Read on for five things we learned from the panel.

The odd one out?

Turns out, theres a real-life copy of the stories somewhere on set.

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There was a book.

There was absolutely a book, Aduba said.

They said, If you want to add, have at it, [so] I did.

There was just something about him more than anyone else, Lyonne said.

Hes a great actor, Pablo, but hes also very tall.

I think Im much harder on myself than someone who might be researching from a distance.

Mulgrew, who portrays the tenacious Red, worked with inmates at New Yorks Rikers Island.

It deepens [the show], certainly.

Theyll be transferred to a long-term facility.

Theres a sense of desperation and awfulness [there] that is beyond expression.

And yet, its difficult not to want them to end up together.

So will those crazy kids ever make it?

Its just one of those things where you really cant control where your heart goes.

Youre always kind of rooting for them because of that genuine love.