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* EarlyBirdCameo: Lolly is sat on the plane next to Piper and later has a brief interaction with her at the Chicago prison. [[spoiler: She ends up coming to Litchfield in season three.]]

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Lolly is sat sits on the plane next to Piper and later has a brief interaction with her at the Chicago prison. [[spoiler: She ends up coming to Litchfield in season three.]]



* HellholePrison: The Chicago prison is filled with dangerous prisoners of both genders, there's eight people to a cell and you spend the majority of your time there outside of meal times and weekly yard time. Piper, whose crime is carrying drug money once, being roomed with someone who killed thirteen people and someone else who ripped her girlfriend's tongue out.

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* HellholePrison: The Chicago prison is filled with dangerous prisoners of both genders, there's eight people to a cell and you spend the majority of your time there outside of meal times and weekly yard time. Piper, whose crime is carrying drug money once, being is roomed with someone who killed thirteen people and someone else who ripped her girlfriend's tongue out.

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* WhamLine: Alex to Piper at the end: "I had to tell the truth."

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* WhamLine: Alex to After the trials are over and Piper at the end: "I sees Alex go free after she lied for her:
-->'''Piper:''' What’s going on?
-->'''Alex:''' Listen Piper. Everything just happened so fast.
-->'''Piper:''' What’s going on?
-->'''Alex:''' I
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* AbsenteeActor: Though the entire cast is credited in the opening sequence, including a few who were PromotedToOpeningTitles, Alex and Piper are the only familiar faces to appear. Even the Litchfield C.O. who escorts Chapman from SHU is a new role.

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* AllMenArePerverts: Darius, one of the male prisoners who is transported to Chicago alongside Piper, immediately starts flirting with Piper from the moment he gets on the plane. He then later agrees to help Piper send a message to Alex in exchange for her panties and is further delighted when Piper explains that she's been wearing them for four days straight. [[PervertedSniffing He then sniffs them before walking away.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Piper doesn't have to stay in the awful Chicago prison and will be returning to Litchfield [[spoiler: but she could have gone free there and then had she decided to tell the truth like Alex decided to. Piper and Alex's brief reunion is also ruined by the fact that Alex coaxed Piper into lying, only to change her own mind at the last minute and tell the truth.]]



* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Alex and Piper and their testimonies against Kubra; Piper ultimately decided to lie, as Alex pointed out that Kubra wouldn't look kindly on those that betrayed him while Alex was inspired by Piper to tell the truth as it could be their one chance to put someone as dangerous as Kubra away for good.



* CharacterFocus: Piper is the only member of the main cast seen for the majority of the episode and we also get flashbacks of her childhood.



* DisproportionateRetribution: Kubra is an international drug dealer and a stone-cold killer. Alex pleads with Piper to pretend they never met him, so that they aren't RewardedAsATraitorDeserves. Piper does. Alex changes her mind and doesn't. ''Alex goes free,'' while Piper is left incarcerated, and likely facing perjury charges on top of her existing sentence.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: DisproportionateRetribution:
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Kubra is an international drug dealer and a stone-cold killer. Alex pleads with Piper to pretend they never met him, so that they aren't RewardedAsATraitorDeserves. Piper does. Alex changes her mind and doesn't. ''Alex goes free,'' while Piper is left incarcerated, and likely facing perjury charges on top of her existing sentence.sentence.
** Piper accidentally squashes her bunkmates cigarette carrying cockroach on first entering the cell and is told that she either has to find a new cockroach or pay for the loss of earnings. All poor Piper did was take one step inside, it just happened to be where the cockroach was at that time.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Lolly is sat on the plane next to Piper and later has a brief interaction with her at the Chicago prison. [[spoiler: She ends up coming to Litchfield in season three.]]
* FlashbackEcho: Piper's conflict over telling the truth about having met Kubra in her upcoming trial is echoed by flashbacks of a young Piper who was punished for telling the truth about her father having an affair. Her grandmother even advises her that sometimes it's better to keep the peace and the truth to herself.
* FoodPorn: Lolly is excited at the bland food they're given while on the aeroplane, stating that she'll get fat if she's allowed to eat every day.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Piper's decision to [[spoiler: lie about having met Kubra is hinted at during her flashbacks to her childhood, where she's both punished for telling the truth and advised that sometimes it's okay to hide the truth to avoid said punishment.]]
* FromBadToWorse: The Chicago prison is so bad that Piper is almost reduced to tears when she's reassured that she'll be able to go back to Litchfield after the trial is over.
* HellholePrison: The Chicago prison is filled with dangerous prisoners of both genders, there's eight people to a cell and you spend the majority of your time there outside of meal times and weekly yard time. Piper, whose crime is carrying drug money once, being roomed with someone who killed thirteen people and someone else who ripped her girlfriend's tongue out.


