Taking place in 2052, thirty-seven years since the end of the original series, Echoes follows the life of the now adult Kira and her wife, as they try to help an amnesiac woman.
Krysten Ritter as Lucy, a woman who has undergone a procedure and has no memory of who she is / Young Dr. Eleanor Miller
Keeley Hawes as Dr. Kira Manning, a scientist, wife of Eleanor and mother of Lucas. She is the daughter of Sarah Manning, the protagonist from the original Orphan Black series. She was previously portrayed by Skyler Wexler in the original series.
Amanda Fix as Jules Lee, an adoptive teenager of wealthy parents who looks like Lucy / 16-year-old Eleanor Miller
Avan Jogia as Jack, Lucy's boyfriend and a former army medic and single father
James Hiroyuki Liao as Paul Darros, a powerful self-made billionaire who runs the Darros Foundation
Jordan Gavaris as Felix Dawkins, Kira's uncle. Gavaris reprises his role from the original Orphan Black series.
Marnie McPhail-Diamond as Dr. Pam Teller, a neuropsychologist who tells Jules she was in an accident and lost her memory. She later gives Jules a fake journal that Jules supposedly wrote.
Evelyne Brochu as Dr. Delphine Cormier, Kira's aunt, who comes to aid Kira on behalf of her wife, Cosima. Brochu reprises her role from the original Orphan Black series.
In March 2019, it was reported that a new series set in the Orphan Black universe was in early development stages at AMC, to be produced by Temple Street Productions.[5] In February 2022, it was announced that Anna Fishko would be the writer of the show and that the series would follow a new story set in the same world as Orphan Black.[6] In April 2022, the series was greenlit and titled Orphan Black: Echoes.[7]
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 61%, based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Krysten Ritter and Amanda Fix bring enough distinction to ensure this new Orphan Black isn't just a clone of the original, but the latest mystery is only a faint reverb of what came before."[15]OnMetacritic, which uses a weighted average, the first season received a score of 53 out of 100 based on 13 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[16]
