Yes I get the reference to how she's perceived in prison, and obviously in prison race is a big identifier which would heighten racist attitudes and stereotypes. But for me the only way that title is justified is if the actual episode is a good one which explores the character beyond the superficial stereotypes in…

Yeah I get that whiplash too. But I still believe in the characters' emotions because the acting is so good, and often the writers do get the drama/comedy balance right, like Black Cindy's conversion for example.

True, she did laugh inappropriately at Leanne which only made Leanne go even further off her tree. Definitely Soso should have apologised back and explained the nervous thing. But I don't think she was acting superior - she was just calling out the group for letting a bully like Leanne speak for them all.

I really don't think what went down between Leanne and Soso can be called a "misunderstanding that neither managed particularly well". Leanne was being a complete bully and Soso was trying to stand up for herself. Bullying is a very common practice within institutions and this storyline is OITNB's acknowledgement of…

Ok, most racist title that they could get away then. Sure there's worse, but this is pretty bad for an episode title and totally not justifiable in my opinion.

Totally. They succeeded in creating the most racist and offensive title possible. But why?? Perhaps the title was meant to contrast the content of episode, but sadly the content was just as bad.

Oh my god Chang's back story was SO stereotypical and one-dimensional. It did absolutely nothing to bring depth or meaning to her character. Clearly there are no Asian writers on this show. Or writers who consider Asians to be, you know, actual real complex people.

I know right? Surely they can introduce another Eurasian character to be her friend. There's a lot of us out there!

I don't think she felt that happiness at that moment at all. Maybe later when they're actually working she might have that sense, but to me what that makes that moment so powerful is the punch-in-the guts devastation she feels when she discovers it's nothing like what she had hoped, plus the irony of what it actually…

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a short time frame. She'd only just begun her Fake Acid Dealer career.

She was in high school! Kids spend their money on dumb stuff. I know I did. I think the point is she has ambition/aspiration. Whether she actually has enough talent to make anything of herself beside the point. It's about how having ambition doesn't make you better than those who don't, and striving to achieve more in…

She was devastated. It was all over her face. That disbelieving laugh she gives? It's like the universe throwing everything she believed back in her face.

Ok so I read Flaca's reaction to walking through those doors and seeing the sewing machines completely different. That was a devastating moment for her (and me). To realise that she had given up her prison family for this? She wasn't destined to slave away on a sewing machine for a few dollars like her mother: she was…