Orange is the New Black: Season 5

METASCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 181 Ratings

See All

6.5

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6.5	Your Score
6.5	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 181 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

Orange Is The New Black: Behind Bars Featurette

Now Playing: Orange Is The New Black: Behind Bars Featurette

Season Details & Credits

Netflix | Season Premiere Date: June 9, 2017

Starring: Nick Sandow, Michael Harney, Laura Prepon

Summary: The prison dramedy returns for its fifth season as a three-day riot continues at Litchfield.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

More You Might Like

The Carrie Diaries

Gilmore Girls

Mad Men

Weeds

Law & Order

Watch Now

Stream On

Buy On

Season 5 Episodes

tbd
S5:E13. Storm-y Weather
Air Date: June 9, 2017
tbd
S5:E12. Tattoo You
Air Date: June 9, 2017
tbd
S5:E11. Breaking the Fiberboard Ceiling
Air Date: June 9, 2017

See all Seasons and Episodes

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Mitchel Broussard

Jun 8, 2017

Nothing ever feels forced or repetitive about the show and its confined setting. In fact, it feels like the restriction has spurred even more creativity from the writers this year. There’s a fear and a scrappy anger to the dialogue and interactions happening around the prison, even more so than before. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Jun 8, 2017

Wwhether they say so or not, everyone seems aware that prison sieges don’t end well. That knowledge invests the season with purpose. More than ever, Orange is like a speeding vehicle with a wheel missing: It doesn’t always steer steadily, you can feel the chassis shimmying and straining, but the velocity is urgent. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Jun 9, 2017

The fifth season of the series continues in the pitched, passionate style that's Orange at its juiciest. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Jun 16, 2017

Viewers are likely to be just as polarized by the riot, which undermines the humanity of some of Litchfield’s inmates by showing them embracing violent vengeance. Like it or hate it, though, this season of the award-winning show manages to feel more relevant than ever. Read full review

Matt Roush

Jun 8, 2017

The series stretches three days and long nights of the soul over 13 fitfully compelling but more often squirm-inducing chapters. [12-25 Jun 2017, p.14]

Matthew Gilbert

Jun 8, 2017

A few of the strands are engaging, particularly those involving the inmates led by Taystee (Danielle Brooks) who seek justice for Poussey, even if overacting is afoot in some of those scenes. But most of the strands are either dull because of the slightness of their plots or merely irritating. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Jun 9, 2017

Even the best performances and moments suffer from the season’s lack of focus, inability to shift tonal gears smoothly, and Netflix bloat (the siege might’ve worked better as a more compact arc rather than a 13-episode extravaganza). Points for audacity notwithstanding--this is another instance of an ambitious and unusual series writing conceptual checks that its storytelling prowess can’t cash. Read full review

SEE ALL 20 REVIEWS

User Score

Write a Review

6.5

User Reviews

TVBug

Jun 12, 2017

The most human and the most humane of the OITNB seasons. We see the inmates, the jailors, and the corporate drones as whole people. Check your soul if you aren't moved by this season. Watching it can make you a better person.

4 of 7 users found this helpful43

diamandiss

Jun 12, 2017

Essa foi com certeza uma ótima temporada, tratando principalmente de temas como a humanidade. Assistindo essa série com a mente aberta, você com certeza irá se tornar uma pessoa melhor, muito obrigado OITNB por trazer mais uma temporada maravilhosa com ótimas reflexões.

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

jac1234567

Jun 11, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The decision to make the season span 3 days was definitely intriguing as OITNB is trying a new formula for this season. I think the writing is just as sharp as prior seasons but it does drag a bit at some points because each episode covers only a few hours in the show universe. The flashbacks this season are a weak point. They don't really offer great insights into characters like the flashbacks in the previous seasons. It almost feels like they are just there to fill time. There are notable highlights though: Taystee, Cindy, Watson, and Soto are all grieving over the loss of Poussey and I think the show handles this excellently. The grief process is slow and realistic and the show does not shy away from using Poussey's death to shine a light on the institutional issues within the Litchfield prison system. Another interesting dynamic this season is the way the media covers the riot compared with the way the prisoners see the riot. It's definitely a timely season with sensationalization so rampant in the media. I have three episodes left of this season and I recognize that it's not the best OITNB has been, but I certainly think it's still an extremely watchable and important show.… Expand

3 of 7 users found this helpful34

Fonke

Feb 24, 2018

Season 5 is completly different to all other seasons. I didn't really enjoy watching it, it's gotten stale and boring, the humor is completly gone. Deffinetly not a good ending to the show.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

Rtheom

Jun 22, 2017

I think the writers needed to rewatch their own show between seasons. Some of the characters have had a complete personality flip in what is supposed to be only a few days. The idea of a riot was interesting, but went into the realms of just silly really quickly.

