Three seasons in, just about everyone on the show is loveable. This makes for a thoroughly enjoyable, but not particularly varied or gripping viewing experience: the show tugs the same heartstrings, works the same funny bones.
Orange remains as sharp and funny and poignant as ever. And with each year, it becomes as self-aware and self-deprecating as the blonde woman who introduced us to the place.
In the extended picture, it looks like season three might be playing a bit more with the larger concept of freedom - through the lens, naturally, of those who don't have it.
Even in episodes which feature the backstories of the show's male characters, Orange is a show about women -- a show that is so powerful because it shouts against the idea that a single "strong female character" equals diversity.
Orange Is the New Black makes good on its promise for binge-worthy television, by doling out the rewards for marathon viewing in evenly spaced plot developments and mild tension.
