Orphan Black: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Orphan Black Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
The Weight of This Combination
Apr 18, 2015
When the menace of Castor rears its head once more, Sarah and her entire family must come together to survive.
Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis
Apr 25, 2015
Castor pursues the Leda clones for original tissue samples. Helena, who is pregnant and imprisoned, is examined by a mysterious new villain. The Castor boys are also out to play, t
Formalized, Complex, and Costly
May 2, 2015
Leda and Castor are both on the hunt for original clone DNA. On-the-lam, Mark and Gracie pursue new leads to find the samples that might set them free, while Art and Sarah reunite
Newer Elements of Our Defense
May 9, 2015
Mark is taken down in a Prolethean shoot-out and Sarah must step in to help. But as Sarah gathers intel that puts her on the trail of the original Castor DNA, a familiar foe is not
Scarred by Many Past Frustrations
May 16, 2015
Helena and Sarah are reunited at the Castor camp. As Sarah suffers testing, Paul appears to chide her; but his allegiances are beginning to strain. While the Leda family worries ab
Certain Agony of the Battlefield
May 23, 2015
Paul digs and finds the ugly truth behind the Castor Boys’ logbooks of names, pushing him into action. Meanwhile, Felix is desperate for info on Sarah’s whereabouts, and presses th
Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate
May 30, 2015
Alison must secure a store front in order to take her and Donnie’s business to the “next level”. But things don’t go according to plan when her mother, Connie, proves to be a major
Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method
Jun 6, 2015
When Rachel makes a promise to Sarah, it comes with a hefty price. Meanwhile, Helena and Gracie work with the Hendrixes, and Donnie takes Kellerman to task. Over at Castor, Coady a
Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow
Jun 13, 2015
Sarah, Felix, and Mrs. S are in London to track down the Castor Original, but their enemies are not far behind.
History Yet to Be Written
Jun 20, 2015
Castor and Topside force Sarah to make uneasy alliances. But there is some rest for the wicked, when Donnie gives Helena an unexpected ‘gift’, and the results of Alison’s candidacy