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- 1. I Wasn't Ready Jul 11, 2013
- Piper says goodbye to her fiance and surrenders herself at the prison.
- 2. Tit Punch Jul 11, 2013
- Piper must suffer the consequences after insulting the food in front of the prison chef.
- 3. Lesbian Request Denied Jul 11, 2013
- Piper's delicate approach to let down a fellow prisoner's romantic advances is ineffective.
Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum security federal prison.
Orange Is the New Black. Convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
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- 2013-07-11
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- 59
When a past crime catches up with her, a privileged New Yorker ends up in a women's prison, where she quickly makes friends and foes. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Gwen Ihnat
- Taylor Schilling (Piper Chapman) Taylor Schilling was relatively unknown when she was cast as the lead in Orange Is the New Black as author Piper Kerman's real-life counterpart, Piper Chapman.
- Laura Prepon (Alex Vause) Before OITNB, Laura Prepon's most famous role was as beloved girl next door Donna on the teen sitcom That '70s Show. So she shocked many seven years later with her turn as Alex Vause, Piper's drug trafficking lover who is responsible for both of their sentences at Litchfield.
- Uzo Aduba (Suzanne Warren) Before OITNB, Uzo Aduba was mostly known as a stage actress, and ironically won the part of Suzanne Warren less than an hour after deciding to give up the profession for good following a number of failed auditions.
- Natasha Lyonne (Nicky Nichols) Orange Is the New Black was a comeback of sorts for former child actor Natasha Lyonne. The star of multiple teen comedies in the '90s like American Pie, But I'm a Cheerleader, and Detroit Rock City, her career was unfortunately overshadowed by her addiction issues and brushes with the law, even though she worked steadily for several years.
Officer Mendez begins harassing Red when she refuses to help him continue smuggling drugs into the prison. Larry publishes his article about Piper in the New York Times, which turns her into a person of interest for inmates and corrections officers alike.
CAUTION: This wiki contains spoilers from Orange Is the New Black (Netflix series) and Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison.
It's been 10 years since Orange is the New Black premiered, but you don't need a prison sentence to look back at Piper, Alex, Taystee, and the rest of the show's unforgettable characters.
