Orange Is the New Black

Season 1

1. I Wasn't Ready

Sentenced to 15 months for a crime she committed 10 years earlier, Piper Chapman leaves her supportive fiancé Larry for her new home: Litchfield Penitentiary, a women's prison. Her homophobic counselor, Sam Healy, empathizes with her and gently gives her tips to survive. Piper grapples with the racial dynamics of prison life and learns some of the rules. She befriends some of the inmates, including Nicky Nichols, a recovering heroin addict. Piper later offends Red, the powerful matriarch of the prison kitchen, who responds by serving Piper a bloody tampon. Piper is then shocked to discover that Alex Vause, her former lover who recruited her into carrying drug money, is in the same prison. Meanwhile, new inmate Daya Diaz is greeted by her mother Aleida, who is also incarcerated, with a slap to the face. Flashback: Flashbacks depict the particulars of Piper's crime, Piper telling her family about her crime, and Larry's marriage proposal.

2. Tit Punch

After insulting Red's food, Piper is starved out by the kitchen staff. She struggles to offer up an acceptable apology to Red. Alex tries to give Piper a piece of cornbread, but Piper rejects it. With help from fellow inmate, Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren, Piper manages to prepare a medicated lotion for Red's back problems; Red appreciates the effort and stops starving Piper. Suzanne later makes a romantic move on Piper. Meanwhile, the kitchen freezer is irreparably damaged, and Red manipulates Healy into buying a new one. Daya forms a secret friendship with Bennett, a friendly correctional officer. Flashback: Red attempts to befriend the wives of well-connected Russian businessmen in Brooklyn. Unfortunately, she tells an insulting joke that alienates them. During a confrontation, Red punctures one of the wives' breast implants. As compensation, Red's husband agrees to hold secret packages for the businessmen.

3. Lesbian Request Denied

Piper's best friend Polly takes more authority over their soap-making business. Piper firmly rejects Suzanne's romantic advances after Suzanne submits a request to bunk with her. Transgender inmate Sophia Burset has her dose of exogenous estrogen reduced in response to budget cuts. Sophia asks her wife, Crystal, to smuggle hormone pills into the prison; Crystal flatly refuses, asking her "How fucking selfish can you be?" Piper moves into the cube of Miss Claudette, a stern inmate with high expectations for cleanliness and privacy. Miss Claudette's code of conduct is violated when Suzanne vengefully urinates on the floor of their space. Flashback: Sophia's wife and child struggle to adjust to Sophia's gender transition, and Sophia is arrested after committing credit card fraud to finance her gender reassignment surgery.

4. Imaginary Enemies

Healy assigns Piper a work assignment at the electrical shop. After Piper loses a screwdriver, the prison staff conducts an intense search before it is used as a weapon. A skeezy correctional officer, George Mendez, molests Piper during the search. When Piper returns to her cube with the screwdriver, it places more strain on her relationship with Claudette. Meanwhile, Tricia Miller schemes to prevent her girlfriend Mercy's release by planting drugs in her bunk, but Claudette convinces Tricia not to ruin Mercy's chance of freedom. Healy informs Claudette that there is interest in reopening her case. Claudette initially declines, but agrees to have her case reopened after receiving a letter from her old friend Baptiste. Flashback: Miss Claudette ran an illegal housekeeping company until she murdered a man who sexually assaulted one of her employees.

5. The Chickening

While relaxing in the exercise yard, Piper sees a chicken. When she mentions it in passing, Red recounts her dream of cooking a proper chicken and offers a gift to the person who catches the chicken. Larry discovers that Alex gave Piper's name to the feds. To keep Piper focused on life beyond prison, Larry lies to her. Polly arranges for Piper to take a business call, but Piper skips it to chase the chicken. Lorna Morello ends her sexual relationship with Nicky. Sophia asks Sister Ingalls for estrogen pills, but Sister Ingalls refuses. At the chapel, the overloaded ceiling collapses from a heavy cross that Pennsatucky had tried to hang. The prisoners are forced to clean up and repair the damage. Miss Claudette starts researching her legal appeal. Bennett and Daya pass notes to each other; Aleida advises her daughter to date another guard who can do her favors. Flashback: Aleida runs a drug ring with her boyfriend, César, while the family struggles financially. After Aleida goes to prison, Daya starts dating César and runs the drug ring.

6. WAC Pack

Piper starts to view Alex fondly, now believing that she didn't name her. Larry agrees to write an article about Piper's term in prison. Healy is tired of dealing with the inmate's problems and announces elections for the women's advisory council. Red encourages Morello to run for WAC, dismaying Nicky, who believed that she was Red's second-in-command. Healy encourages Piper to run for WAC, but when she refuses, Healy places her on the council anyway. The guards start searching for a missing mobile phone; Piper finds it hidden in the wall of the bathroom. The increased contraband searches threatens Mendez's drug operation. A friendly CO, Susan Fischer, gets assigned to Litchfield. Daya performs oral sex on Bennett for the first time, during which she discovers that he has a prosthetic leg. Flashback: Flashbacks depict the friction between Nicky and her biological mother, and how Red helped Nicky deal with her drug problem.

7. Blood Donut

Janae Watson is released from the SHU after arguing with the guards during the screwdriver incident. Janae concludes that it was Piper who misplaced the screwdriver; Piper confesses, but points out that Janae was initially sent to the SHU for arguing with the guards. Piper tries to make nice with Alex. Taystee anticipates her upcoming disciplinary board hearing. Mendez pressures Red into smuggling drugs into the prison, but she refuses. Pennsatucky, who was hoping to use the WAC election to obtain false teeth, is infuriated by Piper's appointment to WAC. Piper hands Healy the missing phone in exchange for getting the prison's running track reopened. When Healy does not go through with the plan, Piper manipulates Fischer into reopening the running track, which pleases Janae. Flashback: Janae was a gifted track star with a college scholarship, but she always struggled to fit in. After flirting with a sketchy man at a party, Janae helps the man rob a convenience store. They are separated as they escape; she is caught by the police, but he is not.

8. Moscow Mule

The flu bug circulates through the prison. Larry's article is printed. While Piper is happy about the article, she is upset that most of the information is inaccurate. Healy reads the article and begins acting coldly towards Piper upon discovering her history with Alex. Piper and Alex flirt and reminisce while they try to fix a dryer. Pennsatucky locks Alex into the dryer as revenge. Polly gives birth. When Tricia goes into drug withdrawal, prison administrator Joe Caputo orders Mendez to investigate how the drugs entered the prison. Over Nicky's objection, Red cuts off Tricia, who is subsequently sent to SHU. Angry at Red for cutting off Tricia, Nicky informs Mendez that Red uses Neptune's Produce, a vendor affiliated with the Russian bosses from Red's background, to smuggle contraband into the prison. Taystee is granted parole. Daya discovers that she is pregnant, and Bennett is the father. Flashback: Red gives the Russian bosses a good business idea, which begins her climb up the organized crime ladder.

9. Fucksgiving

Mendez uses Red's smuggling connections to move drugs into the prison. When Red flushes them down the toilet, Mendez issues Red a death threat and urinates into the Thanksgiving gravy. Pennsatucky and Alex clash over their views on homosexuality and religion. During Taystee's release party, Piper and Alex share a sexually charged dance; Pennsatucky snitches on them for "lesbianing together," after which Healy sends Chapman to SHU. Piper is enraged that Healy is punishing her, and she struggles to deal with the isolation. Larry meets Maury Kind, an NPR personality. Crystal informs Sophia that she has become romantically interested in her pastor. With Sister Ingalls's encouragement, Sophia gives Crystal her blessing. Daya agrees to keep her baby. Taystee gets released but finds that her support network is missing. Caputo orders Healy to release Piper from SHU when it becomes clear that her transfer was unjustified. Healy calls Larry, informing him about Piper and Alex's sexual relationship. Upon returning to camp, Piper has sex with Alex. Flashback: Flashbacks depict Alex being bullied for her low socioeconomic standing, her relationship with her mother, and her first contact with her washed-up rock star father. The flashbacks also show her beginning with the drug cartel.

10. Bora Bora Bora

Piper is unable to contact Larry, though she finds out from her brother Cal that Larry had landed an NPR radio interview. Bennett learns of Daya's pregnancy and is concerned that the system will discover their relationship, which could result in disciplinary action for both. A scared straight program arrives at the prison; the inmates attempt to intimidate the visiting juvenile delinquents, but they have difficulty intimidating Dina, a young paraplegic "gangster". Piper succeeds by telling Dina the scariest part of prison is coming face-to-face with who you really are. Pennsatucky starts a faith healing crusade that quickly ends when she forcefully removes Dina from her wheelchair; Pennsatucky had been tricked by Piper into "healing" Dina. Miss Claudette reunites with Baptiste. Tricia returns from SHU and struggles to make amends with Red. Mendez manipulates Tricia into selling his drugs. Upon clocking Tricia's state, Mendez locks her in a closet to prevent her from revealing the drugs. When he returns, Mendez discovers Tricia had taken all the drugs, overdosed, and died. He manipulates the scene to make it look as if Tricia had hung herself. Nicky and Red blame themselves for Tricia's death and they both resolve to bring Mendez down. Flashback: Flashbacks reveal Piper meeting Larry. Tricia survives life on the streets of New York City by shoplifting; she keeps a list of what she steals so she can pay everyone back.

11. Tall Men with Feelings

While the prison officials cover up Tricia's death, the inmates organize an informal memorial for her. Tricia's death affects Mendez, and he vents over drinks with Bennett. Aleida, Daya and Red scheme to cover up Daya's pregnancy; Daya will have sex with Mendez, which will then deflect suspicions once her pregnancy becomes apparent. During their encounter, however, Mendez uses a condom. After Piper learns that psych is worse than SHU, she successfully petitions Caputo to have Pennsatucky returned to general population; Piper's bravery brings Alex closer to her. Miss Claudette and Baptiste anticipate her potential release. Piper and several other inmates listen to Larry's NPR interview; Larry's comments are hurtful towards Suzanne and Miss Claudette, and his comments regarding fidelity convinces Piper that he knows about her relationship with Alex. Piper finally contacts Larry and confesses her infidelity. Larry reveals that Healy had told him that she was put in the SHU for "lesbian activity." Piper admits that she loves Alex, which Larry sees as a deep betrayal; Larry then tells Piper that Alex did name her, thereby admitting that he lied earlier, and tells Piper than he needs time away from her. Flashback: Flashbacks depict the fight and breakup between Piper and Alex following the death of Alex's mother.

12. Fool Me Once

Caputo catches Mendez having sex with Daya. To avoid a rape investigation, Mendez is put on unpaid leave. Daya tells Bennett about her plot, though he is displeased about the framing. Mendez tells Bennett about Red's smuggling operation; Bennett informs Caputo. Piper makes up with Miss Claudette, who is hopeful for the results of her hearing; however, her appeal is denied. Returning to camp, Claudette angrily chokes Fischer and is sent to maximum security. Unable to adjust to life outside, Taystee purposely commits a crime to return to the prison. A journalist following Larry's interview asks Natalie Figueroa, the deputy warden, about spending cuts at Litchfield, despite an increase in the prison's funding. Alex admits she ratted on Piper for dumping her, but she had lied in order to rekindle their relationship. Larry asks Piper to marry him immediately. Pennsatucky is encouraged by her lawyer to "witness" to Piper. Following Pennsatucky's instructions, Piper "prays" for forgiveness, but refuses to be baptized. Pennsatucky sees this refusal as another instance of being "disrespected" and announces her plans to murder Piper. Flashback: Pennsatucky shoots and kills an abortion provider who made a snide remark about her fifth abortion. A Christian anti-abortion group mistakenly believe Pennsatucky's act was to stop abortions; they declare her a hero for their movement and provide her with pro bono legal help. The flashbacks also imply that Pennsatucky was not particularly religious until that experience.

