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Our two weeks are over, so this thread will no longer have spoiler tags for Season 2.
Orange Is the New Black is an American Netflix original comedy-drama series, created by Jenji Kohan (Weeds) and will be produced by Lionsgate Television. It is based on Piper Kerman's memoir Orange Is The New Black: My Year In a Women's Prison. All 13 episodes of Season 2 will be available on June 6th, 2014. Described as 'Oz' meets 'The L Word', and Netflix has already renewed it for a 13-episode third season.
Regarding spoilers, since all of the episodes will be up immediately for streaming, we're in something of a gray area. After some discussion, we decided that all discussion will be tagged and labeled for the first two weeks (until June 20th) while people are initially watching the series, and then after that we'll go to full discussion of everything without tags. Please spoiler tag any discussion and label which episode you're talking about outside of the tags: e.g. Ep 3:
Place prison spoilers here
Netflix said:From the creator of “Weeds” comes a heartbreaking and hilarious new series set in a women’s prison. Piper Chapman’s wild past comes back to haunt her, resulting in her arrest and detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper trades her comfortable New York life for an orange prison jumpsuit and finds unexpected conflict and camaraderie amidst an eccentric group of inmates.
Links:Trailers & Other VideosCast:

Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman
Laura Prepon as Alex Vause
Lea DeLaria as Carrie "Big Boo" Black
Uzo Aduba as Crazy Eyes
Jason Biggs as Larry Bloom
Elizabeth Rodriguez as Aleida Diaz
Dascha Polanco as Dayanara Diaz
Selenis Leyva as Gloria Mendoza
Matt McGorry as John Bennett
Emma Myles as Leanne Taylor
Yael Stone as Lorna Morello
Alysia Reiner as Natalie "Fig" Figueroa
Natasha Lyonne as Nicky Nichols
Taryn Manning as Pennsatucky
Michael Chernus as Cal Chapman
Maria Dizzia as Polly Harper
Pablo Schreiber as Pornstache Mendez
Samira Wiley as Poussey
Kate Mulgrew as Galina "Red" Reznikov
Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset
Lauren Lapkus as Susan Fischer
Danielle Brooks as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson
Michael Harney as Sam Healy
Lorraine Toussaint as Vee
Character profiles courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes
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Reviews
NY Daily News said:This season also takes a few scenes to get into gear. But it’s faster, and Schilling in particular slides right into her new rhythm as the seasoned prison veteran. 4 out of 5 stars
Zap2It said:All in all the things we love about "OITNB" are still there -- the dark humor, the camaraderie, the misery and the mystery.
Variety said:What felt fresh about “Orange Is the New Black” has quickly gone a bit stale, at least if the first half-dozen episodes from season two are any indication.
Buzzfeed said:The second season of the Netflix prison drama is a gripping, beautiful, majestic thing.

On Spoilers
Regarding spoilers, since all of the episodes will be up immediately for streaming, we're in something of a gray area. After some discussion, we decided that all discussion will be tagged and labeled for the first two weeks (until June 20th) while people are initially watching the series, and then after that we'll go to full discussion of everything without tags. Please spoiler tag any discussion and label which episode you're talking about outside of the tags: e.g. Ep 3:
Place prison spoilers here
Our two weeks are over, so this thread will no longer have spoiler tags for Season 2.