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Orphan Black – Season 4, Episode 4 From Instinct to Rational Control

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Orphan Black – Season 4, Episode 4

From Instinct to Rational Control

Aired May 5, 2016

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After realizing her goals align with her former enemy, Sarah forms an alliance; Felix and Donnie infiltrate a fertility clinic.

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Critics Consensus

"From Instinct to Rational Control" is classic Orphan Black, furthering the story arc while introducing great reveals and new narratives.

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Tatiana Maslany

Sarah

Jordan Gavaris

Felix

Kevin Hanchard

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Ari Millen

Ira

Kristian Bruun

Donnie

Josh Vokey

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Jessica Derschowitz

Entertainment Weekly

05/06/2016

Basically, no one won anything this episode (unless you count Ferdinand winning at not getting blown to bits), but all the reveals gave us a great episode.

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Lisa Weidenfeld

AV Club

05/06/2016

B

For all its screwball comedy with the Hendrix clan, this episode was also a bit of an exposition dump.

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Noam Cohen

Observer

05/06/2016

It's possible, in fact, that M.K. tipped off Sarah to the imminent attack in Iceland in the first place in order to eventually lead them all to this endgame. Seems a stretch, but Orphan Black has pulled off stretchier.

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Kellie Sheridan

The Young Folks

05/16/2016

From Instinct to Rational Control juggles both a new series of stories for the individual clones as well as furthering the season's arc.

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J.M. Suarez

PopMatters

05/10/2016

8/10

"From Instinct to Rational Control" keeps the clones connected in purpose, yet in many ways they're drifting from one another personally.

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Mark Rozeman

Paste Magazine

05/08/2016

7.6/10

"From Instinct to Rational Control" (and, indeed, the series as a whole) is a hard item to critique-after all, it's near impossible to properly judge rising action until you have the whole layout to judge it against.

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Synopsis

After realizing her goals align with her former enemy, Sarah forms an alliance; Felix and Donnie infiltrate a fertility clinic.

Executive Producer: Ivan Schneeberg, David Fortier
Network: BBC America
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016

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