While catching her breath outside, Piper runs directly into Alex Vause , her former lover and the person whose drug ring led to her incarceration. Cast & Key Characters
Piper, a middle-class New Yorker, leaves her comfortable life and fiancé, Larry, to voluntarily surrender at a federal prison. [S1E1] I Wasn't Ready
The formidable head of the prison kitchen. While catching her breath outside, Piper runs directly
A woman entering prison for carrying a suitcase of drug money a decade ago. While catching her breath outside
Piper’s supportive, sappy fiancé who remains on the outside.
Piper unknowingly offends Red, the powerful kitchen matriarch, by insulting the food, leading to immediate social consequences.