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The new season of Orange Is the New Black picks up almost exactly where Season 4 left off, with Daya (Dascha Polanco) standing over a sadistic guard and holding a loaded gun as a mob of women clamor for her to pull the trigger. The lack of any kind of time-jump here is reassuring; Season 4 ended with the tragic death of Poussey (Samira Wiley), who was choked by a guard during what was supposed to be a peaceful protest, and it’s smart that the show doesn’t try to zip past her death, instead making that one event the catalyst for the entire season’s plot: a massive prisoner uprising that not only raises the stakes but alters the very structure of the show. Previous seasons of Orange of the New Black have focused on the effects of introducing new variables into Litchfield’s delicate ecosystem—whether that’s a new O.G., the privatization of the prison, or an influx of new inmates that…
