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General => Movies and TV => Topic started by: KevShmev on March 02, 2014, 11:06:23 PM
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I was surprised to see that there was no thread on this original Netflix show.
Anyway, I just finished Season 1 today - yay for being stuck inside because of ice and snow! - and I really liked it a lot. The writing is a bit out there at times, but overall I thought it was really good. I'll definitely be watching Season 2 when it comes out this spring or summer.
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Been hearing good things about it, it's on my list. I'll probably go to it after I'm done with my Dr. Who run.
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It was pretty entertaining. The latter half and especially last couple episodes are great. I hope they expand on her 'corruption'. It'd be cool if it turned into a Breaking Bad kind of transformation.
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Lots of humor at times, too, often brought by this guy:
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That porn 'stache is epic. :lol :lol
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Weird. I just finished Breaking Bad, and it suggested this show. IMDB'd it, then opened up the forum to find this thread at the top.
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Great show.
The stuff outside the prison is really the only downside I see. I guess it's there for plot/character reference but the even the acting "outside the prison" is pretty bad. Compared to the acting inside. The lead character needs to learn some different emotives. She's at a risk of becoming Katie Holmes-shoulder shrugging-one way of delievering lines-type actress.
If you enjoyed the sillyness of Spartacus, with the blood, sex and quick plots you might like Black Sails
it follows John Silver (before he became Long John Silver) and Captain Flint's boat. Not quite full of boobies as Spartacus, but still has some and has a more playful feel to it than that constant death that Spartacus had. Another Starz Original.
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I've watched season one twice. I love that show. Kudos to Netflix.
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Weird. I just finished Breaking Bad, and it suggested this show. IMDB'd it, then opened up the forum to find this thread at the top.
It's hard for anything to not be a letdown after the awesomeness of Breaking Bad, so if you watch Orange..., just go in knowing that. Or maybe wait a bit of time for the newness of BB to wear off you a bit (like I did).
Great show.
The stuff outside the prison is really the only downside I see. I guess it's there for plot/character reference but the even the acting "outside the prison" is pretty bad. Compared to the acting inside. The lead character needs to learn some different emotives. She's at a risk of becoming Katie Holmes-shoulder shrugging-one way of delievering lines-type actress.
I think they could have gotten a much better actor than Jason Biggs to play the fiancé - he'll always be both Jim the dork from American Pie and Silverman the aloof idiot from Saving Silverman to me, I guess - but his role is fairy limited, so I am okay with it. But I think Taylor Schilling does a very good job in the lead role. Kate Mulgrew (whom I didn't recognize until several episodes in) also does a great job as Red.
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Laura Prepon nude in the first two seconds? This is already my favorite show.
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Laura Prepon nude in the first two seconds? This is already my favorite show.
:tup
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This has been my favorite Netflix original show so far. It really picks up after the first two episodes, the first episode in particular, is pretty much a giant nonentity, but afterwards it really picks up. All the characters are great, even Jason Biggs as the douchiest fiance ever is kinda interesting even if he is the worst amongst the whole bunch.
Great show and I can't wait for the next season.
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The last 3 episodes of Season 1 are among the best TV I have seen in years. What a remarkable series. And can we talk about how strong the ensemble is? I've barely heard of any of these actors before and they all kill it.
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Who else is watching Season 2??
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Halfway through. I think it's just as good as season 1 so far.
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I got about halfway through season one, and then ran into a problem that I often do with tv shows. Piper just became stupid. At first she was making simple and honest mistakes (insulting Red, forgetting the screwdriver) and you were interested in her. Then it kind of morphed into a pretty serious naivete, which I find less tolerable. Then she just started acting like dumb, spoiled brat and I'm about ready to see her shanked. I'll certainly get back into it, but the last episode I watched really put me off of it for a while.
Interestingly, the same thing happened with CYE and the roadside memorial episode. Great show, but once Larry started acting like a stupid jackass instead of an eccentric with terrible coping skills it made me start to hate him.
edit: and while I'm at it, a real deficiency in nekkid Hot Donna girl on girl action.
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I like the show a lot. Just binged both seasons, but I need to re watch season 2 because I passively watched the middle of it. Because this, minus S2:1 and S2:13, I feel season 1 is stronger. But not my final opinion.
My only gripe is the hyper-sexuality of the show. I know it's a dark comedy, and a few if the encounters are humorous. but I thought there would be some under-current of reality due it being based on a memoir.
