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** The fate of other characters isn't fully explained in the finale. Most glaring is Mud, as we don't know what her fate is beyond Revival. Also, we don't know what happened to Kira's biological father Cal, as we last saw him at the end of Season 3 with Sarah and Kira in Iceland before Neolution attacked their refuge at the start of Season 4. Finally, Krystal and Tony are only referred to by pictures pinned up against the wall.
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** The fate of other characters isn't fully explained in the finale. Most glaring is Mud, as we don't know what her fate is beyond Revival. Also, we don't know what happened to Kira's biological father Cal, as we last saw him at the end of Season 3 with Sarah and Kira in Iceland before Neolution attacked their refuge at the start of Season 4. Finally, Krystal and Tony are only referred to by pictures pinned up against the wall.
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* NearAndDearBabyNaming: Helena names her twin sons after her friend Art and her brother-in-law Donnie because they're "real men".
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* RealityEnsues:
** Rachel may have done a HeelFaceTurn in the end, but she's antagonized Clone Club for too long for them to forgive her so quickly.
** Also, finally defeating Neolution and ending the fight is not some magic cure-all for Sarah, who remains a troubled individual with an uncertain future, not to mention her grieving for Mrs. S' death.

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* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: Helena titles her memoirs ''Orphan Black''.



* RealityEnsues: Rachel may have done a HeelFaceTurn in the end, but she's antagonized Clone Club for too long for them to forgive her so quickly.

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Rachel may have done a HeelFaceTurn in the end, but she's antagonized Clone Club for too long for them to forgive her so quickly.



* RecursiveCanon: Helena titles her memoirs ''Orphan Black''.



** The fate of other characters isn't fully explained in the finale. Most glaring is Mud, as we don't know what her fate is beyond Revival. Also, we don't know what happened to Kira's biological father Cal, as we last saw him at the end of Season 3 with Sarah and Kira in Iceland before Neolution attacked their refuge at the start of Season 4. Finally, Krystal and Tony are only referred to by pictures pinned up against the wall.

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** The fate of other characters isn't fully explained in the finale. Most glaring is Mud, as we don't know what her fate is beyond Revival. Also, we don't know what happened to Kira's biological father Cal, as we last saw him at the end of Season 3 with Sarah and Kira in Iceland before Neolution attacked their refuge at the start of Season 4. Finally, Krystal and Tony are only referred to by pictures pinned up against the wall.wall.
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* KickTheDog: John's nurse, who is helping with John's health--i.e. on John's side--implies that John's advanced age limits what he's capable of. John gets offended and shoots him (to show, once again, how evil he is).
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** Also, finally defeating Neolution and ending the fight is not some magic cure-all for Sarah, who remains a troubled individual with an uncertain future, not to mention her grieving for Mrs. S' death.

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** The fate of other characters isn't fully explained in the finale. Most glaring is Mud, as we don't know what her fate is beyond Revival. Also, we don't know what happened to Cal, as we last saw him in Season 3. Finally, Krystal and Tony are only referred to by pictures pinned up against the wall.

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** The fate of other characters isn't fully explained in the finale. Most glaring is Mud, as we don't know what her fate is beyond Revival. Also, we don't know what happened to Kira's biological father Cal, as we last saw him in at the end of Season 3.3 with Sarah and Kira in Iceland before Neolution attacked their refuge at the start of Season 4. Finally, Krystal and Tony are only referred to by pictures pinned up against the wall.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Art ties up Enger, but after she's found by the other Neolution guards, she's never seen or mentioned again. Given that she's still unconscious when they find her and most people recover from being knocked out in under a minute if they're going to recover at all, she could well be comatose. Likewise for the previous episode suggested that Art was under investigation by Interpol for his involvement with the whole scandal, but was never addressed.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Art ties up Enger, but after she's found by the other Neolution guards, she's never seen or mentioned again. Given that she's still unconscious when they find her and most people recover from being knocked out in under just a minute few seconds if they're going to recover at all, she could well be comatose. Likewise for the previous episode suggested that Art was under investigation by Interpol for his involvement with the whole scandal, but was never addressed.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Art ties up Enger, but after she's found by the other Neolution guards, she's never seen or mentioned again. Given that she's still unconscious when they find her and most people recover quickly from being knocked out if they're going to recover at all, she could well be comatose. Likewise for the previous episode suggested that Art was under investigation by Interpol for his involvement with the whole scandal, but was never addressed.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Art ties up Enger, but after she's found by the other Neolution guards, she's never seen or mentioned again. Given that she's still unconscious when they find her and most people recover quickly from being knocked out in under a minute if they're going to recover at all, she could well be comatose. Likewise for the previous episode suggested that Art was under investigation by Interpol for his involvement with the whole scandal, but was never addressed.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Art ties up Enger, but after she's found by the other Neolution guards, she's never seen or mentioned again. Likewise for the previous episode suggested that Art was under investigation by Interpol for his involvement with the whole scandal, but was never addressed.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Art ties up Enger, but after she's found by the other Neolution guards, she's never seen or mentioned again. Given that she's still unconscious when they find her and most people recover quickly from being knocked out if they're going to recover at all, she could well be comatose. Likewise for the previous episode suggested that Art was under investigation by Interpol for his involvement with the whole scandal, but was never addressed.
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* AndThenWhat: Now that the clones are free of Neolution forever, Sarah is struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no conspiracies left to fight and she has to grieve Mrs S. To say nothing of Rachel, who skips town with a glass eye and an utterly blank slate for her future.

