In the aftermath of last week, Leekie has a team
examining Rachel’s apartment when she arrives, icily controlled, to see Daniel’s
body. Leekie tries to offer condolences (Daniel was Rachel’s monitor and likely
lover) about his loyalty but Rachel only says “to you” about his loyalty –
Rachel was clearly aware that Daniel was her monitor and reported to Leekie;
even if she did care for him. They know it was Helena, they know Sarah was
there and Leekie, after snaking at Paul (though Rachel defends him) criticises
Rachel’s “heavy handed tactics” which is something of an understatement. But
Rachel has “only just begun.”
At Felix’s apartment, Felix objects to Sarah bringing
Helena home. He’s played host to just about every clone but he has to draw the
line at the serial killer. Of course, where Felix draws the line is completely irrelevant
to everyone else and Sarah recruits Felix to be Helena’s chaperone. Because
Felix’s entire purpose for existence is to serve and support various clones.
Time for a business meeting at Dyad – Rachel needs a new
monitor. Paul is kind of stunned that she had a monitor – but being self-aware
since a child doesn’t mean she gets to duck out of the programme, apparently,
though she has some advantages form knowing. Anyway, Paul has just been
recruited with lots of talk about promotion (he pointedly reminds them he doesn’t
have much choice in the matter).
Personally, I don’t think that the Monitor with the proven divided loyalties is really the best Monitor material for Rachel, but that’s just me. Just to remind us that Rachel is evil, she tells Leekie not to go ahead with his newfound cure for Cosima until Sarah gives herself up.
Speaking of, Cosima checks with her patent expert Scott
on how you patent a person and his answer is that because the law hasn’t come
close to understanding genetics yet, companies just slap a patent on everything
and wait to see what’s actually enforceable; also it’s likely Dyad is
subcontracting military patents which may be why everything is so hidden. He’d
like to work for Cosima but Delphine points out that one of the job downsides
is a murdered family (Scott seems pretty ok with that). Delphine is distracted –
she has found Leekie’s cure for Cosima – only it has been sent to her by
mistake. Cosima and Delphine won’t let that stop them
Kira is still with Cal in his handy-dandy getaway RV
which no-one has quite explained why he has an RV set up this way and is
looking even more suspicious since it has convenient stashes of cash and
weapons. Sarah calls to check in – and Kira has started calling Cal “daddy” and
doesn’t seem that overjoyed with Sarah. Since this is Kira, I suspect a cunning
plan.
Kira draws pictures of the clones (which Cal asks about)
and Kira knows a cop has arrived before Cal (psychic creepy child!) Thankfully
Cal has fake ID all ready (which is totally not suspicious) and Kira is a
creepy genius child.
Felix takes Helena to stay with Art, who promptly cuffs
her, removes the pen she’s managed to hide as a weapon and generally blurs the
line between “staying with” and “imprisoned by”. Felix bails when Helena starts
making pig noises.
Art questions Helena while she plays with his fish (which she manages to make creepy); asking Helena why she was running from the farm when she previously worked with the Prolethean Maggie Chen (Maggie pointed out clones for Helena to kill – and was killed by Beth). Helena doesn’t show anything but has traumatic memories of the Proletheans raping her for her eggs. Food brings her round (Helena has odd odd odd taste) and she tells him about the nuns who raised her (apparently not nice people) and how she put out one of their eyes – and mentions a locker.
Back to corporate HQ, Rachel pretends to be reviewing the
tapes Sarah watched while not being sentimental, honest. She tries to parse the
super-complex relationship between her and Leekie – he’s a “guardian” (I feel
father-figure is too lovey dovey for her) for Rachel since her parents died and
Paul must hand over data to him – but Rachel outranks Leekie and she also thinks
he’s too sentimental and not as cold as she thinks he needs to be. They also
refer to the file on Cal which pretty much confirms he’s Kira’s father. After
testing to see if Paul is jealous, she’s setting up a task that will require
Paul’s full commitment, apparently involving Daniel’s gun with which he’s
killed a cop.
Felix has finally got 5 minutes together without having
to clonesit, attend a play or do something else for the sisterhood to whom he
is in eternal servitude! He invites around Colin (coroner from last season) and
they get down to business, move to the couch, reach for some lube… and the
police burst in with a search warrant. Colin is removed from the premises – oh Felix
almost almost had a life for 2 minutes. Almost. (He also almost got some – but,
alas it’s never to be). And then in comes Paul – he pins Felix to the sofa and
forces his hand onto the gun that killed the cop.
