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Spoiler Alert: The Second Helping of ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Is Just As Appetizing

Posted on May 30th, 2014
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Staff Editor

Orange Is The New Black

America’s obsession with prison culture didn’t begin with Jenji Kohan-created Netflix series Orange Is The New Black. In fact, the land of the free has been fascinated with chained individuals since before the days of Oz, Prison Break and the whole gritty, made-for-TV lot. But the women-in-prison dramedy starring whitebread protagonist Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) that took online binge-watching by storm last year for its innovative peek into the female jailhouse experience is, once again, dragging us deeper into the complexities of that lifestyle.

Picking up a month after Piper’s outrageous altercation with Pennsatucky (Taryn Manning), the first episode of the new season whisks the self-described WASP away to Chicago to testify for her past transgressions with Alex (Laura Prepon), where we see a extreme lack of loyalty. Here, an unusual cast of characters is quickly introduced, but as soon as ease calms the frantic feeling that Pipe’s world will now consist of racing roaches (yes, roaches!), the storyline jets back to Litchfield to catch up with old faves: a kookier Crazy Eyes (Uzo Aduba), delusional but loving Lorna Morello (Yael Stone), a very pregnant and hormonal Daya (Dascha Polanco) and a now grey-haired Red (Kate Mulgrew). And yes, a bit more seasoned and hardened, Piper returns to the Litchfield’s gen pop.

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