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Orange Is the New Black

Netflix's Orange Is the New Black: episode recaps, reviews, analysis, and roundtable discussions.

Orange Is the New Black celebrated diverse women. It also exploited their stories.

By Emily VanDerWerff and Ashley Ray-Harris

Orange Is the New Black’s final season finds hope in a hopeless place

By Emily VanDerWerff

Celebrating the bold ambition of Orange Is the New Black, already a relic of TV’s past

By Emily VanDerWerff

Orange Is the New Black season 6 is a good argument for the show to end soon

By Emily VanDerWerff

Orange Is the New Black has become an irredeemable mess. To save itself, it needs to start over.

By Caroline Framke

Orange Is the New Black season 5 is a staggeringly ambitious mess

By Emily VanDerWerff

Why Orange Is the New Black deserves even more respect than it already gets

By Emily VanDerWerff

Mad Men’s Matt Weiner tells us why he returned to TV to direct Orange Is the New Black

By Emily VanDerWerff

Orange Is the New Black season 4 is a nuanced take on how power can obliterate consent

By Caroline Framke

Orange Is the New Black season 4 is deeply upsetting. It’s also the best season to date.

By Caroline Framke

Orange Is the New Black season 4: how [spoiler's] death will change everything

By Caroline Framke

Actor Matt McGorry shows how men can talk about feminism without hogging the mic

By Caroline Framke

Orange Is the New Black is certain to be much darker in season 4

By Emily VanDerWerff

Orange Is the New Black's third season is the show's best yet

By David Roberts

A rabbi explains what Orange Is the New Black gets right about Judaism

By Lauren Katz

Orange Is the New Black has finally humanized Pennsatucky. It's about time.

By Jen Trolio

Why Orange Is the New Black's Sophia and Gloria are season 3's most compelling characters

By Alex Abad-Santos

Orange Is the New Black’s season 3 aimlessness might turn out to be a good thing

By Emily VanDerWerff

Why Orange Is the New Black season 3 isn’t as bingeable as seasons 1 and 2

By Dylan Matthews

Orange Is the New Black season 3 is the most political — and human — one yet

By Emily VanDerWerff

The start of Orange Is the New Black season 3 makes binge-watching feel like a chore

By Alex Abad-Santos

Piper Chapman is irritating. She’s also vital to Orange Is the New Black’s success.

By Emily VanDerWerff

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Orange Is the New Black season 3: news and episode reviews

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What OITNB is getting right about diversity

By Alex Abad-Santos

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By Alex Abad-Santos

Who will win, might win, and should win Emmys

By Emily VanDerWerff
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The real Piper of OITNB on how prison is broken

By Ezra Klein

Orange Is the New Black is Netflix's best show

By Alex Abad-Santos

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