Why Each Character on OITNB is Serving Time

Orange Is the New Black returns to Netflix on Friday for its third season. Before you spend the weekend trying to bingewatch and outrun Internet spoilers, get a refresher on why each lady is doing hard time in the video above. We don’t yet know all their backstories and indiscretions, and Season 3 is sure to reveal more rap sheets, but here are the current crimes on record.

[@jaelen8265]

I'm not trying to promote violence or murder or anything, but what Miss Claudette did for that girl was fucking badass. Shiiiiit, she kept on cleaning after she stabbed him lmaooo 😂

[@jounior5454]

What happened to her? I can't remember

[@jaelen8265]

She got mad at Susan Fischer (a guard) because Fischer said Miss Claudette wasn't wearing a tag. So, Miss Claudette gets pissed and chokes her. I think she got sent to Max (maybe SHU or Seg? Idk, probably she got sent to Max)

[@msfs19941]

+Jaelen Sandoval she got sent to Max. I nearly.cried

[@hironyx]

man i hope that we get to see claudette again in future seasons, i missed her

[@AlexTheCrayChick]

+hironyx i doubt it tho

[@hi-mq3qt]

Miss Claudette did the right thing though, sure she got locked up but the guy deserved t

[@Amberspirit4ever]

Emily Vera killing the man was the right thing, but the slave trade part was not

[@Alecexo]

Emily Vera she didn’t do the right thing but she did save that girl

[@Alecexo]

Unfortunately morals can’t get you anywhere after you’ve committed a crime

[@unicornsprinkles3277]

What did the guy do to the other girl? Beat her up or what.

[@claudiarobles1006]

@@unicornsprinkles3277 I wanna know

[@bethanyoneal5789]

I loved Miss Rosa. Her ending when she drove away in the prison van was amazing

[@hannahd8731]

Bethany O'Neal ikr, that made me happy

[@HunniTeez]

Bethany O'Neal that ending made me slime😭😭❤️😁😁😁😊😊

[@grizzlysword5695]

She did die because she crashed the van into a quarry it says so in the beginning of the next season

[@annies6566]

Bethany O'Neal I cried it was so beautiful how they made it so she was her young self again

[@Amanda-ev3lg]

The perfect song aesthetic!

[@madison-fq9mh]

damn but....can you imagine just fucking up once and have ur life changed forever......like i feel so bad for the yoga girl... thats horrible

[@emilybeckmann3223]

Why was yoga in again?

[@istypayhorlikson]

+Emily Beckmann accidentally shooting an 8 year old boy.

[@foreveralo17]

+Emily Beckmann did you even watch the video ?

[@martineromero9692]

pretty sure she was also growing marijuana on her property. that's why she shot her gun, she thought an animal or something was eating it

[@madison-fq9mh]

+Martine Romero yea i know. but im sure the marujauna sentence wouldnt be as harsh as killing a child....it probably added a lot to her sentence. also can u even imagine living ur whole life with that guilt ????of literally ending a kids life ? thats a much worse punishment than prision could ever get her

[@pyrrhichos]

yo i totally forgot Vee existed lmaoooo

[@Horse.Renoir]

pyrrhichos she a bitch

[@johannas8284]

I wish I could forget lol

[@cheryldove2609]

pyrrhichos I pretend that vee is not on the show

[@cocodakilla]

Season 2 feels like it was ages ago and a blur lol

[@kamrid3603]

I HATED HER

[@GermanyTechno]

Cindy stealing those all shit in that cart is hilarious af.

[@para-yw9dn]

omg i love her storyline

[@ancermet6734]

I love black Cindy

[@arandomcivilian7024]

We all love black Cindy.

[@tariqnabe7022]

​@@ancermet6734i did until she lied on taystee

[@Afrokiddd]

I think I like Miss Rosa's story the best. Bank robbing and love? Come on now.

[@JabamiInc]

Yeah except she fell in love with everyone in her group of bandits ffs

[@Rolando_Cueva]

She didn’t fell in love though, she was just very kinky.

[@nesyildirim8462]

like bonnie and clyde

[@bogdiworksV2]

@@Rolando_Cueva yes, robbing turned her on, so she would've shagged anyone in that car, hehehe. Total badass.

