Orange Is The New Black: 5 Ups And 5 Downs From Season 3
8. Alex And Piper Reunited - Down
Alex and Piper were separated last season, and whether as a direct result of that or not the latters character suffered. It was easy to understand why they decided to bring Alex back in season 3 then. Piper was the one who caused Alex to return to Litchfield, and the show works out this conflict by having them engage in an angry, twisted relationship, before they realise that they do love each other, but then Piper gets bored of her and leaves her for Stella. It worked insofar that it showed Piper can work without Alex, as her story got better once it left the relationship stuff further behind and instead focused more on her criminal empire selling used underwear. The whole on-again, off-again, love-to-hate-but-hate-to-love saga between the two had already been done, and the show probably didnt need to revisit again.
NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far.
A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.
