Nenya Kanadka

WTF, there's a Castor in the first episode of season 2! I thought they didn't show up until the end of the season at Marion Bowles's house.

WHAT.

/things you notice on rewatch

So after watching the (very satisfying) Orphan Black series finale, I'm starting back at the beginning of the series again because I really wanted more of them all.

Holy shit! It's so weird seeing Sarah so wary of everyone that I now know she will come to consider her best friends and sisters. It's so weird seeing Art and Mrs S as semi-antagonists (not that they're evil, but that Sarah sees Art as getting in the way of her plans, and S as "unreasonably" keeping her from Kira, and the viewer doesn't yet know how trustworthy they are). Then to compare with S and Art's scenes with Sarah in the last couple episodes of the show...mind = blown.

And we haven't even met Helena yet! (Mid-episode 3 right now.)

Also it's so strange seeing Sarah as Beth now that I know enough about them to know how very not-Sarah she looks in Beth's outfits. The straight hair, the business-casual clothing...wow. And I care so much more about Beth's story this time around too (plus I know more about why she did what she did, of course). I'd forgotten, too, that it was Beth that got them together in the first place (after Katja looked her up), not Cosima as I'd somehow remembered it. But Sarah-as-Beth is the closest we get to actually seeing Beth onscreen for a good long while after this, until some of the later flashbacks. So it's sort of cool from that angle too.

I'm watching for the first time we see major or recurring show themes, like how soon Kira being unusual comes up, or S's network. The clone sickness was in episode 1 (Katja), and Felix has already met his morgue boyfriend. <3 No Dyad yet.

I may also have snagged seasons 3 & 4 on DVD off eBay, because as much as some of the later plot threads didn't grab me, I love everyone in this bar. And it's one of those shows that I kind of need to own, have on my shelf, watch in future when the urge strikes, remember that someone made this amazing thing, and lend to anyone who will let me press it on them. :P

I love these weirdos so much. <3

ETA: Cat icon! Apparently it's from the cover of one of those The Cat Who... mystery novels (which my grandmother used to send me, having somehow got the idea that I was into mysteries but not that I liked sci-fi; they were fun enough). And so pretty! Not half bad as a cartoon depiction of Kaylee, either. :D More here.

Holy shit, Orphan Black.

I don't think a show has grabbed me by the lapels like this since Babylon 5 two years ago. And muccamukk is a couple of episodes behind me, so I can't squee with her yet: aaargh!

(Not her fault, I may have inhaled the entire season over the long weekend starting Friday night.)

Tatiana Maslany is some kind of acting genius. I realize it's partly (fantastic) movie magic that has me half-convinced there's more than one of her in real life, but still--holy shit. I don't know how she keeps all these characters straight in her head. They're not just the same person in different lipstick, they're completely different personalities.

I love that while it has a definite sci-fi edge, it's all about how people deal with this shit. I think that's my favourite kind of show. There's so friggin much packed into each episode that my head is still whirling. I do adore both Mrs. S and Felix (Felix!) though.

Weirdly, so far I'm not getting any fanfic urges at all. Like maybe the odd clonecest vibe or something, but mostly I just want MORE CANON NOW. I was initially afraid that a season 2 couldn't possibly live up to the epic that was the early episodes, but what happened in the last episode or so seems to set up more plot nicely.

Anybody know when season 2 is out?