[@christinayates2496]

Matthew Yeah I know !! They surprised us all by making her a youngnspanish bank Robbin fly ! Lol

[@dazzleglam95]

I forgot Red said "All I wanted was to eat the chicken that is smarter than other chickens and absorb its power". 😂😂😂

[@luigispaghetti8769]

That's how i study for my exams

[@amandanixon7276]

It was meet I think

[@tamaralorenzo5]

I love her hahaha

[@bballhead7904]

Theodore 😗

[@melodiibunnj]

i thought that instead of smarter she said swallowed--

[@ahme7424]

yoga jones' story was probably the worst for me, because she didn't do it on purpose

[@para-yw9dn]

same with suzanne tff. suzanne should not be in there at all. her sister caused all of this bullshit to happen to her. who the fuck leaves someone with mental issues like that alone in a fucking 10 story damn apartment???? suzanne didnt mean for any of this to happen. she didn't even push the kid out of the motherfucking window i think i dont remember that well but he fell on accident

[@lounajushpe4906]

It still cost someone's life though. Poussey was the worst for me cause it was just a bit of weed. In a lot of European countries you wouldn't even go to jail for that at all!

[@ayethirah]

Louna Jushpe i love poussey :( i cried so much during the episodes of her death & after. taystee lost her best friend:(

[@akpopmultistan2982]

@@lounajushpe4906 ikr!

[@zahrah8512]

best ever He got scared and jumped off the window to get away from her

[@redkuromi]

Crazy Eyes kidnapped a kid and then he fell off the fire escape stairs right

[@Caroline-jy4gf]

Yeah he fell.

[@AnnaliseEve]

+Chloè Keogh he didn't jump, he fell

[@Kad6976x]

damn that's serious shit

[@indigo7480]

+teenageapocalypse yeah that whole thing sucks... super unintentional and obviously not a clear understanding of right and wrong and what to do and not to do etc.

[@beccasyoutube]

yeah that was so sad, she just wanted him to stay with her because her sister left her alone for the weekend, she didnt understand the situation, it made my heart hurt

[@valeriebarayvb]

This season was great only thing that annoyed me was they kept showing flashbacks of the girls but not telling us why they got locked up

[@PedroRodriguez-bw2ow]

they did, what didn't you understand?

[@valeriebarayvb]

+Brooke Clark We only really learned why Suzanne went to prison. We didn't learn why Poussey, Soso, Maria, Lolly, Blanca, Boo, or Gina got locked up. We saw flashbacks but we don't know the crimes they committed. Some we can assume but you known what they say when you assume.

[@MallieAnn13]

+Valerie Baray I thought Lolly killed someone?

[@valeriebarayvb]

+Brooke Clark why did Poussay go to jail? Must have missed that. I didn't say anything about Martiza I think you have her mixed up with Maria or something.

[@valeriebarayvb]

+Brooke Clark I never mentioned Martiza in the previous comments and thanks for telling me about Poussay I don't remember gotta rewatch some episodes I guess

[@Procreatetimelapse]

miss Claudette wasn't in for murder, she was in for the girls that worked for the cleaning because they were illegal immigrants, healey talks to her about it

[@laurenbeck2586]

She didn't get caught for the murder.

[@toxicallypink]

she was a damn good cleaner, that's why she didn't get caught

[@madison-fq9mh]

wait how do u know this???does she come back somehow season 4 ??? im confused

[@Procreatetimelapse]

+madi baby healey talks to her about how the immigration laws have changed and how her sentence can be shortened before she goes to the shu

[@wendylederer367]

She murdered the man that raped one of her girls.

[@ResettisReplicas]

Morello's also in for mail fraud; she'd buy expensive things online, then make a false complaint to get a refund or free stuff.

[@Eradica]

I didn't even know that was a thing

[@ResettisReplicas]

Yeah, the mail is serious business, so if you involve the postal service by doing something like a fraudulent refunds scam, it becomes a lot more serious than a charge for just running a scam.

[@princesspopcorn5303]

+Resetti's Robot Wars Replicas That was Flaca

[@clarissamcpigeon7857]

I thought mail fraud in the US was a federal crime regardless of state lines? Guess it is because it's the US Postal Service which works nationwide.

[@sebv140]

+Princess Popcorn No Flaca went in for selling water and saying it was drugs, and some kid killed himself because he said he realized something after took them

[@gbreeze99]

Real talk though Lorna is the scariest one to me lol

[@keb2328]

Right like I thought she was being really about christopher but shes a stalker??

