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When Charlie is kidnapped, Lucy tries to turn herself over to Tom but he demands she return Jules instead. Kira and Eleanor uncover the identities of the twelve people that Darros wants to print, but it may be too late to stop his plans, despite Xander's new desire to help them after learning more about Darros through his memory drug trip. Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Echoes 1×10 “We Will Come Again” — Episode 143 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

With help from Jules's mom Neva and a surprise visitor, Kira makes progress on discovering what Darros's plan might be for the print outs. Jules begrudgingly helps Xander who takes all of her memory drug to learn all he can about Darros. What he sees with the drug's assistance seems to change his mind about wanting to fill Darros's shoes. Lucy calls in assistance from Jack to help nurse Craig's gunshot wound, and Craig reveals some personal things about his past. Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Echoes 1×09 “Attracting Awful Things” — Episode 142 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Lucy seeks help from an ex to determine the significance of the device that Jules stole from Darros. Jules takes Eleanor to visit her mother to convince her not to give up on finding a cure for early on-set Alzheimer's. Lucas confronts Kira about her deception as she tries to protect him from the fallout of her encounter with Emily. Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Echoes 1×08 “The Paradox of Joyce” — Episode 141 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

After Lucy tells her about Kira's actions, Eleanor tries to be honest with Lucas. Jules makes another attempt to escape Darros's compound, and Kira discovers some unsettling videos on Josh's laptop. Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Echoes 1×07 “The Dog’s Honest Truth” — Episode 140 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Kira and Lucy try to find Josh to ask him why he gave the printing technology to Darros. Jules is taken by Darros to his compound where she sees both his inspirational projects and his darker ambitions. Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Echoes 1×06 “Unless You Trusted Someone” — Episode 139 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Kira tells Lucy the story of why she decided to print Lucy, revealing that her love for her wife Eleanor was what caused her to cross that ethical line in the sand. Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Echoes 1×05 “Do I Know You?” — Episode 138 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Lucy and Jules examine the details from their shared dream, which leads them to new clues about the original copy. Kira is concerned that Mr. Darros might hurt Lucy, and she gets more help from Emily to locate her. Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Echoes 1×04 “It’s All Coming Back” — Episode 137 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Lucy and Jack track down a lead that might provide information about Jules's past, while Jules herself is starting to look at her life with more scrutiny. Charlie tries to deal with her guilt about having to shoot someone to protect Lucy. Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Echoes 1×03 “Pegasus Girl” — Episode 136 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Lucy interrogates Jules, the young woman who looks like the person she sees in her nightmares, to figure out how much she knows about their origins. Kira receives a surprise visitor who came to check up on her after she called Cosima with some concerns. The suits following Lucy ask their boss for permission to... Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Echoes 1×02 “Jules” — Episode 135 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Lucy had found safety and comfort from her tumultuous past as a farmhand in the country. But when people from her past catch up with her, she decides to confront where she came from in order to protect her found family and her new life. Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Echoes 1×01 “Pilot” — Episode 134 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Vivi teams up with Jay to free Cosima from being detained by the Department of Defense. Kira confesses quite a bit about herself and her family to Em when she realizes the seriousness of what may be happening in Nasgwine'g. Delphine decodes the information Sturgis stored in the DNA sequence of some hair, which leads them to a locker at a local social club. Find shownotes for The Next Chapter 1×08 “Best Learn to Cope” — Episode 133 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

lub tries to deal with the stress of being publicly outed as clones as they try to track down Cosima. Jay recruits Art's help following up on Strugis's clue about the TAG project. After overhearing Dr. Bai talking about GeneKeep's data breach, Kira and Em follow him to the Nasgwine'g community where strange things seem to be happening around its mayor Gilles Sauveterre. Find shownotes for The Next Chapter 1×07 “What a Living World Will Demand” — Episode 132 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Suspected of murder and terrorism, Cosima endures detainment and questioning from the RCMP. Vivi finally comes face to face with a member of Clone Club. Charlotte's condition worsens, and she makes a decision that affects all the clones. Kris and Stephanie discuss episode 1×06 of Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, “Every Child Is Cast from... Find shownotes for The Next Chapter 1×06 “Every Child Is Cast From Paradise” — Episode 131 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Stephanie shares listener feedback about episodes 1x01 through 1x05 of Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, including thoughts about the border biometric screening, Henrik Johanssen's enthusiasm for new reproductive techniques, and Sarah's hoodie of invisibility. Find shownotes for Listener Feedback: The Next Chapter 1×01-1×05 — Episode 130 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Charlotte learns more about the unknown clone who has been hospitalized with a mysterious illness. Cosima tries to better understand what Sturgis was up to at GRIT and finds herself in a very precarious situation. Kira is suspicious about data being downloaded from GeneKeep's servers late at night. Kris and Stephanie discuss episode 1×05 of... Find shownotes for The Next Chapter 1×05 “To Ignore the Obvious” — Episode 129 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Clone Club touches base about the unknown clone who seems to be involved in the GRIT explosion, but they don't realize that Vivi is listening in on the call. Charlotte discovers they aren't dealing with the clone disease when she tries to inoculate the sick clone in the US. Art does his best to handle Jay's questions about Katja, Cosima, and Beth so that he can pass on a warning to Clone Club. Kira notices something strange happening on GeneKeep's servers. Find shownotes for The Next Chapter 1×04 “Bread and Pottages” — Episode 128 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