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I got about halfway through season one, and then ran into a problem that I often do with tv shows. Piper just became stupid. At first she was making simple and honest mistakes (insulting Red, forgetting the screwdriver) and you were interested in her. Then it kind of morphed into a pretty serious naivete, which I find less tolerable. Then she just started acting like dumb, spoiled brat and I'm about ready to see her shanked. I'll certainly get back into it, but the last episode I watched really put me off of it for a while.
Interestingly, the same thing happened with CYE and the roadside memorial episode. Great show, but once Larry started acting like a stupid jackass instead of an eccentric with terrible coping skills it made me start to hate him.
edit: and while I'm at it, a real deficiency in nekkid Hot Donna girl on girl action.
I think that's mostly the point. Piper is just arrogant, narcissistic, and just utterly clueless when it comes to things that exist outside of her life as an upper class, white yuppie. She's a prime example of book smart, street stupid. I really question how much we're supposed to like her or even sympathize with her at times because, even though she's surrounded by people that have done much worse things, she's still infuriating.
And Larry is a total dbag in Season 1.
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You guys have missed the entire concept and point of Curb if Larry being a moron pisses you off. For real... get on his level, bro. It's (idiotic) genius. If he wasn't a complete and total curmudgeon, the show wouldn't work.
On topic...I enjoyed S2, I think I'm done with it though. It's become kind of monotonous for me, and the whole concept of 'good girl gone bad' didn't really play itself out the way I'd like. Not to mention I absolutely hated the main antagonist this season, though the ending was quite fulfilling, it all but saved the finale for me. It was fun while it lasted, but I can't see giving half a shit about S3 unless a complete paradigm shift occurs. Good stuff, fun while it lasted; nothing more, nothing less. Jenji is apparently a one trick pony though, I'm already seeing a pattern that mirrors what happened to Weeds and I can see the same thing happening here, just a lot earlier.
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You guys have missed the entire concept and point of Curb if Larry being a moron pisses you off. For real... get on his level, bro. It's (idiotic) genius. If he wasn't a complete and total curmudgeon, the show wouldn't work.
Actually, I totally misread Barto's statement. I thought he was talking about Larry in Orange not Larry in Curb. :lol
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:rollin Now that makes sense... Yeah, Larry is a complete and utter doucher in this show. Poor guy is still shaking off the American Pie series, and he will for the rest of his career.
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You guys have missed the entire concept and point of Curb if Larry being a moron pisses you off. For real... get on his level, bro. It's (idiotic) genius. If he wasn't a complete and total curmudgeon, the show wouldn't work.
CYE worked so well because Larry was a curmudgeon, he had absolutely terrible people skills, and most importantly he always said exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time. None of these things make him unlikeable. Like I said, he's eccentric and he has lousy people skills; plenty of people do and it's often times hysterical. Turning him into a bumbling fool, which about a third of the episodes did, was both counterproductive to the humor and also made him fairly unlikeable. Now that I think about it, when I turned it off was the phone call leading to Cheryl's dumping him (and I fucking hate Cheryl more than any of them anyway). That was just stupidity on his part. By way of comparison, Basil Fawlty shared every one of those qualities I mentioned, but remained perfectly likeable throughout the series and you never really thought to yourself "my God, what an idiot!"
Also, since season 2 of OitNB presumably just started, perhaps spoiler tags are in order for a while.
You guys have missed the entire concept and point of Curb if Larry being a moron pisses you off. For real... get on his level, bro. It's (idiotic) genius. If he wasn't a complete and total curmudgeon, the show wouldn't work.
Actually, I totally misread Barto's statement. I thought he was talking about Larry in Orange not Larry in Curb. :lol
Sorry. I started a tangent which I have now continued just to point out that I blew off CYE for exactly the same reason as I put OitNB on hold. Carry on.
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I can see how that'd make him unlikeable, but I liked him even more because of it. That, and as you said, Cheryl (who, I agree, was the absolute worst) and many of his friends were specifically and obviously created to be the polar opposite; snotty, nose-in-the-air, every synonym and more, which made it all the more hilarious when Larry royally fucked it all up each and every time. But I get ya, I can completely see how that'd just start to become grating after a while; and he definitely started to degrade intellectually. But that's one of the aspects I liked, I truly enjoyed seeing him become just so socially retarded that it was actual-face-palm worthy. It was the opposite for me, I started hating every BUT Larry, especially Cheryl. That's interesting though. Either way I miss the show, but the more I think about it, the more I think it ended perfectly and wouldn't want it to outstay it's welcome, even for me.