13. Can't Fix Crazy

Caputo chooses Gloria Mendoza to replace Red as head cook. To reclaim her position, Red sabotages the kitchen, but the resulting grease fire injures Gina and prompts Norma to end her friendship with Red. Red is subsequently starved out by Gloria and the kitchen staff. Figueroa leans on Bennett to squash the investigation into Neptune's Produce. Piper tells Alex that she is choosing Larry, after which Alex cuts Piper out of her life. Larry confronts Alex in visitation, but Alex informs him that it was Piper who rekindled their sexual relationship; Alex asserts Larry's insecurity stems from Piper's weaknesses and not her machinations. Larry breaks up with Piper, while Alex starts a sexual relationship with Nicky and turns Piper away. Following the success of the prison's Christmas pageant, Piper abruptly leaves during the final song. Pennsatucky follows Piper, which results in a confrontation in the prison yard. Piper appeals to Healy for help, but he walks off and purposely abandons her. Pennsatucky charges at Piper with a shiv fashioned from a wooden cross and says she does not deserve love. This makes Piper finally lose control; she relentlessly beats and punches Pennsatucky.

Season 2

1. Thirsty Bird

Piper is awakened in solitary and, without being given any information, is forced to board a bus and a plane to Chicago. Though Piper assumes she has been transferred for killing Pennsatucky, Piper reunites with Alex and discovers she is temporarily in Chicago to testify in the trial of Alex's drug boss, Kubra Balik. Alex suggests to Piper they lie in court about knowing Kubra, fearing he will exact revenge if they tell the truth. Piper meets with Larry's father, her lawyer, who strongly advises her to tell the truth. On the way to the trial, Alex pushes one last time for Piper to lie; Piper gives in and perjures herself at the trial. After the trial, Alex informs Piper that she ultimately told the truth. This complicates matters for Piper, who now faces perjury charges and additional time, while Alex is led out of the prison to be released. Flashback: Several flashbacks from Piper's childhood reveal her complicated past.

2. Looks Blue, Tastes Red

Pennsatucky is released from solitary. She makes a deal with Healy about what she will say about the fight, and in exchange, she will get her teeth fixed. Aleida and Gloria compete to solve Daya's constipation problem. Red's commissary funds run short, as she no longer controls the kitchen and cannot aid her outside criminal associates. Red is ultimately taken in by the older Golden Girl inmates. A mock job fair gives Taystee a chance to show off her business smarts with a Philip Morris representative in a mock interview. She gets the mock job after she impresses the rep with her research on the company. At the end of the episode, Taystee's mother figure, Vee, shows up as a new inmate. Flashback: Young Taystee—then referred to as Tasha—goes to a Black Adoption Festival, trying to find a permanent home. She later meets a drug dealer, Vee, who becomes a mother figure to her. Taystee eventually starts working for Vee in the drug trade.

3. Hugs Can Be Deceiving

Taystee is upset over Vee's return. Vee and Red reunite, having known each other from Vee's previous incarceration. Piper returns to Litchfield along with a talkative inmate named Brook Soso. Larry meets with a journalist who wants to use Piper as a source for a story about fraud and embezzling by the Litchfield administration. Daya becomes frustrated with Bennett when he doesn't know how to smuggle in prenatal vitamins; Bennett realizes he can use his prosthetic leg for smuggling. It is revealed that Suzanne became distraught after the pageant and punched Piper into the snow, making the fight between Piper and Pennsatucky look like they were equally responsible. Vee uses Suzanne's outcast desperation to manipulate her, and she begins her bid to take back power in the prison. Flashback: It is shown that Suzanne was always marked as different, and was pushed by her adoptive mother to show that she is just as worthy and talented as others. At her high-school graduation, she is urged to sing during the ceremony, but stage fright leads to an embarrassing outburst, similar to her non-performance at the Christmas pageant.

4. A Whole Other Hole

Nicky and Big Boo engage in a contest to see who can sleep with the most women in jail. Vee offers to help Poussey sell her hooch to other inmates, but Poussey declines; Vee later manipulates Taystee into questioning her friendship with Poussey. In the prison's abandoned greenhouse, Red discovers a secret drain pipe under a set of floorboards, and she starts to grow plants in the greenhouse as a cover to move contraband via the drain pipe. Larry and Polly bond while Pete is away. Morello is devastated upon finding out that her love, Christopher, is marrying another woman. While driving Miss Rosa to cancer treatments, Morello takes the van and breaks into Christopher's home. She dons a wedding veil, takes a relaxing bath, and is nearly caught when Christopher returns home. Flashback: Lorna made money as a scam artist. It is revealed that Christopher was never her fiancé, but a man she stalked after a single date.

5. Low Self Esteem City

The bathroom that Gloria and her girls use has plumbing problems. Vee is appointed as head of the African-American posse, and they go head-to-head against Gloria's Latinas when they infiltrate the ghetto bathroom. Figueroa refuses to fix the Latina showers due to budget problems, and she limits the shower times to thirty seconds as a solution. Piper is informed by Cal that her grandmother is dying, and she asks Healy for furlough. Boo and Nicky continue their contest over who can score the most points with their sexual conquests; Nicky spends her time trying to bed Fischer, to no avail. As tensions rise between the Black women and the Latinas, Vee and Gloria make a deal in order to calm things down; Red later warns Gloria that Vee has manipulated her. Flashback: Gloria, a victim of domestic violence, is arrested for committing fraud with food stamps traded at the store she ran.

6. You Also Have a Pizza

The inmates prepare a Valentine's Day party. Red begins importing items through the sewer drain in the greenhouse. Larry asks Piper to be his prison mole in order to write articles about the prison's finances, leading Piper to question the prisoners and guards about the prison's budget money. When Healy becomes suspicious over her intentions, Piper claims she is starting a prison newspaper. At the Valentine's Day party, Pennsatucky is outlawed from her former group of friends. Clearly upset, Pennsatucky embraces Healy outside the prison. Poussey refuses to affiliate with Vee, who convinces Taystee to transfer from her librarian job to assist in her covert cigarette operation. Larry and Polly share a kiss. Caputo invites Fischer, whom he is infatuated with, to see his band performing at a local bar. Fischer invites the other COs, to Caputo's dismay. During his performance, Caputo notices that Jimmy, an elderly inmate suffering from dementia, has escaped from the prison and is sitting in the bar listening to the music. Flashback: Poussey has a relationship with a German girl while living on an army base in Germany. When the girl's father discovers the two making love, he uses his power to send Poussey's family back to the United States. Poussey confronts her girlfriend's father, ready to pull out a gun on him, but her own father intervenes before the gun is revealed.

7. Comic Sans

Due to Jimmy's escape, Caputo demands that the COs start monitoring the inmates more closely, and he imposes a minimum quota for shots written. Vee's girls continue to exchange cigarettes for contraband; Taystee gives Nicky a cigarette in exchange for postage stamps for Vee, while Red smuggles in styling products for Sophia in exchange for maintaining her hair color. Poussey refuses to involve herself in Vee's business, though Nicky encourages her to get on Vee's good side. The Spanish girls continue to request contraband from Bennett. Sick of being taken advantage of, Bennett threatens them with shots. Daya, Flaca, and Morello help contribute to Piper's prison newspaper. Polly and Larry have sex. When Jimmy is given compassionate release from the prison, Piper is horrified to learn that she is to be taken to the bus station and left there. Flashback: Black Cindy works as an airport security guard. Regularly searching through people's bags, Cindy steals an iPad for her sister's birthday. Her "sister" is later revealed to be her biological daughter.

8. Appropriately Sized Pots

Figueroa pressures Caputo over the prison's increased contraband. Caputo starts to distrust Red's greenhouse, but Red has moved all her contraband to Gloria's kitchen before Caputo can make a search. Piper faces a backlash from the other inmates when she is granted furlough. She later calls her mother to tell her about the furlough, only to find that her grandmother had died a day before. Soso is forced to take a shower by the guards. Healy informs Rosa that officials at the Department of Corrections are unwilling to fund her life-saving operation. Rosa later bonds with a young boy in chemo whom she later learns is in remission. Caputo feels pressure to toughen up, and he immediately fires Fischer when she stands up to Caputo over his rules. Following Fischer's termination, Figueroa rehires Mendez to work at Litchfield. Flashback: In the 1970s, Rosa helps with her first ever bank robbery and quickly becomes the leader of the gang.

9. 40 Oz. of Furlough

Temporarily released from the prison for 48 hours, Piper reunites with Larry and her family. She tries to initiate a sexual encounter with Larry, but he admits that he slept with somebody else, forcing Piper to realize that they are not right for each other anymore. Piper attends her grandmother's funeral, which unexpectedly turns into Cal and Neri's wedding. At Red's request, Piper visits Red's deli, only to find it has permanently closed. Red's efforts to redeem herself in the eyes of her former posse are finally rewarded, and she intends to usurp her kitchen smuggling enterprise through her gardening club. However, Big Boo tries to integrate herself with Vee by informing her about Red's tunnel. Bennett is upset over Mendez's reappearance, and he angrily tears apart the black ghetto after finding a cigarette. After being put on suspension, Bennett informs Caputo that Daya is pregnant, and suggests that Mendez is the father. Flashback: The history of Red and Vee's relationship at Litchfield is explored. It is revealed that Vee had taken control of the black inmates and Red's kitchen, ending with Vee's posse brutally beating Red.

10. Little Mustachioed Shit

Piper returns to prison after furlough, while Bennett returns after his suspension. Piper lies to Red about the condition of her family's deli. The guards get tougher in a bid to turn up prison contraband, but they do not discover where the contraband is coming from. Piper realizes that Larry and Polly slept together, and she gets Neri's help to exact revenge against Polly. Christopher visits Morello and angrily confronts her for breaking into his house. Vee attempts to join Red's business in the garden. Poussey is angered when Vee begins selling heroin to the other inmates, and she drunkenly insults Vee; Suzanne beats Poussey up in a fit of rage. Nicky decides to bring Red the heroin Taystee gave her. Healy starts a therapy group, Safe Place, but nobody shows up. After Daya's pregnancy is revealed, Mendez is fired and arrested, as he is believed to be the father. Mendez is elated over the pregnancy and proclaims his love for Daya as he is escorted out by officers. Flashback: More history of Alex and Piper's relationship is explored.