Paul calls Sarah to tell her that Felix will be charged
with murder if she doesn’t hand over herself, Kira and Helena by morning. Sarah
calls Art who tells her to come to him and calm down – but while he’s talking
to her he’s not watching Helena who gets free from her cuffs, grabs Art and
holds a gun to his head.
At Dyad, Cosima and Delphine go looking for the cure in
Leekie’s office, though Cosima is worried about the career implications for
Delphine. Leekie finds them – and confesses. He’s actually in a full on
exposition mood – he tells them about the cure Rachel is hiding. He also tells
them the original genome – the precious thing that everyone wants to see – was actually
lost in the Project Leda explosion (which killed the Duncans, Rachel’s parents)
and with it so was the knowledge on how to actually make the clones. Which is
why they need to know if Sarah knows something – Cosima claims ignorance and
Leekie agrees to help Cosima anyway. That would be the sentimentality Rachel so
disapproves of.
Sarah arrives at Art’s to find Art tied up and Helena
gone – but she did leave them a little riddle which leads them to Maggie Chen’s
old locker, which Art thinks had been used to pass info from Maggie to Helena;
probably also where Helena was camping. It’s very very very creepy, because it
involves Helena it has to be creepy. And they find pictures which, when put together
with Helena’s rambling, turns out to be Ethan Duncan from Project Leda (or Swan
Man as Helena calls him) – and he’s very much alive for someone who supposedly
died in an explosion. By a creepy altar they also find an empty box for a
sniper rifle – emphasis on the empty. The creepy paraphernalia on the creepy
altar suggest Helena is targeting Rachel (probably creepily).
Helena is in a building opposite Rachel’s apartment
(where Paul is playing servant) watching and being very very very creepy
indeed.
Rachel displays her power over Paul by giving orders –
leading to him taking off his clothes, her putting fingers in his throat,
slapping him if he moves without her order – leading up to sex.
Helena prefers her gun (being extra creepy, of course)
and Art and Sarah arrives. Helena tells Sarah to come look through the window
and see Paul. When Sarah says he doesn’t matter, Helena offers to kill him for
her. Sarah tries to talk Helena down but Helena says “you only want to use me.”
But Sarah denies it, tearfully bringing up how Helena saved her life, calling
Helena her sister and how she hurt, how she thought she lost someone when she
thought she’d killed Helena. Helena comes to her, crying as well – and it’s
another performance that would be absolutely award winning on any other show –
but on this it’s just Tatiana Maslany being awesome.
Back at Dyad, Leekie treats Cosima while Delphine is
there being super sweet and supportive and Cosima decides to extend the hand of
friendship. By which I mean invite him to a bar where he can meet Sarah who
offers Ethan for Felix’s freedom; which is fine so long as she actually
delivers Ethan. Just to be sure she’s not followed, Sarah threatens them with
Helena – an effective deterrent. Paul overhears all of this and Leekie tries to
make sure he reports to him before Rachel… who knows whose side Paul is on?
To the Proletheans! And Grace survived her encounter with
Helena but because she’s not confessing to murder, they’ve had her mouth sewn
up. As you do – Bonnie particularly seems quite driven with the whole mouth
sewing thing (some people are so passionate about their crafts). Mark arrives
later to tell her he’s going after Helena (apparently the Proletheans intend
Helena to carry the child) and urge her to confess – he kisses her and seems to
have a crush on her.
Grace confesses and there’s a new plan – either they get
Helena back, or Grace will be forced to carry the child.
I have to have a little marvel at the acting – on the face
of it, Rachel is the easiest clone. She’s emotionless – but this was so
perfect. That icy exterior with just hints of pain and sentiment trying to
force their way out.
Paul and Rachel had sex at her command – this happened
shortly after he’s promoted to her monitor and he expressly made it clear he
didn’t have any choice in the matter. That doesn’t sound remotely consensual
and raises yet another rape on this show.
For that matter, are the monitors all in Paul’s shoes –
coerced because of something Dyad holds over them? In which case, we not only
have the lack of consent caused by deception of the Monitors towards the
clones, but also lack of consent from the Monitors simply not being in a
position to say no.
Art is getting more involved – I want to see how much and
how deeply. Felix remains involved with a millisecond of his own storyline
before being inevitably dragged back in. And Cal? I am suspicious… he has far
too many convenient preparations to be trusted. And is there an actual rift
between Leekie and Rachel or is this just another trick to reel in Rachel – and
Cosima – Good Dyad, Bad Dyad? For that matter, Delphine always has that shadow
of doubt over her – and even Sarah, did she truly mean her declaration of
sisterhood to Helena or is it another con? And who knows what side Paul’s on
this week.
Also, Helena is creepy. Really creepy