[@para-yw9dn]

same bitch i was literally like what the fuck.. she's a stalker?? that's a fucking plot twist

[@para-yw9dn]

@Rhino Thunder okay dude no one asked

[@jessicamoore1314]

Same ... she’s a crazy bitch

[@masha-fr4bm]

G breeze but so cute

[@danielucer]

Why does Yoga reminds me to Ellen DeGeneres?

[@anushkamohanty3990]

And lolly too Lolly really reminds me of ellen

[@mysticfawn6812]

@Morrigan same but i like them all n feel bad

[@alainaward4879]

Her first name is Erica not constance

[@murfbady]

What did she do again?

[@para-yw9dn]

lolly reminds me of ellen lmfaoo. they sound the same. i had to check she wasnt ellen a few times tbh

[@Adam657]

The parallel between Poussey and Baxter’s crimes is startling. They were the same age, and the crimes were in the same state. She was a caught with less than half an ounce of weed and got 6 years. He committed criminal trespass, underage drinking and also smoked pot (which he admitted to officers) and he got less than a night in jail and released without charge, and was able to get a federal job as a CO. The black woman versus the white man were treated very differently in the criminal justice system.

[@mimimi9326]

Ohhhhhh. That’s why they crossed each other when she was just in NY

[@perrish6789]

SHIT YOURE RIGHT

[@nevaehricks6227]

That’s the whole point of this show tho to show the injustices of this world

[@nevaehricks6227]

And how even tho everybody is human and everybody deserves a second change most people don’t and sadly a lot of people in prison are people we see here people that just got caught in the system for one simple bad mistake so it runs the question do they deserve to be treated like animals and what wrong are these “rehabilitation” systems doing but with all of social media and peoples heads up their asses problems like this in America will never be solved no matter how many tv shows people make about it why Bc at the end of the day everybody looks out for number one and nobody really cares unless it’s them

[@JakeKoenig]

1) It was an unnamed illegal substance, not weed. Could've been anything. Nice try. 2) She was also charged with intent to sell, not just possession, and also charged for CRIMINAL trespassing (like you made sure to point out in Bayley's case). Nice try. 3) Claiming you smoked pot isn't an arrestable offense. Nice try. 4) Bayley had just graduated high school and was drinking with his buddies to celebrate. Give me a break on that being something you should go to prison for. He wasn't even drunk. 🙄 5) Poussey's backstory wasn't even mentioned, and neither was Bayley's. So why are you shoehorning your liberal NPC theory about them into this video? Even when discussing a hyper-woke show designed to push fabricated race narratives (it's not real life, moron) you still couldn't stick to the facts, could you?

[@blaiseavey4090]

Poussey almost shot a military officer, but her dad stopped her . LAter it was revealed that that didnt land her in prison, so im still wondering how she got there.

[@chaste2376]

Trespassing and possession of Narcotics (Weed)

[@missporrige]

Yeah, 1/2 an ounce of weed landed her 6 years in Prison. :(

[@PedroRodriguez-bw2ow]

no, she had a bunch of joints, like a bag pack full of them

[@missporrige]

When they're doing the inquest about her in the last episode, they're looking at all of her files and they say she's in for 1/2 an ounce, so they can't find a reason to blame her for the incident.

[@PedroRodriguez-bw2ow]

+Georgie Thomas hmm I don't remember that, but how so if she gave away like 5 or 6 joints in new york and she said she still had left to sell and smoke?

[@ChaseGilliatt]

Its really weird seeing some of these characters that aren't there anymore.

[@Bubbles_Utonium]

You forgot that Nicky was in there for drugs and grant theft auto and crazy eye's story and a lot more

[@dawson3089]

this was posted in season 3, They didn't hear about Suzanne.

[@iamtaylorgolden]

do you not see when this was posted...? this was posted last year for season 3. it isn't revealed of why Suzanne is in prison until season 4 which literally came out days ago...

[@ItsJenniBear]

tbh i was a little confused about suzanne because they showed her going to a bday party but nothing more so this person might think they missed it lol. ALSO DONT SPOIL WHY SHES THERE I HAVENT WATCHED S4 YHET THX

[@catsandflowercrowns182]

+jennyeet No she's in prison for "kidnap" of a child and not letting her friend leave but she had the mental ability of a 4yr old and didn't understand. Watch it to understand more

[@dawson3089]

catsandflowercrowns 1 thats not true.

[@michellechambers5660]

Everybody in the show was so interesting to me like 😍except piper she just really got on my nerves.

