Directed by Chazz Palminteri
Written by Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters
Tropes for the episode:
- Black Sheep: It's revealed Said is seen like this by his family due to his conversion to Islam.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
- Nikolai kills Richie to avenge Vogel, who was a friend of his.
- Schillinger begs Glynn to move Andrew out of Em City so he'll be safe from Beecher, Keller and O'Reily as well as getting his son involved with Sister Pete's drug sessions
- Kenny shows concern for his son
- O'Reily exploits this. He knows Cramer cares for his boyfriend Anthony so he gives him extra motivation to win the fight by telling him the Latinos will gang-rape Anthony if he loses.
- Enemy Mine: Adebisi and Pancamo make a deal to control the drug trade together.
- False Friend: Beecher feigns friendship to Andrew as part of his plan to torment Vern.
- Guilt Complex: Poet tells Said that he hasn't been writing to punish himself for letting him down.
- Holier Than Thou: Cudney leads the Christians in attempting to block the other prisoners from watching Miss Sally's schoolyard and shame them for their lust. Later episodes reveal he's inside for the cold-blooded murder of an innocent child making him come of as extremely hypocritical
- JerkAss:
- O'Reily rubs it in Alvarez's face that he lost to Cramer.
- Andrew is rather disrespectful to Sister Pete, which pisses off prisoners in the recovery group.
- Karma Houdini: Because of her lawsuit Howell gets her job back and escapes repercussions for attacking McManus and a inmate.
- Kick the Dog
- Ryan mentally torturing Andrew by refusing him any more drugs.
- Glynn coldly refuses to help protect Andrew and even mocks Vern over the fact his son is likely to soon be killed.
- Mineo joins Glynn in mocking Schillinger about Andy.
- Manipulative Bastard:
- Beecher, Keller and Ryan decide to torment Vern by using his son against him
- Keller tries to make Sister Pete question herself in an effort to win Beecher back.
- Nepotism: Though Hughes feels he's been treated unfairly, Glynn points out that most others would have gotten a far worse punishment than being transferred to the library if they smuggled an illegal stun gun into the prison.
- Nice Guy: Mukada shows his compassion once again when he consoles Nappa about having aids.
- Pay Evil unto Evil: Kenny orders his girlfriend and her boyfriend killed when he suspects they are abusing his son.
- Revenge by Proxy: Ryan plans to make Andrew overdose to avenge Cyril's rape.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: McManus is understandably skeptical about Beecher's motives in befriending Andrew but agrees to give making him his cellmate a shot after Beecher convinces him he only has pure intentions towards the boy.
- The Informant: Alvarez agrees to give up Ardeth's rapist in exchange for being released from solitary.