11. Take a Break from Your Values

Piper finally contacts a paranoid Alex, who reveals that Kubra wasn't convicted. Polly leaves Pete for Larry. Poussey attends Healy's Safe Place group but fails to open up. Red discovers that Big Boo was the one who informed Vee about the tunnel and cuts her out of her family. Upon discovering that Red plans to shut down the greenhouse, the elders form a plan to kill Vee, though they don't inform Red about their plan. The plan backfires when they stab the wrong inmate, which Vee witnesses. Soso protests the prison's conditions through a hunger strike that attracts new support from other inmates. When Piper puts Soso's hunger strike in the prison newspaper, Figueroa furiously shuts down the newspaper operation. Healy later informs Piper that she is being transferred to Virginia within a week. Furious from Jimmy's compassionate release, Sister Ingalls joins Soso's hunger strike to speak out about Litchfield's treatment of older inmates. When Sister Ingalls faints out of starvation, Caputo forces her into medical, where she is force fed by the doctors. Flashback: Flashbacks depict Sister Ingalls joining her first rally and continuing in social activism until she is excommunicated by the church.

12. It Was the Change

Vee and Red's rivalry continues with several confrontations regarding their competing business ventures. Poussey destroys Vee's entire supply of tobacco, after which Vee ejects Taystee from the group. Taystee initially confronts Poussey, but the two tearfully make up. When a storm floods the plumbing system, the inmates are forced to sleep in the mess hall. Red and her gang are concerned about being attacked during the night; Vee also warns her posse about Red. Rosa confides to Morello about dying in prison. Pennsatucky becomes close to Big Boo in an attempt to uncover details about their "gay agenda". Figueroa discovers that her husband is pursuing an affair with another man. Piper escapes the mess hall to find evidence of Figueroa's fraud in her office, but she is caught by Caputo. Red attempts to strangle Vee while they are alone outside, but she fails. The two agree that Litchfield has changed them, and they shake hands on a truce. When Red enters the greenhouse the next morning, she is suddenly slocked from behind by Vee and severely injured. Flashback: Flashbacks depict Vee's relationship with Taystee, the police, and her foster son before she went to prison.

13. We Have Manners. We're Polite.

Caputo comes to Piper for more details on Fig's fraud; Piper promises to help, but only if he stops her transfer. Figueroa ultimately resigns after Caputo reports her fraud to the warden. Bennett confesses that he impregnated Daya to Caputo, who suppresses the confession in order to avoid a scandal. When an investigation begins over Red's assault, Vee threatens her posse into framing Suzanne for the incident. Healy gets Luschek to sign a fake work order to exonerate Suzanne and turn the focus of the investigation back on Vee. Alex informs Piper about her plans to skip town, as Kubra is hunting her down. In an attempt to get Alex sent back to Litchfield, Piper asks Larry and Polly to inform Alex's parole officer about Alex breaking parole. Vee's family breaks apart and turns on her. Alone and friendless, Vee escapes from prison through the drain pipe. Rosa is told by her doctor that she only has a few weeks left to live. As the prison goes into lockdown over Vee's disappearance, Morello purposely leaves the keys in the van with Rosa, who takes the vehicle and flees the prison in order to taste freedom in the last few weeks of her life. Rosa spies Vee by the side of the road and intentionally runs her down with the van.

Season 3

1. Mother's Day

The prison hosts a special visitation party to celebrate Mother's Day, as part of Caputo's attempt to "soften" his regime in light of recent controversies. Piper finds out that Alex has returned to Litchfield and the two reconcile. Poussey misses her deceased mother. Bennett struggles to deal with Daya's family, while keeping under wraps that he is the father of her child. Daya and Aleida clash on the topic of motherhood. Pennsatucky holds a memorial for the abortions she's had. Sophia bonds with Michael. Healy feels threatened by Caputo's recent staff change decision. Red fills the hole in the greenhouse with cement. She is later visited by her family, from whom she figures out Piper had lied regarding the store's success. Maria gets to see and play with her baby daughter, but at the end of the visit, Yadriel states that the baby will not see Maria anymore. Flashback: Flashbacks reveal several inmates' past Mother's Day experiences with their own mothers.

2. Bed Bugs and Beyond

Litchfield prison combats a bed bug infestation. Red confronts Piper about the lies she told regarding Red's family's store, causing Red to cut off Piper for dishonesty before Healy gives her a dressing down. Mendez's mother visits the prison and offers to adopt Daya's baby, causing tension among Bennett, Daya and Aleida. Alex struggles to deal with being back in prison. Piper reveals she ratted Alex out to her parole officer, causing the two to square off. Bennett proposes to Daya but has qualms about her extended family, especially Cesar. Nicky and Boo find that they have been robbed of the heroin they were hiding. Caputo learns that the prison is to close due to budget constraints. Piper and Alex's feud comes to a head in the closed library, where they hook up. Bennett gets a crib from Cesar, but he also witnesses Cesar pointing a gun at one of his children. An overwhelmed Bennett abandons the crib on the side of the road and drives away. Flashback: Bennett was a U.S. Army soldier deployed to Afghanistan, where his unit comes under an insider attack by Afghan forces. When a grenade is thrown into his tent, he is told to kick it away but instead dives for cover, forcing another soldier to take the blast.

3. Empathy is a Boner Killer

Luschek finds a buyer for Nicky's heroin, but is furious when Nicky says it has been stolen. Alex and Piper continue to have a contentious relationship. Caputo denies rumors that the prison is shutting down, though the prison staff remains suspicious. Daya is worried over Bennett's disappearance. A new counselor, Berdie Rogers, starts a theater class, where Alex and Piper reconcile during a performance. It is revealed that Nicky had been keeping the heroin for herself, but the drugs are discovered by the meth heads. Luschek initially takes the heroin from them, but when the drugs are found by Caputo, Luschek rats out Nicky. Healy recruits Red to help him talk to his wife. Caputo blackmails Figueroa into helping him keep the prison open, and she points him to a private company that was interested in acquiring it. Nicky is sent to maximum security prison. She laments that even after kicking her drug addiction, she may never lose her self-destructive tendencies. Flashback: Nicky's longtime struggle with her drug habit leads to self-destruction, including stealing a taxi and ruining her relationship with her mother.

4. Finger in the Dyke

The inmates deal with the loss of Nicky. Caputo takes the private company, MCC, on a tour of the prison. Suzanne continues to deal with the death of Vee. Daya worries that Bennett has run off on her. Piper has a tense visit with her family on her birthday. She and Alex begin to grow close again. Pennsatucky reveals she is still getting money from the anti-abortion group that considers her a martyr. Big Boo gets a makeover, hoping to convince the religious group to give her funding, but she flies into a rage at the homophobic reverend. Red and Healy develop a friendship with romantic undertones. MCC agrees to take over operations of the prison, saving it from closure. Flashback: Big Boo has a tense relationship with her uptight parents, especially her mother, who does not approve of her being a lesbian. Her mother later dies of an illness.

5. Fake It Till You Fake It Some More

MCC invests in new mattresses and improvements in the prison, but they cut the guards' hours to part time. Daya tries to figure out her next steps without Bennett. Alex is paranoid that Kubra is trying to kill her. Poussey tries to stop animals from stealing her fermented alcohol. A new work detail that pays ten times the wage of other prison jobs is introduced, prompting the inmates to jockey for the new positions. They take a test and several inmates, including Piper and Flaca, are selected. It is revealed they will be working in a shop making women's underwear. Flashback: In high school, Flaca uses psychology to trick students into believing she is selling them LSD. When a classmate who believes he is high jumps from a building, Flaca is arrested for fraud.

6. Ching Chong Chang

Caputo interviews more part-time applicants, to the consternation of the other COs. A new prisoner, Lolly, reveals that a more appetizing kosher meal may be requested from the kitchen. Celebrity chef Judy King is arraigned on tax-evasion charges. As the prisoners begin making the Whispers underwear, Piper flirts with a new prisoner, Stella Carlin. Morello is visited by a series of civilian pen pals looking for romance, and she takes a shine to a Jiu Jitsu enthusiast. Healy cons Caputo into getting Red back into the kitchen. Dreaming of love, a lonely Poussey makes and drinks hooch. Chang secretly prepares specialty foods for herself and watches Chinese movies on a cell phone stashed in a garden shack. Flashback: Chang is savagely rejected by a wealthy Chinese businessman, who had met her for an arranged marriage, but insisted he could never marry such an ugly girl. She later rises and thrives in an underworld Asian crime ring, and exacts violent revenge on the man who rejected her.

7. Tongue-Tied

Suzanne displays a talent for writing bizarre, erotically charged fantasy stories. Stella agrees to contribute soiled Whispers underwear for Piper's planned dirty-panties business. Piper recruits Cal to assist in the operation. Daya wrestles over who should raise her baby. Commuting to the prison together, Mendoza's son teaches Sophia's son rude behavior, causing the two mothers to clash. The controversy, paired with Ramos nearly slicing her finger off, leads to Red running the kitchen again—just as the new regime introduces " boil in the bag " meals. MCC's failure to properly train the COs leads to a botched pepper-spraying incident. Norma's reputation as a miracle-performing mystic grows. Flashback: Norma became one of many wives of a Svengali -like prophet in her younger years, only to murder him later.

8. Fear, and Other Smells

Suzanne's sci-fi story gains a cult following in the prison, but its latest chapter aggravates Poussey's alcoholic depression. The prisoners despise the new cafeteria food, and are angry at the rising prices of commissary items. Piper conscripts fellow inmates to wear panties stolen from the factory; the used panties are then to be sold online for a profit. Berdie objects when Healy prescribes antidepressants to Soso, causing him to angrily pass Soso's case on to her. Pennsatucky bonds with Charlie Coates, a new CO. At a meeting in Utica, executives at MCC are shown to be completely devoid of compassion, and are solely concerned with cost-cutting and profits. Caputo grows to despise Pearson, who proves unsuccessful in pushing through his suggestions about upgrades. Sophia and Mendoza commiserate about not being around to raise their respective sons. When Daya learns from Mendez's mother that Aleida had arranged a financial deal to raise the baby, Daya confesses to her that Mendez is not the child's father. Alex suspects that Lolly may have been sent by Kubra to kill her. Lolly is later seen keeping detailed notebook records of Alex's every move. Flashback: Kubra targets Fahri for having blown an operation.

9. Where My Dreidel At

With the help of Cal and CO Bayley, Piper's used-panties business is a rousing success. Prisoners continue to obsess over Suzanne's comically pornographic serial novel. Red is humiliated over the disgusting cafeteria food. A rabbi quizzes prisoners about their alleged devotion to committed Jewish beliefs, resulting in a short list of approved kosher meals. A nude Stella chats with a visibly impressed Piper in the bathroom, and they later share a kiss. Mendoza and Sophia clash again when Michael is arrested on battery charges; Sophia learns that Mendoza's son fled the scene. Outside of the prison, Coates kisses Pennsatucky. Leanne bullies Soso and acts as the self-appointed vocal leader of Norma's spiritual group. Norma unsuccessfully tries to teach kindness and tolerance to Leanne. After Lolly breaks a window in a shed, Alex notices that a large shard of glass has vanished from the debris. To her horror, Alex discovers Lolly's notebook. Flashback: Leanne breaks free from her Amish roots only to be arrested for possession of meth while attempting to return to her family.

