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Recap / Orphan Black S 01 E 09 Unconscious Selection

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Dr. Leekie makes Sarah reconsider taking revenge after Kira is threatened. Meanwhile, Cosima faces the truth about Delphine; and Sarah decides the killer's fate.


This episode contains examples of:

  • Chocolate Baby: Sarah and Helena's birth mother is African. Justified. She's a surrogate.
  • Healing Factor: Kira was whacked pretty good by a car at the end of the last episode, but shockingly turns out to be fine. Sarah suspects that this might be a result of the Neolution genetics that Kira inherited.
  • I Need a Freaking Drink: A variation. When confronted with an intervention, Alison and Felix take pills.
  • Internal Reveal: Cosima finds proof that Delphine really is her monitor.
  • Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: This Take That! aimed at Aynsley:
    Alison: YOU BLEW! THE ROOFER! AT THE CABIN!
  • Staying with Friends: Alison sleeps over at Felix's because her life's falling apart.
  • Villainous Breakdown: Helena's freakout after Tomas locks her in the cage. Her shrieks of rage as she tries to kick the cage door open are alternately terrifying and heart-rending...
  • Was It All a Lie?: Despite knowing from the start that Delphine was likely her monitor, Cosima is devastated upon realizing that it's true. Delphine willingly takes the anger thrown her way, but also desperately tries to convince Cosima that it wasn't a lie (or at least, it isn't now). While the audience knows she's telling the truth, Cosima can't bring herself to believe her.
  • Wham Line: "Sarah, I'm your birth mother." and "I had twins."

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