I think we're definitely seeing more realistic female nudity on the show lately, but I guess we're still seeing some of what would be considered typically "sexy" body types, too. Which makes sense. I remember, it might have been in the pilot episode, a totally gratuitous scene of two inmates going at it in the…

This was not always true when the show was starting out. In the first season (and maybe even into the beginning of the second) there were plenty of shots/scenes included solely for (male, if you insist) titillation. It's been said that, starting out, the show focused more on Piper with the intention of hooking a wider…

Oh, I just remembered one: when we learned that Judy King hadn't been assigned to Litchfield, and then, next episode, she wound up there anyway. Can't trust these guys!

I agree with most of that, but regarding that particular scene, the stuff he was talking about was just so over-the-top that it kind of overwhelmed any relevance it could've had as far as explaining why the guards are that messed up. For me anyway. So, I can see where Myles is coming from.

Oh, yeah, definitely. I think it's also a matter of the prison industrial complex profiting from prisoners NOT being reformed. They stand to make more money from having return "customers", so they don't really care if the people in their custody actually make changes. It's just terrible, really.

The show's been renewed for three more seasons, right? I have a feeling
they're going to get around to flashbacks for all the regular (or, at
least,semi-regular) characters. With varying degrees of success.

I think that might be true, and it's interesting that it's a discussion I haven't really seen being had here, Because, that is, ostensibly, the reason why these women are in prison to begin with, right? To reform and/or change? Or is it only to punish (which doesn't really guarantee any change in their behavior)? it…

I felt like the two episodes preceding this one were both "A"s (without the minuses), so this one would've had to have been an "A+". I think I've only ever seen one "A+" on AV Club so far (I thought for some reason they had a policy against them or something). Anyway, Myles must have some pretty high frickin'…

Do you actually have a problem with his coverage of the show? It's sad (and mildly offensive) that you would think someone's race and/or gender matters more than what they actually contribute to the conversation. Particularly when quoting a statement that makes it pretty clear that that person acknowledges that their…

Oh, yeah, they do do some good casting on the flashbacks (my favorite so far might be young Boo), but just as often, they just put the current actress in "young girl clothes" and give them "young girl hair" and expect us not to be notice it's clearly an adult playing a young teenager. That was what my comment was…

Yeah, it was pretty shocking, but it didn't really add anything meaningful to the show's dynamic. It was just kind of shocking for the sake of being shocking. There wasn't a whole lot to be said about it, imo.

That sounds to logical to be true to me. Are you sure about this?

Have you never seen a couple fight? And people do stay with partners who cheat with their family members. It happens. Even those who have a lot of other options, which Morello doesn't really have.I didn't read that as "casting off" at all. And her character isn't really constructed as a type who can make clear…

The scene with Red reading the book to the girls was really effective. Good stuff from Mulgrew. That was the most emotional scene for me up to that point. After that it just got worse…

Yeah "passive" is more accurate than "weak" as I had (tentatively) characterized her.

Thanks, Norn. Gonna have to watch that scene again.

Crap. I don't know how I could have possibly missed that. I mean, I was wondering where it was coming from, so it's not like I wasn't paying attention or not expecting a reveal.

"There seems to be a hard line view of Poussey as a total innocent that I just don't acknowledge."

Oh, yeah, that's what I gathered from you initial comment. In the absence of any other plausible interpretations, I'm sure you're right.

Ah, the fabled "sack of argument". How many times have I extricated myself from seemingly inescapable situations whilst adventuring by employment of your mystical powers?