Alright, alright, alright; I'll stop derailing.
Also I couldn't agree more that there needs to be more of Alex (forgot the actress' name) and her amazingly voluptuous, Kirby-suckable tits. MM! MR. SKIN HERE I COME!
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Halfway through. I think it's just as good as season 1 so far.
I thought 2 started slow - I found the 2nd episode boring as hell, and was thrown by the emphasis on several new characters and the deemphasis on several storylines that dominated Season 1, but it started to pick up again in the middle, and the stretch run was great.
Yeah, Larry is a complete and utter doucher in this show. Poor guy is still shaking off the American Pie series, and he will for the rest of his career.
Maybe that's it, but Jason Biggs seems to have zero range as an actor. Some of the more emotional scenes with Piper would have been far more impactful with a better actor.
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Oh, definitely; the guy can play no other part but the bumbling geek, apparently.
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I'm on episode 7 of season two. I haven't had enough free time to binge watch the whole thing. Tasty is my favorite.
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Just finished season 2, and I loved it! I think it's a really good show. The best part about this show is the characters.. even some of the characters you hate, you can somewhat sympathize with them. As much of a nut as Crazy Eyes is, I think she's a good character and I can't help but feel sorry for her. Vee was an excellent antagonist this season, truly intimidating. Awesome stuff, can't wait for Season 3!
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Just started this series. I really was meh about it... not much interest until I got 15 minutes into the first episode..
I'm hooked
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Exactly how I was. Except I was a bit more hesitant, I stopped for a while at episode 3 and came back to it addicted a while later, oddly enough. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts once you're finished with S2. I think most are either just 'meh' like me or even more addicted.
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Piper just became stupid.
This.
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I completely agree, but part of me thinks that's the point.
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Anyone watching season 3?
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I haven't started season 3 yet. Probably shouldn't open this thread for a while.
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Watched half of episode 1 of season 3. Might take some time to catch up.
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So far watched the first four episodes of season 3 and already liking it more than season 2.
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So far watched the first four episodes of season 3 and already liking it more than season 2.
Season 3 was so much better than two. Season 3 might actually be my favorite season.
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So far watched the first four episodes of season 3 and already liking it more than season 2.
Season 3 was so much better than two. Season 3 might actually be my favorite season.
Yeah I'm done with the 10th episode and hands down this is my favorite season of them all. I think they've nailed the characters and the interactions between them is hilarious and for once every single one of their back story appears interesting.
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Just finished the finale of season 3 and again have to say that hands down the best season of the series so far. This time it actually felt comedic and it had a lot of heart. I really hope season 4 continues in this direction or maintains the same enthusiasm.
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Sucks for Daya's baby.
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Just started watching this. Awesome so far.
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Oooh, that series 1 finale!! :corn
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Saw complete season 1 and 2, still have to watch season 3.
I agree the series 1 finale is awesome, you pause for a moment at the end of it and you realize how much Piper has changed (staying as vague as possible to avoid spoilers for others). Season 2 is less focused on Piper and more of a group effort, but still entertaining. Loved how Caputo got what he got.
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I've enjoyed all three seasons up to this point. My girlfriend and I were Nicky and Red for Halloween
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I love the actress that plays Nicky. Read she fell on hard times or something though?
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Season 3 is so entertaining. I think they got everything right with the level of humor, drama and story. I found it better than season 1 & 2 combined.
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Season 3 is so entertaining. I think they got everything right with the level of humor, drama and story. I found it better than season 1 & 2 combined.
Yeah, but did they up the level of naked Hot-Donna? I mean, that's all that really matters.
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Season 3 is so entertaining. I think they got everything right with the level of humor, drama and story. I found it better than season 1 & 2 combined.
Not disagreeing with you but Season 2 was my favorite by far. The drama with Vee... the climax at the end of the final episode... 3 seemed like a little bit of a letdown. I hope season 4 picks back up.
Can we post spoilers?
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Just finished season 2. Thank you, beye Vee! :yarr Also, what great acting performances alround! LoL' ed at Fig's bj..... :mehlin
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Just finished season 2. Thank you, beye Vee! :yarr Also, what great acting performances alround! LoL' ed at Fig's bj..... :mehlin
The last minute of season two was SOOOOO gratifying. I watched it about 20 times. :hatmas:
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Just finished season three! Since that happened last year and season 4 is about to start and no one posted since December anyway I guess it's implied there will be spoilers, right?
