captainsblog | Send in the Clones (Reply)

Alas, poor DVR, I knew him, Horatio. And from the look of things, he ain't coming back. Pity, but I think we'll cope for at least the next few weeks, long as there are reliable sources to replace the Doctor episodes at 8 and this Orphan Black business that BBCA slotted in after it. I got both in the house by late this morning, brought them to a friend at church who's been depending on me for her Doctor fix, watched enough of "Bells of Saint John" to be sure I'd found the right one (can someone find me the right character set so I can rename our wireless network that?), but then settled in with Eleanor to watch the other hour.

This could be something good.

Apparently this is not being shown in the UK yet- BBCA and the Canadian syfy channel Space are the sources for now. After screwing up the recording last night, I watched live just enough to confirm the concept I'd read about: a young woman with a thick English accent is on a train platform in a very North American sounding city (the license plate closeups say Ontario but the skyline so far doesn't look especially Toronto), and sees her (unknown to her) identical twin plunge off a platform to a very deliberate death. In a moment that sets up the entire premise, Sarah chooses to take the left-behind purse of Beth, her doppleganger, and uses the information in it to assume her much more comfortable native Canadian identity. In the ensuing fast-paced 40 minutes or so, you meet her übergay "brother" Felix, her lunkheaded boyfriend "Vic the Dick," her dopple's underwear-model boyfriend Paul, her police partner Art, her excuse for getting out of an interrogation Ralph, and, briefly, the Mysterious Mrs. S, yet another dopple of the two of them, and Jerry Mathers as the brick of cocaine.

No idea yet if this premise will sustain itself for an entire season, but it's well written, nicely performed and has some pretty awesome music throughout.

Now off to check out the Bells of Sin-Jin, assuming the wireless doesn't kill me first.