"With one good-intentioned ruling of the heart, she screws over everyone. She essentially gives the go-ahead for the riot police to rush the prison, ruin the lives of every prisoner in Litchfield, and maybe gets herself and nine other women killed in the process.
It’s only later in the episode that Taystee realizes what she’s done, that in her dogged pursuit to honor the memory of her friend, she’s instead invoked her name as justification for an apocalypse. “I fucked it all up,” she cries near the end of episode, with the performance sealing Brooks’ status as the season’s unrivaled acting VIP. “I failed her. I’m so fucking stupid.”
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"With one good-intentioned ruling of the heart, she screws over everyone. She essentially gives the go-ahead for the riot police to rush the prison, ruin the lives of every prisoner in Litchfield, and maybe gets herself and nine other women killed in the process.
It’s only later in the episode that Taystee realizes what she’s done, that in her dogged pursuit to honor the memory of her friend, she’s instead invoked her name as justification for an apocalypse. “I fucked it all up,” she cries near the end of episode, with the performance sealing Brooks’ status as the season’s unrivaled acting VIP. “I failed her. I’m so fucking stupid.”
And what did that failing bring?"