I absolutely loved this show... wondering if there will be a season 2? Because the last episode made me wonder if she really killed her? Chapman went psycho! This show is very entertaining and you'll never really know what will happen next which i love in a TV show.It really makes you think about stuff you do in you own life and how it would really be in prison. ( which i would never want to be in ). I love all the actors! they are super huge actors playing in this TV show. I really hope there's a season 2 and more.I kind of feel for Chapman shes so confused and depressed and by being in prison shes going crazier and crazier.
5 Reviews
A great finale for a great season
laura-bonaventura119 May 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Next Christmas I want an entire beat-box album by Black Cindy and it's a shame that Yuri and Sparkle Tits split, I wish I could see her too...
Something big (and conclusive? who knows) happens in the triangle Piper/Alex/Larry. I absolutely got Alex, she's the one in the worst and the best position. I think It's great that even if the whole prison situation is extreme some of us can still relate so much with the storyline. Another triangle, possibly even stranger, seems to arise: Mendez is apparently in love with Daya and Bennet is not that happy about it. This is certainly going to be a major plot in season 2 and I am really happy the writers found a way out from the weak pregnancy story.
Red tries to get back in charge of the kitchen by all means, but Gloria is an overmatch. Pennsatucky is seriously determined to kill Piper, whom in the meantime gets some advices from the black girls, but the overly crazy Christian has an unexpected card to play. Indeed an obsession matches easily another obsession and these two here are usually closely related in real life too.
On the 6th of June will start season 2. I watched this show because it was praised by critics (with some considerable exceptions though) and I thought it was lesbian-centered (and somehow it is) which is something we all really need in order to do a substantial coming out in front of the whole society. "Orange is the new black" is undeniably a lot more: it's about women in a place that forces them to face the truth about themselves, exactly as Piper said in "Bora Bora Bora". It is entertaining and some people may find in it irritant stereotypes, personally I don't, but if we are discussing just a single thing we never talked about before, then this is doubtless the show of the year.
Something big (and conclusive? who knows) happens in the triangle Piper/Alex/Larry. I absolutely got Alex, she's the one in the worst and the best position. I think It's great that even if the whole prison situation is extreme some of us can still relate so much with the storyline. Another triangle, possibly even stranger, seems to arise: Mendez is apparently in love with Daya and Bennet is not that happy about it. This is certainly going to be a major plot in season 2 and I am really happy the writers found a way out from the weak pregnancy story.
Red tries to get back in charge of the kitchen by all means, but Gloria is an overmatch. Pennsatucky is seriously determined to kill Piper, whom in the meantime gets some advices from the black girls, but the overly crazy Christian has an unexpected card to play. Indeed an obsession matches easily another obsession and these two here are usually closely related in real life too.
On the 6th of June will start season 2. I watched this show because it was praised by critics (with some considerable exceptions though) and I thought it was lesbian-centered (and somehow it is) which is something we all really need in order to do a substantial coming out in front of the whole society. "Orange is the new black" is undeniably a lot more: it's about women in a place that forces them to face the truth about themselves, exactly as Piper said in "Bora Bora Bora". It is entertaining and some people may find in it irritant stereotypes, personally I don't, but if we are discussing just a single thing we never talked about before, then this is doubtless the show of the year.
Amazing acting and great writing carries the show so far
8512224 August 2016
Greetings from Lithuania.
"Orange Is the New Black" season 1 highlights were acting and writing in my opinion. There isn't a bad or weak performance in this show, which contains many characters, plausible characters. Every single performance, main or supporting so side is amazing - this has to be one of the best acted series i've ever seen.
Writing is the next thing i admired the most. Not story itself, but writing. This isn't a very involving story at the first look, but that is because of possible and realistic story - it is not overdone in twists and over the top story lines which would made this show not realistic - and this is were great writing comes first - there isn't a dull sentence in the whole season 1, every dialog is involving, realistic and just the way these people in this place would (and are) talking.
Ovreall, i will definitely watch season 2. I liked season 1, but there were some episodes during mid season which were more like "fillters". Nevertheless, this is a very good show so far, maybe not for everyone, because nothing much in it happens, but that is one of the points - try to create a show set in prison, were no one tries to make an escape aka. "Prison Break" fantasies, and it's just interesting to watch it nevertheless - "Orange Is the New Black" is smart, very realistic and plausible, sometimes funny (but it is not a real comedy overall) show. I would say season 1 is 8,5 / 10 in my opinion. Will definitely see season 2.
"Orange Is the New Black" season 1 highlights were acting and writing in my opinion. There isn't a bad or weak performance in this show, which contains many characters, plausible characters. Every single performance, main or supporting so side is amazing - this has to be one of the best acted series i've ever seen.
Writing is the next thing i admired the most. Not story itself, but writing. This isn't a very involving story at the first look, but that is because of possible and realistic story - it is not overdone in twists and over the top story lines which would made this show not realistic - and this is were great writing comes first - there isn't a dull sentence in the whole season 1, every dialog is involving, realistic and just the way these people in this place would (and are) talking.
Ovreall, i will definitely watch season 2. I liked season 1, but there were some episodes during mid season which were more like "fillters". Nevertheless, this is a very good show so far, maybe not for everyone, because nothing much in it happens, but that is one of the points - try to create a show set in prison, were no one tries to make an escape aka. "Prison Break" fantasies, and it's just interesting to watch it nevertheless - "Orange Is the New Black" is smart, very realistic and plausible, sometimes funny (but it is not a real comedy overall) show. I would say season 1 is 8,5 / 10 in my opinion. Will definitely see season 2.
