In the latest "Orphan Black" season 3 episode, fans got to know more about the male clones (Ari Millen). First, there is that failed threesome attempt involving a woman and two clones. Then, there is that one scene wherein alpha dog male clone Rudy applied euthanasia to his brother Seth. One scene though that startled many fans is the one that involved the assassin female clone Helena (Tatiana Maslany).
"Orphan Black" season 3 premiered with Helena inside the facility of Castor after she was kidnapped in last season's finale. She is not being tortured but she is undergoing some tests. In the latest episode, the male ones were asked some questions. Those are the same questions later asked to Helena who did not give any serious answers. The male and female are from different laboratories so why are they taking the same test? According to series creator Graeme Manson, that scene is just a tip of the iceberg and is related to the disease that attacks some of the clones.
"Well, that part of our scientific mystery and that's really the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is up with the Castor boys' condition. We know for sure it's neurological and that it differs in that way from what our girls our suffering," Manson said in an interview with the Entertainment Weekly shortly after the "Orphan Black" season 3 episode two aired.
Flawed boys
In "Orphan Black" season 3 premiere and second episode, viewers saw how flawed the boys are. Some are psychotic, perverts, murderous, or rebellious. Manson and co-creator John Fawcett said the male clones could be worse than what Sarah and her sisters thought.
FAWCETT: And there is something fundamentally wrong with the boys-maybe even more so than the females.
MANSON: Besides being perverts and rapists, there's more wrong with them.
FAWCETT: Well, there is, and ultimately seeing Rudy have to put down Seth at the end is a very emotional mercy kill situation that I think the boys have become accustomed to. And because they've grown up in a military environment that is something that is in their language.
