Others wrote about this scene between Maritza and Flaca, so I thought it was in this episode. But if it is indeed a spoiler, so sorry!!!!!!

I think McCullough is interesting b/c she's so straight-faced, humourless, a different kind of PTSD.

The transformation of Blanca from attractive, put-together person to wild-haired unibrow scowling woman is pretty phenomenal. Even her physical bearing is different at Litchfield. As Myles said, we don't know exactly what she did to get into prison. Any ideas?

And she looks repeatedly! I loved the elder woman's utterly cowed demeanor the following morning.

I have liked Transparent very much myself, but I have mixed feelings. In the first season, it's true, Maura is a symbol of something; and in the second season, some of the greater nuances of her and her friends run the risk of cliché. And at least one of Maura's kids become even more insufferable than she already…

Which one is McCullough? I don't think Bayley's bad like that; he's such an innocent (albeit becoming less innocent by the second), and so in over his head.

But it was cool that it was Gloria b/c they're sort of on the same level — they're doing it together, in a way; whereas if Ingalls punched Aleida, it was be one against the other. Plus, Gloria is wanting to help in any way she can, right?

The Maritza baby mouse (I can barely write that) part was so awful I can't stop thinking about it. When she talks about being able to feel the little feet… Sepinwall writes in his review of the whole season that he felt that, in all the awful things that have gone on at Litchfield, that one with Maritza and Humps…

I found the Morello-Vince in-person phone sex kind of excruciating — shocking, disgusting, sad, poignant (and really well-acted!). We know Morello's got HUGE problems with fantasy-versus-reality, but so does Vince, apparently. I mean, sitting in his room with the posters… I found it particularly telling that his…

Oh, yeah. Food-related. This interest of his in "the arts" is interesting… Remember how he went to Woodstock and didn't even realize it was Woodstock?

Well, it's also the fault of society — her upbringing, her (lack of) opportunities and education. I wrote in a comment on a later episode that very occasionally we do so a flash of her vulnerability — I mean, like, maybe twice so far — and it's not contrived or done too broadly — good job by Aleida, of course — and…

Yeah — I realized that after the fact. Thank you for deleting. And huge apologies.

Yeah, I would have to agree. And occasionally we really do see a flicker of her emotion and know just how awful, disempowered and downright shitty she has always felt.
FWIW, too: I happen to find her a very appealing actress, which may sound contradictory. Her face is a unique combination of pretty and really…

I would like to apologize for introducing spoilers into a conversation about Episode 4 I made. I had conflated Episodes 4 and 5 unintentionally. I am truly sorry!

Yeah, Caputo has some perspective; he actually does live in reality — and he knows exactly the rock between a hard place he's in. Healy is completely unhinged from reality, which is why he's so destructive to everybody. (Though he managed to help Lolly. And remember when he actually made Pennsatucky feel "heard"…

I think Aleida is simply awful — one of the most selfish selfish people on the show. Yeah, I see miniscule moments of her maybe wanting something good for her kids (really only the summer camp thing — and even that was, obviously, conflicted and totally eradicated by the end). Remember when all her kids came to…

Yes. I think there's a similarity there, in a broad way. Psychology, psychopathology fascinates me.

Well, don't know if he ever saw another one… but he was watching "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" online when Judy King walks into his office at his behest…

I have to confess that I'm a pushover when it comes to "back stories" and easy sympathy. I think Healy is revolting and even tragic. Perhaps, like Myles, I don't want too too much of him, but I do find him fascinating because just when you think he can't be more pathetic than we've seen, he is more pathetic. Seeing…

Well, if Bell is staying, O'Neill gotta stay. They're so sweet!