- Date: June 6, 2014
- Type: Television Episode
This Television Episode refers to The Mist written by Stephen King
Vee picks up this book while in the bunks that are out of her area.
Piper returns to Litchfield along with an Asian inmate named Soso, whom she comforts until Soso becomes too annoying. Taystee's mother figure Vee returns to disapproval from Taystee, and it is revealed that Vee and Red know each other from Vee's previous incarceration. Larry meets with a journalist who wants to use Piper as a source for a story about fraud and embezzling by the administration at Litchfield. Daya becomes frustrated with Bennett when he doesn't know how to smuggle in prenatal vitamins, but he later realizes that his prosthetic leg would work well. In flashbacks, it is shown that Suzanne was always marked as different, and was pushed by her mother to show that she is just as worthy and talented as others. At her high-school graduation, she is urged to sing during the ceremony, where stage fright leads to an embarrassing outburst, similar to her non-performance at the Christmas pageant. It is discovered that Suzanne became distraught after the pageant and punched Piper into the snow. This makes the fight between Piper and Pennsatucky look like they were equally responsible. Vee uses Suzanne's outcast desperation to manipulate her, and begins her bid to take back power in the prison.