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00:00Now this year, I'm loving someone who deserves me.
00:04Me.
00:06While the countless story arcs of Orange is the New Black
00:09may have seemed to ramble or digress at times over the years,
00:12in the show's final season, each character arrives at a neat resolution,
00:17shedding light on what her arc has really been all about.
00:19Before, my life was just, and now my life is the bear.
00:28If you look closer, the series uses each person's ending
00:31to encapsulate a distinct message or central theme of the show.
00:35Come see my room.
00:37It's a celebration of maximalism.
00:40Oh, my.
00:41So in the third video of our series on how Orange is the New Black ended,
00:45we're looking at the deeper meaning in the conclusions of Red,
00:48Nikki, Suzanne, and Alex.
00:51Here's our take.
00:52You really have to think of your time here as a mandala.
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01:31Red's ending illustrates the dangers of anger,
01:34as well as the perils of aging without a safety net.
01:37On one level, Red's story is a cautionary tale about hanging on to rage,
01:41stop hitting walls and plot your revenge.
01:45Matching the trademark hair color that spawned her nickname,
01:48Galena Red Reznikov is a fiery person full of tough spirit.
01:53The second you are perceived as weak, you already are.
01:58The series immediately introduces her as a powerhouse who rules the prison kitchen
02:02and reigns as the proud mother of her prison family.
02:05Thank you, mommy.
02:09In light of this vibrant portrait of strength,
02:11it's particularly heartbreaking when this character,
02:14who once seemed unbreakable,
02:15is diagnosed with early onset dementia in the final season.
02:19I can't say how quickly, but eventually you'll need assistance
02:22with all the activities of daily life.
02:27Yet if we look closer,
02:29Red's decline has been a longer, more gradual story.
02:32As we get to know this dynamo over the years,
02:35we observe that her inner fire,
02:37in addition to making her ferociously loving,
02:39also leads her to cling to anger.
02:42You called my food disgusting.
02:46You're getting starved to death!
02:50Which, over time, corrodes her from the inside.
02:53So they can put me on a leash and feed me food, too,
02:55for the rest of my life.
02:57They can drag me out of this kitchen when I die.
03:00And the painful fate that befalls her is,
03:02at least in part, caused by her inability to let go of all this rage.
03:07A big trigger of Red's mental deterioration
03:09is the unthinkable torture inflicted on her and her family
03:12by sadistic rogue CO Desi Piscatella.
03:16But Piscatella only gets into Lichfield during the riot
03:19because Red lets him in, hoping to get revenge.
03:22Oh, did mommy not tell you about her secret plan?
03:24You were gonna catfish me into a mousetrap, and then what?
03:28Stab me to death with your sharp Russian wit?
03:32Her long isolation in Shu then causes irrevocable damage
03:36to her long-term health.
03:37But she's placed there because she attacks Frida in a fury
03:40over her friend's betrayal.
03:42Lock me in the eye, cowards!
03:45Back off!
03:48You were my friend, how cool are you?
03:52As admirable as it is that Red values loyalty and honesty above all,
03:56and holds herself to a high standard in relationships,
03:59It's about character.
04:02It's about who shows up for you and who you show up for.
04:05Her inability to overcome passionate grudges and disappointments
04:08causes her to suffer more than any of the people she vows to punish.
04:12You're off to the shoe. Looks like you ruined things all on your own.
04:15I trusted you, Frida, and you threw me to the walls like a bag of old feet!
04:20Because she won't curb her emotional reaction toward Frida,
04:23she misses the opportunity to meet her grandchildren for the first time.
04:27So her hot-headed impulsivity directly harms her long-term happiness.
04:31How can I sleep knowing Frida's in Florida living the life of Riley
04:35while I'm stuck in this set school,
04:38missing all the good years with my grandchildren?
04:40Just as Red won't let go of past events,
04:43her past won't let go of her.
04:45As the series ends, she desperately attempts to obtain forgiveness
04:49from the mother of a young man whose death she unintentionally caused long ago.
04:53Galeena, thank you very much for your advice.
04:56Ilyusha was a real mom's son.
04:59We didn't need him.
05:01But when the mother denies her this grace, adding insult to injury,
05:05Red's told that she's already received this rejection.
05:08She said that you already sent her that same letter ten years ago,
05:13the same apology.
05:14She said she didn't forgive you then, and she isn't ready to forgive you now.
05:19And we can only assume her ailing mind will drive her to repeat this
05:23humiliating emotional distress again.
05:25It's a fate that captures Red's essential problem.
05:39When you refuse to give up past hurts and grievances,
05:42you're sentenced to relive that pain over and over.
05:46Even if she won't forgive, though, time will force her to forget.
05:50And Red's forgetting creates a personal hell for her in the form of Frida.
