by Cookie N Screen
Prison; it’s a difficult sentence to do. While people who have committed crimes most probably deserve to spend their time locked up inside away from society, there is still the empathy of humanity panging as they stuff mouldy food (and tampons) into their mouths. The worst is having a fatal illness, imagine knowing that you are dying and the last moments you are going to see are same walls you’ve been starring at for years and years. Imagine that. Never seeing your loved ones again and having your hallowed whispered words to strangers whose faces have changed since you first arrived, it’s difficult.
Prison; it’s a difficult sentence to do. While people who have committed crimes most probably deserve to spend their time locked up inside away from society, there is still the empathy of humanity panging as they stuff mouldy food (and tampons) into their mouths. The worst is having a fatal illness, imagine knowing that you are dying and the last moments you are going to see are same walls you’ve been starring at for years and years. Imagine that. Never seeing your loved ones again and having your hallowed whispered words to strangers whose faces have changed since you first arrived, it’s difficult.
That is exactly the issues faced with Miss Rosa, who since series one, has been diagnosed with cancer. In this episode, Appropriately Sized Pots, we get to see more of her backstory as she attends dialysis with her new chemo buddy. We learn that Rosa was incarcerated years ago due to instigating and being part of many bank heists. However, her trio of guys (soon to be husbands) all succumb to death before or after their robberies. Inside the prison, Piper is getting a backlash after getting furlough – a two day leave to see her grandmother who is sick– and is struggling with the responsibility of it.
Played effortlessly by Barbra Rosenblat, Miss Rosa has grown from a pretty much background character in the first season to this sympathetic and unnerving woman in season two. While yes she is a criminal, she is also suffering and her past is poignant with grief, curses and fun. Rosenblat plays a rather stoic yet important character here who empathises and draws severe lines on what she can tolerate in the prison. As she bonds with her young Pipsqueak in the hospital, she allows us to feel for her and empathises with the position. And it’s the performance of Stephanie Andujar that makes her younger self soar. It’s an emotional and likeable character that we’ve now grown to love.
Played effortlessly by Barbra Rosenblat, Miss Rosa has grown from a pretty much background character in the first season to this sympathetic and unnerving woman in season two. While yes she is a criminal, she is also suffering and her past is poignant with grief, curses and fun. Rosenblat plays a rather stoic yet important character here who empathises and draws severe lines on what she can tolerate in the prison. As she bonds with her young Pipsqueak in the hospital, she allows us to feel for her and empathises with the position. And it’s the performance of Stephanie Andujar that makes her younger self soar. It’s an emotional and likeable character that we’ve now grown to love.
As for the other news, it again feels more like a filler. The focus primarily on Piper and the antics of the staff feels a bit more flat. It’s nice because some truths are being thrown at her and her complaining this episode that see her degraded from her high horse and into one of understanding that the prison life does not revolve around her nor her issues. The rest of the debacles with crack down and the turf war seem a bit blaze here. It’s all Rosa’s episode and that’s not a bad thing because she is a great character to watch and divulge in her back story. And again, echoing the thoughts of last week, it’s simply filler. The burning intensity of the show is still on its way but you need an episode or so to fan the embers.
OH and there is also a welcome return from one of the characters. And no, it’s not Alex. I’m very sorry about that.
OH and there is also a welcome return from one of the characters. And no, it’s not Alex. I’m very sorry about that.
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