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Every Sunday, we pick a new episode of the week. It could be good. It could be bad. It will always be interesting. You can read the archives here. The episode of the week for May 7 through May 14, 2016, is "Human Raw Material," the fifth episode of the fourth season of BBC America's Orphan Black.
It was only a matter of time before Orphan Black had to address eugenics.
BBC America's series about human clones has never shied away from the trickier questions surrounding its premise. From the very beginning, Sarah Manning (Tatiana Maslany) and her sister clones (Tatiana Maslany) have fought for the right to be their own people, going up against the nefarious interests of the scientists who created them, a religious cult that considers the clones to be abominations, and the body-enhancement groupies, a.k.a. Neolutionists, circling them all.
After taking several confusing detours in its third season, Orphan Black has gotten back to basics in season four, delving into the science of how the clones were first created and exploring...