Recap of orange is the new black season 5 episode 13
This episode reemphasized the cravenness of prison overlords who would let a dead woman rot on the dining-hall floor so they could spend time figuring out who to dishonestly blame for her death. Collectively, we’ve come to see, MCC is something worse-a carefully calibrated machine that treats inmates as objects. It’s a testament to the careful construction of this season that viewers are, on some level, hooting along with the mob of inmates for Daya to spill some prison-guard blood. “Fuckin’ C.O.s, y’all are pieces of shit,” she spat with more anger (and at a quicker pace) than we’ve ever heard from her. Bennett, the war-vet guard who impregnated her and abandoned her. Running through her head must be the realization that if she pulls the trigger, it means she’ll likely never get to be a mother to her kid. She’s been with the show from the start, and we’ve been made very aware of the stakes that exist for her: a baby, and now her mom, on the outside. For another, it creates a feeling like the one when Poussey died-the lurching sensation when the wheel of fate spins and lands on someone.ĭaya is, no doubt, a fascinating character to be in this position. For one thing, it shows that the inmates’ grievances really are shared. The feeling of randomness, that it could be any girl who ended up with that gun, is what’s so brilliant about this cliffhanger. Why Daya? So many characters have been antagonized by Litchfield’s administration this season-off the top of my head: Ruiz, Maritza, Alex, Piper, Blanca, Red-but it was an inmate who mostly stayed in the background, quietly trying to navigate her place in the social order, who picked up a pistol and pointed it at C.O. Read the review of the previous episode here. Spoilers abound don’t read further than you’ve watched.
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RECAP OF ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK SEASON 5 EPISODE 13 SERIES
For the fourth season of Orange Is the New Black, Spencer Kornhaber and Sophie Gilbert are discussing the series via recaps, taking turns to analyze one episode at a time.