Sunday, February 19, 2017

Orange Is the New Black 1.06

WAC Pack

The warden decides to reinstate the Women's Administrative Council (WAC). Council elections are held. The prison population is divided into 4 or 5 groups, each of which has elects its own representative. The groups are the White, Black, Hispanic, Seniors, and Others. Healy wants Chapman to be the representative for the White prisoners but she has no interest in doing so. She just wants to maintain a low profile.

Despite her mother's interference, Dayanara continues her romance with CO Bennett. She knows her mother did something. Bennett claims he did not have sex with her mother. It is revealed that he is missing part of his leg, which he presumably lost when he was serving in the army.

Larry visits Piper. He tells her about his article on edging and how his boss wants him to write an article about what her being in prison has done to their relationship. Piper isn't too keen on that idea.

Chapman is still feeling guilty about how she treated Alex. She tries talking to her but can't work up the nerve to apologize.

Nichols kind of gets the backstory spotlight but there isn't a lot to it. She had a mother who was distant. Red is a surrogate mother to her.

Chapman finds a cell phone hidden behind a loose tile in the bathroom. She's pretty sure she know who it belongs to and that it is the device that was used to take pictures of some prisoner's crotch. She tells Larry about it when he is visiting. I've got a bad feeling he is going to use that information in the article he is going to write.

The episode ends with the election results being announced over the PA system. Chapman is announced as one of the winners, even though she didn't run. I've got a feeling that is going to make things very awkward for her going forward.

A decent episode. Not my favorite but it does a nice job of pushing the story forward and expanding picture it is painting of life in Litchfield Penitentiary.

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