Anyway, all in all this show is very good and entertaining. Season 1 was very focused on Piper, the last scene with Pensatucky was so intense; it all started like an half comedy, and by the end it was terrifying to see Piper snapping out of control and risking homicide, after it all came crashing down on her.
Season 2's start was even more intense, it was an excellent follow up on the snowy smackdown and Piper realizing on the plane how badly she screwed up was so memorable. And of course Vee was a good antagonist, I could hardly stand her smug face, her mafia attitude as she was staring down people... standing ovation for season 2's ending!
Season 3 seemed a bit less focused, all over the place; by now it's clear that it's no longer all about Piper but it's an ensemble cast of characters, and even though they got rid of all the antagonists - Vee, Fig, Pornstache - they found in the end some more unconventional baddies to make up for it, Coates is really disgusting and so the corporate dudes running the prison now.
I thought Stella would be the one doing what Alex feared, but in the end I wasn't right... I love how Piper's brother told her she "wasn't yet Walter White, just Walter White-ish", but she sure pulled an Heisenberg on Stella.
Now we're left with a minor cliffhanger... or well, actually major, but still the final moments of the season were all about the lake. Curious to see what happens in Season 4 and how they'll continue to juggle all the characters and the consequences of the lake trip!
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This show is like a band that blew most of their load on their first album and never came close to topping it.
Season 1 was great; Season 2 was good, but you could see a bit of a drop-off, but you thought, nope, they'll bring it again in Season 3...which they did not. This is already on my list of shows I have given up on.
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Just finished watching season 4. It was dark and powerful. My favourite season so far.
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This show is like a band that blew most of their load on their first album and never came close to topping it.
Season 1 was great; Season 2 was good, but you could see a bit of a drop-off, but you thought, nope, they'll bring it again in Season 3...which they did not. This is already on my list of shows I have given up on.
Mostly agree, but season 4 was pretty damn awesome.
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Yeah S4 brought back the oomph in spades, I really enjoyed it.
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Watching season 4 currently up to 10 episodes. It's just as good as season 3 so far which is my favorite season.
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Got through the first 5 episodes of season 4 yesterday. Enjoying it so far.
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Finished season 4, another excellent season just as great as the previous one. Dark and powerful indeed.
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Enjoying the latest season, but trying not to binge the entire season. The interaction between Healy and the new character 'Lolly' is interesting. Also, love how they tell most of the back stories of the main characters. Funny how 'Lolly' is even too out there for 'Crazy Eyes'.
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Enjoying the latest season, but trying not to binge the entire season. The interaction between Healy and the new character 'Lolly' is interesting. Also, love how they tell most of the back stories of the main characters. Funny how 'Lolly' is even too out there for 'Crazy Eyes'.
God damn, the end of Lolly's arc had me almost in tears.
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Yeah that was really heart wrenching, the characters for the past two seasons have nailed it and I love their character development.
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Wrapped up season 4 last night... damn. Great season. The depressing punches just kept coming. I was waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel and it just got darker and darker.
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One thing that aggravated me about this season was the dead guard.Was he actually hired as a guard, or did he sneak in? If he was hired as a guard, the other guards should have noticed he was missing, and by finding a guy in a guard uniform buried in the garden, it wouldn't have been difficult to put 2 and 2 together. If he snuck in, why did we hear no discussion among the higher ups about there being a dead guard in the garden when there were no guards missing?
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That's not the way I thought about it. The death of the guard can play either way, since the entire guard changed right after the previous ones quit, the new ones would not be sure who it was. So no suspicion on their side as to who he was. It didn't bother me.
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Just finished the latest season. The last 3 episodes were great, but some really heart wrenching moments. Next season should be great. You cannot leave just yet Judy King.
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Just to mention that the new season has been loaded into Netflix. I have watched the first two episodes and the 2nd episode has some sick moments. They did an interesting backstory on Frieda(Dale Soules) in the second episode. Trying not to binge the whole season.
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Binged the whole season.
Overall, very strong I'd say. My only complain is some of the backstories seemed......pointless, and the cliffhangerish thing they ended on also robbed us of any real sense of resolution to the story of the season.
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Binged the whole season.
Overall, very strong I'd say. My only complain is some of the backstories seemed......pointless, and the cliffhangerish thing they ended on also robbed us of any real sense of resolution to the story of the season.