10. A Tittin' and a Hairin'

A young inmate, Maureen, begins pursuing Suzanne romantically. Suzanne tells Morello that in spite of her erotically charged novels, she is still a virgin and confused about sex. Judy King is found guilty; the prisoners are disappointed when King's destination is not Litchfield. After observing Stella making moves on Piper, Alex confronts the pair in Piper's bunk. Mendez is visited in prison by his mother, and is told that he is not the father of Daya's child. Mendez's mother informs Daya that she still wishes to raise the baby, and Daya agrees. Morello uses Vince, her pen pal, to exact revenge on Christopher. Leanne and Soso continue to antagonize each other, with Norma caught in the middle. Using veggies grown in the garden, Red prepares a small pan of ratatouille for her kitchen staffers. Enraged that Sophia has cut off her son's ride to the prison, Mendoza picks a fight with her in the bathroom. Alex attacks Lolly, but comes to realize Lolly is not an assassin, just highly paranoid and delusional. Coates is reprimanded for being late after spending time with Pennsatucky. In a rage, Coates rapes Pennsatucky in the prison van. Flashback: A teenaged Pennsatucky swaps unpleasant casual sex for drinks. She meets and falls in love with a new boyfriend who teaches her to enjoy sex. When he moves away, Pennsatucky is raped by a former "customer."

11. We Can Be Heroes

Caputo agrees to help the guards unite against their heartless corporate overlords. Due to a computer error, Leanne's sidekick Angie is mistakenly released. Caputo later recaptures her at the bus station. Big Boo learns of Coates' abuse of Pennsatucky and vows to help her get revenge. After injuring Mendoza, Sophia becomes a pariah and her salon empties. Suzanne's manuscript lands on the staff's radar, leading to its confiscation, and Berdie is unfairly put on leave over the scandal. Suzanne appears relieved to be done with the project and apologizes to Poussey for attacking her under Vee's tenure. After Soso confronts Norma for letting her group bully her, Leanne cuts off Soso's hair while she sleeps. Flaca encourages Piper's girls to stop wearing the panties until they get paid real money. Piper agrees to set up a payment plan using cash cards, but she then fires Flaca for instigating the uprising. Repulsed by seeing this side of Piper, Alex quits both the business and their relationship. Flashback: Caputo sacrifices a career as a musician and takes a job as a guard at Litchfield in order to support his girlfriend, who is pregnant with Caputo's former bandmate's child. Later, she leaves Caputo when her child's biological father becomes a successful musician.

12. Don't Make Me Come Back There

Daya goes into labor and will not let Aleida help. Red runs an open lottery to determine who will attend her fancy dinner party. Following Berdie's suspension, Soso returns to Healy for counseling, who continues to recommend medication. Boo cajoles Pennsatucky into exacting revenge on Coates, but they back out before doing so. Sophia gets attacked and beaten by two other inmates. When Sophia threatens to sue Litchfield for low security, she is unfairly put in the SHU. Bayley refuses to carry any more panties out of the prison, but Stella convinces him to continue. While Daya is at the hospital, Aleida calls Mendez's mother and falsely tells her that the baby had died. Taystee realizes that she is the new "mother" in her group. Poussey finds Soso unconscious in the library, having overdosed on pills; Soso had stolen the pills from the doctor's office after being given a prescription from Healy. Stella reveals to Piper that she is getting out soon. Flashback: Aleida drops a young Daya off at camp to get rid of her for a few weeks. Daya initially protests, but when Aleida comes to pick her up, Daya has made new friends and has adjusted to her surroundings.

13. Trust No Bitch

Poussey, Taystee and Suzanne save Soso from her overdose. Piper confronts Flaca about stealing the proceeds from her panty business, but soon comes to realize that Stella is the culprit, as she will have no money to live on when she gets released. Piper exacts revenge by framing Stella for possession of dangerous contraband, resulting in Stella being dragged off to maximum security. Morello marries Vince, while Cindy shows a newfound sincerity in her attempts to become Jewish. However, converting fully requires a Jewish baptism, which requires a natural body of water. Complications arise concerning Daya's baby after Cesar is arrested. Norma faces losing her followers after Poussey angrily confronts her for Soso's attempted suicide. Caputo, after promising to head up the staff union, accepts a promotion from MCC, causing the staff to walk out. A construction mishap allows all the prisoners to escape to a nearby beach and play in the lake. Soso is taken in by the African-American group; Suzanne bonds with Maureen; Cindy, having unexpected access to the required natural body of water, performs her ritual immersion and officially becomes Jewish. Alex is cornered in the greenhouse by a new guard sent by Kubra, and her fate is left uncertain. As the prisoners frolic in the lake, several busloads of new prisoners arrive at Litchfield. Flashback: Flashbacks reveal several inmates' past experiences involving religion and beliefs.

Season 4

1. Work That Body for Me

Caputo is promoted to Director of Human Activity, and he gets new COs to round up the prisoners who are at the lake. Piscatella, one of the new COs, is strict on security and obedience, and is feared by both guards and inmates; he is made captain of the guards. Maureen wants to escape the prison with Suzanne, but Suzanne decides to go back to the prison; Maureen is eventually recaptured by Caputo. The new inmates are integrated with the old inmates, and everyone gets a bunkmate: Red's bunkmate snores loudly, to Red's annoyance. Judy King becomes a prisoner at Litchfield and forms a bond with Luschek. She is given special treatment and is provided her own private room. In the greenhouse, Alex is choked by Kubra's enforcer, Aydin; Lolly walks in and repeatedly kicks Aydin until he is unconscious. They both presume he is dead. Alex later sneaks into the greenhouse and realizes that Aydin is still breathing; she smothers him to death. In the morning, Frieda discovers Aydin’s body, and with Frieda’s assistance, Alex and Lolly cut the body into smaller parts and bury it under plants in the garden.

2. Power Suit

The inmates struggle with the overcrowding of the prison. Healy gets Judy King a new roommate, Yoga Jones; their special treatment is witnessed by Taystee. Cindy battles with her new roommate, Alison, over shared space. Red attempts to stop her bunkmate's snoring, to no avail. Piper befriends her bunkmate, who becomes her bodyguard. Pennsatucky worries that Maritza is being raped by Coates. Gloria sends word to Crystal that Sophia is in the SHU; she tries to talk to Caputo about letting her out, but he does not listen. Caputo meets with MCC; in order to qualify for government cutbacks, they decide to hire veterans as COs who will be housed at cabins on campus. Caputo befriends Linda from Purchasing at the meeting. Daya is worried about her baby being placed in foster care, as Cesar is going to jail for conspiracy to commit murder and assaulting a police officer. Racial tension arises as the Dominicans realize that they are the majority. Maria leads an attack on a white inmate in defense of Blanca. Flashback: Maria's father was the head of a drug ring. As a teenager, Maria spots Yadriel running from the police outside her house. Maria later discovers the drugs he threw in the bushes; Maria throws them into her window in order to save Yadriel. Her father kicks her out later and Yadriel welcomes her.

3. (Don't) Say Anything

Taystee gets switched from janitorial duties to being Caputo's assistant. Red is both angry and jealous over Judy's special treatment. Piper loses employees in her illegal panty business, as they believe it is becoming too dangerous. Maria tries to help her fellow Dominicans by asking Piper if they could join her business, but Piper declines, stating that she doesn't want thugs. In response, the Dominicans start their own panty business. Caputo goes on a date with Linda. Soso and Poussey grow closer together. Poussey, a big fan of Judy King, gets nervous every time she is around Judy. Soso talks to Judy, explaining why Poussey acts weird in front of her, but she lies about Poussey's past in order to gain Judy’s acceptance. When Judy informs Poussey about what Soso had said, Poussey is insulted that Soso knows nothing about her. Soso apologizes and promises to make an effort to know her. Lolly begins to crack and attempts to dig up Aydin's body in the garden. Frieda clocks Lolly’s instability and believes they will have to kill Lolly. Flashback: It is shown that in Soso's past, she exaggerated the truth to be accepted.

4. Doctor Psycho

In the SHU, Sophia gets Caputo's attention by flooding her cell. Later, Sophia lights her mattress on fire using a lightbulb, and the guards are forced to evacuate the SHU's inmates. Healy forces Judy to lead a cooking class. The class is a success, but Judy asks Caputo to change Healy as her counselor, stating that he has power issues. Flaca and Maritza quit working for Piper in favor of working for Maria's business. Alex confides Frieda's plan to kill Lolly to Red. Red initially tries to mediate the situation, but eventually agrees with Frieda. Aleida finds out she is up for early release. Lolly's erratic behavior leads to Healy becoming her counselor. Lolly admits to Healy that she killed Aydin in the greenhouse; Healy believes Lolly is being delusional and successfully convinces her that the killing is merely her imagination. Flashback: Healy's mentally ill mother wants to stop her psychiatric treatment, as it makes her forget. When a young Healy encourages her to continue the treatment, his mother runs away. Years later, Healy mistakes a homeless lady resembling his mother. He invites his "mother" for coffee, apologizing for not being there when she needed help, before discovering the homeless lady's true identity.

5. We'll Always Have Baltimore

Due to the recent economies, the prison starts to run thin on certain supplies, causing a black market around the prison. The guards start targeting the non-white prisoners and subjecting them to random searches. While Caputo attends a convention for prison employees with Linda, Taystee manages to guess the password to Caputo's computer and gets access to the internet. At the convention, Caputo gets arrested after getting into an altercation with Danny Pearson, who attempts to use the event to speak out against the system. Linda is turned on and has sex with Caputo in a closet. In an effort to stop Maria from cutting into her panty business, Piper is given permission by Piscatella to form a security group. During their first meeting, the all-white volunteers begin to openly voice racist sentiments. Piper is horrified to realize she has accidentally created a white power group. Flashback: Maritza's life of crime expands from defrauding customers as a cocktail waitress to grand theft auto.

6. Piece of Shit

During her janitorial stint in maximum security, Nicky encounters Sophia in isolation and gives her a magazine to read. Later, Nicky is asked to clean Sophia's empty cell, which is covered in blood. Luschek feels guilty about his role in landing Nicky in maximum security; Judy decides to have her powerful lawyers arrange to have Nicky sent back to Litchfield. However, Nicky's anger has caused her to relapse into her heroin addiction. Taystee tries to get a picture of Judy to sell to a magazine using the internet connection in Caputo's office. Cindy and Alison bond over their disdain of Scientology. Poussey and Soso declare their love for each other. Piper plants a set of panties in Maria's bunk and arranges for them to be discovered, which results in Piscatella recommending that Maria gets three to five years added to her sentence.

7. It Sounded Nicer in My Head

Nicky continues her self-destructive drug binge as she returns to minimum security. Red, who had planned to throw a "welcome back party" for Nicky, quickly becomes aware of Nicky's relapse. Lolly finds a friend in a kindly Healy, and she secretly builds a "time machine" out of cardboard. In the time machine, she and Healy both reflect over wanting to go back in time. Outside the prison, Judy King faces backlash when old footage of her hosting a racist puppet show goes viral. Caputo submits a plan to offer educational courses to the inmates in order to give them something useful to do during their incarceration. Aleida is inspired to begin a nail salon business once she is released. Piper realizes her power has corrupted her, and though she takes steps to make amends, a plan of revenge is already in motion. At Nicky's party, Piper gets kidnapped by Maria and her gang, who brand the Nazi swastika into her arm. Flashback: Lolly works as a journalist for a newspaper company until her mental illness takes over, leaving her homeless on the streets.

