![]() ![]() On the plus side, Lolly (Lori Petty) gets much more screen time and she is great: funny and sad, all at the same time. One of the casualties is Pennsatucky / Doggett (Taryn Manning), which is a shame as she is one of my favourites - multi-layered and funny. Some characters who didn't get much focus in previous seasons get more of the limelight, while others get less. Maybe a bit darker and deeper than previous seasons due to covering issues of insanity, depression, guard brutality and prisoners' lives once they get out of prison. Season 4 continues the good work and was the usual mix of powerful drama and biting comedy. So different to what I expected, and very pleasantly so. This also serves to show that you can't simply judge people by their current actions - everyone has heaps of baggage. Very sensitively done, it often shows how their personalities were shaped. Clever use of pre-prison flashbacks to show what motivates characters in certain situations, and how they got to be in jail. There is heaps of depth to the characters. Multi-dimensional: funny, sensitive and sometimes dark. Initially I thought it was going to a female version of Oz, but it is far better than that. ![]() ![]() Season 1 Episode 1 shows her checking into the prison, and the rest is what goes on inside, plus the effects of her incarceration on her friends and family. (Updated after Season 7) The story of your average early-30s female yuppie who gets sent to prison for 15 months for a crime she committed 10 years earlier. ![]()
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