The investigation into the bombing at GRIT resurrects some old problems for Art, who receives a visit from a determined RCMP officer asking about the Katja Obinger case. Cosima learns more about what was going on at GRIT, while Charlotte and Alison head to the United States to inoculate a sick Leda clone. Find shownotes for The Next Chapter 1×03 “Dogged in Denial” — Episode 127 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Project LEDA ended eight years ago, and Cosima has spent that time playing it safe professionally. But when she interviews for a job at the Genetic Research Institute of Toronto, Cosima is confronted with her DYAD past and insinuations that DYAD's work has been continued. When GRIT is bombed soon after Cosima's interview, Delphine tries to use her contacts in national security to find out more information. Charlotte finds evidence on the internet that an unknown Leda clone in Boston is suffering from the clone disease, which reignites tensions concerning whether the clones should go public about their identities. Find shownotes for The Next Chapter 1×01 & 1×02 “Our Needs to Shape Us, Part One and Two” — Episode 126 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Kris and Stephanie are reunited with the sestras to talk about Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, an audiobook podcast produced by Realm and narrated by Tatiana Maslany. We plan to release weekly episode discussions of Orphan Black: The Next Chapter starting soon. Find shownotes for We’re Back to Discuss ‘Orphan Black: The Next Chapter’ and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

It's the series finale of Killjoys and the final showdown with The Lady! Team Awesome Force has to split into teams in the coordinated effort to defeat her. Dutch uses her complicated history with Khlyen while the Jaqobis seek out The Lady's body on the Armada. Meanwhile, Aneela and Delle Seyah exert their power on... Find shownotes for 5×10 “Last Dance” — Episode 56 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Team Awesome Force, with the help of their team from the prison, enacts a plan to stop The Lady's progress. Turin and Pree do what they can to save the people of Old Town. Find shownotes for 5×09 “Terraformance Anxiety” — Episode 55 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Johnny and D'avin work on team building exercises with their teams of prisoners. On a search for answers about The Lady's species, Zeph takes Dutch back to where she grew up. Find shownotes for 5×08 “Don’t Stop Beweaving” — Episode 54 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Pree, Zeph, and Turin try to find out as much as they can about The Lady's clones. Dutch, Johnny, and D'avin go undercover as soldiers on Leith and find themselves unexpectedly in over their heads. Find shownotes for 5×07 “Cherchez La B—-” — Episode 53 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Dutch and D'avin try to navigate the volatile situation with the mutinous prisoners who have become their captors, helping to broker a ransom for the Qreshis. Johnny has teamed up with the Warden, and they work behind the scenes to regain the upper hand on the ship. Meanwhile, Delle Seyah and Aneela have reunited, but can their relationship survive Delle Seyah's transformation back to a human? Find shownotes for 5×06 “Three Mutineers” — Episode 52 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

