Orange Is The New Black Season 2: 12 Things That Should Happen
9. Fresh Meat
One of the biggest scraps thrown to the fans, starved of any season two knowledge, was the reveal of new faces in the upcoming seasons teaser trailer. With a show like Orange, there needs to be a fluctuating cast. After all, in the first thirteen episodes one character died and another brooding favourite, Miss Claudette, was shipped down the hill to maximum security. A defining tenet of a prison-based drama is the influx of new inmates - its inevitable. With specific cliques already established to the viewers, any new additions will keep things fresh, and invigorate any dwindling plot lines. One such newcomer confirmed in the trailer is Yvonne Vee Parker (Lorraine Toussaint). An old adversary of Reds (A woman I knew a long time ago came back in yesterday) she knows from way back Vee is either a returning inmate, or an acquaintance from the outside world. You could hazard a guess and say the pair of feisty convicts met prior to their incarceration as Vee was a drug dealer who used kids as runners. She seems eager for friction, another pic has her being threatened by Mendoza. Another segment of the preview reveals a line-up of new inmates undergoing what appears to be their intake into the prison, assisted by Morello. One cowering newbie admits This is not how I imagined prison to be at all. Sounds like Chapman from season one...
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