Men love lesbians. This is what they say. What really happens is that some men and some women enjoy porn involving lesbians. But when it is about real lesbians some men and some women are just like Mr. Healy (Michael Harney), homophobes. Certainly not all homophobes lock up a lesbian, but if they could, wouldn't they just do it?
Pennsatucky (played by Taryn Manning, someone please gives this girl a Emmy or something, she's just amazing) is a brilliant character, no wonder all the Christians around are so mad at the show, they might try to stop yelling for a while and think if this is just a Jenji Kohan's fantasy or it is more likely an exact description on how some of them - in my experience a lot of them - are behaving all the time, playing with other people lives.
We find out about Alex Vause (Laura Prepon) childhood and her first (and possibly only) meeting with his rockstar father. Honestly I would watch an entire episode about her mother Diane (Kim Director). In the meantime Taiystee (Danielle Brooks) is released and we all feel like Poussey (Samira Wiley): yes we are happy for you Taystee, but damn it, we're so going to miss you! During the goodbye party Alex and Piper (Taylor Schilling) start dancing quite sensually and Pennsatucky shows them to Healy who sends Piper to SHU. even George "Pornstache" Mendez (Pablo Schreiber, remarkable actor), who was certainly enjoying the show, finds the measure unfair.
Finally we see two sides of confinement we don't usually think about: isolation through Piper's eyes - which is, in my opinion, one of the most brutish thing a human being can do to another - and the tough life outside the prison through Taystee's eyes.
While Piper is in SHU with some sort of a panic attack, we also find out something more about Nicky (Natascha Lyonne) past and we see Sophia (Laverne Cox) dealing with the real end of her relationship with Crystal (Tanya Wright): thanksgiving at Larry's place (Jason Biggs) looks now absolutely superficial. One of the things I really love about this show is how naturally it's putting things that happen outside prisons under a very different perspective.
The last two minutes are like every lesbian's dream: Piper gets out from SHU, grabs Alex and they start making out in the chapel. What a chemistry between those two... but is it going to last? Plot twist about the soundtrack: the last song "Walking Backwards" is performed by "Leagues" and the singer is a man.
Special mention for Crazy Eyes (Uzo Aduba) parents (that was awkwardly hilarious) and Gloria Mendoza (Selenis Leyva), I hope she will get some more space on season 2, I just love her.
Pennsatucky (played by Taryn Manning, someone please gives this girl a Emmy or something, she's just amazing) is a brilliant character, no wonder all the Christians around are so mad at the show, they might try to stop yelling for a while and think if this is just a Jenji Kohan's fantasy or it is more likely an exact description on how some of them - in my experience a lot of them - are behaving all the time, playing with other people lives.
We find out about Alex Vause (Laura Prepon) childhood and her first (and possibly only) meeting with his rockstar father. Honestly I would watch an entire episode about her mother Diane (Kim Director). In the meantime Taiystee (Danielle Brooks) is released and we all feel like Poussey (Samira Wiley): yes we are happy for you Taystee, but damn it, we're so going to miss you! During the goodbye party Alex and Piper (Taylor Schilling) start dancing quite sensually and Pennsatucky shows them to Healy who sends Piper to SHU. even George "Pornstache" Mendez (Pablo Schreiber, remarkable actor), who was certainly enjoying the show, finds the measure unfair.
Finally we see two sides of confinement we don't usually think about: isolation through Piper's eyes - which is, in my opinion, one of the most brutish thing a human being can do to another - and the tough life outside the prison through Taystee's eyes.
While Piper is in SHU with some sort of a panic attack, we also find out something more about Nicky (Natascha Lyonne) past and we see Sophia (Laverne Cox) dealing with the real end of her relationship with Crystal (Tanya Wright): thanksgiving at Larry's place (Jason Biggs) looks now absolutely superficial. One of the things I really love about this show is how naturally it's putting things that happen outside prisons under a very different perspective.
The last two minutes are like every lesbian's dream: Piper gets out from SHU, grabs Alex and they start making out in the chapel. What a chemistry between those two... but is it going to last? Plot twist about the soundtrack: the last song "Walking Backwards" is performed by "Leagues" and the singer is a man.
Special mention for Crazy Eyes (Uzo Aduba) parents (that was awkwardly hilarious) and Gloria Mendoza (Selenis Leyva), I hope she will get some more space on season 2, I just love her.
