but what creator Anna Fishko eventually crafted with “Orphan Black: Echoes” — on which Fawcett is a co-executive producer and director — is a smart distillation of the original’s tone ...

It's called "Orphan Black: Echoes," and it starts Krysten Ritter as someone with a similarly mysterious origin story. Our TV critic, David Bianculli has seen all 10 episodes from the first season.

And sometimes it reveals that art form’s struggles. “Orphan Black: Echoes” is precisely what the title implies — a far-off reverberation of an original event, in many ways mirroring the ...