: Rachel turns the smug UpToEleven in her first on-screen encounter with Cosima - who ain't having ''none'' of it.

* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: The man who took Kira, later revealed to be one of Mrs. S's Birdwatchers, leaves one for Sarah in order to trap and kidnap her.
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* LesCollaborateurs: A couple of the Birdwatchers have defected to the Prolethians' side after "finding God". Mrs. S. quickly wises up to this.

* MadeOfIron: A police officer questions how Helena could possibly be alive.

* AssholeVictim[=/=]YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Tomas]].
* BizarreHumanBiology: [[spoiler: Helena survived being shot in the chest]] because her heart was on the right side of her rib-cage, a condition that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextrocardia can occur in real life]].
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: ''Mrs. S.'' is behind Kira's disappearance, though she did it to protect her. She trashed her own house to confuse anyone looking for them and ran to a safehouse in the woods. Eventually, she leads Sarah to the hideout and reunites them. She has a network of friends called the Birdwatchers, who had helped her bring Sarah from the UK years ago. The man seen with Kira early in the episode is one of them.]]
* TheConfidant: [[spoiler: Art joins Clone Club.]]

* FeedTheMole: Alison and Felix try this on [[spoiler: Donnie. It works.]]
* GeniusBonus. The scene in which [[spoiler:father Tomas]] dies has two in a row. First, he correctly notes that Einstein didn't believe in god (E was at best a pantheist, despite the quote he had just heard). Second, the tool used to kill him is one that would naturally be found on a self-sufficient farm: a captive bolt pistol, for killing livestock.

* GossipyHens: The other housewives gossip about Alison at [[spoiler: Aynsley's funeral because she slept with Chad, Aynsley's husband.]]

* MadeOfIron: A police officer questions how [[spoiler: Helena]] could possibly be alive.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: The people who kill [[spoiler:Tomas]] almost certainly don't have good intentions toward [[spoiler:Helena]], but he was such an asshole that it's difficult not to cheer his death.
* ImpaledPalm: [[spoiler:Mrs. S. immobilizes one of the traitorous Birdwatchers by ''pinning her to the dining-room table with a knife and fork though each hand.'']]
* LesCollaborateurs: [[spoiler:A couple of the Birdwatchers have defected to the Prolethians' side after "finding God". Mrs. S. quickly wises up to this]].
* MamaBear: Mrs. S. ''is not amused'' [[spoiler:when she finds out the people she was working with are [[LesCollaborateurs collaborating with the Proletheans]], thereby putting Sarah and Kira in danger. She swiftly [[PayEvilUntoEvil kills them]]]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Alison greatly regrets letting Aynsley die.]]

* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: [[spoiler: The man who took Kira, later revealed to be one of Mrs. S's Birdwatchers, leaves one for Sarah in order to trap and kidnap her.]]

* BizarreHumanBiology: [[spoiler: Helena survived being shot in the chest]] because her heart was on the right side of her rib-cage, a condition that can occur in real life.

* GilliganCut: Angela promises Art she'll drop the case. The next scene her at the hospital asking about the Jane Doe that was brought in -- [[spoiler: Helena]].

'''Cosima:''' I was "clever" when I was, like, six.\\

-->'''Cosima:''' I’m Cosima. The real Cosima. Not the one who kicked your ass or whatever. Gotta love concealer.\\
'''Rachel:''' I hear you're very clever.\\

* TruthInTelevision: [[spoiler: Helena survived being shot in the chest]] because her heart was on the right side of her rib-cage, a condition that can occur in real life.

'''Cosima:''' I've been "clever" since I was, like, six.\\

-->'''Cosima:''' "I’m Cosima. The real Cosima. Not the one who kicked your ass or whatever. Gotta love concealer."\\

-->'''Rachel:''' I hear you're the "clever" one.\\
'''Cosima:''' I've been clever since I was, like, six.\\

* DeadpanSnarker: Cosima's particularly cheeky this episode, with both Leekie and Rachel (see SmugSnake).

* DeadpanSnarker: Cosima's particularly cheeky this episode.

* MamaBear: Mrs. S. ''is not amused'' [[spoiler:when she finds out the people she was working with are [[LesCollaborateurs collaborating with the Prolethians]], thereby putting Sarah and Kira in danger. She swiftly [[PayEvilUntoEvil kills them]]]].

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Daniel uses this trope to threaten Art into letting him go but Art ignores him. It's later mentioned that he made good on his threats.

[[caption-width-right:350:Rachel, Delphine, and Cosima...or is it [[Series/Friends Rachel, Phoebe, and Monica?]]]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Tomas]].