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Orphan Black S2E5 — Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est

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Orphan Black•Season 2•Episode 5

Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est

8.2/10 · 1,715 votesMay 17, 201444 min

Ranked #7 of 10 in Season 2•−0.1 vs season avg

Rachel goes on the warpath, lashing out at Sarah's nearest and dearest. While she tries to keep her loved ones safe, an unexpected visitor threatens to derail Sarah's plans.

Directed byHelen Shaver

Written byTony Elliott

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Seasons5

Season 2 Episodes10

Nature Under Constraint and Vexed still

Nature Under Constraint and Vexed

Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion still

Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion

Mingling Its Own Nature with It still

Mingling Its Own Nature with It

Governed As It Were by Chance still

Governed As It Were by Chance

Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est still

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Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est

To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings still

To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings

Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things still

Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things

Variable and Full of Perturbation still

Variable and Full of Perturbation

Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done still

Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done

By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried still

By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried

Cast6

Tatiana Maslany

Tatiana Maslany

Sarah / Cosima / Alison / Helena / Rachel

Dylan Bruce

Dylan Bruce

Paul Dierden

Jordan Gavaris

Jordan Gavaris

Felix 'Fee' Dawkins

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Siobhan 'Mrs. S' Sadler

Kevin Hanchard

Kevin Hanchard

Detective Arthur 'Art' Bell

Evelyne Brochu

Evelyne Brochu

Delphine Cormier

Crew12

Tony Elliott

Tony Elliott

Writer

Helen Shaver

Helen Shaver

Director

A

Amanda Cameron

Assistant Production Coordinator

K

Karen McGarroch

Second Assistant Director

C

Catherine Cooper

Assistant Production Coordinator

D

Danny Burke

Lead Set Dresser

A

Al MacNeil

Transportation Coordinator

Cynthia Amsden

Cynthia Amsden

Unit Publicist

Marty Dejczak

Marty Dejczak

Location Manager

Randy Butcher

Randy Butcher

Stunt Coordinator

G

George Jeffery

First Assistant Director

Jay Prychidny

Jay Prychidny

Editor

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Episode Summary

"Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est" is episode 5 of Orphan Black season 2. It scored 8.2/10 from 1,715 votes, ranking #7 of 10 episodes this season (season average 8.3). Directed by Helen Shaver and written by Tony Elliott, it aired on May 17, 2014.

Next: E6 · To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings Best of Season 2