So I finally finished up the fifth season of Orange Is the New Black and it was, to use a too-heavily overused phrase, a "hot mess." Prison riot! Yes! Fun. After four seasons of taking shit from guards, the inmates are literally running the prison this time around. What's the plan? There is no plan! No one can agree on their demands (Occupy Litchfield?) and it quickly becomes clear that a lot of these women are here for the party more than for the idea of negotiating for better treatment.
The back half of the season is so much better than the first, allowing the riot to play out to its tragic, inevitable conclusion (and right after it came so close to playing out a different way!) after the front half of the season sort of sloppily puts certain pieces in place. Plenty about the way it all unfolds is unrealistic as hell, but I'm happy enough with the way it all played out and looking forward to Season 6 - although where Season 6 goes from here, I really can't imagine.
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