PIPER Chapman (Taylor Schilling) wallows in domestic bliss with her fiance Larry (Jason Biggs) in New York until her cosy existence implodes.
She is sentenced to 15 months in prison for carrying drugs money a decade earlier for her ex-girlfriend Alex (Laura Prepon).
Piper struggles to click with her cellmate Miss Claudette (Michelle Hurst) and fearsome top dog, Galina Reznikov (Kate Mulgrew).
Then it turns out Piper’s old flame Alex is incarcerated in the same prison.
Based on Piper Kerman’s memoir of the same name, Orange Is The New Black is a beautifullyscripted comedy drama, which nimbly cuts back and forth between inmates and staff as they struggle to co-exist behind bars.
The 13 episodes are threaded with black humour, exploring the ripples from past and present through a deftly constructed patchwork of flashbacks.
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