05:55Galena Rezlakov.
05:57And you are?
05:59Berlin.
06:00Frida Berlin.
06:02Nice to meet you, Frida Berlin.
06:04Red is doomed to live beside this woman she's forgotten she hates,
06:08only to intermittently remember long enough to be tortured
06:11by the knowledge that her burning desire for revenge is forever thwarted.
06:15I remember!
06:18I'm gonna wait it out till you lose your mind again.
06:22And then maybe we'll play a few hands again.
06:25I'll kill you!
06:26In addition to teaching these lessons about anger,
06:29Red's bleak ending is a devastating portrait of how the tragedy of aging
06:34is exacerbated by destructive, callous institutions.
06:38Red's diagnosis is all the more sad because it could have been avoided.
06:42The prison is directly responsible for triggering and accelerating
06:46her health issues through locking her up in shoe.
06:49The rapid progression was probably caused by an acute case of delirium
06:53that began while you were isolated in the segregated housing unit.
06:57It also rewarded and tolerated the dangerous Piscatella.
07:00Red's story illustrates how environments like Litchfield
07:04not only don't provide for the special needs of old age,
07:07but even actively damage elderly people and worsen their problems.
07:11This is a very relevant observation given that the elderly population in prisons
07:15is rapidly growing, and now higher than ever,
07:18with close to 200,000 people in American prisons aged 55 and older.
07:23For as long as we've known her,
07:25Red's personality has been synonymous with the iconic shade of her locks.
07:29It's red.
07:30But as she stops dying her hair and lets it go gray,
07:34this visually reflects her fading health and mind,
07:37and signals even that she's becoming less herself.
07:40The Red we first got to know was impossible to defeat,
07:43the leader who mothered and took care of those weaker than her.
07:47You gotta hit rock bottom before you know which direction to go in.
07:50In most stories, this character would inevitably triumph over anything you threw at her.
07:56So the unremitting misery of her ending,
07:59the fact that she can't get back up again sends a clear message
08:03about how impossible it is to overcome a world that's fully stacked against you.
08:07Happily Ever After was invented for the storybooks,
08:10so kids reach breathing aids without killing themselves.
08:13As Red ceases to feel like herself,
08:16the one silver lining is that someone else becomes the new Red at Litchfield.
08:21Nicky Nichols' ending is about paying forward the kindness you've benefited from.
08:31As the series wraps up, Nicky's longtime prison family unravels,
08:35"...the band is broken up."
08:37feeling guilty that she failed to read the signs of Red's
08:39and Lorna's worsening mental illness earlier,
08:42"...so don't take this the wrong way,
08:43but you've been with her this entire time, and you didn't know."
08:48Nicky scrambles in vain to keep the family together,
08:51even neglecting Shani, the new woman she's fallen for,
08:54and failing to say goodbye before she's deported.
08:57Her belief that she's let her loved ones down calls back to Season 4,
09:01when Red learns that Nicky has relapsed into drug use
09:04and blames herself for not noticing sooner.
09:07"...I failed you."
09:08But in this case, there's nothing Nicky could have done to change Red's outcome.
09:12And likewise, even if she could keep Lorna in D-Block with her like she tries to,
09:17it wouldn't be enough to give her friend what she needs.
09:20"...she needs more help than you or me can give her."
09:22So, in the end, Nicky takes Red's place as the new prison mother to other inmates,
09:28a succession that's visually signaled through her sporting Red's
09:31signature bold red lipstick and nail polish.
09:34From her surrogate mom, Red,
09:36"...hi mom, I need to talk to you about something important."
09:39who shepherded her through the darkest times in her addiction,
09:42Nicky learned what supportive parenting looks like.
09:44"...no one was gonna get you some mouthwash.
09:46A clean mouth makes you feel better."
09:49When Red gave her prison daughter permission to incriminate her to the federal agents in
09:53order for Nicky to avoid a long sentence,
09:57she showed what it means to be a true mother,
10:00a far cry from the narcissistic, neglectful parents Nicky was born with.
10:04"...you go straight to your father's house."
10:06"...no, no, I'm not taking her."
10:08"...oh, of course, I'm stuck with her. What else is new?"
10:10"...I don't want to."
10:11So thanks to what she's learned from her mom about providing active love,
10:15Nicky is equipped to pass on that nurture to others who can use her help.
10:20She employs recovering addicts in her kitchen, offering the support she once badly needed.
10:25"...day three of detox is rough. Here's a bucket. Just get it out, we'll keep going."
10:31Thus, she exemplifies the lesson that,
10:33while we may badly desire to pay back the kindnesses we've received,
10:37more often, life offers us the opportunity to pay them forward.
10:41And in this, we find true satisfaction and self-actualization.
