Orange Is the New Black is Coming Back

Orange Is the New Black, the Netflix Original Series that has taken the world by storm is based off of the book Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison written by Piper Kerman about her experiences in prison. The 1st season of the show was released on July 11, 2013 and has been a big hit with everyone since then. The show is revolved around Piper Chapman, a bisexual woman who is sentenced to 15 months in a women’s federal prison for transporting a suitcase full of drug money for her girlfriend at the time Alex who was an international drug smuggler.

Piper Kerman, the author of the book the series is based on was in a romantic relationship with a woman who dealt heroin for a West African kingpin. Kerman got involved in the ordeal by laundering money for the drug operation. In 1998, she was indicted for money laundering and drug trafficking and pleaded guilty. She then served 13 months of her 15 month sentence in 2004.

In the 1st season of the show, Piper Chapman lives in New York City with her new fiancee Larry Bloom. Larry takes Piper to prison where she will serve her 15 month sentence for laundering drug money for her then girlfriend Alex Vause. When Piper gets to prison, Piper attempts to learn her way around the place and in midst of that insults the cooking right in front of the prison’s chef Red. Red then retaliates and cuts Piper off by not giving her any food. Piper then finds out that her ex girlfriend is also an inmate at the same prison. This calls in to question Piper’s feelings for Alex and her relationship with Larry.

Season 2 was filled with just as much drama. It really put a lot of focus on the things going on inside the prison that many people on the outside wouldn’t know about. A problem at the prison in the show was money not being distributed around the prison the way they said it would be. Like the new gym that was supposed to be opened but was never built or the track that they shut down because they “didn’t have enough money to support it.” It also puts focus on a new character Vee, who is vindictive and takes advantage of other prisoners. She starts dealing drugs throughout the prison by use of tampon boxes. 

As many people are happy to hear, they have announced that there will be a third season that will be released onto Netflix in the near future. It has been slotted to come back sometime in June or July of 2015, so for everyone waiting, they will have to wait a couple months until they can binge on their beloved Orange Is the New Black.