[@NaesWorld111]

Michelle Howard literally the main character

[@mcherylyn]

Watching the very last season, I fast forwarded through Piper's scenes...she aggravated the hell out of me.

[@michellechambers5660]

Cheryl Em that is literally what I did too 😂😂even the very last episode

[@jeanlubin9878]

@@mcherylyn I watched Season 7 and I did the exact same thing. I never Piper.

[@happyhorse1028]

Michelle Howard likewise. She is really self centred, whinny and for someone who is well educated and articulate, incredibly stupid. Everyone else seems to love her. I also think Rosa and Watson are horrible people. Rosa made people fear for their lives and then laughed about it. Watson also made people feel that way and still doesn’t show any remorse or any accountability. She blames the boyfriend for her own stupidity and poor choices.

[@barbaralong4362]

claudette is in jail for human trafficking, they never caught her for the murder.

[@meredithlouise3415]

What? How do you know that?

[@barbaralong4362]

+Meredith Louise if she was found guilty of a violent crime, she would have been in max from the beginning. she was only caught for human trafficking so she got minimum security. she was sent to max after assaulting (choking) that one CO.

[@VelcroPajamas]

+barbara long then what about Frieda who is in for murdering four people?

[@alicemanderson9605]

She's older and could have moved to minimum due to good behaviour like the golden oldies.

[@SeriouslyNotNormal]

+barbara long It wasnt trafficking- it was because all her workers were illegal immigrants. She was illegally harbouring immigrants, thats why mr healy says "immigration laws have changed" when considering her plea

[@alanamiller3953]

Is anyone else FREAKING OUT about the ending? And the fact that it's going to be A YEAR before next season??!!! Shiiiit

[@naomitefera5108]

I AM!!

[@asiyaalhaddad]

I AMMM !

[@angelfaith3809]

Me !!!!

[@toph1578]

me, I still can't believe that she's gone....

[@grace7705]

omg yes!! what a cliffhanger

[@dogcat420]

When Watson went to the same High School your currently attending.

[@johanpersson8828]

you`re

[@MadDirectionerGirl]

*you’re. Clearly, it isn’t a very good school lmao

[@maellemasson2256]

Maddy Gowers LOL

[@jewell4332]

Hated her.. annoying

[@anaroselyn1]

That’s cool

[@moisturizingfacialcream2983]

Doggetts story is so ironic, people praised her because they thought she was prolife even though it was her 5th abortion

[@insecuree8194]

LITERALLY LMAO

[@yohannah5]

Her story was a paradox! 😂

[@antonymccamlie9662]

I was so annoyed when Taystey got locked up for life for killing Piscatella and it was literally the riot guards who framed her

[@JakeKoenig]

Which is a preposterous narrative considering that forensic science exists, and they would've seen his facial burns from the riot rounds (that only the guards possessed) and known that the bullet in his head was fired postmortem. But this show always had a tenuous relationship with reality.

[@mayarebolledo7749]

YOU DIDNT SHOW MISS CHANG

[@rileyhudson7406]

They haven't shown why she's in , unless it's for killing that one guy??

[@zogblob11]

+Maggie Hudson "that one guy"😂😂 people tend to go to prison for murder... she also took part in illegal snuggling

[@chloedominique1190]

+exandra shitttt..well my life is over

[@oof-rr5nf]

Illegal "snuggling"? How do I get into this racket?

[@gelalim88]

She killed a guy that rejected her for being ugly.

[@AlexRamirez-lu5cx]

I hope somehow they bring back Miss Claudette. Seeing the chemistry between her and Baptiste whenever he started visiting her made me cry I loved her.

[@Armored_Duchess]

I don't know if this is true or not, but I remember I was reading comments and one said that Miss Claudettes actor died. If this is real then I feel so bad; she was such a good actor.

[@flaritzalshellfire5952]

She's not dead. @@Armored_Duchess

[@Armored_Duchess]

OMG IM SO SORRY; I JUST REMEMBER SEEING SOME COMMENTS TALKING ABOUT IT. SORRY FOR THE FALSE INFO. :(

[@yeshiharegmelese5548]

Ms Claudette’s actor Michelle hurst was seriously injured in a car accident and placed in a 14 day coma that’s why she was not on the show

[@asshshhhh]

@@yeshiharegmelese5548 no it’s because she was upset and choked a c.o.