8. Friends in Low Places

Piper has hit rock bottom after being attacked by Maria and her crew. Maria is selling drugs out of Aleida's salon, which worries Aleida as her release date approaches. Coates makes a heartfelt apology to Pennsatucky, who appears moved. Caputo and Linda continue their relationship, though he is disappointed that his education program has had all of its humanities courses replaced with more cost-effective vocational training. Crystal shows up at Caputo's house demanding to get answers about Sophia; Linda turns a gun on Crystal to get her off the property. In an attempt to prove to the world that she's not racist, Judy kisses Cindy, which Poussey takes a picture of using Luschek's cell phone. Piper reveals her swastika scar to Alex and Nicky; Alex also confesses her murderous secret. Their 'family' reunites, and Red further brands Piper's swastika to alter it into a window.

9. Turn Table Turn

Blanca rebels against the COs by applying foul-smelling substances on her body in order to stop them from frisking her. When Blanca refuses to shower, the COs force Blanca to stand on a cafeteria table until she relents. Boo turns her back on Pennsatucky when she decides to forgive Coates. Morello becomes paranoid that her sister is having an affair with her husband. Red breaks down over Nicky's relapse, which makes Nicky decide to get clean again. News of Judy and Cindy's fake relationship spreads after Luschek sells the picture to the tabloids. Piscatella orders Luschek and the other guards to search the prison, but the phone used for Judy is kept secret by Luschek. Sister Ingalls purposely gets sent to the SHU in order to reunite with Sophia. CO Humphrey punishes Maritza for her part in the smuggling scheme by forcing her to eat a baby mouse in the COs cabin. Flashback: Blanca works as a housekeeper and nurse for a demanding elderly woman. When Blanca is seen flirting with the gardener, Diablo, the old woman has Diablo fired. Blanca gets her revenge by having sex with him in front of the old woman.

10. Bunny, Skull, Bunny, Skull

Blanca continues to take her stand in the cafeteria, and Piper is forced to join her when she tries to smuggle Blanca food. Sister Ingalls manages to sneak a message to Sophia in the SHU, but her plan to expose Sophia's treatment backfires when Caputo finds her secret phone. Caputo ultimately sends the picture to the press himself, rebelling against MCC. Maritza tearfully reveals to Flaca what Humphrey forced her to do in the cabin. Morello encourages Suzanne to get a second chance with Maureen. Suzanne and Maureen meet in the broom closet, and Maureen initiates a sexual encounter. However, Maureen then leaves Suzanne in the closet, still resentful of Suzanne for abandoning her in the woods. Aleida is released from prison and struggles to adapt to the outside world. After discovering that her cousin had sold most of her possessions, Aleida is forced to stay with Cesar's girlfriend, Margarita. The groundsmen discover Aydin's body in the garden.

11. People Persons

Following the discovery of the body in the garden, the prison goes into lockdown. Piscatella defies Caputo's orders and begins interrogating inmates, including Red, Suzanne, and Maureen. While holed up with the guards, Suzanne faces the wrath of Maureen; Humphrey takes enjoyment in their clash and forces Suzanne to fight her, causing Suzanne to explode and nearly beat Maureen to death. Judy, Yoga Jones, and Luschek have a drug fueled threesome. Pennsatucky assists Nicky, who is going through drug withdrawal. Healy, now realizing that Lolly's confession to killing Aydin is true, wrestles with the idea of handing Lolly in. He nearly commits suicide before deciding to face his problems, and he reluctantly hands Lolly in to Piscatella. Lolly is subsequently sent to Psych A. Flashback: Suzanne works at a grocery store where she is well-liked by customers. One day, Suzanne innocently invites a young boy whom she had met at the grocery store into her apartment. When the young boy becomes distressed and attempts to leave the apartment through the window, the boy slips off the fire escape and falls to his death.

12. The Animals

Caputo attempts to suspend Humphrey for instigating Suzanne's fight with Maureen. However, Piscatella threatens to have all the COs walk out if he does so, and informs Caputo that he no longer has any real authority. Healy grapples over his decision to send Lolly to Psych, and he signs himself into a mental health facility. Pennsatucky reunites with Boo. Judy King and Poussey bond. Sophia returns to the prison. The different prison families come together to discuss a plan to force Piscatella out and restore order to the prison. Though they initially fail to come to an agreement, Piscatella's unfair treatment of Red unites the inmates. They stand on tables in a peaceful protest, refusing to move until Piscatella resigns; Piscatella orders his men to remove them by force. As guards fill the cafeteria, Suzanne breaks down and Poussey rushes to her aid; CO Bayley quickly reacts and improperly restrains Poussey, which makes her unable to breathe. As a result, Poussey suffocates and dies on the cafeteria floor. Flashback: In the past, Bayley's decision to become a prison guard is explored.

13. Toast Can't Never Be Bread Again

Following Poussey's death, MCC tells Caputo to hold off on calling the police until they can develop an angle, while Taystee urges Caputo to call Poussey's dad and break the news to him. Soso finds Suzanne, in the library, trapped under a fallen shelf. Suzanne is sent to medical, and she gets put next to Maureen, who is still recovering from her injuries. Piper discovers that Alex has been leaving notes around the prison that reveals Aydin's real name. The two of them track down the notes and prepare to burn them. MCC grants release to Judy King, who is distraught over Poussey's death. Caputo ignores the MCC prep, and on-camera refuses to fire Bayley. Taystee overhears, and snaps—she incites the other inmates, who all march through the hallways of the prison. They converge in a hallway where Judy King is being escorted out. Humphrey instinctively pulls out a gun, but Maritza pushes him over, and it slides across to the Hispanics; Daya picks it up. Daya takes Humphrey and CO McCullough hostage, and she cocks the gun and takes aim at Humphrey's head, while all the inmates present collectively urge her to pull the trigger. Flashback: Poussey has a fun night with strangers she meets in New York City.

Season 5

1. Riot FOMO

The prison erupts into a riot when the inmates are not satisfied with Caputo's handling of Poussey's death. Daya shoots CO Humphrey in the thigh. His life is eventually saved by Sophia, who has paramedic training from her days as a firefighter. Piper and Alex find Linda hiding in the bathroom and attempt to make a deal with her. Upon realizing that the entrances are closed, Piper and Alex disguise Linda as an inmate. Taystee, Cindy, Janae and Alison force Caputo to read a statement about Poussey's death, which Taystee records on an iPad. Josh, a PR representative from MCC who was visiting Caputo, helps her upload it to Twitter, since he thinks the story of a renegade CO reflects better on the company than out-of-control inmates. Daya attempts to contact Aleida, but an unseen person knocks her unconscious and steals the gun from her.

2. Fuck, Marry, Frieda

The prison stays under control of the inmates, who are holding several corrections officers hostage. The Hispanics force the COs to strip down to their underwear in front of a packed chapel and make very intimate searches of the COs. The video of Caputo, meant to spark outrage, instead gets mocked with memes. Humphrey, who is suffering major blood loss, has a stroke in the prison infirmary, which is staffed by a nurse only. Daya, nearing an emotional breakdown worrying over her future, claims she lost the gun. McCullough, however, suspects the gun is gone. Taystee uploads a photo of all the COs, plus Caputo and Josh, in their underwear. It is revealed that Frieda has a secret "bunker" stocked with food that she had built out of an unused pool that was never filled in. Flashback: Frieda's life as a child during the Cuban Missile Crisis reveals that her father was paranoid about the Soviet Union and a nuclear war; he had an underground bunker in the woods stocked with food and weapons.

3. Pissters!

Worried over the public backlash—and Judy King—MCC decides to meet the inmates' demands. Linda tries to fit in with the inmates, but is shocked at the substandard conditions of the prison. Piper and Alex, looking at Linda's phone, are shocked to find photos of her kissing Caputo. The inmates work together to compile a list of demands, which includes reinstating the GED program, better healthcare, amnesty for the inmates involved in the riot, the arrest of Bayley for Poussey's death, and Flaming Hot Cheetos. Bayley goes to the police station and tries to confess for Poussey's death, but the police dismiss him as a drunk veteran and put him in the drunk tank. A frightened Judy King attempts to escape, but is instead attacked by the white supremacists. The COs, locked in a room, plot to regain control of the prison after McCullough reveals that the inmates do not have the gun anymore. As they prepare to attack the inmates, Caputo sees Linda among them. Flashback: Linda's college days in a sorority in the 1990s show that, while at a party, Linda had left her drunk friend outside in the snow. The friend ended up freezing to death.

4. Litchfield's Got Talent

The COs abort their mission to attack on Caputo's command. Angie and Leanne try to pants Gloria, and the gun falls to the crowd, which they recover. The two meth heads want the COs to perform a talent show for their enjoyment. Suzanne sets up a shrine on the spot of Poussey's death and organizes a séance. Blanca and Red raid the administrative files looking for dirt on the COs; they discover that Piscatella was transferred from a male prison after the death of an inmate discovered in the shower with burns on 80% of his body. Sophia surrenders herself in order to reunite with Sister Ingalls, only to discover that a sick Ingalls had been given compassionate release. Judy King is tied to a board by the white supremacists, who believe she has a stash of food. Judy faints when they attempt to throw her off the prison roof. A news helicopter suddenly arrives, taking photos and recordings of Judy tied up and unconscious. Flashback: Alison persuades her husband to accept a polygamous lifestyle because she feels overwhelmed by the time constraints of the housework and raising their daughter. Alison becomes jealous when another woman moves in.

5. Sing It, White Effie

The video of Judy King is widely misreported as a terrorist attack against Christians. The governor is livid about MCC's passive stance and sends his own team to Litchfield. On the outside, Aleida struggles to find employment. Gloria calls Aleida, but is unable to tell her about Daya. Taystee and her friends free Judy in order to stop the disinformation about the situation. Taystee faces the press with an emotional speech about the truth, including how Judy was kept separate from the inmates due to her wealth and status, before releasing Judy to the press. Angie and Leanne find Coates in the laundry room. They plan to take him hostage, but Pennsatucky grabs the gun from Angie's waistband. She throws the gun to Coates and it accidentally fires, shooting Leanne in the finger. Coates uses the weapon to escape the prison and head outside, but he faints when the CERT approach him with guns drawn. Flashback: A teenaged Janae tours an elite prep school and is mesmerized by the wealth and depth of education. She witnesses a rehearsal for the school's all-white production of Dreamgirls and is shocked by a white girl performing in an Afro wig. Returning to her school, she is discouraged by her poor conditions and develops a negative attitude.

6. Flaming Hot Cheetos, Literally

The inmates receive numerous boxes containing Hot Cheetos and tampons from the governor. Taystee realizes that accepting the treats puts them in a position in which they owe the authorities the release of the hostages; Piper helps Taystee confiscate all the treats. The inmates organize a mock trial for Pennsatucky, as she had helped Coates escape the prison with the gun. Big Boo acts as Doggett's representative. Pennsatucky is ultimately given community service as her sentence. Aleida appears on the local news to talk about her experiences at Litchfield, though the interview is disastrous. Morello and Nicky have sex and Morello realizes she is pregnant. Janae consoles Soso. Bayley attempts to commit suicide by drinking bottles of paint dye, which turns out to be non-toxic. Frieda reveals the existence of her secret bunker to various inmates. Taystee faces the press and sets all of the governor's treats on fire. Flashback: While living in a group home, Taystee meets her birth mother, Mia, who was fifteen when she got pregnant. Mia now has a husband and a young daughter, but does not wish to inform them about Taystee. Taystee, who mistakenly believed she was going to live with her mother, runs away.

