History Recap / OrphanBlackS02E04GovernedAsItWereByChance

* HeroicBSOD: Sarah begins to have one when Daniel is about to kill her in Rachel's apartment. It goes UpToEleven when she's saved -- by ''Helena''.

* AdultFear: Alison is sent to rehab and will lose custody of her children if she leaves before the program is finished.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: When Sarah sees Helena, she is absolutely terrified that Helena will kill her. Instead, Helena rescues her.]]

* WhamEpisode

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Mrs. S. gets her freak on with Carlton - who clearly LikesOlderWomen.

* ClassicalMythology: Referenced when Cosima connects Project LEDA to the tale of Leda and the Swan.

* GilliganCut: Felix says rehab will good for Alison because she'll be able to retake her dignity. Cue Alison being forced to urinate for a drug test while her rehab mentor watches.

** The Prolethians took at least one of Helena's eggs to make a baby.

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* ItIsDehumanizing: Grace refers to [[spoiler: Helena]] as "It", even though Henrik insists [[ArcWords she's part of the family]].

* NotQuiteDead: Daniel survives the car accident [[spoiler: only to be killed by Helena]].

* TheReveal: Rachel's parents, Susan and Ethan Duncan, [[spoiler: were part of Project LEDA, are the scientists in Mrs. S's photo, and are the scientists who contacted Amelia. They died in a lab explosion.]]
** [[spoiler: Daniel is Rachel's lover and monitor.]]
** [[spoiler: The Prolethians took at least one of Helena's eggs to make a baby.]]

* SayMyName: Bonnie, when she discovers [[spoiler: that Helena has escaped and knocked Grace unconscious]].

** Helena does this once again [[spoiler: after killing Daniel]].
* VorpalPillow: Grace tries this on [[spoiler: Helena. It doesn't work]].

* WickedStepmother: Inverted. Grace is [[spoiler: Helena]]'s wicked step''daughter''. [[spoiler: Grace even attempts to smother her with a pillow, leading Helena to (non-fatally) strangle her.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Daniel hits Sarah, ties her to the shower with zip ties, and [[spoiler: tries to kill her]].

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Helena comes to Sarah's rescue at the end of the episode when she is tied up by Daniel.]]
** Alternatively, VillainousRescue as Sarah clearly doesn't know if [[spoiler: Helena]] is going to kill her, too.

* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: [[spoiler: Helena wears her wedding dress when she kills Daniel.]]

* CoolDownHug: [[spoiler: Helena]] gives one of these to Sarah after the latter is [[spoiler: briefly tortured by Daniel]].

* CurbStompBattle: Off-screen, [[spoiler:it takes Helena less than ten seconds to deal Daniel a lethal wound and he's not exactly a wilting flower.]]

--> '''Felix:''' ''[[{{Beat}} (beat)]]'' "People got their money's worth."
* {{Flashback}}: [[spoiler: Helena has a flashback of her eggs being harvested by Henrik and Mark while heavily drugged.]]

* HeroicBSOD: Sarah begins to have one when [[spoiler:Daniel is about to kill her in Rachel's apartment. It goes UpToEleven when she's saved -- by ''Helena''.]]

* BlatantLies: Hank's attempts to comfort Helena by saying that he only wants the best for her and that his family just came over to say hello.

* {{Flashback}}: [[spoiler: Helena has a flashback of being artificially inseminated by Hank and Mark while heavily drugged.]]

* ItIsDehumanizing: Grace refers to [[spoiler: Helena]] as "It", even though Hank insists [[ArcWords she's part of the family]].
* MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: The last shot of the previous episode featured Hank carrying an unconscious Helena down a hallway after their "wedding." Helena later has a flashback to Hank and Mark tying her down and artificially inseminating her.
** Though Hank and Mark later study a zygote under a microscope, so they may have extracted an egg from Helena rather than impregnating her with a zygote.

* SpitefulSpit: Helena does this once again [[spoiler: after killing Daniel]].

** [[spoiler: The Prolethians impregnated Helena.]]