When the Qreshi benefactors stage a fighting competition between the inmates, Dutch, D'avin, and Johnny see opportunities to exploit the situation to their advantage. However, they must forge partnerships along the way and can their partners be trusted? Find shownotes for 5×05 “A Bout, a Girl” — Episode 51 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Dutch, D'avin, and Johnny go to prison! There, they must 1) reconvene, 2) figure out how to escape, and 3) foil an assassination attempt. You know — business as usual. Find shownotes for 5×04 “Ship Outta Luck” — Episode 50 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Dutch, Johnny, and D'avin escape from The Lady . . . or do they? Accusations abound as Team Awesome Force find themselves trapped in Lucy and uncertainty. Find shownotes for 5×03 “Three Killjoys and a Lady” — Episode 49 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Zeph finds a way to reverse the brainwashing effects. She and Dutch try to get the cure to D'avin and Johnny so that they can stall the Lady's efforts to terraform Westerley. Find shownotes for 5×02 “Blame It on the Rain” — Episode 48 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Dutch realizes that The Lady has placed Old Town under a spell. Can she free her closest allies from the delusion also? Find shownotes for 5×01 “Run, Yala, Run” — Episode 47 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Aneela brings Johnny and D'avin into the Greenspace to fight the Lady, which has surprising consequences. Quick Reviews Kris: This show is so bonkers and I wish more shows would try to be bonkers in a similar way. It feels like there’s a specific goal in the writers’ room to think about things differently, and... Find shownotes for 4×10 “Sporemageddon” — Episode 46 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Team Awesome Force reunites with their army to try to figure out a way on to the Hullen-occupied RAC to save the kidnapped children and retrieve the only viable green pool. Find shownotes for 4×09 “The Kids Are Alright” — Episode 45 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

With D'avin and Jaq on the run, Dutch and Johnny hunt the answer to Khlyen's memory clue. An awkward Jaqobis homecoming takes a deadly turn as Dutch and Zeph risk everything for science. Kris and Annie discuss episodes seven and eight of Killjoys Season 4. Find shownotes for 4×07 & 4×08 “O Mother, Where Art Thou” & “It Takes a Pillage” — Episode 44 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Dutch trains Jaq to fight The Lady, and her tactics cause tension between her and D’avin. Their search for clues Khlyen left in Dutch’s story memory attracts the attention of someone dangerous. Pred and Fancy team up to find Gared, and Zeph tried to help Pip. Kris, Annie, and Stephanie discuss the sixth episode of the fourth season of Killjoys, “Baby, Face Killer.” Find shownotes for 4×06 “Baby, Face Killer” — Episode 43 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

D'avin, Johnny, and Dutch must use their Killjoy skills to obtain something they need to save Delle Seyah, D'avin, and Aneela's child. Meanwhile, on the RAC-commandeered Hullen ship, Turin gets to know his new rebooted Hullen friend Weej while they try to figure out what's happening with the other Hullen. Find shownotes for 4×05 “Greening Pains” — Episode 42 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Back from the green space, Dutch has only Khlyen's story about Johnny to lead her in the right direction to defeat the Lady. Johnny cannot become fully Hullen, but he isn't fully human either, which is causing him physical and mental distress. Delle Seyah and her baby's Hullen abilities pose difficulties as she gets ready to deliver. Kris, Annie, and Stephanie discuss episode 4x04 of Killjoys, "What to Expect When You're Expecting...An Alien Parasite." Find shownotes for 4×04 “What to Expect When You’re Expecting…An Alien Parasite” — Episode 41 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Johnny manipulates D'avin into leading him to a green pool, so that he can finish his transition and become Hullen. Delle Seyah finds herself captive in the organ harvesting colon, and the warden has his eye on her baby. Zeph, Pip, and Pree team up to find Lucy so that she can lead them to D'avin and Johnny's location, but will they be in time to help? Kris, Annie, and Stephanie discuss episode 4x03 of Killjoys, "Bro-d Trip." Find shownotes for 4×03 “Bro-d Trip” — Episode 40 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Previously, we made a pitch for those of you who hadn't seen the show Black Lightning to go watch it. And hopefully you did that, because in this episode we are talking about Season One of Black Lightning! Find shownotes for Black Lightning: Season One — Episode 52 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Johnny, D’avin, and Delle Seyah have made it to a planet, but they have to figure out where they are and how to get home. As always, trouble finds them and drastic actions have to be taken to save Johnny’s life. Kris, Annie, and Stephanie discuss episode 4x02 of Killjoys, "Johnny Dangerously." Find shownotes for 4×02 “Johnny Dangerously” — Episode 39 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

