8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Orphan Black (2013)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.3
Overview
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Overview
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The series explicitly critiques corporate and scientific exploitation, championing bodily autonomy, self-determination, and the power of chosen family and solidarity against systemic oppression, aligning with progressive values.
The series features a visibly diverse cast and prominently integrates LGBTQ+ characters and relationships into its core narrative. It explores themes of identity, bodily autonomy, and female agency, with its protagonists challenging a system that seeks to control and exploit them, reflecting a strong and explicit focus on DEI themes.
Secondary
Orphan Black features prominent and positively portrayed LGBTQ+ characters, including a lead lesbian clone, Cosima, whose relationship with Delphine is central and affirming, and a key gay supporting character, Felix. The show depicts their identities with dignity and complexity, framing obstacles as external to their queer identities, thus contributing to a supportive and validating overall portrayal.
Orphan Black features Tony Sawicki, a trans man clone, who is portrayed with dignity and agency. His trans identity is accepted by other characters and is not a source of ridicule or primary conflict. The show integrates him respectfully into the overarching narrative, focusing on his role as a clone rather than his gender identity as a source of struggle.
The show portrays the Proletheans, a fundamentalist Christian sect, as a dangerous and violent antagonist group. Their religious beliefs are used to justify horrific acts, including forced impregnation and murder, with the narrative clearly condemning their extremism and cruelty.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Orphan Black is an original series with characters created specifically for the show. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or previous installments from which characters were adapted with a different gender.
Orphan Black is an original series that premiered in 2013. It does not adapt characters from prior source material, previous installments, or real-world history where their race would have been established. Therefore, no characters could have been race-swapped.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.3
7.8
Critic Ratings
9.3
7.6
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