Right from the trailer I was super excited about this. I enjoyed Jenji Kohan's Weeds enough, so wanted to see what she was up to next. It was fun to see some of the actors that appeared in the last seasons of that series show up here - and now it explains why Natasha Lyonne was in the Weeds finale!
The best television series give us a window into a world we don't know, and present us with some form of unique family unit - this does both in spades. They could have gone really cliched with the fish-out-of-water stuff - but Piper, as she states, learns about becoming herself in prison - and that's part of the point of the show, I think. The tone here works quite well, it's light in moments, but it's always grounded in a little bit of a harsh reality. The more the series goes along the more layers of relationships we get and it's really really worth investing the time in.
I'm a fan of the way that Netflix releases their series. There's some beauty in waiting for another episode, but it's nice to also go through a story at your own pace.
So if you've got Netflix and you haven't started on this series then you've got absolutely no excuse. It could very well be my favorite of their originals so far. Do yourself a favor and check it out ASAP.
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