On 4 September at 20h00 the first episode of award-winning Canadian sci-fi
series Orphan Black aired on the Lifetime channel (DStv channel
131).
The story, created by Graeme Manson and directed by John Fawcett, features a
number of identical looking people who discover they are clones. The series
stars Tatiana Maslany as Sarah Manning, a woman who steals the identity of
Elizabeth Childs – a suicide victim who looks just like her.
In episode one Sarah cleans out the dead woman’s bank account hoping it will
solve all of her problems. Instead, after taking on the new identity, she quickly
finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly conspiracy and must race to find
answers.
When asked how she felt about being able to play a number of different
characters, Manslany commented, “I’m so happy that this role exists. I hope that
women playing lead roles that are complex, difficult and weird will just become
normal. I think it’s happening more often.’
In the next episode Sarah is forced to continue her con and earn “Beth’ a
second chance on the force. But with a killer on her tail, her only hope of finding
answers lies with another apparent “identical’, Alison.
Watch Orphan Black every Thursday at 20h00 on the Lifetime
channel.
