I have to agree with Calliope. I enjoyed the season (and did, in fact, lose most of my weekend -- including almost all of Saturday -- to watching it), but less so than the first one. The flashbacks seemed more random, less interesting, and less revealing (especially all of Poussey's), and except for some of the subplots, there was even less social commentary about issues broader than prison conditions. Also how bad did Piper's lawyer have to be so that: 1) she didn't know she was being transferred to testify, and 2) didn't work out some sort of early-release deal with the feds in exchange? (the answer is "very bad")

It was nice not to have all of the inmates all happy and like each other, though. Vee was a welcome, and deservedly hated, bad guy. Nichols was great as always. Pornstache was a great cameo, especially for him to get busted.