#oitnb 5x07

I wanna punch the prison industrial complex!

Maybe I should learn how to read...

Orange is the new black - Full bush, half snickers (05x07)

Kevin Cage of @spotlightsaga reviews... Orange is the New Black (S05E07) Full Bush, Half Snickers Airdate: June 9, 2017 @oitnb Ratings: @netflix original Score: 8/10 **********SPOILERS BELOW********** Piper plays a good hype woman, no? In 'Full Bush, Half Snickers', Piper doesn't exactly return to being a central character, but she's does become like rotating wheels between subplots to push the narrative along. She inspires Taystee to direct a memorial for Poussey... She inadvertently encourages Maria to encourage Daya to create art pieces on the prison's outside walls in a true snowball effect. She sparks artistic passion within Marisol & Maritza who turn one big eyebrow into two, plural, effectively confusing Red in her tweaked out state of mind. With the help of a few other women, Piper utilizes her newfound drive and focus to rouse Soso to turn the prison into a massive library in honor of Poussey. Let's also not forget, that even tho she's Slytherin, she assists Taystee in whipping Cindy and Abdullah to take the crazy out of 'Crazy Eyes'. Yup, when Piper is motivated, she's a pretty good moving and influential character. It's about damn time they figured out what do with her this season. Up until the previous episode, it was almost like she was a completely different person... Utterly unrecognizable as Alex's unsolicited stand-in. Looks like by Episode 7, everyone is inspired in some way, form, or fashion. Pidge (Miriam Morales) & Ouija (Rosal Colon) even team up with the skinhead Brandy Epps (Asia Kate Dillon), who we find out is doing time for poisoning 'Mud People' and 'Jews' (as she put it) through lattes and frappes, in the closest thing you could get to Starbucks in a Medium Security Women's Prison. There's even pube braiding going on behind cardboard boxes in the hallways for halves of snicker bars. Big Boo takes to sizing Linda (Beth Dover) up for a possible freak-a-leak, Linda claims that she's just 'blending in' and they she and Boo are 'taking it slow'. Aim high, Boo... Its the suit, baby! Much of the episode centers around Suzanne (Uzo Aduba) being calmed by a new routine, as clearly the progressing takeover had her completely discombobulated. I'd be lying if I said I didn't absolutely love to watch Cindy and Abdullah run their pretend prison 'Bitchfield' with the guards as inmates to distract Suzanne from all of the changes. This all makes me wonder how Suzanne acclimated in the first place... I do remember that Suzanne's prison origin story was tackled in a previous season but I can't remember if her time entering the prison was framed. Seems like something we would remember considering everything involving Suzanne is pretty significant. Red and Blanca have been extremely understated in my reviews of #OITNB5. Honestly these two have been a great source of comedy and a potential viral source of safety if they are indeed able to pull off the miracle they've been searching for. They have the dirty info on Piscatella... But how to use it? That's hard part. Ay coño! Thank God that Red has Humps' phone and Blanca has a 'magic vitamin' that she convinces Red to insufflate because, you know, 'works faster'! 🤣 Seriously, Im almost upset with myself for not praising the combination of these two earlier. I know that I've mentioned their burgeoning magic in passing, but their subplot is increasingly hilarious, being that it's so out of character for Red, and because they have such potential to actually be the gatekeepers and peacemakers for all of the inmates as a whole when they are finally stormed. Not only will they need to eventually answer and strike a deal for the riot and subsequent takeover, Humps being shot, injected with air bubbles, and having his finger cut off is also going to be a hard one to explain! As tragic as this episode ends, in complete disarray after Litchfield is turned into such a beautiful memorial of books and wonder for Poussey, comedy takes center stage more than ever here in this particular episode of S5. Everyone's creativity allows the inmates to think out of the box, gives them things to do they wouldn't normally do. More importantly, it gives characters like Alex Vause & Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne), and as I mentioned before - Blanca, all makeovers by Maritza (Diane Guerrero) & Marisol (Jackie Cruz). Nichols' makeover is especially entertaining... As Nichols or Jessica from 'American Pie' or Brooke from 'Party Monster', Natasha Lyonne always kind of looks like Natasha Lyonne. We know she hasn't had the easiest road when it comes to staying sober both in real life and on the show... But here we get a glimpse of 'Heroin Barbie', as Alex so eloquently stated. In all fairness, I laughed equally as hard as when Nichols asked Alex if she was starting a 'Lesbian Biker Cult', seemed fitting! Uta Briesewitz directs 'Full Bush, Half Snickers'... And if you aren't aware of just who Uta is, you are more than likely already familiar with her work. She's worked on a multitude of some of the greatest television series in the past decade or so (The Wire, Fear The Walking Dead, The 100, Jane The Virgin, Jessica Jones, UnREAL, and I'm barely scratching the surface), both as a cinematographer and director. This is all in addition to one of the best episodes of tv in 2016, 'The Trip' from NBC's 'This Is Us'. That episode not only knocked me dead, it helped me write one of the most cathartic pieces on family life I've ever written. I wrote things I've simply never even thought about uttering before and in honor of this vastly different addition to Uta's work, I believe I'll re-edit and repost 'The Trip' for the 'Spotlighter' masses. Really, this was a transitional episode and it's clear that things are taking a turn from peaceful to complete chaos. What that means for the inmates vs the MCC Troops outside ready to storm the Litchfield Castle, I don't know... But it can't be good.

Poussey Washington Litchfield Community Library