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Orange Is The New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E8 “Moscow Mule” (Netflix)
Orange Is The New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E8 “Moscow Mule” (Netflix)

Orange, Black, or Bleak is the name of my Orange is the New Black recap, Today I am writing about S1 E8 "Moscow Mule" from the perspective of a formerly incarcerated person.

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Orange Is The New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E7 “Blood Donut” (Netflix)
Orange Is The New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E7 “Blood Donut” (Netflix)

Orange Is The New Black S1 E7 "Blood Donut" raises many questions like, "Do inmates practice for parole?" Or do inmates really have "thin pillows?"

Here are answers to these and other OITNB questions from a formerly incarcerated person.

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Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E6 “WAC Pack” (Netflix)
Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E6 “WAC Pack” (Netflix)

A New Prisoner's Council on Orange is the New Black...What could possibly go wrong? 

Enjoy my deep-dive into the OITNB S1 E6 "WAC Pack" from the perspective of a formerly incarcerated person.

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Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E5 “The Chickening” (Netflix)
Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E5 “The Chickening” (Netflix)

My treatment of Orange is the New Black S1 E5 "The Chickening"

During this recap, I am covering about prison sex, guard towers, and basketball.

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Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E4 “Imaginary Enemies” (Netflix)
Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E4 “Imaginary Enemies” (Netflix)

Visit Litchfield and Orange is the New Black again with a formerly incarcerated person as your guide.

This is my treatment of S1 E4 Imaginary Enemies

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Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E3 “Lesbian Request Denied” (Netflix)
Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E3 “Lesbian Request Denied” (Netflix)

During "Lesbian Request Denied" Litchfield Prison deals with Sophia's medical crisis and Piper's "marriage" to Suzanne. 

This is my investigation of Orange is the New Black S1 E3 

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Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E2 “Tit Punch” (Netflix)
Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E2 “Tit Punch” (Netflix)

Orange Is The New Black S1 E2: Tit Punch

Adding context to the "Tit Punch" episode of OITNB from a formerly incarcerated person. 

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Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E1 “I Wasn't Ready” (Netflix)
Orange is the New Black: Orange Black or Bleak: S1 E1 “I Wasn't Ready” (Netflix)

Orange is the New Black is coming back for Season 5 in June, but not until after I do a deep-dive into the first four seasons.

This post will hopefully add some important context to OITNB S1 E 1 "I Wasn't Ready"

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Orange is the New Black: Orange, Black, or Just Bleak? OPS Series Intro (Netflix)
Orange is the New Black: Orange, Black, or Just Bleak? OPS Series Intro (Netflix)

Is Orange is the New Black more Orange or Bleak? 

This is the introduction to my new series of recaps of Netflix controversial and hard-hitting series about women in prison (OITNB).  

Today I am just explaining why I, a formerly incarcerated person, has decided to write about a prison show. 

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