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Tango0117 Apr 2014 1:05 p.m. PST

"There are perfectly legitimate reasons why you missed the first season of Orphan Black. You've got plenty of things going on in your life—and frankly, there are plenty of shows you're more likely to be spoiled on via social media. You might have gotten a casual recommendation here or there, but you haven't been flooded with urgent texts telling you to get on it, so you didn't. And that's okay.But on Saturday, Orphan Black is back for a new season. In other words, your grace period for getting into one of the best sci-fi thrillers on TV is officially over. At this point, you probably don't even have time to binge-watch the 10-episode first season in time. Never fear, though; with help from this handy-dandy cheat sheet, you can get through the first episode or two of the new season without having seen a minute of it.

The Basics
Orphan Black is a show about a bunch of genetically engineered clones (all played by the terrifyingly talented Tatiana Maslany) who were separated and released into society as orphans. It's all the work of Aldous Leekie, charismatic geneticist who's convinced he's the Steve Jobs of "neolutionism"—a fancy word for altering your genetic makeup to suit your whims. Neolutionism has developed a new-age cult following of people who get off on the idea of genetic enhancements (one dude in the first season had a Jason Alexander-esque tail). At its core, the ideology is pure, unadulterated eugenics, which is not great, Bob…"
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Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP17 Apr 2014 6:18 p.m. PST

Great show! I am looking forward to Season 2.

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