I'm through 8 episodes of the new season so far. Outside of a few cringe worthy attempts to push obvious political buttons, I'm really enjoying this season.
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Binged the whole season.
Overall, very strong I'd say. My only complain is some of the backstories seemed......pointless, and the cliffhangerish thing they ended on also robbed us of any real sense of resolution to the story of the season.
I'm through 8 episodes of the new season so far. Outside of a few cringe worthy attempts to push obvious political buttons, I'm really enjoying this season.
Yea, it's very very political. It's a great season, my only complaints were a lack of resolution (at least for me) and some pointless backstories. Short of that, I thought it was excellent.
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Another amazing season, this show has some really well developed characters. I didn't mind all the backstories, they all gave a sense of extra depth I think. Apart from Daya's backstory which I don't think was really needed, didn't learn anything new.
I personally think the last 3 seasons have been flat out awesome. I didn't enjoy season 2 at all and season 1 was a strong opener but these last 3 seasons to me have been fantastic and really well rounded. I don't mind the cliffhanger so much, I think it was a good stopping point. There's some very emotional episodes this season, very little to celebrate. I think for me this is now Netflix's most enjoyable original content.
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Finished the new season over the weekend. Hands down my favorite season so far.
Did the show runners make an error, or did the COs miscount? The COs stated that they counted multiple times and came up "10 short" on the inmate count. We have the following 10 in the pool;
- Taystey
- Cindy
- Susan
- Red
- Nicki
- Piper
- Alex
- The Prepper
- The unibrow girl
- The woman whose son is in the hospital
Through the fence went
- Tiffany
- Chang
That gives us 12 girls that should be missing. Caputo's lady friend is in the mix and is being counted accidentally, which means the guards should be counting 11 short, not 10. Is someone going to be able get away unnoticed?
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Yet another bump since I take my time with shows :D
Anyone still following this? just finished to catch up with the whole season 5, and I agree with the comments above, that save some minor misteps, the season was great. The ensemble cast makes up for it, but I can't think of any other show where the main protagonist completely loses the spotlight after one season, and becomes just one of the many stories we follow. I still think of this as Piper's story, but especially this season Taystey has been the real protagonist.
I have to say that I find the character of Leanne the most contradictory of them all. Ok, drugs, prison and the bad company can really mess you up, but from flashbacks she's not so stupid as she acts in prison. Angie is ok, methead of a methead family, but Leanne had a family behind her and supposedly good education, but she can hardly be distinguished from Angie who was into that world her whole life.
And what a sad irony for Piscatella, being the only actual victim of the prison takeover, not counting Humps that died halfway through the riot. I wonder if all would have went well (Taystey accepting the offers and the prison surrendering peacefully) how Humps' death would have affected it all - probably the deals would have still went up the air.
Now I look forward with how much they'll commit to the inmates split up next year - a big reshuffle of the cast? they will move the main cast to another prison? they will bring them back to Litchfield after they will have gotten the prison up and running again? this is a show that potentially can go on forever thanks to the premise, and than can even survive without its "protagonist" (they gotta release Piper one day, don't they?), and I guess as long as the interest is high, they'll keep it going. We still have two seasons for sure anyway.
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It's going to be interesting to see how they handle the population next season. I suppose they could just skip ahead a couple months while they rebuild litchfield, but I think that would be a really big missed opportunity to change scenery. I could totally see them branching out to 3 or 4 new prisons while all the girls are in temporary housing, giving us a look inside other facilities, and then moving them back to Litchfield for season 7. We'll meet a bunch of new people, some of which I'm sure will get sent to Litchfield with the original group of girls once it reopens.
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Didn't get to continue watching the show when season 6 came out. Finally watched season 6 & 7 back to back and thought it was a very strong finish. Final season was very difficult to get through. I know people say Handmaid's Tale is depressing but that's a dystopian future which is more about the possibilities of a bleak way of life. But OITNB is straight up current way of life depressing. I find it a lot more sadder than Handmaid's Tale.
Putting that aside, it was a great final season and the finale was really good. I personally thought season 3-5 were the best, season 6 was a shift with new characters and season 7 ended on a high.
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I didn't like season 7 that much as a whole, but the final episode was excellent.
I thought for sure the purple vibrator was going to bring Tastee down when it was found a second time. I figured that was how the guards/warden were going to be made aware that an inmate had access to the contraband room.