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Paul Dierden is a fictional character portrayed by Dylan Bruce in the TV series Orphan Black.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Natural Selection (season 1), they were 32 years old.
They appear in 29 episodes out of a total of 50 aired and have accumulated 103485 positive votes.
The character of Paul Dierden is mainly associated with Sarah Manning, Mark Rollins and Siobhan Sadler.

Paul Dierden

by Dylan Bruce

character

Episodes29

  • 8.1
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    Natural Selection

    episode S1.E1 march 2013
    Sarah, a streetwise hustler on the run from a lifetime of bad decisions, witnesses the suicide of a stranger who looks just like her. Sarah assumes her identity, hoping that cleaning out the dead woman’s bank account will solve all of her problems. Instead, the street smart chameleon is thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic mystery. After taking on the new identity, Sarah quickly finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly conspiracy and must race to find answers.
    • 45min
  • 8
    /10

    Instinct

    episode S1.E2 april 2013
    With a body in her car and nowhere to turn, Sarah is forced to continue her con and earn “Beth” a second chance on the force. But with a killer on her tail, her only hope of finding answers lies with another apparent ‘identical,’ Alison.
    • 45min
  • 8.1
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    Variation Under Nature

    episode S1.E3 april 2013
    Rocked by the revelation that she and her fellow "Orphans" are clones, Sarah just wants to get her hands on the money and skip town. But Sarah’s fake detective ruse stretches thin when the cops find the body she buried and assign “Beth” to the case. As Sarah closes in on the killer, the hunter becomes the hunted.
    • 45min
  • 8.2
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    Effects of External Conditions

    episode S1.E4 april 2013
    Sarah realizes that the Orphans’ survival is going to take more than police work. But tracking the killer threatens Sarah’s long awaited reunion with her daughter, Kira. As Sarah gets closer to the killer, the killer gets closer to the truth – the ensuing showdown threatens to expose her ruse as a cop.
    • 45min
  • 8.2
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    Conditions of Existence

    episode S1.E5 april 2013
    When terrifying evidence suggests the Orphans are part of a sinister ongoing experiment, Sarah’s suspicions turn to Paul, Beth’s boyfriend. But her probing inadvertently triggers Paul’s own investigation, bringing him dangerously close to the truth. Meanwhile, paranoid Alison piles on a whole new level of complication.
    • 45min
  • 8.4
    /10

    Variations Under Domestication

    episode S1.E6 may 2013
    Sarah’s hunt for answers is interrupted by a trip to the suburbs. Alison’s paranoia has boiled over, putting all the Orphans at risk. But when Sarah, Alison and Beth’s worlds dangerously collide, Sarah must decide who to trust with her secret.
    • 45min
  • 8.1
    /10

    Parts Developed in an Unusual Manner

    episode S1.E7 may 2013
    With Paul missing, Sarah is forced to confront the conspiracy head on. But when Paul learns Sarah has kept essential information from him, the fragile trust between them threatens to shatter. Meanwhile, Cosima grows closer to Delphine and the dangerously fascinating Dr. Leekie.
    • 45min
  • 8.5
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    Entangled Bank

    episode S1.E8 may 2013
    Sarah's actions pit the Orphans against each other as she tries to plan her next move. As Paul tries desperately to cover up Sarah’s existence, Alison takes vengeance on her suspected monitor, which could cost her everything she holds dear.
    • 45min
  • 8.6
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    Unconscious Selection

    episode S1.E9 may 2013
    After Kira’s life is threatened, Sarah is on the warpath, but Dr. Leekie makes her think twice about her plans for revenge. Meanwhile, Cosima faces the truth about Delphine, forcing her to choose sides. Now, it’s up to Sarah to decide the killer’s fate, but the truth about where Sarah came from changes everything.
    • 45min
  • 8.9
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    Endless Forms Most Beautiful

    episode S1.E10 june 2013
    Sarah’s last chance to bring her nemesis back to sanity slips away as Art intervenes to get answers of his own. Meanwhile, the Orphans must decide whether to make peace with their creators, as Sarah is forced into a deadly confrontation with their enemy.
    • 45min
  • 8.4
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    Nature Under Constraint and Vexed

    episode S2.E1 april 2014
    Sarah is out of options, on the run, and pursued by deadly adversaries. Desperate to find her daughter Kira, Sarah suspects ruthless pro-clone Rachel is behind her daughter’s disappearance and sparks an all out war against her.
    • 45min
  • 8.2
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    While Alison struggles with Aynsley's death and Cosima grapples with the worsening symptoms of her mysterious sickness, Sarah enlists Art’s help to find Kira and is shocked when she learns where the trail leads.
    • 45min
  • 8
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    Mingling Its Own Nature with It

    episode S2.E3 may 2014
    After hitting the road with Felix, Sarah is forced to turn to a ghost from her past — an old flame named Cal Morison. When their brief respite is brutally shattered, Sarah realizes that no matter how far she runs, it will never be far enough.
    • 45min
  • 8.4
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    Governed as It Were by Chance

