3. During the first flashback to Chapman’s childhood we see children jumping out of the back of a 5 MPH bus as part of some local tradition. If that happened today the bus driver and school district would be sued into oblivion.

4. Nice to see Lori Petty pop up during the CON AIR scenes. You ever see the movie TANK GIRL? It was terrible. I think the failure of that film pretty much killed her movie career.

5. “Are you famous or something? You’re Lindsay Lohan!”

6. Taylor Schilling has a tough job on this show: how to make a spoiled, overeducated, rich, skinny white girl sympathetic. The writing helps by giving her a repressive WASP background to fight against– everyone hates WASP repression and hypocrisy — but Schilling gives the character a dose of self-awareness and self-deprecation.

7. Like the shout-out to MARCH OF THE PENGUINS in the prison yard. That was a cute documentary.

8. “Did you get to feel the bones crack?” “Yes, actually.”

9. Chapman’s four-day panties, her cellmate’s four shits a day while singing “Natural Woman.”

10. I was wondering why Laura Prepon was billed as “special guest star” in the opening credits and, by the end of the episode we know why. I dislike the Alex character so much I think it shades over into my opinion of Prepon’s work. She’s very attractive, sure, but is she much of an actress? The rest of the supporting cast is so good, but I’ve never quite bought Prepon in this part. Maybe it’s all the bad memories from watching THAT ’70s SHOW a sitcom I never liked.