10:45"...you're gonna be okay."
10:52Suzanne Warren's story illustrates the power of embracing your own unique perspective.
10:58She begins the series dubbed Crazy Eyes by her fellow inmates,
11:01and is introduced to us through white middle-class Piper's eyes as a scary threat.
11:06"...this is my wife here, so you need to step... I will touch you!"
11:11Underlining how people with mental health issues,
11:13especially people of color, are frequently misjudged to be violent or frightening.
11:19"...her name is Crazy Eyes, and she follows me everywhere."
11:21"...that really happens? Geez. What kind of crazy?"
11:25"...they're just crazy. They're just full of crazy. It's terrifying."
11:28But over the course of the series, Suzanne repeatedly disproves the false
11:32and reductive assumptions others make about her,
11:35and she gradually empowers herself by expanding the scope of her understanding.
11:40"...it turns out I'm a fixer, like Olivia Pope."
11:43Early in the series, her mood instability, impulsivity,
11:46and difficulties reading social cues make it hard for her to form stable relationships,
11:51and vulnerable to manipulation.
11:52"...V says I did it. V is a liar. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
12:01She is a truth-teller. She told me that."
12:04Though this Shakespeare-quoting erotica writer clearly possesses high intelligence,
12:09"...whose loves I prize as the dead carcasses of unburied men that do corrupt my air."
12:17She has a child's emotional maturity and grasp of how the world at large works.
12:22"...because sometimes people just don't want to play with you, and that's okay."
12:25Actress Uzo Aduba has said that the stage directions described her character as
12:30"...innocent like a child."
12:31And while she remains an innocent at heart,
12:33her story in Orange is the New Black is one of growing up.
12:37"...I'm growing up. It's hard, but it's happening."
12:44She develops emotional maturity through forming healthy relationships
12:47with people who get her and appreciate her for who she is.
12:51Even though she never really gets the level of professional help she needs,
12:55thanks in large part to the support of these caring individuals,
12:58she develops her self-understanding and her ability to socially engage.
13:03"...Thank you. Always trying to make things better. I got a lot to learn from you."
13:10Her deeper nature as a fiercely protective person
13:13who wants more than anything to be loved gets to be expressed positively,
13:17and she increasingly finds her voice through creative outlets like writing.
13:22"...This is like Christmas gifts and hide-and-seek and cooking souffles
13:25and bathroom stalls, no peeking."
13:28In the final season, when she faces the truth she's repressed
13:31that Tasty has been wrongfully convicted,
13:33Suzanne takes a big step forward in acknowledging that the world can be wrong.
13:38"...Tasty. Didn't kill anyone, right? But the court says that she's a murderer."
13:45This revelation unbalances her, since, like a child,
13:49she's dependent on the comfort of believing that the world is as it ought to be.
13:53"...The court system actually made a mistake."
13:57"...Big what? The court system always makes mistakes."
14:00"...Oh, yuck it!"
14:01As she opens up to this more adult-like view of the flawed world as it is,
14:06eventually Suzanne even comes to the revelation that she doesn't deserve to be in Litchfield.
14:12"...I deserve to be her. I hurt a boy. Dylan."
14:16"...Wait, but you're, you're crazy.
14:18I'm a special brain, whatever."
14:22because her mental condition prevented her from knowing she was committing a crime.
14:26"...Do I deserve to be here?"
14:27"...You deserve to be in a facility that can help you with your cognitive difference."
14:32"...But I'm not, Mom. I'm here."
14:36And the final season sees her analyzing the social dynamics of the prison's chicken coop
14:41as a microcosm of her social environment,
14:43interpreting the chicken's behavior as an analogy for debates about how to treat inmates.
14:48"...I isolated the offender away from the other chickens."
14:51"...You put the chicken in the shoe?"
14:53"...A shoe has a negative connotation."
14:56Her painful progress toward grasping complex problems and injustice
15:00underlines the importance of looking directly and honestly at dysfunction in the world,
15:05even though this is difficult for all of us to do.
15:08"...Petuck hated chicken shoe.
15:10Thought it was cruel and think she might be right."
15:14By the end, Suzanne comes to own the differentness of her special brain,
15:18and inspires others to do the same.
15:20"...You're not dumb.
15:21You just got a special brain, like me."
15:23In many ways, Suzanne is the soul of Orange is the New Black.
15:27"...There is a long history in this country of putting-taking,
15:31and it divides along chocolate and vanilla lines."
15:34"...Also, butterscotch. That's the natives."
15:37The show is full of admiration for her sensitive, funny,
15:41loving outlook toward the world, expressed through her one-of-a-kind mind.
15:45"...When I look into their chicken faces, I just understand them.
15:48I think it's because I think of them as people."
