Flores and Ramos look for ways to rebel against authority; a news item has a surprising impact; Lorna and Red experience personal disappointment.
This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
- A Day in the Limelight: Blanca now has a turn showing she worked as a maid for an old woman and how she met her boyfriend, Diablo.
- Chekhov's Gun: Flaca and Maritza in one scene were joking about whether they'd eat ten dead flies or a live baby mouse, gun to their head. Near the end of the episode, Humphrey pulls a gun to her head and makes her choose. We don't see her consume it, but she chose the live baby mouse.
- Deliberate Injury Gambit: Sister Ingalls tries to get herself sent to SHU to contact Sophia.
- Eat That: Maritza is forced at gunpoint to eat either a live baby mouse or ten dead flies.
- May–December Romance: Judy and Black Cindy act like they're a couple in front of Caputo.
- Primal Scene: To pay her boss Millie back for firing Diablo as her gardener, Blanca and Diablo have sex in Millie's bedroom with Blanca looking her square in the eye.
- Sex for Services: Piper and Alex ask Bayley to get them cheeseburgers. They have to give him a handjob.
- Shout-Out: The meth heads talk about shows they're missing like Breaking Bad, Suits, Graceland, Burn Notice, and White Collar.
