Quote Originally Posted by Calliope View Post
(SPOILER)-If Taystee is so good with numbers, etc., then wouldn't she be more likely to have landed on her feet when she got out last season?
(SPOILER)Sure she'd be more likely. But being slightly more likely than not the least bit likely is still a big hurdle to overcome. Especially when you're a black woman who came from an underpriveleged background, don't really have anywhere to live and everyone you know that you might be able to rely on is likely to land you back inside anyway.

Quote Originally Posted by Calliope View Post
(SPOILER)While I think of it, Polly is pretty terrible! Sure, her husband up and left her after becoming a new father, but he came back; and her response was to just throw their relationship away on what boils down to a hormone-and-resentment driven whim.
(SPOILER)I'm going to have to disagree with you on this. It was pretty obvious in season 1 that her husband was a bit of a scatter brained jackass who couldn't really cut the relationship and fatherhood stuff all that well. And season 2 just drove that home completely. I don't care what your wife who just gave birth says, you don't just up and leave for a month and stick her with a new born to take care of. The level of irresponsibility that takes is truly staggering. Leaving him was inevitable. Leaving him for Larry just happened because Larry took more of an interest in her and the babies well being than her husband ever did, even when he was still with Piper. It certainly may be a bit of a rash decision for her to get together with Larry, but her leaving her husband does not make her terrible. It makes her a sane human being who's able to recognize when her partner isn't any good for her or the baby on a long term, day to day basis.