Its wonderful and obviously too good to be true for long.
But for a few glorious hours, its genuinely uplifting.
All the story lines are really effective, showing the different ways people are coping and keeping busy.
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Suzannes story line is especially affecting this episode.
So they draft the guards to come be inmates for Suzannes daily prison routine.
It feels like, for at least a few of them, the message might finally be coming across.
Meanwhile, Taystee needs something to do because when theres too much downtime she just feels ineffectual and sad.
Maureen and her hair dolls are the stuff of nightmares.
I legit started openly crying when Brook revealed the new library in the hallway.
Sometimes the flashbacks are so in tune with the present-day story that they really enrich the episode.
This was definitely one of those times.
But its still sad to watch.
The Russian and the Eyebrow (anyone else smell spin-off?)
(Presumably, thats what it sounds like in his head, only with more profanity.)
The action is about to ramp back up and it likely will not be pretty.
