re: Orange is the New Black Season 2 *SPOILER THREAD*

I agree that Piper having them go for Alex is all about her selfish desire to be with her. The scene with her wistfully looking at the letters seemed to confirm that for me. Their relationship evokes shades of Tobias Beecher/Chris Keller from Oz for me. One psychopath (Alex) and another rapidly spiraling to the level of obsession/insanity.

Cindy suuuuuuuucks.

Rosa is awesome.

Morello was a mind-blowing reveal, but awesome.

It feels like we're exactly where we were at the beginning of the season. Not much has really changed in terms of the dynamics. Vee was introduced, now she's gone. Red is probably out of power. Latinas still have the kitchens. Daya is still pregnant. The only significant change is maybe Fig and possibly Caputo being removed. And maybe Caputo's semi-agreement for care to the elderly goes out the window with him. Almost no advancement.

The first episode was absolute shite. It sets up a whole new group (which I didn't really care for, to be fair) and then just throws it out the window. The only point was to free Alex, and that could have been done far more easily. That was a poor decision, but I hope it doesn't mean the writers are revisiting that in season 3.