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* KarmaHoudini: Alex is the reason that Piper is in prison after having named her just to get time off her sentence and is also the once who convinces Piper to lie on the stand. Alex changes her mind at the last minute and tells the truth and is able to walk free while Piper gets sent back to Litchfield.
* KickTheDog: Piper's bunkmates relentlessly harass her over the fact she accidentally killed their cockroach even when she tries to make amends by catching replacement ones.
* MrFanservice: The {{Fanservice}} part is debatable, but the female inmates on the plane do start cheering and whistling when the male prisoners are bought on board.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Larry's father brings Piper coffee when he's coaching her for the upcoming trial, and Piper admits that coffee really is one of the things she misses from the outside.
* OneSteveLimit: One of the prisoners at the Chicago prison mistakes Piper for another Piper that an acquaintance of hers knew who could apparently 'blow out candles with her coochie.'


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* ThatPoorCat: One of Piper's flashbacks has her brother Cal setting his room on fire while trying to send their pet cat to the moon via rocketship; we only hear a distressed yell from Whiskers .

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* PutOnABus: Alex.
** Pretty much the closest to real life that Alex has ever been. Being moved to a different facility to testify against another dealer is the only time Piper Kerman ever shared a prison with her former lover.

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* PottyEmergency: Piper is asked if she needs to go to the bathroom before she's taken from SHU but she's more focused on finding out where they're taking her. She's then left desperately needing to pee during the bus ride to the airport but one of the marshals finally lets her go on the plane. On arriving at the Chicago prison Piper ends up filling her urine sample jar to the brim.
* PutOnABus: Alex.
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Alex. Pretty much the closest to real life that Alex show!Alex has ever been.been to book!Alex. Being moved to a different facility to testify against another dealer is the only time Piper Kerman ever shared a prison with her former lover.
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* CelebrityParadox: Creator/AshtonKutcher is mentioned. Kutcher and Creator/LauraPrepon stared in Series/That70sShow together.
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* TitleDrop: Piper's introduction in the episode. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her breakfast eggs. "I call this one Thirsty Bird."

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* TitleDrop: Piper's introduction in the episode. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her breakfast eggs. "I call this one Thirsty Bird."
* WhamLine: Alex to Piper at the end: "I had to tell the truth.
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** Pretty much the closest to real life that Alex has ever been. Being moved to a different facility to testify against another dealer is the only time Piper Kerman ever shared a prison with her former lover.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much everyone on the plane, but the con who says "There ain't no mountains in the Midwest, just plains, corn, and a shitton of people who don't vote in their best interest" is the best example.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much everyone on the plane, including the pilot, but the con who says "There ain't no mountains in the Midwest, just plains, corn, and a shitton of white people who don't vote in their best interest" is the best example.



* StepfordSmiler: Piper's mother is revealed to be one. She'd rather punish the 12-year-old Piper for seeing the R-rated ''Film/DazedAndConfused'' than confront what Piper saw after leaving said film: Her father kissing a woman who was not her mother.