    episode S2.E4 may 2014
    Sarah comes home looking for answers, and with the help of Cosima, they begin digging into the origins of the clone experiment. The hunt for answers takes her right into the belly of the beast, but getting out could cost her more than she knows.
    • 45min
  • 8.2
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    Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est

    episode S2.E5 may 2014
    Rachel goes on the warpath, lashing out at Sarah’s nearest and dearest. While she tries to keep her loved ones safe, an unexpected visitor threatens to derail Sarah’s plans.
    • 45min
  • 8.2
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    To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings

    episode S2.E6 may 2014
    Sarah joins forces with an unlikely and untrustworthy ally, following a trail of clues that she hopes will lead her to the origins of the clone experiment. Cosima and Delphine make a discovery that could prove to be the key to treating her illness. Alison finds herself in unsavory company at rehab.
    • 45min
  • 8.6
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    When a rehab confidante betrays Alison and threatens to expose the truth about Aynsley’s death, she goes into free fall on the eve of Family Day. With Donnie and the kids set to visit, it’s all clones on deck to contain the fallout.
    • 45min
  • 7.7
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    Variable and Full of Perturbation

    episode S2.E8 june 2014
    A new player in the clone conspiracy turns up at Felix’s door, sending him into crisis mode. With Cosima running out of options, Sarah struggles with the decision to surrender a crucial piece of leverage and make a deal with Dyad.
    • 45min
  • 8.5
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    Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done

    episode S2.E9 june 2014
    Cosima takes a turn for the worse, forcing Sarah to take desperate action which results in tragic consequences for those she loves. The Proletheans set their ultimate plan in motion, while Alison and Donnie tangle with the law.
    • 45min
  • 9
    /10

    By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried

    episode S2.E10 june 2014
    The war with Dyad is all but lost when Rachel’s latest ploy forces a broken Sarah to concede. The Clone Club springs into action, uniting in a reckless gambit to save Sarah. As they fight to gain their freedom, Sarah encounters a new ally and uncovers a terrifying new dimension to the conspiracy.
    • 45min
  • 8.1
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    The Weight of This Combination

    episode S3.E1 april 2015
    Sarah pursues the missing Helena who is held in a faraway compound. Sarah must use her wiles – and acting chops – to deter a Topside investigator who threatens the Leda sisters’ lives. Meanwhile, Cosima appears to be rebounding from her illness, while Alison and Donnie face newfound financial woes. But when the menace of Castor rears its head once more, Sarah and her entire family must come together to survive.
    • 45min
  • 7.8
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    Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis

    episode S3.E2 april 2015
    Castor pursues the Leda clones for original tissue samples. Helena, who is pregnant and imprisoned, is examined by a mysterious new villain. The Castor boys are also out to play, toying with a frightened young woman, Patty, in a sexy switcheroo that ultimately sets Sarah – and Art – hot on the Castor trail. But it’s not all fun and games for the Castor boys, as Sarah gleans they may have a mysterious defect that puts their lives in peril.
    • 45min
  • 7.9
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    Formalized, Complex, and Costly

    episode S3.E3 may 2015
    Leda and Castor are both on the hunt for original clone DNA. On-the-lam, Mark and Gracie pursue new leads to find the samples that might set them free, while Art and Sarah reunite to track them down. Meanwhile, Cosima and Scott try to learn more about Castor’s biology and Alison’s new money-making venture is going gangbusters. A shocking revelation about the Castor-Leda connection leaves the sisters reeling, just before Sarah witnesses a deadly Prolethean-Castor face-off.
    • 45min
  • 7.9
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    Newer Elements of Our Defense

    episode S3.E4 may 2015
    Mark is taken down in a Prolethean shoot-out and Sarah must step in to help. But as Sarah gathers intel that puts her on the trail of the original Castor DNA, a familiar foe is not far behind. While Helena continues to toil in a faraway military compound, it is ultimately Sarah’s fate that will hang in the balance as she tries to save her sister. Meanwhile, Gracie is cast out from the Prolethean fold, and Alison and Donnie come face-to-face with unhappy drug lord, Jason Kellerman.
    • 45min
  • 8.2
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    Scarred by Many Past Frustrations

    episode S3.E5 may 2015
    Helena and her seestra are reunited at the Castor camp when Sarah is captured. As Sarah suffers testing, Paul appears to chide her; but his allegiances are beginning to strain. While the Leda family worries about Sarah’s absence, Gracie ‘breaks Amish’ under the care of Mrs. S and an unwilling Felix. Cosima falls hard for an internet date, Shay.
    • 45min
  • 9.1
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    Certain Agony of the Battlefield

    episode S3.E6 may 2015
    Paul digs and finds the ugly truth behind the Castor Boys’ logbooks of names, pushing him into action. Meanwhile, Felix is desperate for info on Sarah’s whereabouts, and presses the still-ailing Rachel for any shred of a lead. In order for Donnie and Alison to take their money-making endeavor to the “next level” she must introduce Jason Kellerman to her unique business plan.
    • 45min
  • 8.6
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    The Collapse of Nature

    episode S4.E1 april 2016
    A flashback to Beth Childs' final investigation, days before her suicide.
    • 45min
  • 8.3
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    Transgressive Border Crossing

    episode S4.E2 april 2016
    After evading a Neolution attack in Iceland, Sarah returns home to track down an elusive new ally. As Cosima struggles with Delphine’s disappearance, Alison and Donnie host a pregnant and ever-hungry Helena. Meanwhile Felix, feeling like an outsider, embarks on his own journey of self-discovery.
    • 45min
  • 8.1
    /10

