I didn’t even bother to attempt a blow to blow recap of the finale. I should have watched the previous episode first because I was a bit confused right off the bat. My confusion sort of ebbed and flowed throughout the finale, so I am going to make this short and sweet so the smart folks can chat about it in comments.
Whenever someone is taken hostage, one should always frisk them. Maybe it’s just me, but if I was trying to hold someone captive, I’d check to see if they were holding any cyanide pills or deadly tea bags that they could use to kill me or themselves. Rachel seemed very emotional about Duncan drinking himself to death. So unlike her.
Kira may have given up her DNA but at least she got a cell phone call to her daddy out of it. She’s the smartest clone (2.0) of them all.
Rachel had another emotional outburst with Sarah when she didn’t get the sequence from her causing her to destroy Kira’s bone marrow for Cosima in a fit of rage. Wishing your sestra a happy oophorectomy will get you a pencil through the eyeball every time. Don’t count of anyone in the clone club to offer you a spare part, Rachel. You’re lucky it wasn’t Helena you said that to, you would not be back on Season 3 with a pretty eye patch.
CLONE DANCE PARTY!
I think the song should have been Dancing With Myself….
I had to google an explanation foe what Helena was doing with the Nitrogen canister. It seems to be that no one knows. Did she take her babies from the cult place and store them in there? If so why didn’t she take the canister with her when she left? Where the hell was she going? To find Jesse? Anyway she got kidnapped by Paul and the military guys and sent to Camp Castor where she will likely get her pick of clones that all look like the creepy cult guy. By the way creepy cult guy ran off with Gracie who is carrying Helena’s baby and they got married. Did that make any sense?
We get another clone! And this one is only 8 years old! She’s played by the same actress that played young Rachel in the old movies. She has some sort of a leg brace thing happening. Her mom is Cal’s inside source so hopefully she is a good guy.
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However, she also tells Sarah that the military didn’t really give up on their cloning plans either and have been successfully cloning males (presumably for the military) at a remote location. It’s called Project Castor and pretty Paul is up to his eye teeth with involvement in that enterprise. Sigh, as soon as you like Paul again, you don’t. Men are assholes. And Mrs. S ain’t much better for working with Paul to send Helena to Camp Castor. I suppose it was Helena or Sarah, but still.
But why does Marion have a male clone locked up in her house? Does creepy cult guy know he is a clone? Just how many boy clones are there? How many of them with Helena get to mate with?
I guess we will all have to wait for season three.
These last two episodes have left me a little…..um…I dunno….disappointed I think. I don’t know what to think about it, but I still love the show. Honestly, I read recaps because I easily get lost with this show. Missing a sentence of dialog can really get you confused. Still love the show though, and so sad we have to wait so long for season three.
I’m glad I am not the only one. I think it is because I am always on the laptop when the TV is on. Right now I have one eye o the Algeria match (it’s fantastic) and half a eyeball on here and that other stupid half an eyeball that keeps looking at this box I have needed to pack for two months. I hate that half an eyeball.
On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I have already expressed my love for the show. Having said that I totally get that the military kept the boys and are turning out little clone soldiers. I just really really wanted them to be Felix clones. My girl Helena is a smart crazy cookie. I think she left the eggs with her sestras to help Kosima. Kiera and Kosima reLly are the two bright bulbs among the group. I hope those clone boys know what they are in for with Helena. Don’t leave her near an insemination tool. I think they had to throw in the new folks to make way for next seasons conflict. Can the boys make babies? Will they play nice with the girls? Gracie is carrying Helena’s baby…does Creepy Cult Guy (CCG from here on out) know he is a clone? Is he a good guy or a bad guy? Now that Kosima has the cracker jacks code ring will she fix herself? Will she have to go back to Dyad for their lab? Most importantly…will Rachel match her eyepatch to her suit the way she matches her shoes? So many questions.
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I’m with you, I was hoping that Fefe was a washout clone!
Fee is one of a kind! 🙂
On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I love the CCG moniker. Whenever Mark is on the screen I expect Buffy the Vampire Slayer to show up. The combination of the eyes and greased down hair makes him look like a vampire to me.
I do believe he knows that he is a clone because Dr. Johanssen talked to him about running away from the military. Paul seemed to know who he was in the bar, but he didn’t know Paul.
I also get the feeling that the girls got the brains, and the boys got the brawn. Again, it might be the resemblance to a vampire, but he doesn’t seem to be the sharpest tack in the box.
Oh, and last episode someone (I am pretty sure it was Rachel’s dad), that said there were 12 successful female clones. We haven’t seen them all in other words…
I deleted your other post. Please don’t copy other bloggers work to post in comments. THanks.
Hangs my head in shame and sits in the corner in time out…basically I just wanted to let you know about the mythology of Leda and who the male clones were, and express my hopes about Cosima..
Can we take a second to recognize the return of Cal? I, too, was in a conundrum in the beginning, then Kira took the cell phone, and I knew it was going to be the return of superdad . My excitement was slightly dampened when he showed up looking haggard. I’m not a fan of greasy hair. By the end, I didn’t want him to leave.
And kudos for giving Cosima’s assistant, Scott, a pair to help Sarah escape. Was he imitating a character from his fantasy card game and that’s why they showed the geek squad playing the game in the previous episode?
Yeah to Cal for figuring it all out AND for actually telling us (unlike Mrs. S who shares nothing). Still the best dad and boyfriend. Loved his meeting with immature Paul – all the points to Cal for being 100x cooler. (Oh and I love his hair no matter what.)
i love the show and find it incredibly exciting. but the escape at the end (sarah & kira) with the help of michelle forbes’ character was just a little too easy. glad perfect rachel got that poke in the eye, tho. hate that duncan died. wish he’d have stuck around to give rachel some much needed love.
(i dont know what i think about michelle forbes being there. i loved her in homicide: life on the street & star trek: next gen, but i sorta liked that most of the cast were relative unknowns cept for matt frewer.)
gosh, TT, i’d watch the last two episodes in order when you get the chance. builds momentum, imho.
I have a sinking feeling that production has gotten to the point where they are more interested in how to stretch this show out for umpteen seasons rather than end on a high note. If they turn this into another soap opera next season it will signal the end of my interest in it. I so hope not because I really enjoy this show.
read an interview with the writers and they have a game plan but allow some things to happen organically. for example, they knew they were going to do male clones but didn’t decide til last second which male actor they’d use for the clones. i would have preferred a lot more of paul, but some fans tweeted that they didn’t think he would be able to pull it off. maybe they are right. right now that religious guy grosses me out a bit, but like jordan gavaris he seems to look a lot better offscreen without all the makeup so maybe some of his clones will look good, too. superficial, i know, but what’s wrong with a little man candy on a super frenetic action show? lol
I hope your readers are watching this season. At first, it was frustrating trying to keep up with the male clones, but after last night, I’m hooked again. Allison and Donnie add just the right amount of humor.