WHAT IT'S ABOUT: At the end of the 6th season, Piper (Taylor Schilling) and Alex (Laura Prepon) have been "prison" married, just before Piper's release. As the 7th and final season begins, she's back in New York, struggling to meet the conditions of her parole, while back at Litchfield, Alex is forced back into an old trade (the drug one). Meanwhile, Taystee (Danielle Brooks) was handed a life sentence for the shooting of CO Piscatella _ she was railroaded _ and now has to figure out what's next.
Meanwhile, there's a new sheriff in town, so to speak: CO Tamika Ward (Susan Heyward) has been named warden, and she has a kinder vision for the prison, and that could bode well for everyone.
Also at the end of the 6th, Blanca (Laura Gomez) was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Polycon, which runs Litchfield, also runs an ICE detention facility. Consider that a major foreshadowing for Season 7.
