Chapman starts reclaiming her belongings, things that were hers. They were left behind when she was thrown in the SHU. Somethings she takes when no one is looking. Other things she takes out of other inmates hands. She runs into a problem when she tries to get her blanket back from Big Boo.
Morello has to drive Cisneros to her chemo treatment at a nearby hospital. She drops off Cisneros and Fischer, her escort. She is supposed to park in the garage and come back to pick them up in three hours. Morello also gets the flashback spotlight. She is shown before and after she met Christopher, her fiance, for the first time. He reminded her of a picture that she had up on her wall. She drives to his place, in the present, when she is supposed to be parked in the hospital garage.
Poussey has come up with a device to allow her to pee standing up. Her description of how it works leads to a debate over how women pee. There is a lot of disagreement over where the pee emanates from. Burset sets everyone straight on the issue.
Vee continues to make moves. She wants to be in charge. She gets her feathers ruffled when Poussey shows no interest in going in on a joint venture. Vee sees how close Poussey is with Taystee and does what she can to drive a wedge between them.
Nichols bets Big Boo that she can get to Soso first. Big Boo isn't willing to give her blanket back to Chapman but when she finds out that Chapman is friendly with Soso she proposes a trade. Chapman tries to help Big Boo but she bungles it and doesn't get her blanket back. Soso winds up with Nichols, at least in part because Chapman didn't do a very good job of trying to talk her into hooking up with Big Boo.
Morello breaks into Christopher's home. She sees the pictures of Christopher and his fiancee. She sees the wedding invitations. She takes a bath and almost gets caught by Christopher. She ducks out of a window and just barely makes it back to the hospital in time. Fischer is completely oblivious to what happened. It looks like she got away with it, for now, but I wouldn't be surprised if the break-in is traced back to her somehow.
Chapman and Red become "roommates". That doesn't exactly describe the situation, considering how short the walls are between "rooms". It is a little tense between them at first but eventually they start to warm up to one another. Red still wants the kitchen back. She tries talking to Murphy and Romano but they don't want to have anything to do with her. Murphy is still angry over what happened last season when she got burned.
Red gets an idea. She talks to Caputo about giving the greenhouse to the older women. She is up to something more than gardening. There is a grate under the greenhouse. She really wants that kitchen back. Presumably she has ideas about how to get Mendoza fired from the kitchen and the tunnel beneath the greenhouse has something to do with it.
Larry and Polly hang out again. He helps her with her son, changes diapers, and spends the whole day with her. An elderly woman, at one point, strikes up a conversation with them, assuming that they are married. They play along. It seems like they are headed for an affair. I don't think it will end well.
Morello's backstory spotlight ends with the reveal that she kept pursuing Christopher after he was no longer interested in seeing her. They only went on one date together. He was never her fiance. She kept harassing him and even tried to kill his fiancee with a bomb. It was also revealed earlier in the episode that she was scamming various companies by ordering things, claiming they never arrived, and then asking for a refund.
Morello's story was the most compelling and center stage. I thought for sure she was going to get caught. Vee's role in this season is still developing. There will be conflict and she will be behind it, pulling the strings. I am certain of that. Vee is already having an effect on Taystee which is making the younger woman question herself. Chapman continues to evolve. She isn't the woman she was in season one anymore. She is much more cold and calculating. She ain't a freshman no more.
This was another good one, in my book but I can see how the show might not have universal appeal.
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