15:50The writing takes pains to point out how poorly our system
15:53takes care of pure, vulnerable people like her,
15:56repeatedly highlighting the prison-industrial complex's
16:00failure to properly treat mental illness.
16:02"...Heller, you need your medication."
16:05"...I need my medication!"
16:07But ultimately, the show uses Suzanne's journey as inspiration,
16:11to remind us that understanding empowers, and accepting what's unique about us,
16:17is a superpower.
16:18"...What is it you really want?
16:20Ice cream.
16:23And justice."
16:29Alex Voss comes to represent the inability to escape your past.
16:34"...It didn't matter what choices we made.
16:36We would have ended up right here,
16:38on this f***ing bed."
16:41For much of the show, Alex tries unsuccessfully to get free
16:45from her previous life working for an international drug cartel.
16:49"...I wish I could do this all over again, but I can't."
16:51When she manages to get released from prison,
16:54she's consumed with the fear that she'll be killed by her former kingpin
16:57as punishment for testifying against him.
17:00"...I'm skipping town."
17:01"...You can't."
17:02"...I don't have a choice.
17:03These people know where I live."
17:05And she quickly ends up back in prison for violating her probation.
17:09While her paranoia later reaches such heights that she seems to be losing her sanity,
17:14"...You stop making light of this.
17:17There is a very real possibility that he would send someone for me."
17:22Her fears are justified when a guard attempts to murder her.
17:25"...You don't have to do this."
17:28"...Yeah, I do."
17:29For most of her time behind bars, and especially near the end of the show,
17:33when she hopes to join her wife Piper on the outside,
17:36Alex is determined to keep a low profile and not add any more time to her sentence.
17:41But she's unable to distance herself from the person she used to be.
17:45Her natural talent for criminal activity gets noticed,
17:48and she's forced to sell contraband by multiple guards.
17:51"...I am not your Maria Goldgrace.
17:53I know what happens if that opens up my stomach. I die."
17:56"...I'm one of the good ones. This is all new to me."
17:58"...Not anymore.
18:00You're forcing me to sell drugs for you."
18:02Meanwhile, from the very start of the series,
18:04Alex must confront her personal past when her former lover, Piper,
18:07arrives at Litchfield.
18:09As the series goes on, all the events in Alex's and Piper's past
18:13continue to resurface and haunt their relationship.
18:16"...Look at what we're doing. It's not working.
18:19Fighting, cheating, and negotiating."
18:21"...Haven't we always?"
18:22"...Yes."
18:23After Piper learns Alex named her as an accomplice, landing her in jail,
18:28she's the whole f***ing reason you're in there.
18:31How does it feel to be in love with the woman who ruined our lives?
18:34This betrayal leads to resentment and revenge, creating more wounds.
18:39"...I'm really f***ing angry because I love you, Alex.
18:43I love you and I f***ing hate you."
18:46Meanwhile, the reason Alex implicated Piper was already partly as payback for her ex
18:51leaving her when she was emotionally distraught over her mom's death.
18:55Much later in their relationship, again, Alex fears that Piper will bail
18:58when it's no longer convenient, leading her to act out in destructive ways.
19:02"...Because her life is out there now. And I was scared that you would leave me."
19:07The affair she starts with her CO, McCullough, repeats a toxic past pattern, too,
19:12as we find out that Alex had another girlfriend when she first began seeing Piper.
19:16"...This is what you do. You are so afraid of losing control that you just
19:22blow s*** up before anyone can hurt you."
19:24Eventually, Alex tries to release Piper from their unofficial marriage,
19:28feeling that these unhealthy cycles can't be overcome.
19:31"...Pipes, there's just been too much bad s***."
19:34But in the end, Alex finds silver linings in her inability to leave history behind her.
19:39When she's transferred to a maximum security prison in Ohio,
19:42she happily reunites with former friends from Litchfield.
19:46So this time, we see her reconnecting with her past in a positive light.
19:49"...Hey, Jones, what does Judy Kim look like naked?"
19:52And Piper makes the decision to stand by her wife,
19:55even though it's messy and hard,
19:57vowing that they'll give themselves a fresh start.
20:00"...And a clean slate."
20:01So ultimately, the solution to Alex's personal hell
20:05of being trapped by a dysfunctional past is to stop resisting this.
20:09"...I just want you to know how sorry I am
20:12for the f*** up detour you took with me."
20:15"...You're not a detour from my life. You are my life."
20:21You can find peace by accepting what's behind you,
20:23embracing the chaotic person you still are,
20:26and not expecting more of yourself than slow, steady progress.
20:30"...Look, life gets messy sometimes. You gotta learn you can't always fix it."
20:38Watch out for our next Orange is the New Black video on how the remaining characters ended.
20:42"...You'll be back. Humans are narrative junkies."
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