[@bodewelsh4918]

"No one fucks with cancer" Miss Rosa is so badass

[@demilee7466]

They should totally do a spin off series showing mendez in prison

[@MudFuzz]

omg i always think about him like "how well is he holding up"

[@docchicken960]

Boring

[@AlexTheCrayChick]

+kmorii ✧ nice pic

[@AlexTheCrayChick]

+kmorii ✧ thanks :-)

[@iReigning]

+kmorii ✧ you must of never seen the HBO series Oz then 😂

[@Vf46]

Why don't I remember seeing Daya's flashback scene?!

[@GrandAce]

I remember it

[@leilasylla4682]

It was in the first season

[@Vf46]

+Sylla Leila thank you, I'll have to re-watch that episode

[@sparklemotion1018]

+Vince F But we don't actually know why Daya's in prison. She didn't help with the drugs: that was Cesar's business, and Aleida helped him - that scene showing them packaging drugs was exposition for Aleida's incarceration, and Daya's home life. But we never saw Daya do anything but try to care for her siblings, become an artist, have a romance with Bennett (plus sex with Mendez and a fling with Cesar), go through hell with her pregnancy, and try to find her place in prison with her mom gone. They've made a point of not telling us why Daya is there - it makes her big moment at the end of Season 4 even more powerful, when she finally cracked.

[@hhhhhhhng4380]

+Sparklemotion101 she knew that her mom dealt drugs but obviously didnt call the cops so she was an accomplice, im also pretty sure Daya helped with the drugs after Aleida was in prison bc she needs money and Aleida isnt there to help Cesar

[@ririmari2717]

"You don't go Jessica Simpson when you got Rihanna" ... Truth, Morello 👌

[@oof-rr5nf]

Seeing this, it is astounding how well-developed each character's backstory is. This is show is da bomb.

[@GypsyRoseBlanchardisaliar]

I felt bad for taystee.....she was literally dragged into Vees drug selling

[@RackCityBunny]

sister jane is so badass

[@tailerstravels504]

what did she do?

[@findingmariaselvis]

+just tailer I think it something to do with protesting and a nuclear power plant. It could be trespassing maybe?

[@PedroRodriguez-bw2ow]

isn't it considered vandalism?

[@lily-pl6eo]

the show said she trespassed the nuclear site to protest

[@kikiw.3144]

Lily Vo aleida is hilarious

[@danielbotia988]

Anyone here after watching s7?

[@jessicamoore1314]

Daniel Botia Yep! Morello’s even more crazy than we thought.

[@Juspeachy13]

Jessica Moore, Morello had this ideal family in her head and she just couldn't let it go.

[@214msd3]

CJ I feel bad for that couple she killed and she got mental problems

[@florxinari8513]

Yeap . Turns out Red is in prison for the body they found in her refrigirator not for that lady's implant

[@jessicamoore1314]

flor xinari I thought it was for the criminal operation, not so much the body...

[@spiritually_drunk]

Yoga Jones... v_v I know she's not real but I really look up to her. I would be a complete wreck after that. But she's all about keeping peace.

[@CindyC720]

Agreed. Everytime I watch the episode with her back story I can't help but cry when she says "it was a mistake"

[@user-fe6xb9mo8q]

Cindy C what episode was it or the season?

[@CindyC720]

Alexandra Ponce Season 1 Episode 12 :)

[@bogdiworksV2]

do you know what a mandala is? haha.

[@irismoon6466]

poussey and crazy eyes shocked me

[@alexundmia01]

Same

[@mixboy79]

Poussey was in on some bullshit. Crazy eyes was sad I really feel bad for her

[@lostmoon7040]

wait so why did crazy eyes end up in there

[@irismoon6466]

+Neko Hellsing she invited a little bit back to her apt to play because u know she has a mind of a child she meant no harm just wanted company and the little boy tried to run away and ended up falling off of the fire escape

[@lostmoon7040]

+Mercedes West oh crap

[@liztentomybiz8038]

Y’all forgot how Bianca took the fall for a crime the old lady she was helping take care of.

