Anything that can go wrong will. This episode follows the style of season 1 episode 6 and season 2 episode 7. There is one central location, and several of the clones as well as several of the other characters are there and trying to achieve their own agenda. But to do that, they have to duck, dodge, and weave around everyone else and what they know.
Some usual staples of episodes like this are clones being mistaken for each other, someone discovering the conspiracy by seeing two at once, and everything generally going wrong. The centerpiece of this one was the two sides of Alison's plan going wrong. She mixes up the drug dealing and campaigning folders, leaving Donnie with angry drug dealers and Alison simultaneously dealing with freeing Donnie, placating her mother, satisfying Cosima (who wants her urine), and dealing with the campaign (photo shoots, speeches, etc).
Every season, the web of these episodes gets more complex and intense. This episode lived up to that marvellously. With that comes the inherent risk that it will get confusing, but luckily it was very well handled by the directors and writers.
Some usual staples of episodes like this are clones being mistaken for each other, someone discovering the conspiracy by seeing two at once, and everything generally going wrong. The centerpiece of this one was the two sides of Alison's plan going wrong. She mixes up the drug dealing and campaigning folders, leaving Donnie with angry drug dealers and Alison simultaneously dealing with freeing Donnie, placating her mother, satisfying Cosima (who wants her urine), and dealing with the campaign (photo shoots, speeches, etc).
Every season, the web of these episodes gets more complex and intense. This episode lived up to that marvellously. With that comes the inherent risk that it will get confusing, but luckily it was very well handled by the directors and writers.
