The second season of Orphan Black: The Next Chapter explores the global fallout after the truth about clones is exposed. As it depicts the devastation that occurs for some upon being 'outed' as clones, the audio drama draws parallels to modern questions about identity, privacy, and how much of ourselves we owe to others.

Jordan Gavaris said that the Orphan Black franchise has always addressed these sorts of real-life themes through a sci-fi lens: "I feel like through storytelling, and this is the kind of imaginative storytelling [...] that Orphan Black has always done really well, is feeding us the lesson but in a spoonful of sugar [...] or wrapping the lesson in the allegory, in the metaphor so that we’re not actually hitting somebody over the head with a very literal take on a moral story, but we’re giving [the audience] something else to digest ."

According to Brochu, Cosima and Delphine’s arc this season also addresses the modern tension between privacy and shared experiences. Their journey is one of the many ways in which Season 2 of The Next Chapter acknowledges that morality is rarely black and white.

Gavaris said that, during the first season of the TV series, the cast didn't expect their "little show" which "didn’t have a lot of money” to gain such an invested viewership. But Orphan Black has always relied on stellar performances and the powerful connection between the sestras to attract an audience, rather than big-budget razzle-dazzle.

So in many ways, Orphan Black: The Next Chapter is the franchise at its purest and most inevitable form: no special effects, no hair and makeup. Just iconic performances, hard sci-fi, and enduring questions about identity and community.

Listen to Orphan Black: The Next Chapter on Realm today to reunite with the sestras and their friends.

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