[@moisturizingfacialcream2983]

She didnt deserve it 🥺🥺

[@lesliedavies8613]

Yoga's Jones back story always hurt my feelings 😭

[@fairyfag]

I've watched this video like, so many times because it's amazing but I need some Nicky, some Suzanne, some Poussey, some Tricia, some Norma, some Maritza, Flaca, Maria, Big Boo, like, where is everyone elseeeeeee

[@alexlopez6491]

Flaca is in prison because she was selling fake acid tabs and a kid tried to kill themselves while thinking he was on it

[@Beemonsterr]

This video was made over a year ago

[@Omgleandruh]

Norma pushed her husband off a cliff and Suzanne accidentally made a kid fall out the window

[@dubidooba7930]

Maritza backstory was fire

[@PedroRodriguez-bw2ow]

some spoilers for season 4: I think that nicky was because she stole a car or something, suzanne killed a kid, poussey for drugs, tricia because she tried to return something she stole and then tried to steal something else lol norma because she killed a cult leader guy, maritza for stealling cars, flaca because she pretended to sell drugs and some guy killed himself because he had placebo effect, and idk about boo

[@dawnrogers1920]

Just watched season 3 again. Remember with Lolly first entered Litchfied? When went on and on about how nice it was and how she was afraid she'd hear women screaming through the halls. Crazy how the writers played into her worse nightmare--when she was sent to psych, the first and only thing she heard was screaming through the halls. That scene was chilling!!!!

[@jensen9421]

I hadn't even realised how most of the characters hair grew so much from season 1-4

[@bogdiworksV2]

Sophia was slacking. Btw, they all really have nice hair in prison. The product sold at the commissary must be ace.

[@BlaxicanBeautyTV333]

I never seen this show, I'm going to start watching it.

[@reneediaz4494]

Maryam you won’t regret it

[@gelalim88]

Maryam It's amazing.

[@iosgaming8806]

It’s gets boring

[@hlove6263]

It's amazing !!!

[@nahimma1061]

iOS gaming damn

[@liveinyouralterlife7708]

Janaes story breaks my heart 😭

[@eves5297]

What was it? I was confused

[@kambrierose9859]

Eve Stoessel she got into a bad crowd and started robbing and got caught running away from the scene in that alley

[@eves5297]

@@kambrierose9859 Oh, thanks!

[@happyhorse1028]

Cady Xo I feel much more sympathy for her victims. Watson has never shown remorse, compassion for her victims or accountability for her actions and choices. She plays the victim and blames it all on the boyfriend.

[@hinatapatata8499]

Same 😣 i love her so much

[@mynamesyourswhatsaimee5613]

My favourite character is Rosa 😇

[@kaylachristine6453]

Omg profile goals 😍😍 and mine is Poussey

[@mynamesyourswhatsaimee5613]

toxicatemel ❤️❤️ Aw and I love her too

[@mynamesyourswhatsaimee5613]

How far are you into season 4? x

[@kaylachristine6453]

+My Name's Yours, What's Aimee? I've finished it :/

[@mynamesyourswhatsaimee5613]

Me too! I didn't want to spoil, the ending was so sad!

[@izzyjean8097]

I want to know more about red, her story is interesting. In season 4, in one of the episodes, Healy was really sad and stressed out in his office, red walked in asking if she could take a nap and she was talking to healy. Healy asked "red, when did you get here?" I think she sneaked her way into minimum..

[@luizaccampana]

Do part 2!! Please!! With Poussey, Crazy Eyes, Nicky, Flaca, Maritza, Miss Chang and any other missing...

[@michellemarie1197]

the character ranae really messed her life up, she could have went to college but she took the wrong path

[@asapangie]

Sooo from the series finale, it looks like Lorna did more than stalking Christopher and doing fraud

[@munkayttaja6913]

She threw a rock at a car and it crashed...

[@asapangie]

DL1982 Peters I know ..

[@gregoiremartineau4243]

Worth remembering that Lorna was also committing a whole lotta mail fraud.

[@bogdiworksV2]

Lorna's cons were the best.

[@spamsamwabam]

This was done so well! Please do an updated version of the more recent inmates! :)

[@carlyyanne8]

Miss Claudette never got caught for killing that guy she was arrested for smuggling those girls from another country and working them

[@djgulston]

I really liked Miss Claudette. I thought it was a real shame we never got to see more of her throughout the show.

[@DonsheaHopkins]

Omg look at me with the pink iPad, throwback 💞

[@allieshmallie6542]

just noticed that WAS you! thats super cool!

[@alwaysglistening]

Hey Raina!

[@richiceyt4490]

Donshea Hopkins you made a comeback on the new season sis

[@vcam9]

This is GOOOOEEEEWWWDDDD! Please continue with the rest of the characters

[@rainjackson6557]

i really needed this, thanks

[@MySPHOPHP]

What about Big Boo?

