Everywhere you look on Orphan Black, a new clone is popping up, and in this week's episode, it was a blink-and-you'll-miss-him situation.
While plotting her escape from Dr. Coady, Helena stumbled upon a new Castor clone named Parsons. He's not out fighting for their Army, though -- his skull is open and his brain is plugged into a bunch of machines for constant testing.
His only words for Helena? "Kill me."
Helena obliges and mercy kills him before getting dragged away by soldiers in a super intense scene.
That scene between Helena and Parsons was STUNNING. #OrphanBlack— Heather Walton (@heatherbird13) May 10, 2015
HELENA AND PARSONS OK BYE— hannah (@proIethean) May 10, 2015
One step forward in Helena's rescue plan puts her two steps back, especially after Sarah runs into trouble with two of the other Castor clones and also doesn't escape so easily.
Let's see how everyone fared this week.
Alison
Alison finally had some interaction with the Clone Club this week, telling Cosima that she doesn't think Sarah should be teaming up with the Castors. After that, a drug dealer comes to the house and forces them to have a meeting with his boss.
Apparently Ramon was on someone else's payroll and wasn't supposed to sell off his business.
They're so gonna bang@tatianamaslany @Justingchatwin #OrphanBlack— Kimberly (@kubricklover) May 10, 2015
Surprisingly, neither Alison nor Donnie are in danger because the big boss is her high school boyfriend Jason (Shameless' Justin Chatwin), and their chemistry is out of control.
Even though things get a little flirty, the talk eventually turns to money and the benefits of a partnership.
She ultimately decides to work for him with her soap business front.
Cosima
Cosima is doing better physically, but emotionally? Not so much. Felix finds her pining for Delphine while wearing her ex's sweater and makes her come out for a drink and start swiping away on Sapphire, a dating app.
"I'm not going to let an app tell me who to love," she says, but Felix points out it's just a "scratching pole to rub herself up against" for now. Me-ow.
Workwise, she and Scott are still trying to decipher Duncan's gibberish, but thanks to the new high-tech clone phones, she's able to work with Sarah on Johanssen's old files and find out that the former cult leader was Duncan's lab assistant and stole the Castor original DNA to create a clone son of his own.
At least now they can send pictures #clonephones— det. beth childs ღ (@itsnickyyall) May 10, 2015
But more on that later...
Helena
Meanwhile, Helena devises a plan to escape: Get into the infirmary and escape when left alone.
The scorpion helps her find her way around, but instead of finding an exit, she discovers the aforementioned new clone.
She makes it back before she gets caught, creates a knife by using her teeth to whittle down a bone, and escapes her cell later, heading straight to the other Castor, Parsons. Once she sees that his skull is open and wires are testing him directly from his brain, he pleads for her to kill him and she stabs him right in the head.
"No more pain, little one," she says, as she's hauled off by soldiers.
She screams at Coady: "You say you love boys, but you're a shit mother!"
"YOU'RE A SHIT MOTHER!" Damn right, Helena. Poke her eye out with your pork chop bone. #OrphanBlack— Marie (@marie_caswell) May 10, 2015
Happy Mother's Day, Coady?
Sarah
After witnessing Mrs. Johanssen shoot Mark, Sarah narrowly escapes getting caught by the madwoman.
The good news is Mark is still alive, though. So she helps him get to an abandoned house, and they have some strange brother-sister bonding time when she has to pull a bullet out of his leg in what may have been one the goriest moment of the series.
“I’m not putting my finger in your leg.” The most squeamish punk rocker on earth, I heart you Sarah Manning. #OrphanBlack— Hafsah M (@PhantomSpaceCop) May 10, 2015
Sarah leaves Mark to investigate Johanssen's box of files, where she discovers (with Cosima's help) that Johanssen stole the DNA sample to make a clone son of his own.
Mark soon tracks her down at the hotel, and once she tells him what Johanssen did, he leads her right to the son in question. Well, the baby's grave.
Sarah gets to work and eventually digs out baby Abel Johanssen, but not a moment after she's done, she turns around to find Rudy pointing a gun at her. Surprise.
She knocks him out and runs away, but he quickly catches up in a creepy barn.
Sarah always has the morbid jobs -- first removing the bullet from a Mark's bloody leg now digging up a dead baby #OrphanBlack— Dave Bedford (@_DaveBedford) May 10, 2015
It feels like a slasher flick as he menacingly cries, "Mommy, I can't find you," pretending to be Kira.
Even though Rudy does find her, she's saved by Mark in a weird Castor bro moment.
Apparently Mark is Rudy's "superior" -- he calls him "little brother" -- and that intimidation causes them to hug and call a truce. Um, OK.
But even though Mark saved her from getting stabbed, he didn't really save her.
"You know we don't leave loose ends," he says.
(Spoiler alert: In the promo for next week's episode, Sarah is locked up in a cell next to Helena.)
Clone Win of the Week: Helena makes a knife from a steak bone using only her teeth. Enough said.
Alyse Whitney is an entertainment writer whose life revolves around her DVR conflicts and all things Shonda Rhimes. Her work has appeared on Glamour, Teen Vogue, Bustle, MTV, POPSUGAR, TVLine, and more. Follow her on Twitter @AlyseWhitney