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Orphan Black: Echoes (2023)
Overwhelmingly Predictable
If the twist of "there is another clone" still works on you after five seasons of the original show, boy do I have a show for you.
The complaints in the rest of these reviews of the first episode are 100% accurate - the show picks up a bit after. And Jessica Ritter proves she's good in Jessica Jones type roles by, well, being basically Jessica Jones in this.w
The rest of the cast is all over the place. The main villain of the season is about as intimidating as a snoring elderly pug. There are 2-3 actors who I know are good because I've seen them be good elsewhere who are just nothing in this (Keely Hawes as Kira, girl what are you doing).
Now, here's the thing: the OG Orphan Black has a ton of filler in later seasons and a lot of phoned-in performances with mediocre scripts, and people look past that because Maslany was so good it didn't matter. Unfortunately, if you take Tatiana out of the mix, all you're left with is filler, mediocre scripts and phoned-in performances.
This could have been good. But it just isn't. And I think that's mostly keeping with og Orphan Black, which got worse as time went on. Time to put it to rest or let someone more capable try this subject matter out.