1. I Wasn't Ready

Sentenced to 15 months for a crime she committed 10 years earlier, Piper Chapman leaves her supportive fiancé Larry for her new home: Litchfield Penitentiary, a women's prison. Her homophobic counselor, Sam Healy, empathizes with her and gently gives her tips to survive. Piper grapples with the racial dynamics of prison life and learns some of the rules. She befriends some of the inmates, including Nicky Nichols, a recovering heroin addict. Piper later offends Red, the powerful matriarch of the prison kitchen, who responds by serving Piper a bloody tampon. Piper is then shocked to discover that Alex Vause, her former lover who recruited her into carrying drug money, is in the same prison.

Meanwhile, new inmate Daya Diaz is greeted by her mother Aleida, who is also incarcerated, with a slap to the face. Flashback: Flashbacks depict the particulars of Piper's crime, Piper telling her family about her crime, and Larry's marriage proposal.