2. Looks Blue, Tastes Red

Pennsatucky is released from solitary. She makes a deal with Healy about what she will say about the fight, and in exchange, she will get her teeth fixed. Aleida and Gloria compete to solve Daya's constipation problem. Red's commissary funds run short, as she no longer controls the kitchen and cannot aid her outside criminal associates. Red is ultimately taken in by the older Golden Girl inmates. A mock job fair gives Taystee a chance to show off her business smarts with a Philip Morris representative in a mock interview.

She gets the mock job after she impresses the rep with her research on the company. At the end of the episode, Taystee's mother figure, Vee, shows up as a new inmate. Flashback: Young Taystee—then referred to as Tasha—goes to a Black Adoption Festival, trying to find a permanent home. She later meets a drug dealer, Vee, who becomes a mother figure to her. Taystee eventually starts working for Vee in the drug trade.