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Krysten Ritter Is Sharp, but ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ Lacks the Audacity of the Original: TV Review
While Krysten Ritter is dynamic, "Orphan Black: Echoes" doesn't have quite the mystery and intrigue as the original series.
Set nearly 40 years after the end of the original series, “ Orphan Black: Echoes ” opens as a woman named Lucy ( Krysten Ritter) awakens in an unfamiliar environment. When “Orphan Black” debuted more than a decade ago — with, at its center, the wildly talented Tatiana Maslany, who’d win a drama lead actress Emmy in 2016 for her role as the series’ clones — there was nothing like it on television. However, the bulkiness of the first few episodes, which are cluttered with unneeded storylines and characters who add nothing to the overall narrative, results in a less astonishing reveal when the story finally picks up steam.
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