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4. I'm the Talking Ass

Aleida struggles to find work on the outside. Backed into a corner, Nicky pleads her case to Red. Taystee reaches out to Caputo for help.

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Blake, Luschek and McCullough return to duty; McCullough is suffering from PTSD following the riot. They are invited into the fantasy inmate league, a game played by the guards where they gamble on inmate deaths and injuries. Alex returns to general population and reunites with Piper. It is revealed that Maureen was the inmate who died in the riot. Coates, Dixon and Pennsatucky spend their day at an amusement park. Aleida struggles with employment outside of prison, and she gets involved in a pyramid scheme selling dietary shakes. Taystee speaks with Caputo after learning she is being charged for Piscatella's murder.

Nicky tells Red about the drug charges and gets Red's permission to testify against her. Flashback: Nicky's selfish divorced parents fight through revisions to her bat mitzvah speech. During her speech, Nicky, inspired by her Torah portion of Balaam 's Talking Ass, mocks God for the Holocaust and her parents for neglecting her, while comparing herself to the donkey who suddenly found its voice after enduring abuse.

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