The BEST episodes of Orange Is the New Black season 1

Every episode of Orange Is the New Black season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Orange Is the New Black season 1!

Piper Chapman is a public relations executive with a career and a fiance when her past suddenly catches up to her. In her mid-30s she is sentenced to spend time in a minimum-security women's prison in Connecticut for her association with a drug runner 10 years earlier. Forced to trade power suits for prison orange, Chapman makes her way through the corrections system and adjusts to life behind bars, making friends with the many eccentric, unusual and unexpected people she meets.

Last Updated: 12/20/2024Network: NetflixStatus: Ended
Can't Fix Crazy
star
8.20
4029 votes

#1 - Can't Fix Crazy

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/11/2013

Red's scheme to reclaim her kitchen backfires; the inmates stage a Christmas pageant; Piper's plans unravel even as she realizes her life is in jeopardy.

Directors: Michael Trim
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Tall Men with Feelings
star
7.95
4081 votes

#2 - Tall Men with Feelings

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/11/2013

The prisoners mourn one of their own and even a drunken Pornstache reveals surprising emotions; Larry gives a revealing radio interview.

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Bora Bora Bora
star
7.86
4355 votes

#3 - Bora Bora Bora

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/11/2013

Pennsatucky discovers a new skill; the inmates try to scare delinquent teenagers straight; Pornstache's side business suffers a tragic setback.

Directors: Andrew McCarthy
Writer: Nick Jones
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Fool Me Once
star
7.85
3990 votes

#4 - Fool Me Once

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/11/2013

Painful truths reorient several relationships and careers; Pennsatucky feels disrespected by Piper, which is not good; Larry delivers an ultimatum.

Directors: Andrew McCarthy
Writer: Sara Hess
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F*cksgiving
star
7.83
4258 votes

#5 - F*cksgiving

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/11/2013

Thanksgiving arrives with the promise of a visit by Larry, but Piper's raunchy dance moves land her in solitary with a holiday feast of moldy bologna.

Directors: Michael Trim
Writer: Sian Heder
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Imaginary Enemies
star
7.72
4690 votes

#6 - Imaginary Enemies

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/11/2013

Piper gets to know her stern new roommate; the prisoners prepare a farewell party for one of their own; a misplaced screwdriver has dire consequences.

Directors: Michael Trim
Writer: Gary Lennon
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Lesbian Request Denied
star
7.69
4771 votes

#7 - Lesbian Request Denied

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/11/2013

Targeted for romance by a fellow prisoner, Piper finds that subtlety is an ineffective approach to letting her suitor down.

Directors: Jodie Foster
Writer: Sian Heder
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The Chickening
star
7.69
4564 votes

#8 - The Chickening

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/11/2013

When her sighting of a legendary feral chicken polarizes the inmates, Larry wonders if Piper is getting too absorbed in the "fishbowl" of prison life.

Directors: Andrew McCarthy
Writer: Nick Jones
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WAC Pack
star
7.68
4460 votes

#9 - WAC Pack

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/11/2013

The inmates campaign along racial lines for positions on a prisoners council, but Piper tries to stay above the increasingly raucous competition.

Directors: Michael Trim
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Moscow Mule
star
7.66
4210 votes

#10 - Moscow Mule

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/11/2013

Red gets pressured to smuggle drugs through her kitchen; Larry publishes an article about Piper in the "New York Times;" two babies come into the world.

Directors: Phil Abraham
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Tit Punch
star
7.64
5157 votes

#11 - Tit Punch

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/11/2013

After insulting the food in front of the prison chef, Piper is starved out by the kitchen staff and struggles to offer up an acceptable apology.

Directors: Uta Briesewitz
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Blood Donut
star
7.62
4437 votes

#12 - Blood Donut

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/11/2013

Piper wants the prison's outdoor running track reopened, but in order to get it, she'll have to give her corrections officer something he wants.

Directors: Matthew Penn
Writer: Sara Hess
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I Wasn't Ready
star
7.55
6304 votes

#13 - I Wasn't Ready

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2013

Sentenced to fifteen months for a crime committed in her youth, Piper Chapman leaves her supportive fiance Larry for her new home: a women's prison.

Directors: Michael Trim
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