Beginning of the End

Piper must trade her comfortable New York life for an orange prison jumpsuit when her decade-old relationship with a drug runner catches up with her.

Shocking revelations and new arrivals shake up the lives and relationships of Litchfield's prisoners.

New business interests, spiritual movements and parental problems upend lives and ignite power struggles among Litchfield's residents and guards.

New faces and old resentments make for a potentially volatile blend, especially now that Litchfield is a for-profit business.

The power dynamics at Litchfield shift dramatically as the inmates react to a tragedy in an explosive new season.

In the wake of the riot, some of the women are sent to Litchfield Max, where a deadly rivalry between cellblocks has raged for decades.

A recently paroled Piper tries to get back on her feet while life in Litchfield, as corrupt as ever, goes on without her.