    The Stigmata of Progress

    episode S4.E3 april 2016
    As Sarah reels from the shocking discovery of Neolution’s biotech, she’s desperate to find answers. Rachel receives a visit from her keeper and takes a fraught step forward towards recovery. Meanwhile, Helena is mistaken for “Mrs. Hendrix” when she answers a visit from suspicious visitors.
    • 45min

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  • 9.1
    /10
    96% of the votes

    Certain Agony of the Battlefield

    episode S3.E6 may 2015
    Paul digs and finds the ugly truth behind the Castor Boys’ logbooks of names, pushing him into action. Meanwhile, Felix is desperate for info on Sarah’s whereabouts, and presses the still-ailing Rachel for any shred of a lead. In order for Donnie and Alison to take their money-making endeavor to the “next level” she must introduce Jason Kellerman to her unique business plan.
    • 45min
  • 8.1
    /10
    87% of the votes

    Parts Developed in an Unusual Manner

    episode S1.E7 may 2013
    With Paul missing, Sarah is forced to confront the conspiracy head on. But when Paul learns Sarah has kept essential information from him, the fragile trust between them threatens to shatter. Meanwhile, Cosima grows closer to Delphine and the dangerously fascinating Dr. Leekie.
    • 45min
  • 8.4
    /10
    78% of the votes

    Variations Under Domestication

    episode S1.E6 may 2013
    Sarah’s hunt for answers is interrupted by a trip to the suburbs. Alison’s paranoia has boiled over, putting all the Orphans at risk. But when Sarah, Alison and Beth’s worlds dangerously collide, Sarah must decide who to trust with her secret.
    • 45min
  • 8.2
    /10
    58% of the votes

    Conditions of Existence

    episode S1.E5 april 2013
    When terrifying evidence suggests the Orphans are part of a sinister ongoing experiment, Sarah’s suspicions turn to Paul, Beth’s boyfriend. But her probing inadvertently triggers Paul’s own investigation, bringing him dangerously close to the truth. Meanwhile, paranoid Alison piles on a whole new level of complication.
    • 45min
  • 8.5
    /10
    51% of the votes

    Entangled Bank

    episode S1.E8 may 2013
    Sarah's actions pit the Orphans against each other as she tries to plan her next move. As Paul tries desperately to cover up Sarah’s existence, Alison takes vengeance on her suspected monitor, which could cost her everything she holds dear.
    • 45min
  • 9
    /10
    23% of the votes

    By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried

    episode S2.E10 june 2014
    The war with Dyad is all but lost when Rachel’s latest ploy forces a broken Sarah to concede. The Clone Club springs into action, uniting in a reckless gambit to save Sarah. As they fight to gain their freedom, Sarah encounters a new ally and uncovers a terrifying new dimension to the conspiracy.
    • 45min
  • 8.2
    /10
    15% of the votes

    Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est

    episode S2.E5 may 2014
    Rachel goes on the warpath, lashing out at Sarah’s nearest and dearest. While she tries to keep her loved ones safe, an unexpected visitor threatens to derail Sarah’s plans.
    • 45min
  • 8.4
    /10
    12% of the votes

    Nature Under Constraint and Vexed

    episode S2.E1 april 2014
    Sarah is out of options, on the run, and pursued by deadly adversaries. Desperate to find her daughter Kira, Sarah suspects ruthless pro-clone Rachel is behind her daughter’s disappearance and sparks an all out war against her.
    • 45min
  • 8.1
    /10
    11% of the votes

    Variation Under Nature

    episode S1.E3 april 2013
    Rocked by the revelation that she and her fellow "Orphans" are clones, Sarah just wants to get her hands on the money and skip town. But Sarah’s fake detective ruse stretches thin when the cops find the body she buried and assign “Beth” to the case. As Sarah closes in on the killer, the hunter becomes the hunted.
    • 45min
  • 8.2
    /10
    11% of the votes

    Scarred by Many Past Frustrations

    episode S3.E5 may 2015
    Helena and her seestra are reunited at the Castor camp when Sarah is captured. As Sarah suffers testing, Paul appears to chide her; but his allegiances are beginning to strain. While the Leda family worries about Sarah’s absence, Gracie ‘breaks Amish’ under the care of Mrs. S and an unwilling Felix. Cosima falls hard for an internet date, Shay.
    • 45min

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