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EPISODE
SEASON
An orphan gets caught up in a deadly conspiracy after learning that she is a clone. Just as Sarah and her clone sisters were beginning to piece together the complex conspiracy behind the shadowy Dyad Institute, the discovery of Project Castor – a top-secret military project producing highly-trained male clones – throws their lives back into turmoil.
24 April 1974, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
7 March 1963
19 November 1949, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
1946, Bay-de-Verde, Newfoundland, Canada
13 July 1981, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
13 May 1977, Montreal, Canada
24 March 1978, Pointe Claire, Québec, Canada
May 03, 2015
Who else is still reeling from that shocking and violent ending?May 04, 2015
By all means, it's still a perfectly fine episode, but one whose quality is a bit diluted by the developing cracks in its foundation.May 04, 2015
"Formalized, Complex, and Costly" is packed with plot-driven dialogue, even if the plot itself hasn't advanced much by the end of the episode.May 04, 2015
Kudos to Art for not being every other dimwitted supporting character cop we've seen on shows like this.May 03, 2015
Donny cracks me up... I also like how proud he looks of Alison whenever she puts the smack down on someone.May 03, 2015
It says a lot about Orphan Black that two scientists extracting a brain in a bathtub is one of its most purely fun scenes in ages.May 03, 2015
It was a great episode overall, one with just the right mix of plot advancement and character development.May 03, 2015
Carrying over my frustrations from last week, I spent a good chunk of "Formalized, Complex, and Costly" wondering why the mysterious conspiracy at the center of Orphan Black was no longer holding my interest.May 04, 2015
Time didn't move all that fast this episode, but we got some interesting reveals in the plot.May 03, 2015
As if the series didn't have enough narrative clutter to fight through, Orphan Black continues to reintroduce these phantom limbs from seasons past, seemingly desperate to bail out the sinking ship.