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Orange is the New Black

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Generally favorable reviews based on 152 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 36 Ratings

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Orange is the New Black

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Netflix | Release Date: July 11, 2013

Summary: Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) is sent to prison after being caught with a suitcase of a drug dealer's money in this drama based on the memoir by Piper Kerman.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Critic Reviews

100

TV Guide Magazine

Matt Roush

Jun 23, 2016

Season 4 Review: Orange loses little steam in its fourth tour of duty, with extremes of dark comedy and bitter tragedy, often heartbreaking in its depiction of metal illness and addiction, devastating in its escalation of racial conflict after the prison's cold-blooded new corporate owners flood the cell block with new bodies, triggering a demographic power shift. [27 Jun - 10 Jul 2016, p.15]

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The Huffington Post

Maureen Ryan

Jul 10, 2013

Season 1 Review: Orange is one of the best new programs of the year, and the six episodes I've seen have left me hungry to see more. Read full review

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The Daily Beast

Kevin Fallon

Jun 12, 2015

Season 3 Review: This season is more concerned with continuing to make its way through the lives of the women who occupy Litchfield Prison, and, with a few misses here and there, is so lived-in in its narrative voice and settled in its “Backstory of the Week” format that you’re quickly at peace and on board with the season’s new direction and slightly more upbeat tone. Read full review

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rob Owen

Jul 11, 2013

Season 1 Review: Orange is the New Black proves to be a smart, solid, entertaining effort for the online streaming service. Read full review

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Washington Post

Bethonie Butler

Jun 16, 2016

Season 4 Review: Season 4 feels more like a drama than ever, and that’s not a bad thing. “Orange Is the New Black” has introduced a multitude of characters we don’t usually see on television and given them complicated and intimate relationships that speak volumes about issues not contained to prison’s impenetrable walls. Read full review

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CNN

Brian Lowry

Aug 5, 2019

Season 7 Review: There are several strong threads, including standout work here by Diane Guerrero, Laura Gomez and Taryn Manning, as well as a #MeToo storyline that actually sees a male character deal with whether actions he deemed innocuous at the time truly were. Read full review

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People Weekly

Tom Gliatto

Jul 8, 2013

Season 1 Review: An irritating comedy-drama. [15 Jul 2013]

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gmonster320

Nov 25, 2019

An excellent wrap up for a show I've been watching for seven season. It's easy to forget how groundbreaking "OITNB" was during it's premiere back in 2013. It was one of the first bingeable shows and brought tons of subscribers to NetFlix as a result. It focused primary on woman. The cast wasAn excellent wrap up for a show I've been watching for seven season. It's easy to forget how groundbreaking "OITNB" was during it's premiere back in 2013. It was one of the first bingeable shows and brought tons of subscribers to NetFlix as a result. It focused primary on woman. The cast was made up mainly of women of color. Women of all different shapes, sizes, ages and orientations were represented. It was one of the first shows to feature a trans woman (Laverne Cox) in a leading role. "Orange" always had a lot of heart-- even when the plot dragged. The final scene was both brutal and beautiful in it's depiction of ICE detainees. Those poor women have no way out and no hope for the future. "OITNB's" latest legacy may be in humanizing the women it depicted and making audiences more sympathetic to their cause. A few bad decisions and there but the grace of God go I.… Expand

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Noahboy

Jul 29, 2019

Although some seasons are lesser than others (S3, S5), Orange is the New Black continually deliveres very hard-hitting subject matter and gives great characters that you'll come to feel for over the course of these amazing seven seasons.

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Dude9988

Jul 29, 2019

A far leftist political agenda at hand. Stopped watching after episode 4. They are shoving their hateful modern day man hating feminism down our throats. Disgusted at the amount of fabricated information in this series about ICE detention centers (expired food etc.) when these people thatA far leftist political agenda at hand. Stopped watching after episode 4. They are shoving their hateful modern day man hating feminism down our throats. Disgusted at the amount of fabricated information in this series about ICE detention centers (expired food etc.) when these people that came here ILLEGALLY are treated better than our own homeless people and black communities! Watch WENTWORTH it is a much better (more real too) show without all the propaganda shoved down your throat. This is why so many young people cant deal with reality. Social media and shows like this are lying to you!… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 7

81
- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: July 26, 2019
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 6

69
- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: July 27, 2018
Season 5

67
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
Season 4

86
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: June 17, 2016
Season 3

83
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: June 12, 2015
Season 2

89
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: July 11, 2013
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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 11, 2013