I'm not sure what you think her parents could have done to change the ruling in her case. From what we've seen her mother is very supportive.

Don't be gross. You're blaming Alex for being strangled almost to death by a hitman that MCC hired? She didn't ask for Lolly's intervention and she certainly didn't do anything wrong.

I thought that as I watching the episode since I was unsure for the first few minutes if it was Lori Petty playing her younger self or not, but I took special note later that Petty has an aging neck (sounds weird and critical but just a harmless observation!) that would have shattered the illusion. She seems young,…

He must have changed the rules for his sick game; given a choice she would have gone with the flies… :(

That sneeze was so bizarrely timed that I choose to believe it was part of her plan to "release" the phone in front of the guard. I just can't see what she could have done otherwise.

That's too cryptic to decode.

I have no problem with the way Piper tried to use her privilege. Since Piscatella is willing to use racist practices to run the prison, she had reason to believe he would be more inclined to listen to her as a white person. If he had, it would have benefited the Latina prisoners, not her (except to alleviate her…

There's a TV with a VCR in the TV room, plus a collection of VHS tapes already available in that very room. Poussey comments in S3 that half of them don't work, but they're there.

That response from him definitely made it seem like he had a crush on her. I can see it, in a sick way (if they were to get together when she got out or something). Luschek is gross but for me he's a loveable character due to his interactions with Nicky… except the one where he sold her out, even if it was ultimately…

As soon as I saw the comedic nature of Allison and Cindy's prank war I read it as an initiation. That could have gone veeery differently.

It was a confusing moment. I have been waiting for a loooong time for Piper to get what was coming to her but as someone who's not a sociopath, this was hard to watch. As soon as she agreed to follow her bunkmate my stomach dropped. Yes, Piper was complicit in instigating a race war and I wanted to see her get punched…

I was convinced they dubbed in Lori Petty's voice. It was miraculous.

So horrified that she says nothing and doesn't stop associating with the white supremacist group she created…

I think she's boring but it upset me to see her in Max because she didn't do anything to deserve being sent there. She should have gotten out as planned. Stealing Piper's money wouldn't have been a crime punishable by Max in the real world. She had also succumb to using heroin when there was no indication of her being…

When do we see her get high in prison? We see her go to Red instead of using when Taystee gives her drugs in S2 and we don't see her use anything from the bag she hides in Luschek's desk. The flashback to the aftermath of her having used when she first got to Litchfield was presumably about 3 years ago; I feel like…

It only really works in the immediate aftermath of having watched an episode, though it's much more practical to maintain with shows that air weekly.

The basic thesis of the show doesn't highlight men at all, even critically.

I had assumed that irony was intended by the writers. It was too blatant not to be. Luschek is a man but Judy King has miles of class privileges that he doesn't have.

No, if Luschek is raped by an inmate he is not "technically" the rapist in that scenario.

I'm glad Poussey is happy, but she deserves better and Soso is a prejudiced idiot. In terms of prison companionship I guess beggars can't be choosers so I understand why Poussey would forgive her, but I wouldn't have minded some Watson-logic on the situation after Soso's behavior with Judy King and her disgustingly…