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* AndThenWhat: Now that the clones are free of Neolution forever, Sarah is struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no conspiracies left to fight and she has nothing to grieve keep her mind off grieving Mrs S. To say nothing of Rachel, who skips town with a glass eye and an utterly blank slate for her future.
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* AndThenWhat: Now that the clones are free of Neolution forever, Sarah is struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no conspiracies left to fight. To say nothing of Rachel, who skips town with a glass eye and an utterly blank slate for her future.

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* AndThenWhat: Now that the clones are free of Neolution forever, Sarah is struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no conspiracies left to fight.fight and she has to grieve Mrs S. To say nothing of Rachel, who skips town with a glass eye and an utterly blank slate for her future.
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* RealityEnsues: Rachael may have done a HeelFaceTurn in the end, but she's antagonized Clone Club for too long for them to forgive her so quickly.

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* RealityEnsues: Rachael Rachel may have done a HeelFaceTurn in the end, but she's antagonized Clone Club for too long for them to forgive her so quickly.
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* PregnantBadass: Helena again, this time killing Dr. Coady while ''giving birth''!!!
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* ADayInTheLimelight: As Sarah is the main protagonist, it is fitting that the final episode is solely based on her point of view.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Art ties up Enger, but after she's found by the other Neolution guards, she's never seen or mentioned again. Likewise for the previous episode suggested that Art was under investigation by Interpol for his involvement with the whole scandal, but was never addressed.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Art ties up Enger, but after she's found by the other Neolution guards, she's never seen or mentioned again. Likewise for the previous episode suggested that Art was under investigation by Interpol for his involvement with the whole scandal, but was never addressed.addressed.
** The fate of other characters isn't fully explained in the finale. Most glaring is Mud, as we don't know what her fate is beyond Revival. Also, we don't know what happened to Cal, as we last saw him in Season 3. Finally, Krystal and Tony are only referred to by pictures pinned up against the wall.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Rachel's new glass eye moves with her regular eye.



* BittersweetEnding: Neolution is gone for good, Helena's babies are born, and the Ledas are free. But Sarah is still griefing her foster mother's death and struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no longer a conflict to give her something to focus on.

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* BaitAndSwitch: When Felix meets up with Rachel, she is in the back seat of a very expensive car. When Felix asks if she has gotten back to her own ways by getting a manservant, Rachel tells him the car is an Uber rental.
* BittersweetEnding: Neolution is gone for good, Helena's babies are born, and the Ledas are free. But Sarah is still griefing grieving her foster mother's death and struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no longer a conflict to give her something to focus on.


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* PetTheDog: Rachel gives the names and locations of all the Leda clones to Felix, who in turn gives it to the Clone Club.
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* Flashback: The final episode shows flashbacks to Sarah giving birth to Kira.

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* Flashback: FlashBack: The final episode shows flashbacks to Sarah giving birth to Kira.
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* RealityEnsues: Rachael may have done a HeelFaceTurn in the end, but she's antagonized Clone Club for too long for them to forgive her so quickly.
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* HappilyAdopted: Charlotte appears to have been adopted by Art.
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** On a more specific note, Rachael may have redeemed herself in the end, but she's burned too many bridges with the other clones for her to be part of their future.

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** On a more specific note, Rachael Rachel may have redeemed herself in the end, but she's burned too many bridges with the other clones for her to be part of their future.



* EasilyForgiven: Averted. While Rachael may have defected from Neolution, the sestras aren't ready to immediately forgive her for everything she's done to them before her final HeelFaceTurn.

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* EasilyForgiven: Averted. While Rachael Rachel may have defected from Neolution, the sestras aren't ready to immediately forgive her for everything she's done to them before her final HeelFaceTurn.



* FoodEnd: Fittingly, the last half of the episode is dedicated to a backyard barbecue at the Hendrix's house for Helena's baby shower.

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* FoodEnd: Fittingly, the last half of the episode is dedicated to a backyard barbecue at the Hendrix's Hendrixes' house for Helena's baby shower.



* PersonaNonGrata: Rachael isn't welcome at the party because despite her HeelFaceTurn 3 episodes ago, she's burned too many bridges before that point for her to be forgiven so quickly.

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* PersonaNonGrata: Rachael Rachel isn't welcome at the party because despite her HeelFaceTurn 3 episodes ago, she's burned too many bridges before that point for her to be forgiven so quickly.
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* AndThenWhat: Now that the clones are free of Neolution forever, Sarah is struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no conspiracies left to fight.

