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Orphan Black reviews and recaps

From Tom Gardiner of Three If By Space:

Orphan Black 102 “Instinct” Recap & Review – Answers and Questions
Episode two wastes no time placing us right back in the action at the very moment where the explosive premiere left us hanging. The mystery gets even more complicated, the tension is amped up, and Sarah meets even more “identicals.” Read more.

From Meredith Jacobs of the Examiner:

‘Orphan Black’ ‘Instinct’ review: The plot thickens
Orphan Black” is the show to watch Saturday nights, and that continued to be true with the Saturday, April 6 installment, episode 2, “Instinct,” in which Sarah began to get a better idea of just how many look-alikes are out there of her. Read more.

From g33kpron.com:

Orphan Black: shockingly Canadian, shockingly alright.
So far, I am really intrigued Orphan Black. I like the concept and I like Sarah’s actor, Tatiana Maslany. Tatiana does a really great job of portraying the wayward, rough-around-the-edges Sarah and seems pretty confident taking acting risks. For a Canadian-made show with a Canadian cast, this show is pretty edgy. There’s sex, full nudity (I can’t remember the last time, outside of Queer as Folk, that I saw a character’s totally naked ass on Canadian television) violence, graphically detailed corpses, sex work, cocaine… really, the list goes on. Read more.

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Rosie O’Donnell guest stars on Bomb Girls

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From Global:

Rosie O’Donnell comes to ‘Bomb Girls’
It didn’t take much to convince Rosie O’Donnell to play a rabble-rousing reporter on the Global series Bomb Girls. First of all, the invite came from her good friend Meg Tilly, who stars as munitions factory boss Lorna Corbett on the made-in-Toronto series. Then there was the female-focused subject matter, which brought to mind another war-era tale about women establishing new roles for themselves outside the home. Read more.

From The Record:

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Jonathan Torrens marks 25 years in Canadian TV

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From Brad Oswald of the Winnipeg Free Press:

Quarter-century comic: Jonathan Torrens has been making a living for the past 25 years being a funny guy… in Canada
Twenty-five years is a long time to be doing anything. But working in show business? Steadily and successfully? In Canada? That’s the equivalent of several lifetimes all rolled into one. Jonathan Torrens, whose career path has taken him from Street Cents to Jonovision to Trailer Park Boys to TV with TV’s Jonathan Torrens to Wipeout Canada to Mr. D and Call Me Fitz, fully understands the magnitude of the accomplishment. Read more.

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Saturday: Orphan Black, W5

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Orphan Black, Space – “Instinct”
With a body in her car and nowhere to turn, Sarah (Tatiana Maslany, Picture Day) is forced to continue her con and earn “Beth” (Maslany) a second chance on the force. But with a killer on her tail, her only hope of finding answers lies with another twin, Alison (Maslany).

W5, CTV – “Tax Me If You Can”
W5 investigates the taxman who goes after ordinary Canadians while ignoring foreign tax havens.

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