In an effort to prepare Dutch for what's to come in the greenspace, Khlyen tells her a fairytale version of the story of how she and Johnny became partners. Kris, Annie, and Stephanie discuss the Season 4 premiere of Killjoys, "The Warrior Princess Bride." Find shownotes for 4×01 “The Warrior Princess Bride” — Episode 38 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Kris and Stephanie tell Annie (and you) why they love Black Lightning and why they think you should watch it. Black Lightning is now available to stream on Netflix in the US! Find shownotes for Black Lightning: Why You Should Watch — Episode 51 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Orphan Black: Deviations is a six-issue comic book miniseries with a “what if” setup asking what the plot of Orphan Black would have been like if Beth hadn’t died. Kris and Stephanie share their thoughts about the comic miniseries and discuss the differences in the timeline, such as the very different body count and changes in character arcs. Find shownotes for Orphan Black: Deviations — Episode 125 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Lena leverages her wardrobe, and Kara takes sartorial risks! Stephanie and Kris discuss the Supercorp subtext in episodes 3x10-3x13 of Supergirl. In this podcast episode, we are focusing on the NON-CANONICAL but obvious fact that Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor are in love. Find shownotes for Supergirl: Supercorp Subtext (3×10-3×13) — Episode 50 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

In Chapters 16 and 17 of My Youth Is Yours, Kara and Lena come into conflict when Jeremiah returns, and Lena has doubts about the fortunate circumstances of Jeremiah's rescue. Lena soon finds herself in CADMUS's cross hairs, and she decides to confront her mother with Alex. Kris and Stephanie talk about recent updates to this Supercorp fanfic by lynnearlington. Find shownotes for Supergirl: ‘My Youth Is Yours’ Ch. 16&17 (Supercorp Fanfiction) — Episode 49 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

In Marvel's Runaways, a group of six teens find out that their parents’ charity group is actually a front for villainy, and the teens band together to try to figure out what to do with this newfound information. Kris and Stephanie discuss Season 1 of Runaways, including plot elements of the series as well as differences between the TV series and the comics Find shownotes for Marvel’s Runaways: Season 1 — Episode 48 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

In Chapter 15 of ‘My Youth Is Yours’, Kara and Lena confront lingering issues surrounding their breakup when fifth dimensional imp Mxyzptlk shows up and insists on planning their wedding. Kris and Stephanie discuss the most recent chapter of this wonderful Supercorp fanfic. Find shownotes for Supergirl: ‘My Youth Is Yours’ Ch. 15 (Supercorp Fanfiction) — Episode 47 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Lena Luthor joins her new family for holiday celebrations, and Kara Danvers has an odd way of phrasing things. Stephanie and Kris discuss things that definitely did happen, and some things that might have happened just off-screen, in episode 3x09 of Supergirl. Find shownotes for Supergirl: Supercorp Subtext (3×09 “Reign”) — Episode 46 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

My Youth Is Yours, a Supercorp fanfic written by lynnearlington, retells Season 2 of Supergirl with the backstory that Kara and Lena dated in college and are seeing each other again for the first time since their breakup. In this episode, Kris and Stephanie first offer some nonspoilery talk about why and what they like about the fanfic. Then they delve into spoilery discussion of different elements and plot points in the story. Find shownotes for Supergirl: ‘My Youth Is Yours’ (Supercorp Fanfiction) — Episode 45 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Lena Luthor is accused of inadvertently poisoning children with her lead diffusion device, but Kara Danvers, whom she loves and who loves her, believes in her so much that Kara won't accept that Lena could have even accidentally done such a thing. Also, Sam might be up for that threesome Lena seemed to be angling for? We're not sure, but we think some wires got crossed, instead of, ahem, other things at the end of the episode. Kris and Stephanie discuss the Supercorp subtext of episode 3x05 of Supergirl. Find shownotes for Supergirl: Supercorp Subtext (3×05 “Damage”) — Episode 44 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Things seem to be getting (secretly) serious between Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor! Stephanie and Kris offer their takes on that look that Lena gives Kara, as well as that other look that Lena gives Kara. We're talking about the Supercorp subtext in episode 3×04 of Supergirl. We also take a moment to talk slightly more realistically about that strange anecdote Lena shares at girls' night and Lena offering some supportive friendship to Sam. Find shownotes for Supergirl: Supercorp Subtext (3×04 “The Faithful”) — Episode 43 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.

Kris and Stephanie are joined by other Killjoys podcasters, Mark from The Warrant Is All and Kevin from Tuning in to Scifi TV, to discuss Season 3. We talk about the reveal about Dutch’s origins, and whether it holds up for us, as well as other major storylines of the season. We also speculate a bit about Season 4 and make a wishlist for the rest of the series. Find shownotes for Killjoys Season 3 Roundtable — Episode 37 and check out our other podcasts at ASK Genre TV.