In the end, the chicken is regarded as a mythical sighting, and is forgotten.ĭaya attacks her mother, Aleida, for attempting to have sex with Bennett. The prison goes awry with inmates searching for chickens and rumors of chickens. When she tells the others what she saw, Red offers a reward to the inmate who finds the chicken so that she can cook it. While in the exercise yard, Piper sees a chicken. FolderĪfter a renewed faith brought on by Baptiste’s visit, Piper helps Miss Claudette with her appeal letter and, in turn, is bombarded with requests to help other inmates with their appeal letters as well. Officer Bennett and an inmate named Daya begin passing secret notes to each other, hidden in small places around the prison grounds. Miss Claudette receives a letter from her long-lost friend Baptiste, potentially rekindling a past life. The screwdriver remains missing, and disappears from Piper’s belongings. When she accidentally leaves the electrical shop with a screwdriver, everyone in the prison is searched. Piper is assigned to work in the electrical shop. When the prison is hit with budget cuts, Sophia’s dose of exogenous estrogen needed to maintain her physique is also cut. In flashbacks, we learn of Sophia’s journey, from her gender reassignment surgery to the credit card fraud she committed to fund the surgery. Piper is then assigned to bunk with Miss Claudette, a mysterious prisoner who’s been there longer than anyone and rarely speaks.
Dandelion deals with romantic advances from Crazy Eyes, but firmly rejects her after she puts in a request to bunk with Piper.
DandelionĬrazy Eyes gives Piper this nickname because her hair is blonde. Red and her husband are told they owe $60,000 for the implant and, when they cannot pay, Red’s husband agrees to hold secret packages for the businessmen. Years earlier, she attempted to befriend the wives of well-connected Russian businessmen, and later, in a confrontation, Red accidentally pops one of the wives’ breast implants. In flashbacks, we learn more about Red’s life before prison.
PeppersĪfter offensively insulting Red’s food, Piper is refused food and is told she’s being “starved out.” With the help (and introduction) of another character, Crazy Eyes, she uses chili peppers to make a medicinal lotion for Red’s aching back. Piper is shocked to find out that Alex Vause, her ex-girlfriend, with whom she committed the crime, is also incarcerated at the same prison. Red retaliates by serving Piper a sandwich with a special treat in the middle-a used tampon. Tampon SandwichĪs Piper attempts to learn her way around, she inadvertently offends Red, the head of the prison kitchen system. Piper, now engaged to Larry Bloom, must leave her home and life to serve her time. The season premieres with Piper Chapman being sentenced to fifteen months in prison for a crime committed ten years earlier with her then-girlfriend, Alex Vause. Love Orange Is the New Black as much as we do? In lieu of the recent Season 2 premiere, we thought we would provide a visual recap of Season 1, just in case you weren’t up to date.