Plus the fact that they nailed down the timeline in this episode of being 6 months since the show started, with a gap of a few months between last season and this one. So it took them maybe a month and a half or so to go from being hunted by Helena to Alison and Cosima meet Helena for the first time and have a dance party.
I was on board from the start cause even though the promotional stuff didn't do much for the character, her origin has been covered in comic books. So I knew the personality and quirks Tatiana would get to work with which is one of the things I looked forward to this year. And it's pretty much exactly like I imagined.
Should I read the comics?
It's hard to say. I'd suggest holding off for now. There still missing the final comic in her series, and it'll be out in a bundle sometime after the season. Maybe it'll be cheaper then. Plus although I've got some ideas, I'm not sure yet what will be a spoiler to the show and what will just be some extra background info, or flat out embellishment that the show will eventually contradict. So far they haven't treated anything I already know about her as a revelation, but that could change later on cause there's a lot of connections that they could choose to use. The name of the second comic series itself I think would be the biggest potential spoiler, so that's why I'm dancing around all of this.
You're both right. Originally raised by Ukranian nuns until the Prolethians "saved her from abandonment" and then the brainwashing began. I only know this because I rewatched the diner scene recently.
Shiitake mushrooms!
The method hasn't changed, they're just get more complex with the movement. There's a lot of tennis ball and isolated passes in the season 2 fx reel as well. They always do passes without her double in them. They only use parts of the take with the double when the clones need to touch each other.
Helsinki was an event where they exterminated 6 clones that had contact with each other along with 23 collateral damage in 2001.
You don't really need to see the episode yet, she was in last year's finale too. It's specifically Marion's daughter Charlotte. Not a retcon, they just took her away from Marion or something and haven't explained it yet. There is one vague reference to it in this episode though.
The adoptive mother of the one successful recreation clone (the little girl). She appeared at the finale of season 2, and showed Sarah Rudy who she had captive in her home.
Wasn't mentioned on the show yet. The reason it first came up was because Ferdinand and Rachel were conspiring to do the same to the show's clones at the beginning of last season. There is a comic series about Helsinki but I don't know what details are canon yet. I will say in general that they were going to expose the project to the public.