This is not the same showI think the writers needed to rewatch their own show between seasons. Some of the characters have had a complete personality flip in what is supposed to be only a few days. The idea of a riot was interesting, but went into the realms of just silly really quickly.

This is not the same show we started with.… Expand

3 of 3 users found this helpful30

heyyou

Jun 13, 2017

Que impotencia da haber esperado tanto esta nueva temporada y que haya resultado tan decepcionante. No encuentro similitud alguna con las temporadas anteriores. En ellas encontramos mucho dinamismo, alti-bajos, problemas reales carcelarios: alimentarios, de aislamiento, de amor, amistades,Que impotencia da haber esperado tanto esta nueva temporada y que haya resultado tan decepcionante. No encuentro similitud alguna con las temporadas anteriores. En ellas encontramos mucho dinamismo, alti-bajos, problemas reales carcelarios: alimentarios, de aislamiento, de amor, amistades, etnicos; esta nueva temporada parece su-real y monótona, ademas de que solo se desarrolla en 3 días (a diferencia de las otras que transcurre en tiempos mas prolongados) y se reitera en cada capitulo el problema del motín. Los nuevos personajes tienen mucho protagonismo, y no atrapan como los originales. Las escenas entre Piper y Alex son superficiales, salvo por sus flashbacks y la pedida de matrimonio, que seguramente hayan sido las escenas favoritas de todo fan de oitnb. Me hubiese gustado que haya más escenas entre ambos personajes, aprovechando el hecho de que poseen mas libertad que en las temporadas anteriores. Debo criticar también que las escenas de Suzanne ya empezaban a cansarme, y personajes como Red y Nicky no tienen tanto peso, a pesar de ser de los favoritos.
Aun así destaco cosas positivas: el protagonismo de Leanne y Angie que siempre nos hacen reir, el hecho de que hayan incluido términos como Vauseman y Flaritza, nuevos flashbacks de Piper y Alex, la escena de la pedida de matrimonio, el excelente maquillaje en personajes como Humphrey y Maureen, los divertidos diálogos entre Flaca y Maritza.
No hay mucho mas por decir. A esperar nuevamente un año para ver la nueva temporada que, espero, no nos decpecione nuevamente.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

wytche

Jul 19, 2017

I love this show and really couldn't wait to see season 5. I had no idea the whole season would be set within a riot, since I don't like to see spoilers or for anyone to tell me beforehand. All I can say is "Oh Dear". I didn't get through all of episode 1 and have decided to watch somethingI love this show and really couldn't wait to see season 5. I had no idea the whole season would be set within a riot, since I don't like to see spoilers or for anyone to tell me beforehand. All I can say is "Oh Dear". I didn't get through all of episode 1 and have decided to watch something else. What were they thinking? How boring, I guess imagination is running a bit thin on the ground, I suppose there are only so many scenarios that can take place within the confines of a prison and after 5 seasons, that's it.… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

SEE ALL 30 REVIEWS

Seasons & Episodes

80

Series Overview
Season 7

81
- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: July 26, 2019
Season 6

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

67
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E13. Storm-y Weather
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E12. Tattoo You
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E11. Breaking the Fiberboard Ceiling
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E10. The Reverse Midas Touch
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E9. The Tightening
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E8. Tied to the Tracks
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E7. Full Bush, Half Snickers
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E6. Flaming Hot Cheetos, Literally
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E5. Sing It, White Effie
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E4. Litchfield's Got Talent
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E3. Pissters!
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E2. F*ck, Marry, Frieda
  Air Date: June 9, 2017
- tbd
  S5:E1. Riot FOMO
  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
Season 1

79
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 11, 2013