Orange Is the New Black Season 6 Episode 4 Cast

Orange Is the New Black season six trailer

Orange Is The New Black dropped on Netflix on Friday, 27 July last year. Seasons one to six are available to stream and download on Netflix now. A release date for the seventh final season has been confirmed and will premiere on Netflix on Friday, July 26.

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This series was one of the most dramatic yet as the Litchfield inmates were separated and some transferred to a maximum-security prison following the riot that occurred in season five.

Piper (played by Taylor Schilling), Alex (Laura Prepon), Red (Kate Mulgrew), Gloria (Selenis Leyva), Maria (Jessica Pimentel), Marisol (Jackie Cruz) Suzanne (Uzo Abuba), Frieda (Dale Soules) Flaca (Laura Gomez), Nicky (Natasha Lyonne), Daya (Dascha Polanco), Taystee (Danielle Brooks), Cindy (Adrienne C. Moore) and Lorna (Yael Stone) had all been transferred to Litchfield's maximum-security prison.

Season six followed the inmates struggle to cope with life in max surrounded by prison gangs, abusive guards and new faces.

New cast members include Daddy (Vicci Martinez), villain Madison A.K.A Badison (Amanda Fuller) and murderous sister duo Barb (Mackenzie Phillips) and Carol Denning (Henny Russell).

Taystee Jefferson (Danielle Brooks) is used as a scapegoat for the death of Desi Piscatella (Brad William Henke), who was killed by one of his own men accidentally when they stormed Litchfield prison to end the season five.

Throughout season six, fans see her prepare for her trial in which she is accused of second-degree murder with the verdict being delivered in the final episode.

WILL THERE BE ANOTHER SERIES OF OITNB?

Blanca believes she will be free but is taken to an immigration detention centre in the final episod (Image: NETFLIX)

What happened at the end of Orange Is The New Black season 6?

The tear-jerking finale of Orange Is The New Black touched on numerous issues including mental health, family, corruption, immigration, feminism, racism, the Black Lives Matter movement and prison reform.

A lot happened in the finale leaving a few characters major cliffhangers to be followed in season seven and closing the book on others.

Heart-breaking scenes revealed Taystee was wrongly found guilty of the murder of Desi Piscatella and was sentenced to life in prison.

His death was a massive cover-up by the SWAT team who stormed Litchfield to end the riot in season five.

One of Desi's own trigger-happy men shot him dead accidentally after mistaking him for an inmate.

Former prison warden Joe Caputo (Nick Sandow), who was a witness during Taystee's trial, chased the SWAT team member down the hall after the verdict, telling him he knew what really happened and that he will pay for it.

Caputo then turns up drunk at an MCC event, suggesting he is going to expose what really happens but his girlfriend Natalie Figueroa (Alysia Reiner) stops him before he can.

There is hope that Taystee will appeal against her sentence which is a potential storyline in season seven.

WHERE IS BOO IN OITNB SEASON 6?

Taystee is sentenced to life imprisonment in the final episode OITNB (Image: NETFLIX)

Blanca Flores (Laura Gomez) was told she was being given early release but instead of being led out to her boyfriend on the outside, she was taken to an immigration detention centre.

The camera then cut to Linda Ferguson (Beth Dover) celebrating after the company who run the prison, MCC, partnered with ICE (Immigration Crime Engagement). MCC will now run and operate immigration detention centres which may explain Blanca's upsetting fate.

It was also revealed that despite her attempts to get pregnant in prison with the help of Nicky (Natasha Lyonne), Blanca did not conceive.

Pregnant Lorna Morello (Yael Stone) went into a worryingly early labour and both Gloria (Selenis Leyva) and Red (Kate Mulgrew) were taken to the SHU (solitary confinement). Gloria has been taken there after she tries to confront the guards about their "fantasy inmate" game and Red is taken for assaulting Freida over her betrayal.

WHO ARE THE NEW GUARDS IN OITNB?

Piper is released at the end of season 6 (Image: NETFLIX)

The finale also saw the death of new cast members, murderous sister duo Barb (Mackenzie Phillips) and Carol Denning (Henney Russell).

The two sisters murder each other near a supply closet, where they both arranged to meet to plan to kill Frieda (Dale Soules) in an act of revenge.

Frieda was Carol's ex-friend and both sisters prison rival. The sisters detest Frieda after she turned in Carol's drug stash to a prison guard in exchange for a guaranteed transfer to another prison 30 years ago.

Carol blamed the missing drugs on her sister Carol, leading to a violent fight during a kickball game. The drug stash and fight added 30 years to their 25-year-long sentences.

Viewers last see Carol with a shiv in her back and Barb with a stab wound to the neck.

The absence of Carol and Barb from the C Block versus D block kickball game results in the two prison blocks coming together to play the sport instead of breaking out into a full-on gang war as originally planned.

Alex and Piper had a prison wedding, officiated by Nicky (Natasha Lyonne) but the biggest twist came in the final episode when the latter was granted early release.

OITNB is based on the memoir of Piper Kerman, who served 13 months of her 15-month prison sentence in a minimum security prison.

Executive producer Tara Herrmann told The Hollywood Reporter: "Of course the thought of releasing Piper has come up in previous seasons because the real Piper's sentence was 15 months and we want to make sure that we can fully tell the story of what it's like for Piper on the outside."

The final scenes of season sixseesPiper being reunited with her brother Cal. She gets in the car with him and he asks her what she is going to do next with her life, Piper just stares blankly forward and replies "I don't know" before the screen fades to orange.

Season seven is likely to follow Piper on the outside whilst her wife, Alex, has four more years left on her sentence in MAX.

Perhaps Piper will write the memoir she mentioned at the beginning of season six now that she is free.

Orange Is The New Black season 6 is on Netflix now

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Orange Is the New Black Season 6 Episode 4 Cast

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