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* StepfordSmiler: Piper's mother is revealed to be one. She'd rather punish the 12-year-old Piper for seeing the R-rated ''Film/DazedAndConfused'' than confront what Piper saw after leaving just before said film: Her father kissing a woman who was not her mother.
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* BlatantLies: After a CO pulls a razor blade from under the tongue of an inmate on the bus: "That's not mine."
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Kubra is an international drug dealer and a stone-cold killer. Alex pleads with Piper to pretend they never met him, so that they aren't RewardedAsATraitorDeserves. [[spoiler:Piper does. Alex changes her mind and doesn't. ''Alex goes free,'' while Piper is left incarcerated, and likely facing perjury charges on top of her existing sentence.]]

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Kubra is an international drug dealer and a stone-cold killer. Alex pleads with Piper to pretend they never met him, so that they aren't RewardedAsATraitorDeserves. [[spoiler:Piper Piper does. Alex changes her mind and doesn't. ''Alex goes free,'' while Piper is left incarcerated, and likely facing perjury charges on top of her existing sentence.]]



* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Alex.]]
* SpoilerOpening: several actors have been PromotedToOpeningTitles, including Udo Azuba, Creator/NatashaLyonne, Danielle Brooks and Taryn Manning. If you're lucky enough to not know who plays who, you're in business; but if you ''do'' know, then one of the {{Driving Question}}s of the episode ([[spoiler:whether Pennsatucky, played by Manning, survived]]) is pretty much answered.
* StepfordSmiler: Piper's mother is revealed to be one. She'd rather punish the 12-year-old Piper for seeing the R-rated ''Film/DazedAndConfused'' than confront what Piper saw after leaving said film: [[spoiler:Her father kissing a woman who was not her mother]].

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* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Alex.]]
Alex.
* SpoilerOpening: several actors have been PromotedToOpeningTitles, including Udo Azuba, Creator/NatashaLyonne, Danielle Brooks and Taryn Manning. If you're lucky enough to not know who plays who, you're in business; but if you ''do'' know, then one of the {{Driving Question}}s of the episode ([[spoiler:whether (whether Pennsatucky, played by Manning, survived]]) survived) is pretty much answered.
* StepfordSmiler: Piper's mother is revealed to be one. She'd rather punish the 12-year-old Piper for seeing the R-rated ''Film/DazedAndConfused'' than confront what Piper saw after leaving said film: [[spoiler:Her Her father kissing a woman who was not her mother]].mother.
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* StepfordSmiler: Piper's mother is revealed to be one. She'd rather punish the 12-year-old Piper for seeing the R-rated ''Film/DazedAndConfused'' than confront what Piper saw after leaving said film: [[spoiler:Her father kissing a woman who was not her mother]].

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"Thirsty Bird" is the premiere episode of Season 2 of Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack. Piper is moved from SHU to a facility in Chicago to await trial, where she unexpectedly runs into Alex. More of Piper's back story is shown, including how she's always tried to avoid rule-breaking.

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"Thirsty Bird" is the premiere episode of Season 2 of Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack. Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack.

Piper is moved from SHU to a facility somewhere else in the nation for reasons unknown to her; she eventually learns that she is in Chicago to await trial, where for a federal trial. This latter she unexpectedly runs into Alex. learns from Alex, who is there for the same reason: the man who ran her drug ring, Kubra, has finally been extradited, and they are to serve as witnesses. More of Piper's back story is shown, including how she's her father trained her to always tried to avoid rule-breaking.



* AbsenteeActor: Though the entire cast is credited in the opening sequence, including a few who were PromotedToOpeningTitles, Alex and Piper are the only familiar faces to appear. Even the Litchfield C.O. who escorts Chapman from SHU is a new role.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Invoked by Alex: "God, I can never tell what's going to be [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]] with you."



* HeroicBSOD: Piper has a breakdown on the plane. "I went there and I didn't know there was a there."
* TitleDrop: Piper's introduction in the episode. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her eggs. "I call this one Tasty Bird."

