![]() It's highly unlikely that "Esther" would have fooled the police - she's covered in blood, smiling as happy as clam, despite the dead body and the house having been wrecked, not to mention the police were notified of an intruder.And considering Kate would have no proof in this situation that she wasn't a mentally slipping alcoholic like everyone around her believes, good luck convincing anyone that that sweet, innocent girl could decide to come murder her and her family. Not only will she probably be adopted by another unwitting, innocent family, but poor Kate, the woman who stood in Leena's way of romancing John and nearly succeeded in killing her? Yeah, Leena knows where she lives. The alternate ending is ten times worse, if you assume that "Esther" succeeds in fooling the police officers.Downer Ending: Sure, Kate kills Esther Leena, but John is most likely dead, who knows what kind of brain damage Danny has from being smothered, and poor little Max.Children Are Innocent: Max, so much that you'll want to hug her from her very first scene.The revolver, Max's hearing aids, the treehouse key, the second bottle of wine, and, of course, Esther's paintings. ![]() Kate knows Esther is a psychopath, but has no evidence. Bring My Brown Pants: Danny, when Esther threatens him with a box cutter.Black Chick Dies First: Poor Sister Abigail.Perhaps not an asshole in the traditional sense, but his insistence on believing Esther's word over his freaking wife and his wilful ignorance of evidence staring him in the face loses him a lot of sympathy. Asshole Victim: The bully who gets her ankle broken.The Alcoholic / Drowning My Sorrows: Kate, formerly.Tropes used in Orphan include: General Tropes and that's when people around them started getting hurt. Polite and creative, Esther initially had a sensitivity and charm that began to thaw the frozen hearts of the Coleman couple. Max, in her innocence, was ecstatic to finally have a big sister Daniel was less than enthusiastic due to the bullying he receives at school due to her eccentricities. In an attempt to find an alternative outlet of love meant for their stillborn child, the Colemans take in a mysterious 9-year-old Russian orphan called Esther ( Isabelle Fuhrman) into their family. With the burden of John's past infidelity, the emotional distance of their rebellious adolescent son, Daniel (Jimmy Bennett), and the helplessness of their deaf younger daughter, Max (Aryana Engineer), Kate's loss of her third baby in childbirth broke her sanity and drowned her in a sea of alcoholism. ![]() The longer she poses as Esther, the stranger things get, leading to a huge twist that blows Orphan: First Kill wide open.One of the few things on which pianist Kate Coleman ( Vera Farmiga) agrees with her apathetic architect husband, John Coleman ( Peter Saarsgard), is that a drastic change is needed to save their rocky marriage. Content with getting away while she can, Leena plans to rob the Albright family and run away, but her attraction to Allen keeps her there. Leena struggles to pretend to be Esther and is paranoid about a detective who seems to be following her. Esther's brother, Gunnar, is less welcoming to his long-lost sister and strangely doesn't stick up for her when his friends tease Esther's look. Related: Does Orphan: First Kill Have An After Credits Scene?Įsther's father, Allen, finds a new lease on life now that Esther has returned, but not everyone in Orphan: First Kill is so pleased. ![]() Pretending to be Esther, Leena is met at the American Embassy in Moscow to be taken home by her "mother" Tricia Albright, played by Julia Stiles, known for her role as Nicky Parsons in the Jason Bourne series. Leena eventually finds the profile of Esther Albright, a young American girl who had been missing for four years, who is almost her perfect lookalike. To avoid getting caught, Leena searches the internet to find a missing child whose identity she can steal. Using her intelligence and innocent looks, Leena escapes and goes on the run. First Kill immediately introduces Leena as the most high-risk patient at an Estonian psychiatric facility.
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