The Best Episodes of Orphan Black Season 3
Every episode of Orphan Black Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Orphan Black Season 3!
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Orphan Black" season 3 is "The Weight of This Combination", rated 8.1/10 from 1539 user votes. It was directed by David Frazee and written by Graeme Manson. "The Weight of This Combination" aired on 4/18/2015 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis".
8.1/10 1,539 votes#1 - The Weight of This Combination
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2015
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
7.8/10 1,340 votes#2 - Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/25/2015
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
7.9/10 1,283 votes#3 - Formalized, Complex, and Costly
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 5/2/2015
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
7.9/10 1,264 votes#4 - Newer Elements of Our Defense
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/9/2015
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
8.2/10 1,292 votes#5 - Scarred by Many Past Frustrations
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/16/2015
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
9.1/10 2,059 votes#6 - Certain Agony of the Battlefield
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/23/2015
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
8.3/10 1,328 votes#7 - Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/30/2015
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
8.5/10 1,303 votes#8 - Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 6/6/2015
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
Writer: Chris Roberts, Graeme Manson
8.5/10 1,277 votes#9 - Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 6/13/2015
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
9.0/10 1,530 votes#10 - History Yet to Be Written
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 6/20/2015
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