7. Full Bush, Half Snickers

As Suzanne begins to spiral, Cindy forces the imprisoned guards to clean the bunks and keep Suzanne company. Poussey's friends try to honor her memory; Soso wants it to be something that Poussey would have wanted, and they reinvigorate the library by putting books all over the prison. Taystee, who had initially clashed with Soso over the memorial, apologizes to her. A distraught Vince leaves Morello when she, in a grand gesture, announces her pregnancy in front of the press. In order to expose Piscatella's murder of a male inmate, Red and Blanca attempt to entice Piscatella into the prison using Humphrey's phone. When Red fails to unlock the phone, she cuts off Humphrey's fingertip in order to use his thumbprint. Linda has sex with Big Boo. When some of the inmates create a makeshift coffee bar, Leanne and Angie secretly steal the coffee, inciting another violent riot.

8. Tied to the Tracks

Using Humphrey's phone, Red and Blanca send text messages to Piscatella, encouraging him to break into the prison via a window at night. Piscatella takes the information to the CERT, who blow him off. Aleida does an interview with Judy King, who reveals that Humphrey was shot. Aleida discovers that Daya was the shooter. The news about Humphrey reaches the CERT members, who mock Piscatella. Gloria learns that her son is in the ICU after being severely beaten. Figueroa returns to the prison as a MCC negotiator to talk about the inmates' demands. When Figueroa is informed about Humphrey, she states that amnesty for all the inmates is a no-go. Taystee agrees to hand over Daya, who first calls Mendez's mother, asking her to adopt her daughter out of foster care. Daya also asks Mendez's mother to give the child some space, due to Aleida's control she received when she was younger. Piscatella, after texting "Humphrey" that he is opting out of breaking in, enters the prison after dark instead. Flashback: A 14-year-old Daya pursues a boy based on her mother's insistence, despite her best friend's feelings for him. Daya ends up getting rejected by the boy and dumped by her friend.

9. The Tightening

Red, coming down from her drug high, is nursed by Nicky, who believes Red's warnings about Piscatella being in the prison are hallucinations. Piscatella, in full riot gear, attacks Blanca in a utility room. Inmates soon begin disappearing one by one, including Nicky and Boo. Gloria begs Caputo—who is locked in a Porta-Potty —to give her furlough to see her son, but Caputo states he cannot help her until she lets the hostages go. After Boo disappears, Linda desperately seeks out Caputo, who is let out by Taystee to back up the inmates' claim of slave labor to Figueroa. Morello, hurt by Nicky's comments that her pregnancy is all in her head, convinces Suzanne to stop taking her psych medicine. Red finds Frieda's map to her secret bunker, and she accidentally discovers Piscatella's prisoners while on her way there. However, while trying to free them, Piscatella arrives. Flashback: In the late 1970s, Red is in the Soviet Union working a menial factory job. Her rebellious friend, Nadezhda, suddenly vanishes. Red's ex-boyfriend, Dmitri—whom she had dumped for being too dull—proposes they lie about being Jewish in order to escape to the United States, as Jews were being allowed to immigrate to countries other than Israel.

10. The Reverse Midas Touch

Piscatella has Red, Piper, Alex and other inmates tied up in a room, where he uses a knife to cut off Red's hair and brutally breaks Alex's arm. Piper gets the duct tape off her mouth and yells for help, which is heard by the other inmates holed up in Frieda's basement bunker. The entrance to the room they are in leads to where Piscatella is. Meanwhile, Gloria tries to free the prison guards, but she is interrupted. Maureen, who has still not recovered from the beating, is found delirious in the bathroom by Suzanne, who takes her to the infirmary. Suzanne, by now in a psychotic state, discovers that Humphrey is dead. Gina lures Piscatella into the basement, where Frieda knocks him out with a homemade poison dart. Flashback: At his earlier CO job in a male prison, Piscatella pursues an affair with an inmate, Driscoll. When another inmate, Resado, spies on them together in the kitchen, Resado and other inmates beat and rape Driscoll in a bathroom. Piscatella handcuffs Resado to a shower and leaves him under scalding hot water to die.

11. Breaking the Fiberboard Ceiling

The inmates drag the unconscious Piscatella into Frieda's bunker. Gina reveals she recorded a video of Piscatella assaulting Alex, and they post it on the internet. Gloria, desperate to see her son in the hospital, tries sneaking each of the hostage guards outside and locking them into a Porta-Potty one at a time. While attempting to negotiate with Figueroa, Taystee discovers she has a knack for advocacy. Boo is crushed when she sees a photo of her and Caputo on Linda's phone. Suzanne goes into a psychotic break, but Morello, in the dispensary, refuses to give Suzanne her medicine. Cindy takes a bottle of lithium, which she believes can help calm Suzanne down. Morello takes a pregnancy test and confirms that she is pregnant. While her unconscious son is taken into surgery, Gloria confesses her plan to Maria. Gloria discovers that the guards have escaped through a hole in the fence thanks to Maria, who had hoped that Gloria's deal would be given to her instead. Gloria breaks down and attempts to escape through the hole, but she is stopped by the other inmates who realize what she had been planning.

12. Tattoo You

MCC makes an offer to Taystee that reaches most of the inmates' demands, but Taystee rejects the offer, as Bayley has not been prosecuted for Poussey's death. The hostage guards—except Luschek—are led to MCC management by Maria. As it was not Taystee who sent out the guards as part of an acceptance of the negotiation, MCC decides to send the CERT into the prison to end the riot. Morello reveals numerous positive pregnancy tests to Nicky, who calls Vince and convinces him to take responsibility. Pennsatucky escapes the prison using the hole in the fence, and she breaks into the guards' cabin. Bayley travels by bus to meet Poussey's father; he tearfully apologizes for her death. Poussey's father refuses to accept, stating that Bayley's punishment will be having to live the rest of his life with what he has done. A distraught Bayley does not use his bus ticket to return home, but instead leaves the bus station to an unknown destination. In Frieda's bunker, Piper proposes to Alex, who says yes. After discovering that the guards have escaped, Taystee attempts to talk to the CERT, but it is too late, as they immediately swarm Litchfield. Flashback: Piper and her then-boyfriend, Larry, get tattoos. She later drunk dials Alex, stating that she is still on her mind and misses her.

13. Storm-y Weather

Dozens of CERT members in riot gear break down the prison doors with smoke bombs, stun guns and batons in hand, causing pandemonium as they handcuff all the inmates. After discovering a dead Humphrey, the CERT escalate their tactics to "by any means necessary." Cindy and Taystee panic as Suzanne is unconscious from the lithium. They get help from Nicky, who takes them down to Frieda's hiding place; Suzanne is revived when they inject her with an epi-pen. Angie and Leanne burn all the prison records to erase their history of infractions. Deciding not to go down without a fight, Ouija, Pidge and the white supremacists barricade themselves inside a dorm and injure some of the CERT members with booby traps before being restrained. The inmates are led outside in handcuffs in front of a crowd of families and the press. Maritza and Flaca are thrilled to see fans of their beauty tutorials on the internet cheering for them. Morello reunites with Vince, and Maria is allowed to see her daughter. Linda tries to tell an officer she is from MCC, but she is ignored. The count of the inmates leaves them ten short, and Caputo informs the CERT about the old pool that Figueroa never filled. The CERT chief assumes the fact that the remaining inmates are hiding "strategically" means they are planning an offensive against the officers. He informs Caputo that the governor has already approved any casualties necessary. Pennsatucky and Coates bond in the cabin. Nicky brings Taystee, Cindy and Suzanne to the bunker, and Taystee is shocked to see Piscatella tied up. She takes Frieda's gun and points it at him, telling him he is to blame for Poussey's death. But instead of killing him, she breaks down crying. Red unexpectedly releases Piscatella and tells him to leave without touching anyone. Piscatella emerges into the prison hallway, only to be shot and killed by an inexperienced CERT officer. As night falls, the inmates outside are loaded onto buses for new prisons; Flaca and Maritza are separated. In the bunker, the remaining inmates—Alex, Piper, Taystee, Nicky, Red, Cindy, Frieda, Suzanne, Blanca, and Gloria—link arms as the CERT blows the doors off.

Season 6

1. Who Knows Better Than I

Suzanne has hallucinations while getting back on her medications. She is the first to be interviewed for a federal investigation into the riot and murders. Those found in the bunker are held in isolation at Litchfield's maximum security prison, and they face various abuses from the guards and inmates. Frieda attempts suicide, while Red confronts her roommate, Badison, to protect her family. Piper desperately tries to find Alex, and fears the worst when she learns a prisoner had died in the riot. Gloria tries to attack Maria, but they are handcuffed and forced to kiss by the guards. Taystee is visited by CO Tamika Ward, who had been her friend on the outside. Suzanne is released from questioning and is brought to the prison, which she realizes is not her "home" anymore. Flashback: Suzanne and Cindy hide in the pool and witness CERT officers stage Piscatella's body as if the inmates killed him with his own gun. On the bus, Red provides a story that Piscatella brought them in the pool to torture them. Suzanne snaps at the false version of events, but Cindy insists they lie so the guards won't kill them.

2. Shitstorm Coming

Detectives are pressured to file charges on two murderers and three riot leaders within a week. Daya makes a plea agreement for Humphrey's murder, while Taystee is considered a leader as the public face of the riot. Cindy tries (and fails) to warn Taystee about the framing with a note, but when she learns their fingerprints are on Piscatella's gun, Cindy turns on Taystee to save herself. Gloria names Maria as the riot's mastermind and pressures Blanca to do the same. Despite Maria's attempts to frame Gloria, MCC corroborates Gloria's story and she gets immunity for her testimony. Piper bonds with her cellmate, Beth, but she later learns that Beth killed her children. Caputo becomes depressed while on suspension. He reconnects with Figueroa, who is now interim warden. Dixon invites himself on a road trip with Coates, not realizing that Pennsatucky is hiding in the trunk. Flashback: Flashbacks depict Cindy's teenage pregnancy, and how she abandoned the infant to her mother's care.

3. Look Out for Number One

Linda is identified in a Cleveland prison. When she threatens to sue MCC for $10 million, she is promoted to senior vice president. Red learns of Piscatella's death during her interview, and fails to inform the others; Piper misinterprets Red's message to mean Alex was killed in the pool. Nicky is threatened with drug, theft, and distribution charges to pressure her testimony against Red. Frieda retrieves Cindy's note and fakes senility in her interview. She is transferred to B Block with the old-timers and crazies, including Suzanne. In general population, inmates learn the power structure: D Block is run by Barbara, and C Block is run by Carol, two antagonistic sisters at the head of a decades-old feud. After Daya is beaten by a guard, Daya's roommate, Daddy, gives her oxycodone. On work detail, Cindy, Flaca, Daya and Morello steal toiletries, but the products are sabotaged as an initiation. Flashback: In the 1980s, Frieda - in Litchfield Max - antagonizes a rivalry between Carol and Barbara. While the sisters attack each other on the kickball field, Frieda turns over Carol's stash to the warden for a transfer to minimum security.

