My very first registered comment on the AV Club, after years of lurking, was a totally irrelevant comment on a movie review where I was just excited for the chance to get a firstie, so I guess it's fitting that my last before the big upheaval will be joining this chorus of unrelated discussions (sorry Lisa Kudrow! You…

Counter counterpoint: J.K. Simmons

I'll never forget you, Fry…

Yes Triangle! The one with Melissa George on the cruise liner stuck in a time loop right? I got that on a lark from redbox a few years ago and was pleasantly surprised, since the cover image makes it look like some gritty slasher film. Loved the concept and low-key horror aspects, it's a shame it flew under the radar.

I watched it months after it came out and thought it was overhyped. Some of it was hilarious but a good portion of the jokes felt outdated and not very original. I liked her energy though, and maybe I would've enjoyed it more if I hadn't gone in with high expectations. Is there any other work of hers you'd recommend?

Right, I got that, but it was still funny to see the "the title of the the show is the same as Helena's book!" moment, which felt too clever/meta, deflated by the others shitting on the title.

Yup, from the AV Club's review of season 1 episode 7:

Stupid sexy annoying Engers.

Ha, I thought of Jane the Virgin too. I was also wondering if, like Jane, Helena "lost her virginity to her baby."

I read somewhere that she does the blocking and stuff in character as the actual clone, and then puts on the impersonation while shooting the scene to give it some realism.

CLONE SITCOM!!! Sarah trying to get her GED made me think of Kimmy Schmidt. Sarah could be the new Xanthippe! Plus they could commiserate about all the horrible events they've gone through!

I'd forgotten about that. Wouldn't the answer be "a clone" though ("one of a few")?

I have said to people jokingly, "And that's why they call it Orphan Black," when Sarah and Helena's birth mother was revealed.

Ah, right, since each season premiere picks up pretty much where the previous season finale left off. The timeline has thrown me off sometimes (it's only been,what, a year and half in the show since Beth died?). For what it's worth, I did quite like season 4 and how it referenced season 1, especially the Beth-centric…

That'd be my guess too. I was reading the writers' blog on BBC America, and it sounds like they drastically rewrote the story a few times this season, especially the episode last week (it was originally to take place on the island, and was scrapped a week into prep), which probably contributes to the plot problems.…

I groaned when she said, "The story is called Orphan Black," but it was worth it for the others' confused reactions to the title.

Wow, props on catching up on the entire series just in time. Binge watching definitely seems to help smooth over problems that the weekly viewer would mull over, like my friends who got into the show late and binged season 3 thought it was fine, while I remember being annoyed with the first few episodes of it (partly…

Didn't he buy a nice apartment in Toronto with his drone money or something back in season 3? It was something I thought of when Sarah was like, "I don't know where we'll go after selling the house!" I'm sure they hang out when he's back from Westeros.

That's strikingly similar to what Sarah Silverman said in her book about the SNL writers' room during her brief time there (full of Ivy League rich dudes who would constantly give the one guy who went to Brown a hard time). She also mentioned regularly stealing the boxers of one of her coworkers, the ridiculously…

I look forward to the eventual Law & Order: SVU adaptation of this scene, complete with dramatic music stings and close ups of Mariska Hargitay alternately grimacing and looking sympathetic.