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Orphan Black: Season 2

10 episodes Premiered Apr 19, 2014 Updated Nov 2, 2026

Sarah is in a desperate race to find her missing daughter. Her scorched earth tactics spark a war with Rachel, dividing and imperiling all the clones. As Sarah discovers more about her past, mysterious newcomers appear, raising the question of whether they can be trusted. The overarching narrative continues the sci-fi and drama elements of the television series created by John Fawcett and Graeme Manson, which origina

Previously on Orphan Black

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
  • ⚡ A woman discovers that she is a clone and that someone is plotting to kill her and her clone sisters.
  • ⚡ The television series is a drama and sci-fi and fantasy show that originally launched in 2013.
  • ⚡ The production features cast members including Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Kristian Bruun, Kevin Hanchard, Skyler Wexler, Josh Vokey, and Ari Millen.
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Season overview

Sarah is in a desperate race to find her missing daughter. Her scorched earth tactics spark a war with Rachel, dividing and imperiling all the clones. As Sarah discovers more about her past, mysterious newcomers appear, raising the question of whether they can be trusted. The overarching narrative continues the sci-fi and drama elements of the television series created by John Fawcett and Graeme Manson, which originally launched in 2013 and starred Tatiana Maslany as a woman who discovered she is a clone.

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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Nature Under Constraint and Vexed

Apr 19, 2014 · 44 min

Sarah is out of options, on the run, and pursued by deadly adversaries. Desperate to find her daughter Kira, Sarah suspects ruthless pro-clone Rachel is behind her daughter’s disap

S2·E2 Core

Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion

Apr 26, 2014 · 43 min

While Alison struggles with Aynsley's death and Cosima grapples with the worsening symptoms of her mysterious sickness, Sarah enlists Art’s help to find Kira and is shocked when sh

S2·E3 Core

Mingling Its Own Nature with It

May 3, 2014 · 44 min

After hitting the road with Felix, Sarah is forced to turn to a ghost from her past - an old flame named Cal Morrison. When their brief respite is brutally shattered, Sarah realize

S2·E4 Core

Governed As It Were by Chance

May 10, 2014 · 44 min

Sarah comes home looking for answers, and with the help of Cosima, they begin digging into the origins of the clone experiment. The hunt for answers takes her right into the belly

S2·E5 Core

Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est

May 17, 2014 · 44 min

Rachel goes on the warpath, lashing out at Sarah's nearest and dearest. While she tries to keep her loved ones safe, an unexpected visitor threatens to derail Sarah's plans.

S2·E6 Core

To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings

May 24, 2014 · 43 min

Sarah joins forces with an unlikely and untrustworthy ally, following a trail of clues that she hopes will lead her to the origins of the clone experiment. Cosima and Delphine make

S2·E7 Core

Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things

May 31, 2014 · 43 min

When a rehab confidante betrays Alison and threatens to expose the truth about Aynsley’s death, she goes into free fall on the eve of Family Day. With Donnie and the kids set to vi

S2·E8 Mytharc

Variable and Full of Perturbation

Jun 7, 2014 · 43 min

A new player in the clone conspiracy turns up at Felix’s door, sending him into crisis mode. With Cosima running out of options, Sarah struggles with the decision to surrender a cr

S2·E9 Mytharc

Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done

Jun 14, 2014 · 43 min

Cosima takes a turn for the worse, forcing Sarah to take desperate action which results in tragic consequences for those she loves. The Proletheans set their ultimate plan in motio

S2·E10 Mytharc

By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried

Jun 21, 2014 · 44 min

The war with Dyad is all but lost when Rachel’s latest ploy forces a broken Sarah to concede. The Clone Club springs into action, uniting in a reckless gambit to save Sarah. As the

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