Orange is the New Black season four hits Netflix tomorrow
When Piper first arrived in prison in season one, she was openly shocked by the ways in which racial dynamics played out in prison, with inmates mostly sticking within groups divided by color.
But in reality, that escape, those moments of bliss, end up being extremely short-lived. All of which make for a dizzying cocktail of welcome confusion.
The hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black debuts its fourth season this Friday and fans can’t wait.
Season 3 launched with a favorite Litchfield inmate, Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne), getting shipped down the hill to a maximum security prison. She says there are many “amazing” writers who pen scintillating scripts for shows.
Moore admits that last season her personal life unexpectedly mirrored her on-screen character’s life a bit, revealing, “When Black Cindy was converting, I was going through a religious journey of my own at that time so it was interesting to me to have my character experiencing something that was so personal to me as well”. As th, in turn, it becomes the darkest season of Orange Is the New Black yet.
“Ultimately, Orange” remains defined more by individual moments than its ongoing story. Their relationship was cute, at first, as Suzanne was as hesitant as a 14-year-old girl at her first school dance. “We really examine the question of, ‘how do you move through certain times when there is blatant racism happening right in front of you?'” And though her background hosting a cooking show – and her southern accent – make for easy comparisons to Paula Deen and Martha Stewart, Brown insists that beyond the criminal premise, “She’s not like Martha in any way”. After half a season worth of sexual tension building, Piper and Alex finally gave in to their chemistry and just went for it, in the chapel too no less. And then there’s Piper, bribing her new bunkmate to be her “Secret Service” protection to impress the new inmates and maintain her vastly inflated status as a badass.
New inmate Judy King (played by Blair Brown) is going to be this season’s new villain. They range from in-person phone sex to both heartbreak and comedy surrounding Crazy Eyes (two-time Emmy victor Uzo Aduba) to the ever-quotable Morello (Yael Stone), who tells white supremacists, “I don’t think racism should be a group activity”. Last year, viewers received the third season of the series about a few hours ahead of schedule – surprising fans with the bomb 6 hours ahead of the original release schedule on June 12 at 12:01 am PDT. Unlike the hated Vee (Lorraine Toussaint), Judy brings a much more mellow and lighthearted vibe to the prison, bringing together the women at a time when they are deeply racially divided.
The actress is coy on that potential conflict or any other plot details, but will say that working on “Orange”, she was often amazed with what female TV characters can get away with these days compared to the censorship “Molly Dodd” faced at NBC almost 30 years ago. You watch one episode, and there is an inevitable temptation to just want to keep doing it for as long as you possibly can. The show was recently preemptively renewed through Season 7.