Orange Is the New Black
Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 10/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 9/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 9/10Queer storiesLGBTQ+ lives and relationships at the center.This show: 8/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10Built to bingeMade for the streaming binge model.This show: 7/10Class divideWealth, poverty and the gulf between them.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Taylor SchillingDanielle BrooksTaryn ManningEmma MylesKate MulgrewUzo Aduba
Written by
Jenji Kohan
Starring
Taylor SchillingDanielle BrooksTaryn ManningEmma MylesKate MulgrewUzo Aduba
Written by
Jenji Kohan
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Orange Is the New Black Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.8 | |
| S2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.2 | |
| S3 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.8 | |
| S4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.4 | |
| S5 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.9 | |
| S6 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.7 | |
| S7 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.1 |
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About
"Prison satire that keeps widening its heart"
A privileged Brooklyn woman is sentenced to fifteen months in a federal women's prison after a decade-old crime catches up with her, and her tidy life collides with a chaotic, tightly bonded community of inmates. What starts as a fish-out-of-water culture-clash comedy gradually widens into an ensemble drama, jumping between backstories to show how each woman ended up inside. The tone shifts constantly, from broad prison-sitcom humor to genuine heartbreak, held together by a huge, richly drawn cast rather than any single plot.
Watch it for
the sprawling ensemble cast that turns background inmates into the show's most memorable characters.
Maybe skip if
you want a tight plot rather than a slow-building, character-first ensemble drama.
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All Seasons
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Season 12013
8.044K1312h 9m
Piper must trade her comfortable New York life for an orange prison jumpsuit when her decade-old relationship with a drug runner catches up with her.
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Season 22014
8.336K1312h 59m
Shocking revelations and new arrivals shake up the lives and relationships of Litchfield's prisoners.
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Season 32015
8.031K1312h 46m
New business interests, spiritual movements and parental problems upend lives and ignite power struggles among Litchfield's residents and guards.
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Season 42016
8.531K1312h 46m
New faces and old resentments make for a potentially volatile blend, especially now that Litchfield is a for-profit business.
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Season 52017
8.024K1312h 5m
The power dynamics at Litchfield shift dramatically as the inmates react to a tragedy in an explosive new season.
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Season 62018
7.720K1313h
In the wake of the riot, some of the women are sent to Litchfield Max, where a deadly rivalry between cellblocks has raged for decades.
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Season 72019
8.221K1313h 35m
A recently paroled Piper tries to get back on her feet while life in Litchfield, as corrupt as ever, goes on without her.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Taylor Schilling Piper Chapman
Danielle Brooks Tasha 'Taystee' Jefferson
Taryn Manning Tiffany 'Pennsatucky' Doggett
Emma Myles Leanne Taylor
Kate Mulgrew Galina 'Red' Reznikov
Uzo Aduba Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren
Dascha Polanco Dayanara Diaz
Selenis Leyva Gloria Mendoza
Nick Sandow Joe Caputo
Yael Stone Lorna Morello
Crew
Jenji Kohan
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