Eric J Carlson

With a major security breach and a lot of new inmates, Caputo has to call in the big guns. Things get a little too real for Crazy Eyes and Lolly.

Caputo’s kinder, gentler new regime includes organizing a Mother’s Day fair for the inmates that brings up a LOT of mixed feelings about family.

Miracles and conversions occur, but Piper and Caputo know that some situations can’t be dealt with through spiritual means.

Caputo and Piper confront labor issues. A miracle occurs in Norma’s group. Crazy Eyes’s erotica winds up in the hands of the staff.

Too many inmates seem to be getting religion, so a rabbi comes to visit and Leanne tries to organize Norma’s followers.

Piper gets creative in order to grow her business. Crazy Eyes’s sci-fi sex story for drama class is a hit. Alex doesn’t trust new inmate Lolly

Regime change isn’t going over well with the staff, but Red makes it work for her. Lorna finds a way to meet men. Chang shows her private side.

Rumors fly among the inmates about a new, higher-paying job assignment, especially when they have to take a test for it

Big Boo comes up with a scheme to make money. Daya, Taystee and Crazy Eyes confront reality. Caputo tries to make a good impression on some visitors.

Nicky’s stash situation gets complicated. Alex and Crazy Eyes try a new drama class. Red assists Healy with a personal matter.

Tempers flare when bed bugs invade, as Alex cracks, Red lashes out at Piper, Aleida interferes with Daya and Bennett, and Caputo gets bad news.

Several futures hang in the balance as the inmates face and confront their worst nightmares: Life will never be the same again.

Tensions run high as a prison power outage forces several issues to come to light. Piper finds herself compromised and is forced to think on her feet.

The guards get tougher in a bid to turn up prison contraband; a big, lingering secret is finally revealed.

Piper’s relationship with Larry faces a real-world test; Red’s effort to redeem herself is finally rewarded. A familiar figure returns to Litchfield.

Piper starts a prison newsletter with the help of Healy and a few other inmates; Vee launches an entrepreneurial enterprise.

Love is in the air as the inmates prepare for a Valentine’s Day party; Red makes and intriguing new discovery. Larry asks Piper to be his prison mole.

A bathroom turf war sees deeper lines drawn in the sand as Gloria and Vee go head to head. Piper receives devastating news.

Piper is challenged by her Soso experience; Morello gets her heart broken; a figure from Taystee’s past arrives to disturb the status quo.

A mock Job Fair provides Taystee with a chance to show off her business smarts; Red feels isolated from her prison family.

Piper’s world is turned upside down when she is forced to confront the consequences of her actions and face new challenges.

Red gets pressured to smuggle drugs through her kitchen; Larry publishes an article about Piper in the ”New York Times;” two babies come into the world.

Piper wants the prison’s outdoor running track reopened, but in order to get it, she’ll have to give her corrections officer something he wants.

The inmates campaign along racial lines for positions on a prisoners council, but Piper tries to stay above the increasingly raucous competition.

When her sighting of a legendary feral chicken polarizes the inmates, Larry wonders if Piper is getting too absorbed in the ”fishbowl” of prison life.

Piper gets to know her stern new roommate; the prisoners prepare a farewell party for one of their own; a misplaced screwdriver has dire consequences.

Targeted for romance by a fellow prisoner, Piper finds that subtlety is an ineffective approach to letting her suitor down.

After insulting the food in front of the prison chef, Piper is starved out by the kitchen staff and struggles to offer up an acceptable apology.

Sentenced to fifteen months for a crime committed in her youth, Piper Chapman leaves her supportive fiance Larry for her new home: a women’s prison.

Red’s scheme to reclaim her kitchen backfires; the inmates stage a Christmas pageant; Piper’s plans unravel even as she realizes her life is in jeopardy.

Painful truths reorient several relationships and careers; Pennsatucky feels disrespected by Piper, which is not good; Larry delivers an ultimatum.

The prisoners mourn one of their own and even a drunken Pornstache reveals surprising emotions; Larry gives a revealing radio interview.

Pennsatucky discovers a new skill; the inmates try to scare delinquent teenagers straight; Pornstache’s side business suffers a tragic setback.

Thanksgiving arrives with the promise of a visit by Larry, but Piper’s raunchy dance moves land her in solitary with a holiday feast of moldy bologna.