Orange Is the New Black: “Litchfield’s Got Talent”
In some ways, “Litchfield’s Got Talent” is the most inconsequential episode so far of Orange Is the New Black. In other ways, it feels almost monumental, a very welcome return to form….
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Orange Is the New Black: “Pissters!”
So close, guys. “Pissters!” was so close to being the turning-point moment in Orange Is the New Black‘s weirdly low-energy riot (for a season that has so far taken place over the course….
Orange Is the New Black: “F***, Marry, Frieda”
I still don’t know what to make of the ever-changing tone of Orange Is the New Black‘s fifth season. I don’t know how seriously to take the riot, because at any….
Orange Is the New Black: “Riot FOMO”
How do you follow an episode like “Toast Can’t Never be Bread Again,” the brilliant finale to Orange Is the New Black‘s fourth season? This is the peril of ending on….
Orange Is the New Black: “Toast Can’t Never be Bread Again”
Good lord, Orange Is the New Black really didn’t let us off the hook when it came to Poussey, did it? The flashback is nothing short of beautiful. Samira Wiley does some….
Orange Is the New Black: “The Animals”
How do you follow a series-best episode like “People Persons”? If you’re Orange Is the New Black, you come out swinging with “The Animals,” which is something like a perfect follow-up. I….
Orange Is the New Black: “People Persons”
Goddamn, what an episode. “People Persons” is not only the best installment of Orange Is the New Black‘s terrific fourth season, it might be the best episode the show has ever….
Orange Is the New Black: “Bunny, Skull, Bunny, Skull”
There is some seriously smart, confident storytelling going on with Orange Is the New Black, and “Bunny, Skull, Bunny, Skull” might be the best example of it. I don’t necessarily mean the….
Orange Is the New Black: “Turn Table Turn”
“Turn Table Turn” was, in most respects, a pretty good episode of Orange Is the New Black. We got a good flashback, some disturbing developments at Litchfield, and some evolution within relationships…..
Orange Is the New Black: “Friends in Low Places”
Orange Is the New Black doesn’t quite break its streak with “Friends in Low Places” – it’s still better than “We’ll Always Have Baltimore” – but it can be frustrating at….
Orange Is the New Black: “It Sounded Nicer in My Head”
The economy with which Orange Is the New Black arrived at the first stage of Piper’s comeuppance is indicative of how well-oiled this storytelling machine has become. In just a few episodes,….
Orange Is the New Black: “Piece of Sh*t”
“Piece of Sh*t” does a damn good job at examining why its title character, Joel Luschek, is so troublesome. Many viewers, myself included, would count Luschek among their favorite characters….