Sarah confronts the conspiracy head on, while the trust between herself and Paul weakens. Meanwhile, Cosima grows closer to Delphine and the mysterious Dr. Leekie.
This episode contains examples of:
- Bio-Augmentation: The woman Felix meets at the club, Astrid, since she's a Neolutionist.
- Call-Back: When Helena sneaks into Beth's apartment, her actions mirror Sarah's when she did the same thing in the series premiere. Shot-by-shot comparison here.
- The Care Taker: Tomas to Helena. He nursed her back to health after the events of episode 5.
- Dancing with Myself:
- Helena while waving Olivier's severed tail. Comes with a side order of Nipple and Dimed.
- Felix takes a solo turn of his own on the dance floor.
- Distressed Dude: Paul is captured and questioned by the Neolutionists.
- First Kiss: Cosima and Delphine.
- Foreshadowing: During his dinner with Delphine and Cosima, Leekie mentions that the Dyad has created a line of stem cells from human baby teeth. This becomes a plot point later in season 2.
- Go-Karting with Bowser: Sarah and Helena do lunch.
- Playing Nice for Now: Helena may tell Sarah "I'm supposed to kill you," but she's also polite enough to murmur "Excuse me" after a tiny post-meal burp.
- Guyliner: Felix uses eye liner to get into the club.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Paul, to give Sarah time to flee.
- "It" Is Dehumanizing: Tomas refers to "The Imposter" (i.e. Sarah) as "it" in his conversation with Helena. This is a staple of the Proletheans with respect to the clones.
- Soundtrack Dissonance: Sarah and Helena's awkward lunch takes place over the sounds of Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe."
- Try Not to Die: Felix to Sarah when she goes in to save Paul.
- Villainous Rescue: Helena rescues Sarah and takes her place to confront Olivier.