Orange Is the New Black Episode 2.03 Hugs Can Be Deceiving

When Crazy Eyes struggles to find her place, Vee sees an opportunity. A familiar face returns to Litchfield. Nicky and Big Boo make a friendly wager.

Piper returns to Litchfield along with a Japanese-American inmate named Brook Soso, whom she comforts until she 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.