Orange Is the New Black (season 6)

Suzanne has hallucinations while getting back on her medications. She is the first interviewed by a federal investigation into the riot and murders. Those found in the bunker are held in isolation at Litchfield's maximum security prison and face various abuses from the guards and inmates. Frieda attempts suicide, while Red confronts Badison to protect her family. Piper desperately tries to find Alex, and fears the worst when she learns a prisoner died. Gloria attacks Maria and they are handcuffed and forced to kiss by the guards. Taystee is visited by CO Tamika Ward, who had been her friend on the outside. Suzanne is released from questioning and brought to the prison which she realizes is not her "home" anymore.

Detectives are pressured to file charges on two murderers and three riot leaders within a week. Daya makes a plea agreement for Humphrey's murder, while Taystee is considered a leader as the public face of the riot. Black Cindy tries to warn Taystee but when she learns their fingerprints are on Piscatella's gun, she turns on Taystee to save herself. Gloria names Maria as the riot's mastermind and pressures Blanca to do the same; despite Maria's attempts to frame Gloria, MCC corroborates Gloria's story and she gets immunity for her testimony. Piper starts to bond with cellmate Beth but learns she killed her children. Caputo becomes depressed on suspension but reconnects with Figueroa, who has been made interim warden. Dixon invites himself on a road trip with Coates, not realizing Pennsatucky is in his trunk.

Linda is identified in a Cleveland prison, threatens to sue MCC for $10 million, and is made a senior VP at triple her previous salary. Red is shocked to learn Piscatella is dead during her interview; failing to inform the others through charades, Badison sends messages but Piper misinterprets it to mean Alex was killed in the pool. Nicky calls her stepmother/attorney and is threatened with 70 years of drug theft and distribution charges to pressure her testimony against Red. Frieda retrieves Black Cindy's note and fakes senility in her interview; she is transferred to B Block with the old-timers and crazies, including Suzanne. In general population, inmates learn the power structure with D Block run by Barbara and C Block by Carol, two antagonistic sisters at the head of a decades-old feud. Daya continues to receive beatings as a guard killer, and Daddy gives her oxycodone for the pain. On work detail, Black Cindy, Flaca, Daya and Morello steal toiletries, but the products are sabotaged as an initiation.

Blake, Luschek and McCullough return to duty, the latter suffering PTSD. They are invited into the fantasy inmate league, gambling on inmate deaths and injuries. Alex returns and is reunited with Piper. Coates, Dixon and Pennsatucky have fun at an amusement park. To get her kids out of foster care, Aleida begins selling dietary shakes, including to head CO Hopper. Taystee learns she is being charged for Piscatella's murder and speaks with Caputo. Nicky tells Red about the drug charges and gets Red's permission to testify against her, realizing that she is loved by someone.

Daddy's rat prank results in MCC losing the lucrative cheese-packaging contract and unintentionally closes the route CO Hellman was bringing drugs into the prison. Badison seeks revenge for the job loss by having her people defecate in D Block's laundry. Daddy further incites her strung-out followers by blaming C Block for cutting off their supply. Daya consoles Daddy. Luschek is made head of recreation and interviews radio show acts. Flaca looks for a co-host and finds an unexpected rapport with Black Cindy. Gloria fears she is entering menopause and follows doctor's advice to exercise. Blanca learns that she has limited fertility. Red signs a plea agreement to inciting the riot to avoid other charges. In court, Taystee pleads guilty to inciting the riot but not guilty to murder; the ACLU offer representation and Black Lives Matter pressure MCC to take her out of solitary. Piper proposes a prison wedding to Alex. Aleida visits her kids in foster care, and discovers that none of them want anything to do with her.

Carol holds Badison accountable for Daddy's prank that cost them their cushy jobs, and cuts her out. Badison consults with Alex and convinces Luschek to smuggle valuable smartphones. Though Alex doesn't want anything to do with it, she ends up with the phone when Badison is stabbed in the yard by Daddy's girls. Strung-out, Daya steals Barbara's personal stash; Daddy is incensed and they have angry sex. Taystee receives fan mail, which the guards redact. Suzanne comes out to the yard to see Taystee and Black Cindy, but doesn't know how to talk with them while keeping the secret. Suspected as a suicide, Maria is released from psych with the suggestion of finding religion. Pennsatucky blackmails Linda for a bunk in B Block. Preparing to leave town, Caputo goes on his first real date with Figueroa, and tries to give her closure for a past event. Considering writing a memoir, Piper examines the library and finds photos from before the feud, and determines to heal divisions by bringing back kickball.

Alex hides the cellphone through a lockdown and search, and finds money added to her commissary despite wanting to stay out of the gang. Gloria advises Latin music and helps Luschek with his dance-aerobics class. Piper extorts Luschek to return kickball. Daddy asks Daya to buy drugs through her friends in C-block; she gets them from Blanca, in exchange for retrieving Diablo's sperm donation from the visitation washroom. The swap is noticed and Daya is beaten by C Block inmates but manages to save four pills for Daddy. Blanca and Nicky are surrounded by the same gang during the insemination procedure. Red schemes against Frieda, gaining an alliance with Carol who arranges a hair styling. Aleida is stopped from selling outside the prison by Hopper who takes her for a date. In a media interview, Taystee describes guard abuses and has her mail cut off by Tamika.

Aleida has been using Hopper as an unwitting mule to bring drugs into the prison in the false bottom of a food-supplement container, but as the weight is increased he discovers the tampering. The inmate league has seen little action since segregating the blocks, so Luschek agrees to an interblock kickball championship in the field. In warmups, Piper is confirmed as C Block captain over Badison. Gloria continues to be harassed, and is transferred to D block with Daya and Maria. Barbara achieves 30 days of sobriety, and with new clarity plots to kill Carol, who she blames for spiking her drugs. Black Cindy makes an anonymous call to Caputo, provoking him into questioning a suspicious CERT member; Figueroa advises him to instead work the PR campaign. Frieda apologizes for misleading Suzanne and explains the feud.

Piper, Sophia and Blanca are told they'll be released the next day, the day of the kickball championship, of Taystee's verdict, and the day fantasy inmate concludes. Piper and Alex are "prison married" by Nicky. Aleida is shocked to see Daya high on heroin, but continues supplying her eldest to save her younger children. Taystee is found guilty; Caputo confronts a CERT member, who punches him; Figueroa sets aside business to tend his wounds. Luschek visits Gloria who challenges him to stop the fight. Carol and Barbara meet in a closet; the war is a diversion for them to infiltrate B Block and kill Frieda. Maria has a change of heart and McCullough lets the captains pick new teams, mixing the blocks. When Badison signals the attack, Suzanne kicks a high ball and the inmates are caught in the excitement of the play. With no fight causing a lockdown, Barbara and Carol's antagonism results in their deaths, bumping Copeland from last to first in fantasy inmate. Pregnant Lorna is brought to medical in distress. Piper and Sophia are united with family members, but Blanca is immediately taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for which PolyCon is running a detention facility. Piper contemplates her freedom.