Orphan Black (2013)
She's been duped.
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 30 March 2013 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 12 August 2017 |
| Genre | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
| Created by | Graeme Manson and John Fawcett |
| Starring | Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris and Josh Vokey |
| Seasons | 5 seasons, 50 episodes |
| Episode length | about 45 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 38 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.8/10 |
Where to watch Orphan Black
Orphan Black is streaming on Max ($18.49 a month) in the US. It is also on Peacock ($16.99 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Peacock, or $16.99 at list price.
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Where to watch Orphan Black in 5 other countries
| Country | Streaming on (price a month) |
|---|---|
| Australia | ARD/ZDF |
| Austria | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Germany | Disney+ €10.99 |
| Liechtenstein | Disney+ |
| Switzerland | Disney+ CHF16.90 |
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What kind of watch this is
Orphan Black is a 2013 drama that leans into the uncanny valley of its own premise. One actor plays five different women, and the show trusts you to keep them straight. It is a 38-hour commitment, which feels like a lot until you realize the clones are all doing different things at once. The tone is tense and paranoid, less about world-ending sci-fi and more about the specific, exhausting logistics of being a person who looks like everyone else. It is for those who find the idea of a shared identity genuinely unsettling.
How it did with audiences
Orphan Black lacks the box office receipts to prove its cultural footprint, so we look to the numbers that actually track audience engagement. On TMDB, users rate it 7.8 out of 10. That is a solid score for a sci-fi mystery that relies on clone politics rather than explosive action.
What came next for the cast
Tatiana Maslany moved from a wedding film and a zombie flick to a Marvel series and a monkey movie. Maria Doyle Kennedy traded period dramas for a haunting exorcism and a space opera. Kevin Hanchard stepped from an action ensemble into a superhero team-up and a sci-fi epic. The credits suggest a shift toward bigger budgets and stranger premises. They cannot prove the show caused it. They can only show what followed.
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Sources
- Orphan Black on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q7103920 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Orphan Black” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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