[@awakened_link1041]

I think she ran some sort of underground gambling ring... I'm pretty sure they mentioned it somewhere in s3 but I can't be sure.

[@mixboy79]

Yeah it was something like that.

[@para-yw9dn]

I still need to know why Poussey, Polly, & Gina are in prison and we probably will never find out because they're dead/barely even in the show anymore

[@dek3044]

best ever poussey mentioned once that she was in jail for dealing weed or something like that.

[@para-yw9dn]

@@dek3044 that's not the full story though its just a tiny part.. i wanted to see a scene of her that actually explains why

[@grace7705]

After seeing season three last year, I was so worried the show was just going downhill - season three was awwfuuul omfg.. But honestly season four is the best season yet! Already so pumped for season five but it's literally a year away lol.

[@relaxing9859]

hope you guys do an updated version soon!

[@Allahakbah]

THANK YOU FOR THIS swear this my favorite show

[@loitlois]

I just wanted a flashback of Frieda Berlin and the crimes she committed too. She's badass. 😂

[@kia1151]

"Aye you ever think about Jay Z and Beyonce fuckin? Like I do, more than myself even" This line will always crack me up

[@lil2muchnyocle]

I am just now getting hooked to this...the characters all great have to figure out who is my favorite.

[@metro121482]

Make a Part 2! The last few seasons gave us a lot more backstories!

[@keelanwalker4379]

Who is here because you finished season 5?

[@reneediaz4494]

Keelan Walker 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@gelalim88]

Just finished it yesterday!

[@northfloridafire]

Me

[@bluelips501]

I’m here because I finished season 6.

[@Rhedd30]

Tbh I do respect Claudettes reason I would have done that for a child too

[@coffinangel1515]

this video was so beautifully edited

[@KayleeCee]

We need an updated version of this.

[@fairrennicholson1286]

Can we get an updated version please 😭

[@MadDirectionerGirl]

I do not remember Pennsatucky's backstory at all except for when she got raped...I had no idea about the murder at the abortion clinic! Did I miss something?

[@nochillles9297]

you did miss it

[@princesslulu5795]

She slept around because she was taught by her mom that she should just go along with men's advances. Notice how in scenes where she's assaulted she shuts down because she didn't understand that that is not okay. Granted her actions (killing the nurse) were wrong but she seems pretty messed up. Many have heard insensitive comments from a doctor and most don't shoot them afterwards. To me it sounds like docs was trying to make a crude joke but something about it made Tiffany snap

[@newbkieran2597]

Maddy Gowers Isn't it ironic that Pennsatucky is so religious she used to stay far from the lesbians in the prison but she had all of her abortions?

[@brennahasselmann8075]

NewbKieran Pennsatucky became religious because she shot the lady at the clinic. Some anti-abortion protestors assumed she shot her for pro-life reasons and so they supported her during her trial. and then she converted to Catholicism but yea it's pretty ironic lol

[@princesslulu5795]

She isn't catholic she's evangelical christian.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Love the editing and music!

[@JennyofOldStones713]

LoL some of you need to re watch all the seasons, seriously! Half of you don't remember most of the flashbacks. They're there...just watch them!

[@tommasofaoro3278]

Yoga Jones deserves her own flashback episode

[@CaliAli14]

Poussey? Crazy Eyes? Nichols? Big Boo? Missing quite a few

[@RabbitEyes]

This came out last year, so some of these characters' backstories weren't shown yet when this was posted.

[@CaliAli14]

+RabbitEyes Yes but Poussey's and Nichols were revealed in maybe season 2 and that was awhile ago

[@LG_Hakubi]

I don't remember if they revealed in the series but I read an interview where Samira Wiley says Poussey got 6 years for trespassing and having a small amount of weed on her with the "intent to sell". It's suppose to contrast with the young cop in season 4 who was blatantly caught smoking and trespassing and got a slap on the wrist.