4. I'm the Talking Ass

Blake, Luschek and McCullough return to duty; McCullough is suffering from PTSD following the riot. They are invited into the fantasy inmate league, a game played by the guards where they gamble on inmate deaths and injuries. Alex returns to general population and reunites with Piper. It is revealed that Maureen was the inmate who died in the riot. Coates, Dixon and Pennsatucky spend their day at an amusement park. Aleida struggles with employment outside of prison, and she gets involved in a pyramid scheme selling dietary shakes. Taystee speaks with Caputo after learning she is being charged for Piscatella's murder. Nicky tells Red about the drug charges and gets Red's permission to testify against her. Flashback: Nicky's selfish divorced parents fight through revisions to her bat mitzvah speech. During her speech, Nicky, inspired by her Torah portion of Balaam 's Talking Ass, mocks God for the Holocaust and her parents for neglecting her, while comparing herself to the donkey who suddenly found its voice after enduring abuse.

5. Mischief Mischief

Luschek hosts the fantasy inmate draft party, and he replaces CO Alvarez as league commissioner. CO Copeland gets fantasy inmate points when she instigates a fight between Piper and Maria. Alex helps Badison with a prank to make peace. Daddy instructs her D Block gang to release rats in the cheese-packaging facility, in hopes that C Block will be fired and D Block will get the work assignments. Blanca reveals that Maria set the hostages free, thwarting Maria's attempts to join a gang. Later, someone tries to drown Maria in a toilet. Afraid that someone in B Block has been sent to kill her, Frieda agrees to be Suzanne's cellmate. Linda blackmails Caputo into taking a dead-end job at a Missouri prison. She also calls a manhunt for the missing prisoner in the riot. Coates convinces Pennsatucky to hike across the Canadian border, but when his anger resurfaces, Pennsatucky secretly leaves him and turns herself in as the missing prisoner.

6. State of the Uterus

Daddy's rat prank results in MCC losing the lucrative cheese-packaging contract and unintentionally closing the route that CO Hellman uses for smuggling. Badison seeks revenge by having her people defecate in D Block's laundry. Daddy further incites her strung-out followers by blaming C Block for cutting off their supply. Daya consoles Daddy. Luschek is made head of recreation and interviews radio show acts. Flaca looks for a co-host and finds an unexpected rapport with Cindy. Gloria fears she is entering menopause. Blanca learns that she has limited fertility. Red signs a plea agreement to inciting the riot to avoid other charges. In court, Taystee pleads guilty to inciting the riot but not guilty to murder; the ACLU offers representation for Taystee, and the Black Lives Matter movement pressures MCC into taking Taystee out of solitary. Piper proposes a prison wedding to Alex. Aleida visits her kids in foster care, but discovers that none of them want anything to do with her. Flashback: Daddy ran a house of college escorts to successful Latino businessmen. Although a woman is killed at a party, Daddy covers it up and soon provides another escort for the client.

7. Changing Winds

Carol holds Badison accountable for Daddy's prank that cost them their cushy job and cuts her out. Badison consults with Alex and convinces Luschek to smuggle valuable smartphones. Though Alex doesn't want to take part, she ends up with the phone when Badison is stabbed in the yard by Daddy's girls. Strung-out, Daya steals Barbara's personal stash; Daddy is incensed and they have angry sex. Taystee receives fan mail, which the guards redact. Suzanne reunites with Taystee and Cindy, but she doesn't know how to talk with them while keeping the secret. After being suspected of an attempted suicide, Maria is released from Psych with the suggestion of finding religion. Pennsatucky blackmails Linda for a bunk in B Block. Preparing to leave town, Caputo goes on his first real date with Figueroa, and tries to give her closure for a past event. Considering writing a memoir, Piper examines the library and finds old photos from before the feud. Piper determines to heal divisions by bringing back kickball. Flashback: Bullied Badison acts out, is expelled from school, and sent to a boot camp for troubled teens where she tries to find acceptance by severely bullying the weakest girl.

8. Gordons

Alex hides the cellphone through a lockdown and search. She finds more money added to her commissary, despite wanting to stay out of the gang. Gloria helps Luschek with his dance-aerobics class. Piper extorts Luschek to return kickball. Daddy asks Daya to buy drugs through her friends in C Block. Blanca, wanting a baby due to her limited fertility, provides Daya the drugs in exchange for retrieving Diablo's sperm donation from the visitation washroom. The swap is noticed and Daya is beaten by C Block inmates. However, Daya manages to save four pills for Daddy. Blanca and Nicky are surrounded by the same gang during the insemination procedure. Red schemes against Frieda and gains an alliance with Carol. Aleida is stopped from selling outside the prison by CO Hopper, who takes her out for a date. In a media interview, Taystee describes guard abuses and has her mail cut off by Tamika. Flashback: Tamika and Taystee get high while working a night shift at a fast food restaurant. When they are threatened by a robber, Taystee lies and claims she cannot open the register that late without activating the security cameras. The robber steals her shoes instead. Tamika is impressed by Taystee's quick thinking; Taystee reveals that there are no security cameras, but she decided against calling the police as they would be arrested for being high.

9. Break the String

Zirconia becomes jealous when Gloria causes Luschek to get an erection in dance-aerobics class. Zirconia tells Badison that Gloria is turning Luschek against her, and Badison threatens Gloria against returning to class. Daddy gives Barbara " bath salts ", sidelining her in the infirmary. Nicky bonds with Barbara over addiction experiences and Barbara agrees to get clean. Red reconnects with her real family, and learns her husband is having an affair. Full of vengeance, Red climbs into Carol's inner circle. Piper gains Carol's permission for kickball. When Maria signs the church ladies, Carol then demands her people form an opposing team, to Piper's dismay. Caputo is deposed ahead of Taystee's trial, and he admits that she did break his nose. Linda confronts Caputo over the deposition, and Caputo quits on the spot. Cindy continues to struggle with guilt, but she fails to confess her betrayal to Taystee. Aleida refuses to smuggle drugs for Daya until she is evicted and forced into domesticity with Hopper.

10. Chocolate Chip Nookie

Aleida uses Hopper as an unwitting mule to bring drugs into the prison by using a false bottom of the dietary shake container, but as the weight is increased, Hopper discovers the tampering. The inmate league has seen little action since segregating the blocks, so Luschek agrees to an interblock kickball championship in the field. In warmups, Piper is confirmed as C Block captain over Badison. Gloria continues to be harassed, and is transferred to D Block with Daya and Maria. Barbara achieves 30 days of sobriety. Now with new clarity, Barbara plots to kill Carol, who she blames for spiking her drugs. Cindy makes an anonymous call to Caputo, provoking him into questioning a suspicious CERT member; Figueroa advises him to instead work the PR campaign. Frieda apologizes for misleading Suzanne and explains the block feud. Flashback: In 1983, high schoolers Barb and Carol kill their younger sister whose gymnastics training was causing the family to move. In Litchfield, an argument over an anecdote led to the sisters' separation and the block feud.

11. Well This Took a Dark Turn

Hopper confronts Aleida about the drugs but, nearing 10 years at Litchfield, he continues the operation. Badison vomits when Piper has her team run sprints. Badison tries to extend Piper's sentence by planting drugs on her, but the plan fails. When Frieda discovers that a wealthy inmate, Gladys, had been paid by Carol to kill her, Frieda cuts her own arm to frame Gladys. Barbara sends her gang to kill Carol and her lieutenants at the salon; Nicky joins as a lookout to warn Red, but her message is intercepted and a guard takes Carol into protective custody. Nicky talks her way out of suspicion. Caputo asks Sophia to join a lawsuit with other inmates wronged by MCC, but Linda offers settlements and early release to everyone he'd visited. Sophia agrees and signs a non-disclosure agreement. Maria is inspired to be a good person, but this quickly ends when Beth admits to attacking her. Cindy testifies against Taystee after being told that changing her story would make her an unreliable witness. Aiming for league points, Copeland locks Barbara in Carol's cell.

12. Double Trouble

Barbara and Carol agree to a truce, then each declare war to their blocks. Caputo tells Taystee that she has a chance if she can win over the jury. McCullough snaps after a kickball bursts. MCC is being rebranded to PolyCon Corrections. Alex asks Badison to leave Piper alone. Instead, Badison hires Hellman to frame Piper. To keep Badison in line, Alex agrees to work for Carol. Hellman gives a fraudulent incident report to Hopper, to whom Piper had promised to inform on drug activities. Deciding that Piper is an unnecessary risk to his drug operation, Hopper destroys the report and puts Piper at the top of Linda's new inmate-ranking system, so that she'll be released at the end of the week. Gloria helps with Flaca's radio show in order to warn Luschek about the impending block war, but Luschek is called away at the last second. Gloria discovers Luschek's fantasy inmate data, and tries to expose it on the radio. She fails, and Alvarez sends her to solitary. Red prepares for her first visitation with her grandchildren, but she ruins it to attack Frieda in the hallway.

13. Be Free

Piper, Sophia and Blanca are told they'll be released the next day - the day of the kickball championship. Piper and Alex are "prison married" by Nicky. Aleida is shocked to see Daya high on heroin, but she continues supplying her eldest to save her younger children. Taystee is found guilty. Caputo confronts a CERT member, who punches him; Figueroa sets aside business to tend Caputo's wounds. Luschek visits Gloria, who challenges him to stop the fight. Carol and Barbara meet in a closet; the war is a diversion for them to infiltrate B Block and kill Frieda. Maria has a change of heart and convinces McCullough to let the captains pick new teams, mixing the blocks. When Badison signals the attack, Suzanne kicks a high ball and the inmates are caught in the excitement of the play. With no fight causing a lockdown, Barbara and Carol's antagonism results in their deaths, bumping Copeland from last to first in fantasy inmate. Lorna goes into labor and is brought to medical in distress. Piper and Sophia are united with family members, but Blanca is taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for which PolyCon is running a new detention facility. Flashback: The anecdote Carol and Barbara both claimed happened to them as waitresses (bringing a customer a newspaper after mishearing a request for a "glass of ice" as "classifieds") actually happened to a co-worker who told them the story.

Season 7

1. Beginning of the End

Piper struggles to adapt to life after Litchfield. Now living with Cal and Neri, she is unable to pay her rent and probationary fees. She confronts her wealthy father, who is unwilling to support her financially. Alex attempts to get rid of Badison by planting a phone in Badison's dorm. However, Taystee finds the phone instead, which results in a violent confrontation that sends both her and Badison to the SHU. CO Hellman forces Alex to deal heroin until Badison returns. Aleida's kids have moved in at Hopper's residence. Lorna has given birth to a baby boy, Sterling. Daddy's infidelity angers Daya, who accidentally kills Daddy with an overdose of fentanyl as revenge. Flashback: Piper's life before prison is explored.

