Orphan Black review

[DougGraves]

It's been out for a long time but finally watching it.  Just about to finish season 1.

 

It is a multi-season serial show.  It starts with Sara at a subway station seeing a woman who looks just like her commit suicide.  Sara steals the woman's purse.  Sara is a criminal and wants to take the opportunity to steal the woman's stuff.  Sara learns more about the woman and why they look the same.  As do other women. 

 

The show is sometimes listed as science fiction, but it plays out just as a gritty thriller.  There are some science fiction ideas, but that's it.  There is a little bit of humor, but it is more desperate and unpleasant - Sara trying to figure out what is going on and survive.

 

Over the season a lot happens.  It is definitely serial and feels like it is going somewhere.  But little progress is made in the overall plot.  So it is never boring, but some parts feel like they are filler rather than advancing the plot.

 

My wife loves it.  I enjoy it but don't love it.