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Kubra is an international drug dealer and a stone-cold killer. Alex pleads with Piper to pretend they never met him, so that they aren't RewardedAsATraitorDeserves. [[spoiler:Piper does. Alex changes her mind and doesn't. ''Alex goes free,'' while Piper is left incarcerated, and likely facing perjury charges on top of her existing sentence.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Piper has a breakdown on the plane.plane re: her NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of Pennsatucky. "I went there and I didn't know there was a there."
* IHaveNoSon: Larry's father Howard comes out to help Chapman, at her own request. By the end of the episode, he's washing his hands of her.
* InMediasRes: The episode begins with Chapman being rousted out of SHU, having been there for a month. The CliffHanger from the Season One finale has not been addressed, and nobody tells her where she's going and why. Both she and the audience are unable to get their bearings for at least a third of the episode.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Alex.]]
* SpoilerOpening: several actors have been PromotedToOpeningTitles, including Udo Azuba, Creator/NatashaLyonne, Danielle Brooks and Taryn Manning. If you're lucky enough to not know who plays who, you're in business; but if you ''do'' know, then one of the {{Driving Question}}s of the episode ([[spoiler:whether Pennsatucky, played by Manning, survived]]) is pretty much answered.
* TitleDrop: Piper's introduction in the episode. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her breakfast eggs. "I call this one Tasty Thirsty Bird."

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"Thirsty Bird" is the premiere episode of Season 2 of Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack. Piper is moved from SHU to a facility in Chicago to await trial, where she unexpectedly runs into Alex. More of Piper's back story is shown, including how she's always tried to avoid rule-breaking.

* DeadpanSnarker : Pretty much everyone on the plane, but the con who says "There ain't no mountains in the Midwest, just plains, corn, and a shitton of people who don't vote in their best interest" is the best example.
* HeroicBSOD : Piper has a breakdown on the plane. "I went there and I didn't know there was a there."
* TitleDrop : Piper's introduction in the episode. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her eggs. "I call this one Tasty Bird."
* WholePlotReference : To the prisoner's dilemma.

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"Thirsty Bird" is the premiere episode of Season 2 of Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack. Piper is moved from SHU to a facility in Chicago to await trial, where she unexpectedly runs into Alex. More of Piper's back story is shown, including how she's always tried to avoid rule-breaking.

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!!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* DeadpanSnarker : DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much everyone on the plane, but the con who says "There ain't no mountains in the Midwest, just plains, corn, and a shitton of people who don't vote in their best interest" is the best example.
* HeroicBSOD : HeroicBSOD: Piper has a breakdown on the plane. "I went there and I didn't know there was a there."
* TitleDrop : TitleDrop: Piper's introduction in the episode. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her eggs. "I call this one Tasty Bird."
* WholePlotReference : To the prisoner's dilemma.
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* TitleDrop : Piper's introduction in the episode. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her eggs. "I call this one Tasty Bird."

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* TitleDrop : Piper's introduction in the episode. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her eggs. "I call this one Tasty Bird.""
* WholePlotReference : To the prisoner's dilemma.
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* TitleDrop : Piper's introduction in the show. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her eggs. "I call this one Tasty Bird."

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* TitleDrop : Piper's introduction in the show.episode. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her eggs. "I call this one Tasty Bird."
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* HeroicBSOD : Piper has a breakdown on the plane. "I went there and I didn't know there was a there."

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* HeroicBSOD : Piper has a breakdown on the plane. "I went there and I didn't know there was a there.""
* TitleDrop : Piper's introduction in the show. She's been painting the wall in SHU with her eggs. "I call this one Tasty Bird."
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"Thirsty Bird" is the premiere episode of Season 2 of Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack. Piper is moved from SHU to a facility in Chicago to await trial, where she unexpectedly runs into Alex. More of Piper's back story is shown, including how she's always tried to avoid rule-breaking.

* DeadpanSnarker : Pretty much everyone on the plane, but the con who says "There ain't no mountains in the Midwest, just plains, corn, and a shitton of people who don't vote in their best interest" is the best example.
* HeroicBSOD : Piper has a breakdown on the plane. "I went there and I didn't know there was a there."

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