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* AndThenWhat: Now that the clones are free of Neolution forever, Sarah is struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no conspiracies left to fight. To say nothing of Rachel, who skips town with a glass eye and an utterly blank slate for her future.



* Bittersweet: Neolution is gone for good, Helena's babies are born, and the Ledas are free. But Sarah is still griefing her foster mother's death and struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no longer a conflict to give her something to focus on.
** On a more specific note, Rachael may have redeemed herself in the end, but she's burned too many bridges with the other clones for

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* Bittersweet: BittersweetEnding: Neolution is gone for good, Helena's babies are born, and the Ledas are free. But Sarah is still griefing her foster mother's death and struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no longer a conflict to give her something to focus on.
** On a more specific note, Rachael may have redeemed herself in the end, but she's burned too many bridges with the other clones for her to be part of their future.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: And how. The last leaders of Neolution are dispatched in the first fifteen minutes, Helena.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: And how. The last leaders of Neolution are dispatched in the first fifteen minutes, Helena.and the last we see of Helena, she's finally happy with her two little boys.



* MeaningfulName: Helena names her twin sons Arthur and Donnie.

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* MeaningfulName: Helena names her twin sons after "real men" - [[Heartwarming/OrphanBlack Arthur and Donnie. Donnie.]]
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* PersonaNonGrata: Rachael isn't welcome at the party because despite her HeelFace turn 3 episodes ago, she's burned too many bridges before that point for her to be forgiven so quickly.

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* PersonaNonGrata: Rachael isn't welcome at the party because despite her HeelFace turn HeelFaceTurn 3 episodes ago, she's burned too many bridges before that point for her to be forgiven so quickly.

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* AndThenWhat: Now that the clones are free of Neolution forever, Sarah is struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no conspiracies left to fight.



** Charlotte appears as well, along with Alison's kids.
* Bittersweet: Neolution is gone for good, Helena's babies are born, and the Ledas are free. But Sarah is still griefing her foster mother's death and struggling to figure out what to do with her life now that there's no longer a conflict to give her something to focus on.
** On a more specific note, Rachael may have redeemed herself in the end, but she's burned too many bridges with the other clones for



* CleanPrettyChildbirth: Helena giving birth to her babies is relatively clean

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** Tony gets a mention again when Cosima reveals that she's already found him and given him and Krystal the cure.
* CelebratingTheHeroes: The party at the end is as much a celebration of finally being free of Neolution as it is for Helena's babies.
* CleanPrettyChildbirth: Helena giving birth to her babies is relatively clean clean.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: Before she names her babies, Helena calls them Orange and Purple.



* EasilyForgiven: Averted. While Rachael may have defected from Neolution, the sestras aren't ready to immediately forgive her for everything she's done to them before her final HeelFaceTurn.
* ExtremeOmnivore: According to Helena, her babies keep eating sand, even though [[RuleOfFunny she has no clue where the sand comes from.]]



* HappilyAdopted: Charlotte appears to have been adopted by Art.
* KarmicDeath: John and Coady are both killed by the Clones whose lives they've been screwing around with.



* MeaningfulName: Helena names her twin sons Arthur and Donnie.
* PersonaNonGrata: Rachael isn't welcome at the party because despite her HeelFace turn 3 episodes ago, she's burned too many bridges before that point for her to be forgiven so quickly.



* WalkingTheEarth: With "Westmoreland" dead, Rachael leaves

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* SlashedThroat: How Helena finally kills Coady. In the middle of childbirth, no less.
* WalkingTheEarth: With "Westmoreland" dead, Rachael leavesNear the end of the episode, Cosima and Delphine leave to give the cure to the other Leda clones.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Art ties up Enger, but after she's found by the other Neolution guards, she's never seen or mentioned again. Likewise for the previous episode suggested that Art was under investigation by Interpol for his involvement with the whole scandal, but was never addressed.

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!!TropesIn the series finale, Helena prepares to deliver in the basement of Old Dyad while Sarah and Art fight to protect her from Neolution.
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* BackForTheFinale: Mrs. S might be dead, but she still gets to appear in some final flashbacks.
* CallBack: Helena's baby shower is almost exactly like the one she hallucinated back in Season 3.
* CleanPrettyChildbirth: Helena giving birth to her babies is relatively clean
* EarnYourHappyEnding: And how. The last leaders of Neolution are dispatched in the first fifteen minutes, Helena.
* Flashback: The final episode shows flashbacks to Sarah giving birth to Kira.
* FoodEnd: Fittingly, the last half of the episode is dedicated to a backyard barbecue at the Hendrix's house for Helena's baby shower.
* KilledOffForReal: John and Coady are both killed off for real.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Similar to many fans, not even the other clones can make sense of the term "Orphan Black".
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: Helena titles her memoirs ''Orphan Black''.
* ShutUpHannibal: Sarah does this to John by shooting him. And then she bashes him in the head with an oxygen tank. Followed by telling him to shut up.
* WalkingTheEarth: With "Westmoreland" dead, Rachael leaves
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