Even though the second season isn’t as completely fresh as its 12-episode predecessor, Kohan’s ability to continuously humanize each character by peeling back their unfortunate journeys leading to Litchfield will keep you clicking “Next Episode.” You’ll also be happy to find that Taystee (Danielle Brooks) and Poussey (Samira Wiley) are two of the before-the-clink tales we get to digest all before episode 7.

But nothing changes the climate quite like the arrival of Vee (Lorraine Toussant), ex-drug dealer and Taystee’s pre-prison mother figure, which causes an all-out power struggle between Spanish Harlem and the Ghetto.

All in all, sitting down to feast on the season 2 of OITNB is a treat. Some of it is scattered and force-fed but the same ingredients that had us gobbling up season 1 remain as morsels of well-written goodness.

Season 2 premieres on Netflix June 6. Watch the trailer on the next page.