[@CaliAli14]

It was the party where she was in France or whatever because her dad was in the military and that's where he was stationed and she was partying about having sex with a girl and the dads walked in on them and poussey almost killed her girlfriend's dad

[@LG_Hakubi]

That was in Germany. She wouldn't have gone to prison in the US for a crime in Germany (that she almost did, mind you, her dad stopped her)

[@773Jordan]

Thank you for making this video

[@karibennett5847]

Makes me want to go back and watch some of the episodes again for a refreshing 🤔🤔

[@sabrinalancaster]

If you haven't watched the latest season DONT I REPEAT DONT READ THE COMMENTS!! Spoilers Galore!!!! Just a warning!! *Hope this helps for season 4 and all future seasons*

[@gmailuser275]

Claudette was my favorite ‼️‼️🤘👏

[@para-yw9dn]

ikr literally when i saw her background story & i was fucking cheering. murder is horrible but sometimes with situations like that i think it's excusable (ofc not in the justice system because there have to be specific rules & saying that all murder is off the table is easier & confining)

[@alan9783]

what happened to her i forgot

[@alan9783]

i’m only on shoes on 3 though so if it’s after that dint tell me

[@alan9783]

soeson

[@igraeb]

Such a good refresher

[@peaceLove1988]

Thank you so much I have just today got into SEASON 6 great reminder.

[@JannV111]

Washington deserved more 😪 And for those asking, the song is gansta by tune-yards

[@ChyloeReece]

They don't show why exactly Daya was condoned to a prison sentence. I get that her family was involved in drugs, but on what charge is Daya held?

[@RikXtreme4]

this needs to be updated with more characters

[@jenserena5395]

Thank you so much for this

[@liyanacool22]

lmao piper being annoyed when alex said that she wants to be her prison wife... little that she know 😂

[@marcelleyanari3694]

lol things have changed

[@vividevon7649]

I think Flaca's story might be the most common one rn

[@armani3554]

needed this !

[@yamigoops3977]

Oitnb might be the very first show where I legit love every character.

[@dasani.like.the.water.]

Miss Claudette went to prison for harbouring people illegally, not killing that dude.

[@noemyemma9035]

Whats the name of the older woman who killed 4 people in one year?

[@hannahelvete]

Freida

[@sarahr9192]

"I killed a cop with his own gun! ...oh, wait, did I get caught for that one?"

[@kaylachristine6453]

I love her 😂

[@ellielopez4823]

+Sarah R best line in the season lmao

[@williamfoote3094]

Frieda Gangsta ass

[@opalskyartwork]

this show has such great characterization

[@lonelyqueen86]

I am so excited for season 6! Miss this show!

[@user-xp3ld5gu3f]

Anyone here from the end of season 6

[@fourthgirl]

Most of these are state not federal crimes.

[@marlemaguilar924]

That's probably why they're in a minimum security prison

[@Mssparklez85]

+Marlem Aguilar Why would people who have murdered be in a minimum security prison?

[@marlemaguilar924]

+Lauren Some of the murders that happened seem to be accidents, so they were probably charged with manslaughter or other plead down charges, instead of Murder 1 or 2. And in Red's case, she had the mafia back her up with a really good lawyer to lower the charges against her. These are just some of my guesses tho.

[@michaelagurska387]

+Lauren maybe because it wasn't intentional or the inmates became harmless over the years so they got put in a minimum security prison . for example Freida etc or idk

[@Mssparklez85]

I guess so. A couple of them were intentional, like Pennsatucky', which I guess her victim didn't die but it was attempted and then Miss Claudette, she killed that guy even if she had a good reason, I'm sure the courts didn't see it that way...

[@teresadedos8492]

Could you do an update with the flashbacks from later seasons as well? 😊

[@ashleybrown9928]

This show brings back so many memories kinda like shameless. We'll never get shows like this again

[@nightcorebeatzx8652]

For real

[@user-ck4sm9lo3q]

I don't even watch orange is the new black why am I here

[@ChyloeReece]

Also, the silent one's story (I forget her name) the way she pushed that guy off the cliff, badass! (or was that season 3?)

[@happyhorse1028]

ChyloeReece Norma. I don’t understand why his death wasn’t ruled accidental. Lol 😂 the police interviews must have been a nightmare.

[@laminage]

Uzo Aduba who plays Crazy Eyes is on the Cover of Essence The Longest Running African American Women's Magazine that debuted in 1970 and the Other Cast Members also were on the Cover.

[@muckymucks]

Anything that has to do with drugs shouldn’t be a crime. If people want to do them they should be able to do them.

[@aafx3083]

Well unfortunately that’s not how it works. The reason for drugs being illegal is because of substance abuse which could lead to bigger tragedies. I’m guessing that’s why the government decided to make it illegal so it wouldn’t cause bigger issues. It’s not the drug itself that’s bad, it’s the people who use them.