Orange Is The New Black is really a good show, and much different compared to other shows which are currently high rated.

The writers don't need that long to build up the characters. This is what I don't like at the beginning of many shows, because most of the time this is the boring part - until the whole story starts to develop. In Orange Is The New Black you got kicked in right from the start.

The actors are really good . All of them. And well written; and I got to admit that my favorite character is "Red". Not just because Kate Mulgrew played Captain Kathrin Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager, but because the character is build up so strong, and she's got so many facets.

You also get to know her in more backflashes (that explains how the people got into the prison). Some TV shows are using backflashes as well to explain some things, and usually I find that annoying, because it is a hard cut in the current plot; but the director in Orange Is The New Black is doing that so well, that it doesn't me bother at all - just the opposite: I want to know why the women got in there.

After watching the first three episodes I wrote that the show shouldn't be drama. It should be a comedy show. That is not true, after I watched the other episodes. Yes, there are funny scenes in it, but it defiantly got the strong drama parts as well.

I highly recommend to give this show a try, because you might wanna love it!

**MY THOUGHTS ON ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK:**

_**-WARNING: Spoilers Below-**_

Orange Is the New Black is a breath of fresh air to the prison genre. I usually find movies or tv shows about prisons quite samey and boring but they added something new with this. It was filled with hilarious scenes, emotional scenes and sometimes even brutal scenes. It had a lot of realism in it and showed you the hardships that some women have to go through in prison.

Of course with most TV Shows it had it's downfalls with some plots dragging on a bit too much or irritating characters (I'm looking at you Pennsatucky) but it never ruined this show in my eyes. It was always worth watching and it was always funny. Each season had an interesting enough plot to want you to carry on watching it but was fresh from the last season.

My main issue with this show was that it dragged out things too much, for example the riot season was far too long. They dragged that on for as long as they possibly could and unfortunately it ended up ruining that specific ark. Besides that though it was always good and consistently good.

**Overall rating: 8/10**

Wow! This must be my favourite ever TV show. It has totally blown me away. I’m very reserved about giving ratings with my average being 65% but this was 100%. Loved and lived every moment and felt every emotion there is. The basic premise is simple. Middle-class white, Piper Chapman gets put in jail and a very different environment than she’s used to and with very different people. That’s it really. Sounds simple and depressing. But as we learn more about the people in her new social circle we learn that they each have their own, often tragic, story and explanation of how they got there and how they became the person they now are. Based on the real-life experience of Piper Kerman, it raises questions of corporate for-profit prisons, race, inequality and many social issues. Although a depressing situation and premise, the perfectly scripted, cast and acted intertwined stories throw often hilarious moments into the story. I’ve spent many moments laughing at the same time as crying through these series. This is an experience beyond TV.