The Best Episodes of Orphan Black Season 3

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(1626 votes)

   #1 - The Weight of This Combination

   S3:E14/18/2015

   When the menace of Castor rears its head once more, Sarah and her entire family must come together to survive.

   Director:David Frazee

   Writer:Graeme Manson

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   Director:David Frazee

   Writer:Graeme Manson
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   7.8/10(1423 votes)

   #2 - Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis

   S3:E24/25/2015

   Castor pursues the Leda clones for original tissue samples. Helena, who is pregnant and imprisoned, is examined by a mysterious new villain. The Castor boys are also out to play, toying with a frightened young woman, Patty, in a sexy switcheroo that ultimately sets Sarah – and Art – hot on the Castor trail. But it’s not all fun and games for the Castor boys, as Sarah gleans they may have a mysterious defect that puts their lives in peril.

   Director:John Fawcett

   Writer:Aubrey Nealon

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   Director:John Fawcett

   Writer:Aubrey Nealon
3. 

   7.9/10(1365 votes)

   #3 - Formalized, Complex, and Costly

   S3:E35/2/2015

   Leda and Castor are both on the hunt for original clone DNA. On-the-lam, Mark and Gracie pursue new leads to find the samples that might set them free, while Art and Sarah reunite to track them down. Meanwhile, Cosima and Scott try to learn more about Castor’s biology and Alison’s new money-making venture is going gangbusters. A shocking revelation about the Castor-Leda connection leaves the sisters reeling, just before Sarah witnesses a deadly Prolethean-Castor face-off.

   Director:John Fawcett

   Writer:Chris Roberts

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   Director:John Fawcett

   Writer:Chris Roberts
4. 

   7.9/10(1346 votes)

   #4 - Newer Elements of Our Defense

   S3:E45/9/2015

   Mark is taken down in a Prolethean shoot-out and Sarah must step in to help. But as Sarah gathers intel that puts her on the trail of the original Castor DNA, a familiar foe is not far behind. While Helena continues to toil in a faraway military compound, it is ultimately Sarah’s fate that will hang in the balance as she tries to save her sister. Meanwhile, Gracie is cast out from the Prolethean fold, and Alison and Donnie come face-to-face with unhappy drug lord, Jason Kellerman.

   Director:Chris Grismer

   Writer:Russ Cochrane

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   Director:Chris Grismer

   Writer:Russ Cochrane
5. 

   8.2/10(1375 votes)

   #5 - Scarred by Many Past Frustrations

   S3:E55/16/2015

   Helena and Sarah are reunited at the Castor camp. As Sarah suffers testing, Paul appears to chide her; but his allegiances are beginning to strain. While the Leda family worries about Sarah’s absence, Gracie ‘breaks loose’ under the care of Mrs. S and an unwilling Felix. Cosima falls hard for an internet date, Shay.

   Director:David Frazee

   Writer:Alex Levine

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   Director:David Frazee

   Writer:Alex Levine
6. 

   9.2/10(2156 votes)

   #6 - Certain Agony of the Battlefield

   S3:E65/23/2015

   Paul digs and finds the ugly truth behind the Castor Boys’ logbooks of names, pushing him into action. Meanwhile, Felix is desperate for info on Sarah’s whereabouts, and presses the still-ailing Rachel for any shred of a lead. In order for Donnie and Alison to take their money-making endeavor to the “next level” she must introduce Jason Kellerman to her unique business plan.

   Director:Helen Shaver

   Writer:Aubrey Nealon

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   Director:Helen Shaver

   Writer:Aubrey Nealon
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   8.3/10(1411 votes)

   #7 - Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate

   S3:E75/30/2015

   Alison must secure a store front in order to take her and Donnie’s business to the “next level”. But things don’t go according to plan when her mother, Connie, proves to be a major hindrance. Cosima is facing familiar health issues and calls upon beleaguered Alison for a favor. But with Alison working to save an imperiled Donnie from the merciless hands of a drug lord, it’s Cosima who ends up doing a favor. An unassuming Scott gets closer to the greatest discovery of all, when he sits down with beleaguered clone Rachel.

   Director:Ken Girotti

   Writer:Sherry White

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   Director:Ken Girotti

   Writer:Sherry White
8. 

   8.5/10(1383 votes)

   #8 - Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method

   S3:E86/6/2015

   When Rachel makes a promise to Sarah, it comes with a hefty price. Meanwhile, Helena and Gracie work with the Hendrixes, and Donnie takes Kellerman to task. Over at Castor, Coady and Benchman scheme to track down the Castor Original, and Rudy descends on DYAD for a much needed asset.

   Director:Aaron Morton

   Writers:Graeme Manson, Chris Roberts

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   Director:Aaron Morton

   Writers:Graeme Manson, Chris Roberts
9. 

   8.5/10(1354 votes)

   #9 - Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow

   S3:E96/13/2015

   Sarah, Felix, and Mrs. S are in London to track down the Castor Original, but their enemies are not far behind.

   Director:Vincenzo Natali

   Writer:Russ Cochrane

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   Director:Vincenzo Natali

   Writer:Russ Cochrane
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    9.0/10(1616 votes)

    #10 - History Yet to Be Written

    S3:E106/20/2015

    Castor and Topside force Sarah to make uneasy alliances. But there is some rest for the wicked, when Donnie gives Helena an unexpected ‘gift’, and the results of Alison’s candidacy finally come in. Even as team Leda takes a moment to breathe, change is afoot and a life hangs in the balance.

    Director:John Fawcett

    Writer:Graeme Manson

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    Director:John Fawcett

    Writer:Graeme Manson