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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-right-wrongs-many-real-men/"></div>This is the last in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season 5 (<a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/epigenetic-television-the-penetrating-love-of-orphan-black/">preview</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/">episode 1</a> ; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-clutch-greed-letting-go-holding/">episode 2</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-beneath-heart/">episode 3</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-let-children-childbearers-toil-monsters/">episode 4</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-ease-idle-millionaires-corporate-runs-science/">episode 5</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-manacled-slim-wrists-man-done-man/">episode 6</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-gag-throttle-eye-causes-stumble/">episode 7</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-one-fettered-slave-community-smallest-unit/">episode 8</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-one-fettered-slave-sexuality-parenthood-euthanasia/">episode 9</a>). These pieces do not provide thorough plot summaries but do include spoilers; they assume readers have already been viewers. Responses via Twitter continue to be very welcome, and thanks to everyone for reading! Finally, please keep an eye out for an interview with Orphan Black co-creator Graeme Manson and science and story consultant Cosima Herter — coming soon to the LARB main site. <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-right-wrongs-many-real-men/#more-4927" class="more-link">Read more</a>
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Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;To Right the Wrongs of Many&#8221;: Real Men

Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;To Right the Wrongs of Many&#8221;: Real Men

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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-one-fettered-slave-sexuality-parenthood-euthanasia/"></div>This is the ninth in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season 5 (<a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/epigenetic-television-the-penetrating-love-of-orphan-black/">preview</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/">episode 1</a> ; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-clutch-greed-letting-go-holding/">episode 2</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-beneath-heart/">episode 3</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-let-children-childbearers-toil-monsters/">episode 4</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-ease-idle-millionaires-corporate-runs-science/">episode 5</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-manacled-slim-wrists-man-done-man/">episode 6</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-gag-throttle-eye-causes-stumble/">episode 7</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-one-fettered-slave-community-smallest-unit/">episode 8</a>). These pieces do not provide thorough plot summaries but do include spoilers; they assume readers have already been viewers. Responses via Twitter continue to be very welcome! <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-one-fettered-slave-sexuality-parenthood-euthanasia/#more-4882" class="more-link">Read more</a>
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Orphan Black Season Five, “One Fettered Slave”: Sexuality, Parenthood, Euthanasia

Orphan Black Season Five, “One Fettered Slave”: Sexuality, Parenthood, Euthanasia

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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-one-fettered-slave-community-smallest-unit/"></div>By <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/everett-hamner">Everett Hamner</a>
This is the eighth in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black Season 5 (<a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/epigenetic-television-the-penetrating-love-of-orphan-black/">preview</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/">episode 1</a> ; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-clutch-greed-letting-go-holding/">episode 2</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-beneath-heart/">episode 3</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-let-children-childbearers-toil-monsters/">episode 4</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-ease-idle-millionaires-corporate-runs-science/">episode 5</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-manacled-slim-wrists-man-done-man/">episode 6</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-gag-throttle-eye-causes-stumble/">episode 7</a>). These pieces do not provide thorough plot summaries but do include spoilers; they assume readers have already been viewers. Responses via Twitter continue to be very welcome! <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-one-fettered-slave-community-smallest-unit/#more-4812" class="more-link">Read more</a>
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Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Guillotines Decide&#8221;: The Community is the Smallest Unit

Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Guillotines Decide&#8221;: The Community is the Smallest Unit

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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-gag-throttle-eye-causes-stumble/"></div>By <a href="mailto:https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/everett-hamner">Everett Hamner</a>
This is the seventh in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season 5 (<a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/epigenetic-television-the-penetrating-love-of-orphan-black/">preview</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/">episode 1</a> ; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-clutch-greed-letting-go-holding/">episode 2</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-beneath-heart/">episode 3</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-let-children-childbearers-toil-monsters/">episode 4</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-ease-idle-millionaires-corporate-runs-science/">episode 5</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-manacled-slim-wrists-man-done-man/">episode 6</a>). These pieces do not provide thorough plot summaries but do include spoilers; they assume readers have already been viewers. Responses via Twitter continue to be very welcome! <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-gag-throttle-eye-causes-stumble/#more-4765" class="more-link">Read more</a>
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Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Gag or Throttle&#8221;: If Your Eye Causes You to Stumble

Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Gag or Throttle&#8221;: If Your Eye Causes You to Stumble

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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-manacled-slim-wrists-man-done-man/"></div>By <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/everett-hamner">Everett Hamner</a>
This is the sixth in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season 5 (<a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/epigenetic-television-the-penetrating-love-of-orphan-black/">preview</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/">episode 1</a> ; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-clutch-greed-letting-go-holding/">episode 2</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-beneath-heart/">episode 3</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-let-children-childbearers-toil-monsters/">episode 4</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-ease-idle-millionaires-corporate-runs-science/">episode 5</a>). These pieces do not provide thorough plot summaries but do include spoilers; they assume readers have already been viewers. Responses via Twitter continue to be very welcome! <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-manacled-slim-wrists-man-done-man/#more-4701" class="more-link">Read more</a>
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Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Manacled Slim Wrists&#8221;: What Man Has Done to Man

Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Manacled Slim Wrists&#8221;: What Man Has Done to Man

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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-ease-idle-millionaires-corporate-runs-science/"></div>By <a href="mailto:https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/everett-hamner">Everett Hamner</a>
This is the fifth in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season 5 (<a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/epigenetic-television-the-penetrating-love-of-orphan-black/">preview</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/">episode 1</a> ; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-clutch-greed-letting-go-holding/">episode 2</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-beneath-heart/">episode 3</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-let-children-childbearers-toil-monsters/">episode 4</a>). These pieces do not provide thorough plot summaries but do include spoilers; they assume readers have already been viewers. Responses via  Twitter  continue to be very welcome! <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-ease-idle-millionaires-corporate-runs-science/#more-4624" class="more-link">Read more</a>
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Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Ease for Idle Millionaires&#8221;: Corporate Runs the Science

Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Ease for Idle Millionaires&#8221;: Corporate Runs the Science

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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-let-children-childbearers-toil-monsters/"></div>By <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/everett-hamner">Everett Hamner</a>
This is the fourth in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season five (<a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/epigenetic-television-the-penetrating-love-of-orphan-black/">preview</a> article; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/">episode 1</a> ; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-clutch-greed-letting-go-holding/">episode 2</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-beneath-heart/">episode 3</a>). These pieces do not provide thorough plot summaries but do include spoilers; they assume readers have already been viewers. Responses via Twitter continue to be very welcome! <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-let-children-childbearers-toil-monsters/#more-4596" class="more-link">Read more</a>
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Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Let the Children and Childbearers Toil&#8221;: Monsters All

Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Let the Children and Childbearers Toil&#8221;: Monsters All

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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-beneath-heart/"></div>By <a href="mailto:https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/everett-hamner">Everett Hamner</a>
This is the third in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season 5 (<a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/epigenetic-television-the-penetrating-love-of-orphan-black/">preview; </a><a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/">episode 1</a>; <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-clutch-greed-letting-go-holding/">episode 2</a>). These pieces do not provide thorough plot summaries but do include spoilers; they assume readers have already been viewers. Responses  via Twitter continue to be very welcome! <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-beneath-heart/#more-4499" class="more-link">Read more</a>
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Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Beneath Her Heart&#8221;: Love-Hating Suburbia

Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Beneath Her Heart&#8221;: Love-Hating Suburbia

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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-clutch-greed-letting-go-holding/"></div>By <a href="mailto:https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/everett-hamner">Everett Hamner</a>
This is the second in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season 5 (see the preview article <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/epigenetic-television-the-penetrating-love-of-orphan-black/">here</a> and episode 1 response <a href="http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/">here</a>). These pieces do not recap plots but do include spoilers; they assume readers have already been viewers. I will also use this chance to thank <a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/">BBC America</a> for advance access, but also to note that upon each essay’s submission, I have not watched beyond the relevant episode (surprises await all of us!). Finally, as before, please don’t hesitate to extend the conversation in the comments or via Twitter. <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-clutch-greed-letting-go-holding/#more-4450" class="more-link">Read more</a>
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Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Clutch of Greed&#8221;: Letting Go, Holding On

Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;Clutch of Greed&#8221;: Letting Go, Holding On

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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/"></div>By <a href="mailto:https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/everett-hamner">Everett Hamner</a>
As promised in <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/epigenetic-television-the-penetrating-love-of-orphan-black/">my earlier LARB article</a>, this is the first in a series of episode-by-episode reflections on Orphan Black season five. These will not recap plots, nor will they rely on theoretical jargon or track how many times Alison calls people “fudgy fudgers.” There will be regular spoilers, and there will often be references to moments in earlier seasons. With that said, enjoy — and please don’t hesitate to extend the conversation. <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/orphan-black-season-five-dare-penetration-selection-sacrifice-monsters/#more-4437" class="more-link">Read more</a>
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Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;The Few Who Dare&#8221;: Penetration, Selection, Sacrifice, Monsters

Orphan Black Season Five, &#8220;The Few Who Dare&#8221;: Penetration, Selection, Sacrifice, Monsters

Everett Hamner is an associate professor of English at Western Illinois University and the author of Editing the Soul: Science and Fiction in the Genome Age (Penn State University Press, AnthropoScene series, forthcoming October 2017).

Everett Hamner

Odd Couples, Carbon Coins, and Narrative Scopes: An Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — Frank Herbert

The Television is the Night Car: An Interview with Graeme Manson about Snowpiercer

"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen

Television

Here’s to Unsuicide: An Interview with Richard Powers

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

Protest Unceasing, Redemption Unfinished: An Interview with “Orphan Black’s” Graeme Manson and Cosima Herter

Epigenetic Television: The Penetrating Love of “Orphan Black”

Everett Hamner is an associate professor of English at Western Illinois University and the author of Editing the Soul: Science and Fiction in the Genome Age (Penn State University Press, AnthropoScene series, forthcoming October 2017).