It would seem 2019 is the time
for some major multi-season series to finally wrap up their storylines. The
most prominent example of that had been HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” which started
in 2011 with some early-teen supporting cast members, who were well into being
young adults (and main cast) by the time the medieval fantasy show completed
its eighth and final season earlier this year. Soon, another hit series, this
time on streaming, will see its gripping storyline of women’s prison life come
to a close. “Orange is the New Black” on Netflix is set to premiere its seventh
and last season next month.
CNN tells us that Netflix has put up its first trailer for the
conclusion of “Orange is the New Black,” the award-winning streaming series based
on the real-life memoir by Piper Kiernan. It picks up from the ending of season
6 where Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) is finally released from the
privately-run Lichtfield Penitentiary for women. The trailer goes to great
lengths to explore Piper’s experience in freedom after what she feels has been
a whole other life spent behind bars. It also looks into the lives of the
inmates – friends or otherwise – that Piper left behind after her release.
As expected of media depictions
of newly-released convicts, it can be seen from the trailer that Piper has a lot
of trouble adjusting to being in the outside again. She gets pushed around in a
crowd of pedestrians. But some things do not seem to change, like when she must
submit a urine sample for her medical prior to getting a new job. One stinging
part for her is the fact that people know she is an ex-con. While present at an
archery demonstration, the moment the instructor gives Piper the composite bow
to examine, she gets asked by a bystander if she is even allowed to hold a
weapon.
While Piper is stumbling her way
around in liberty, her cellmates continue life wearing orange in Lichtenfeld,
including Piper’s on-and-off girlfriend Alex Vause (Laura Prepon). Piper finds
time to return to the institution to touch base with them, but the interaction
of talking via phone while separated by barriers feels off-putting to all
involved. Some of the dialogue sampled via voiceover asks the question Piper
and her former prison companions have in their heads: “What do we do when we
reach the place where we don’t know what to do?”
Netflix is totally savvy on how
much “Orange is the New Black” has resonated with its audience since 2013 and
six previous seasons, so their swan song season 7 is getting an epic sendoff
with the catchphrase “Orange is Forever.” See the conclusion of “Orange is the
New Black” on Netflix this coming July 26.
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