'Orphan Black: Echoes' Episode 3 Takeaway: Betrayal comes from those closest and Jules needs to watch her back
Contains spoilers for 'Orphan Black: Echoes' Episode 3
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'Orphan Black: Echoes' Episode 3 has officially dropped on AMC+, and it seems to be packed with twists and revelations that deepen the intrigue of the series.
In 'Orphan Black: Echoes' Episode 2, Lucy (Krysten Ritter) kidnaps Jules (Amanda Fix) because she sees a striking resemblance between herself and Jules. She believes that they are both 'printed' forms and not humans. However, Jules manages to escape from Lucy's clutches.
'Orphan Black: Echoes' Episode 3 opens with Jules trying to come to terms with her past. Let's discuss the key events from Episode 3.
Is Jules in danger?
As the third episode of 'Orphan Black: Echoes' begins, Jules awakens in a hospital bed, discovering she has been in a coma for a few weeks. Dr Pam Teller (Marnie McPhail) checks on her, and Jules expresses her desire to go home, only to realize she has no home to return to.
Payton Lewis (Tehya Silbermann) visits her, and Pam invites Payton to stay and support Jules during her rehabilitation. Pam reveals that Payton was the only friend who reached out during Jules's coma.
Jules learns that her new foster family is scheduled to pick her up next week, marking the beginning of a new chapter in her life. As the episode fast-forwards to the present, Jules is seen grappling with sadness at her new foster house.
The behavior of Jules's new foster family raises suspicions almost immediately. They are not particularly friendly towards her, maintaining a certain distance that feels cold.
Her foster parents seem overly concerned with her activities, constantly monitoring her and interfering in her personal life. Every time she tries to carve out a bit of privacy or engage in activities that interest her, they are quick to intervene, often with flimsy excuses that do little to mask their true intentions.
They ask probing questions about her thoughts and feelings, but their interest seems more clinical than compassionate. As Episode 3 of 'Orphan Black: Echoes' unfolds, Jules' suspicions about her foster family deepen. She starts to notice inconsistencies in their behavior and stories, which make her increasingly uneasy.
It becomes increasingly apparent that Jules's foster family, and perhaps even Dr Pam, are keeping significant secrets from her. They avoid discussing her past and quickly change the subject whenever she brings it up.
When Jules returns from her meeting with Lucy, she is met with a suspiciously warm welcome from her foster family. They are unusually attentive, offering her a glass of water and a pill, which they claim is her medicine given by Pam.
Jules' foster father takes a step further, insisting that she show him her tongue to prove that she has indeed taken the pill. Despite her discomfort, she complies, knowing that challenging them could lead to further scrutiny and suspicion.
Later on, Jules ends up vomiting the pill she was given by her foster family. It seems Jules believes that they may be hiding something more sinister than she had previously imagined.
It's possible that Jules' foster family and Pam have malicious intentions towards her, considering the possibility that she is a 'printed form' or clone. Their actions, such as giving her a pill and closely monitoring her, could be part of a larger plan to exploit her for further scientific studies or experiments.
Jules' quest for the truth about her past may unravel the criminal activities of Pam and the organization responsible for her creation. The organization's motives for creating Jules and others like her could be tied to illegal or unethical practices, such as human experimentation, genetic manipulation, or even weaponization.
Hence, they may be actively trying to stop her from uncovering the truth about her past.
How can Lucy help Jules?
It seems that Jules now believes Lucy's assertion that they both came from the printers and are not real human beings. In Episode 3, Jules seeks out Lucy for guidance and support, recognizing that Lucy may hold the key to unlocking the truth about their shared past.
Jules reveals that there is a drug that can induce vivid dream trips, suggesting that it may help them access buried memories and unlock the secrets of their origins.
It appears that Jules and Lucy may be able to help each other uncover their mysterious pasts. Together, they could unravel the secrets and find the answers they seek. Another possibility is that Jules is actually a younger version of Lucy from the past, somehow transported to the future. This theory would explain their resemblance and the similarities in their experiences.
The organization may want to kill both Jules and Lucy because they could be seen as liabilities for their secretive scientific experiments. Killing them would ensure that they cannot reveal any information about the organization's unethical practices or the truth about their creation.
'Orphan Black: Echoes' Episode 3 is now streaming on AMC+