2. Just Desserts

Maritza, released on parole, connects with an NBA player whom she met at a club. Piper earns her keep by babysitting. Linda fires Figueroa from her interim warden position; Aleida pressures Hopper to try out for the warden position. Tamika wants to be promoted to head guard, and asks Caputo for advice. Though Linda had initially planned to hire Hopper, Linda is impressed with Tamika and hires her as the new warden. McCullough catches Alex trying to get rid of Hellman's drugs. Realizing that reporting Alex and Hellman for the drugs will do nothing, McCullough instead forces Alex to sell the heroin for her. Daya is determined to usurp Daddy's position in prison. Maritza is arrested during an ICE raid and is sent to the PolyCon detention facility. Flashback: In the military, McCullough is ostracized by her fellow male soldiers when she reports a sexual assault against a colleague.

3. And Brown is the New Orange

Tamika begins her term as warden. Though Tamika is disheartened to learn she had only been hired for being black, she is inspired by Figueroa's advice to do whatever she wants. Tamika closes the SHU and transfers Badison to a Missouri prison. Maritza fails to prove her American citizenship. She also reunites with Blanca at the facility. Diablo visits Blanca, but he is taken into custody due to his expired green card. Suzanne tries to mend Taystee and Cindy's relationship, to no avail. Alex flushes Hellman's heroin down the toilet, and convinces McCullough to smuggle portable phone chargers instead. Piper begins working for her father's company. Red, Gloria, Nicky, Lorna, and Flaca are assigned to run the kitchen at the PolyCon facility where Maritza and Blanca are staying. Flashback: Blanca gets her green card and celebrates with Diablo. Later, Blanca covers up the hit-and-run of the elderly woman she cared for.

4. How to Do Life

Piper grapples with her new job. Maritza reunites with Flaca, who is able to contact Maritza's estranged mother. However, Flaca is told that Maritza was born in Colombia and does not have a U.S. birth certificate. Tamika creates new prison education programs; Maria and Cindy find solace in Caputo's restorative justice class, while Pennsatucky takes part in a GED course. Lorna finds out from her husband that Sterling had tragically died from pneumonia; Lorna refuses to accept Sterling's death and maintains the belief that her child is still alive. A suicidal Taystee tries to buy fentanyl from Daya, who has become the prison's kingpin. Daya refuses to make the offer. Taystee later attempts to hang herself, but she backs out at the last second. Flashback: Gloria moves to New York and chooses to leave her daughters in Puerto Rico, promising that they will be together eventually. When it is time for Gloria's daughters to relocate, they refuse to do so, resentful of Gloria's decision to move.

5. Minority Deport

Aleida is arrested when she beats up her daughter's drug dealer boyfriend. Piper and Cal shed their responsibilities for a day by drinking alcohol and getting high. When Piper is caught tampering with her drug test, she is ordered by her parole officer to attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings. Red starts to become forgetful. Taystee begins working as Tamika's assistant. However, Taystee plans to take advantage of her job by providing outside information to Daya, in hopes she will eventually get the drugs she had asked for. Cindy is up for early release. Blanca is able to extend her court date. Gloria gives Maritza a free number that can help her contact a lawyer, but when Maritza gives the number to other detainees, she is caught by the guards and deported to Colombia. Flashback: In her teenage years, Aleida dealt with many predatory men.

6. Trapped in an Elevator

Maria is shocked when Yadriel reveals that he and their daughter are moving in with his new girlfriend. Maria is initially enraged but, inspired by Caputo's assignment to reflect on who she has hurt, apologizes to Yadriel for not trusting how he's raising their daughter. Cindy, also inspired by Caputo's assignment, apologizes to her mother as her release date impends. Taystee exacts revenge on Cindy by writing a letter to Cindy's daughter, Monica, that reveals Cindy as her real mother. Alex and McCullough continue their smuggling operation. Linda closes down the psych ward. Caputo discovers that Susan Fischer, the female CO unfairly fired by Caputo in the second season, is accusing him of sexual harassment. Cindy is released from prison. Flashback: Maria—working at a clothing store—plans to leave Yadriel. After she is arrested for selling counterfeit goods, Maria and Yadriel solidify their relationship whens she reveals her pregnancy. It is implied that Yadriel may not be the baby's father.

7. Me as Well

Nicky finds romance with Shani, one of the ICE detainees. Blanca bonds with Karla, who shows her an online legal library she can use to prepare her case. A lonely Piper follows Alex's advice to have sex with another person, though this only makes Piper want Alex more. McCullough kisses Alex. When Pennsatucky fails her GED practice test, her teacher determines she may have dyslexia and recommends Pennsatucky get a tutor. Caputo tries to apologize to Fischer. Daya sends Taystee on a mission to retrieve her phone taken during a sweep. Nicky finds Red, delirious, sitting in a freezer. Suzanne gives a journal to Taystee explaining what had happened the night Piscatella died. Tamika finds the journal and encourages Taystee to give this new information to her lawyer. Flashback: Pennsatucky reunites with her father and becomes subject to his ridicule; both of them are unaware of their exhibiting signs of dyslexia.

8. Baker's Dozen

After Tamika allots PolyCon's money towards the inmates' programs, a furious Linda prohibits her from extending the prison budget. Now unable to hire GED tutors, Tamika convinces Taystee to tutor Pennsatucky. Daya gives Taystee the fentanyl; Taystee hides the baggie behind a poster in Tamika's office. Aleida returns to prison and has a fiery reunion with Daya. Aleida cuts out Daya from her drug operation. Suzanne tends to the prison's new chicken coop. Nicky confronts Red about her worrying signs of dementia, but Red remains in denial of her condition. McCullough and Alex begin a sexual relationship. Neri takes Piper on a wilderness retreat. Piper bonds with a group member, Zelda. She confides to Zelda over her time in prison and her inability to adjust to the outside world. Flashback: With her rising status in the Russian mob, Red befriends a young man who ends up dead because of her advice.

9. The Hidey Hole

Cindy's family breaks apart when Monica receives Taystee's letter. Though Cindy's mother, Lillian, advises her to make amends with Monica, Cindy decides to run away instead; Lillian orders her never to return. After being cut out by Aleida, Daya threatens the prison's GED teacher into becoming her new drug mule, which prompts the teacher to resign. Karla's request to attend her children's custody hearing is denied. Shani confides in Nicky about her traumatic childhood. Piper comes out as a felon to her co-workers. She also makes amends with her father. Fischer gets a restraining order against Caputo. Vince leaves Lorna over her inability to accept Sterling's death. A distraught Lorna attempts to leave the prison, putting the building into lockdown. Flashback: While on a night out, Lorna suffers a break up. Forced to walk home, Lorna accidentally causes the death of her two friends when she throws a rock at their moving car, which she believed was her boyfriend's.

10. The Thirteenth

Lorna is found in the chicken coop and subsequently sent to medical. McCullough is left visibly shaken by the lockdown, and she is comforted by Alex. The lockdown also has consequences for Tamika, who is put on notice by Linda. When Red accidentally cuts herself in the kitchen, the doctor diagnoses her with early onset dementia. Shani finds out she is being deported. Maria apologizes to CO Dixon for her involvement in the riot. Caputo owns up to his misdeeds and informs Tamika of his resignation. Luschek takes over as the new teacher of the GED course. Piper decides to reconnect with Larry and Polly, and Zelda joins along; Piper and Zelda continue to flirt. Alex finds Zelda's social media and discovers her and Piper's relationship. A frustrated Alex continues her sexual relationship with McCullough. Flashback: The aftermath of key moments of Piper and Alex's relationship are seen from Alex's perspective.

11. God Bless America

Zelda invites Piper to a posh fundraiser and admits she wants to start a relationship with her. Alex feels guilty about her infidelity, and she breaks up with McCullough. A heartbroken McCullough confronts Piper at her house and states that Alex needs to move on. Piper has sex with Zelda. Maria tries to make peace with Gloria. Nicky attempts to stop Lorna's transfer to Florida. Nicky consults with Vince and learns of Sterling's death. Aleida tips off the guards about Daya's hiding spots. Shani leaves a goodbye note for Nicky before she is deported. Figueroa is sympathetic towards Santos, a pregnant ICE detainee who was raped while trying to enter the United States. When Santos tries to naturally induce a miscarriage, Figueroa secretly smuggles in abortion pills for Santos. At her appeal, Blanca is able to buy more time by reopening her criminal case. Karla, however, is deported to El Salvador. Karla calls her kids with an emotional message through Gloria's illegal phone—the phone is later found by CO Bell. Flashback: Karla consoles her children, who are still grieving over their father's death. Shani is confronted by her family over her lesbianism. Santos is raped after being unable to pay for help in crossing the border.

12. The Big House

The guards begin interrogations over the illegal phone. Despite her release date approaching, Gloria confesses to owning the phone. Taystee consults with her lawyer and discovers that Suzanne's journal cannot be used as evidence for a trial. Discouraged by this news, Taystee plans to commit suicide with Daya's fentanyl. Nicky reluctantly lets Lorna get transferred to the Florida block. Hopper is fired after getting caught having sex with Aleida. McCullough informs Alex that Piper is seeing someone else. Alex confronts Piper in visitation; Alex confesses that she doesn't have any feelings for McCullough, but Piper admits she has feelings for Zelda. McCullough has Alex transferred to an Ohio prison. During the GED exam, Luschek fails to provide Pennsatucky extra time for her dyslexia. Believing she had flunked the test, Pennsatucky snorts fentanyl from Daya's crew and overdoses. Taystee later discovers Pennsatucky's unconscious body and cries for help. Flashback: During her brief release in season one, Taystee is kicked out of her group home and has no place to stay. She has an emotional phone call with Poussey, who had called her from Litchfield.

13. Here's Where We Get Off

Pennsatucky dies from her overdose. Taystee discovers Pennsatucky had passed her GED exam. Suzanne, having been Pennsatucky's roommate, sets up a memorial for her in the Florida block. Zelda invites Piper to join her on a trip to Northampton. Piper visits Alex and is told of Alex's transfer; Alex thinks they should break up, believing she is keeping Piper from new experiences. A conflicted Piper confides to Larry, who advises her to "do what new Piper would do." Luschek takes the fall for Gloria and claims he had smuggled in the cell phones, resulting in his termination. Taystee returns her baggie of fentanyl to Daya. Upon discovering that Daya had brought her younger siblings into the drug operation, Aleida angrily chokes Daya. A homeless Cindy makes amends with Lillian and Monica. Red is transferred to Florida and reunites with Lorna and Frieda, but Red does not remember who Frieda is. Caputo and Figueroa visit an adoption clinic. In El Salvador, Karla follows a smuggler in an effort to get back into the United States, but breaks her ankle and is left stranded in the desert. When a bottle of Hellman's drugs are found outside the prison, Linda fires Tamika on the spot. Hellman replaces Tamika as the new warden. The finale concludes with a montage delving into several characters' lives. Alex gets transferred to the Ohio prison, which houses many former Litchfield inmates: Big Boo, Anita, Yoga Jones, Gina, Norma, Leanne, Angie, Janae, Alison, Sankey, and Soso. Nicky becomes a new mother figure to several inmates. Flaca helps the detainees at the ICE facility. Gloria is released and reunites with her kids. Maria gets to see her baby daughter in visitation. Blanca wins her case and reunites with Diablo in Honduras. Mendez, released from prison, raises Daya's baby. With a little help from Judy King, Taystee starts the Poussey Washington Fund with Suzanne's assistance. Piper chooses to be with Alex, having moved to Ohio to start anew and easily visit Alex in prison.