A Great Ending
ankitdasofficial12 July 2020
The last episode of the first season, the story ended the first season in such a way that the desire to watch the next season really increased. The story of Last Episode this season has been written very well and intelligently. Great thought and great story, these two are as dominant in this episode as well as the specialty of the actors and actresses is that the performance of the actress who played the main character is really very admirable. Like other things this episode could have done a little more work with the background score, the only thing I miss about this episode. Great direction, great camera work and side character actors and actresses have also done well. And the song that has been used in this episode is really quite admirable. Overall for the first time any episode is willing to give 10 out of my own ten.
brilliant depiction of human conditions
picassomanhdan8 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
I was awestruck by how the plot is handled. It was just so spectacularly done.
The approach that each episode elucidates the past of a character succeeds in arousing and sustaining my interest. It reinforces the notion that one's history defines not only who he is, but also acts as a determinant of his current situation. Each character may not necessarily embodies a type of inmate, but rather serve the purpose of bringing home the idea that no single person is the same, and so are their life and their life.
At first, I had the impression that the film puts the characters under such a circumstance that their dark sides would be brought into daylight. Yet, as the series progresses, it is more justifiable to state that it is their true self that is displayed, disturbingly due to the absence of any facade to conceal inner feelings.
"I'm like you Dina. I'm weak too. I can't get through this without somebody to touch, without somebody to love. Is that because sex numbs the pain or is it because I'm some evil f*** monster? I don't know. But I do know that I was somebody before I came in here. I was somebody with a life that I chose for myself and now, now it's just about getting through the day without crying. And I'm scared. I'm still scared. I'm scared that I'm not myself in here and I'm scared that I am. Other people aren't the scariest part of prison Dina. It's coming face-to-face with who you really are. because once you're behind these walls there's nowhere to run, even if you could run. The truth catches up with you in here Dina and it's the truth that's going to make you her b****."
To me, this monologue is significantly powerful. Not only does it capture the crux of the series, which is the crippling transformation of human condition subject to change and push towards limits, but it also sheds light on the direct confrontation of oneself. The prison catalyses the transformation and bring humans to the brink of a steep cliff that would fall down to the abyss of one's soul.
The side stories are purposeful, though they alone don't really shine. However, together, they weave out a web of connections that lure the protagonist, Chapman, into certain key events that allows her key traits to manifest: her docility to Red so as to get meals, her continual turning to Alex upon emotional breakdown, Larry being influenced by his parents and the encounter with the radio host. These bear testimony to the excellence of the script writing.
Now, when the season 1 has receded behind me, a question emerges: do we ever know if we are in control of our life? Chapman supposedly had a wondrous life, engaged to a loving husband, passionately supported by her best friend. Yet, the unforeseen discoveries unfold the story (Larry lying to Chapman about Alex's act, Chapman being troubled by the rejection by both Alex and Larry), turning her life upside down. And is there severe harm of being one's true self and not being?
The approach that each episode elucidates the past of a character succeeds in arousing and sustaining my interest. It reinforces the notion that one's history defines not only who he is, but also acts as a determinant of his current situation. Each character may not necessarily embodies a type of inmate, but rather serve the purpose of bringing home the idea that no single person is the same, and so are their life and their life.
At first, I had the impression that the film puts the characters under such a circumstance that their dark sides would be brought into daylight. Yet, as the series progresses, it is more justifiable to state that it is their true self that is displayed, disturbingly due to the absence of any facade to conceal inner feelings.
"I'm like you Dina. I'm weak too. I can't get through this without somebody to touch, without somebody to love. Is that because sex numbs the pain or is it because I'm some evil f*** monster? I don't know. But I do know that I was somebody before I came in here. I was somebody with a life that I chose for myself and now, now it's just about getting through the day without crying. And I'm scared. I'm still scared. I'm scared that I'm not myself in here and I'm scared that I am. Other people aren't the scariest part of prison Dina. It's coming face-to-face with who you really are. because once you're behind these walls there's nowhere to run, even if you could run. The truth catches up with you in here Dina and it's the truth that's going to make you her b****."
To me, this monologue is significantly powerful. Not only does it capture the crux of the series, which is the crippling transformation of human condition subject to change and push towards limits, but it also sheds light on the direct confrontation of oneself. The prison catalyses the transformation and bring humans to the brink of a steep cliff that would fall down to the abyss of one's soul.
The side stories are purposeful, though they alone don't really shine. However, together, they weave out a web of connections that lure the protagonist, Chapman, into certain key events that allows her key traits to manifest: her docility to Red so as to get meals, her continual turning to Alex upon emotional breakdown, Larry being influenced by his parents and the encounter with the radio host. These bear testimony to the excellence of the script writing.
Now, when the season 1 has receded behind me, a question emerges: do we ever know if we are in control of our life? Chapman supposedly had a wondrous life, engaged to a loving husband, passionately supported by her best friend. Yet, the unforeseen discoveries unfold the story (Larry lying to Chapman about Alex's act, Chapman being troubled by the rejection by both Alex and Larry), turning her life upside down. And is there severe harm of being one's true self and not being?
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