Cosima
Orphan Black: From Dancing Mice and Psychopaths
In the season finale to Orphan Black’s fourth season, Cosima and Susan’s plan succeeded. With Kendall’s genome recreated, they now have a cure. Cosima tries to tell Sarah the good ne...
Orphan Black: Simulacra and the Multitudinous Self
Simulacra and the Multitudinous Self: Postmodern Portrayals of Cloning and Existentialism Intro: Perhaps the earliest understanding of simulacrum can be linked back to the Greek philosopher Plato. In ...
Orphan Black: “The Mitigation of Competition”
In Orphan Black most recent episode, Evie Cho fosters some good will with the press after promising to bring Bright Born (and jobs) to her impoverished hometown of Tisdale. Rachel and Sarah form an un...
Orphan Black: “The Antisocialism of Sex”
Major plot points move at a crawl this week in Orphan Black as Sarah and Cosima get a little self-destructive following a death in the family. Sarah leaves home when Mrs. S refuses to forgive her for ...
Orphan Black and The Scandal of Altruism
This week on Orphan Black, Cosima’s medical condition scares her good and she decides, with Sarah, to hand over Kendall’s genome in exchange for a cure and one cheek-parasite removal. But ...
Orphan Black’s Raw Human Material
After three weeks of dragging its feet, Orphan Black finally picks up pace and exposes a little more of Neolution’s plan with a generation of IVF babies, and some interesting territory is covere...