It’s late and I am tired but I just can’t wait until Friday to watch this show, so I going to do a piss poor recap now so I can watch and then try to clean it up in the morning. I just love this show.
Also, if you have Showtime you must watch Escape at Dannemora on Showtime. It is a 7 part series about true story of a jail break in New York a few years back. That’s all you need to know except that episode 6 is VERY VIOLENT for the first thirty minutes and is just a flashback to the brutal crimes the inmates committed. You can fast forward through all of that and not miss anything important. Let’s just say they did bad things. Speaking of bad things, some cunt satchel spoiled me with only one episode left to watch in the Wendy Williams comments. I deleted the post but was FUCKING FURIOUS. I was familiar with the case but had forgotten most of the details. So please don’t discuss the details of that series here in case anyone wants to go watch. It is really good. There is a good amount of sex scenes especially in the first few episodes, so if that offends you, you may want to skip it.
Steve
Sorry, back to 60 Days In. Tonight, Steve goes in for his sixty days. I am pretty sure he is the prick that blows everyone’s cover. He’s just so cocky going in, only to roll over on everyone… at least that is what the previews have led me to believe.
They don’t assign beds in the men’s section and Steve is not receiving a warm welcome with any door he opens. He finally is allowed to get at top bunk in a pod above a much older gentleman. As soon as he sacks out one of the inmates in his pod mugs for the cameras and say “This is some 60 Days In type shit and someone in here could be a plant from the streets.” Jesus, welcome to Day One.
Jazmyn
Jazmyn is also going in this episode. While the men’s pod seems extremely racially segregated, the women’s pod has more of a family “respect your elders” kind of vibe. That said there is also a lot of gang activity that divides the women further. Jazmyn has an older white woman as a bunkie. The cells hold only two women, it’s not pods like we have seen in the past. She has the top bunk but there is no ladder to get there, she has to use the chair and desk to get up there. That seems dangerous. I hope she adds that to her mental list of complaints. It’s ridiculous.
Jazmyn bunkie, Kim explains to her that there are no cameras in the showers so that is where they go to fight. Jaz seems to like Kim and calls her an OG. Jaz is a bit too quick to ask about gangs.
Abner
Abner has already been made as a Latin King but he is trying to talk his way out of it. Abner’s pod for lack of a better term is very clean and doesn’t seem to be full. Remember the sections chosen for filming have to have each inmate sign at TV release and a lot of people are unwilling to do that. So right from the get go, some of these groups are not cohesive and hierarchies are being formed.
In the men’s section, even signing up for haircuts is done by race. This is just crazy to me. Ah it is just about using clippers. White men get them first. Again. Mind Blown. The inmates cut each other’s hair. It still is all by race. I am a bit confused about what is happening here. I believe a black guy named Savage asked Abner to cut his hair and he agreed and now Abner is asking some dude to go upstairs and fight him. He’s a black guy named B-Shaw with no skin in the game at all he seemed to think Abner was line jumping because the blacks were going next and he was pissed that Abner was line jumping. So Abner is about to beat B-Shaw’s ass. B-Shaw punked out and ran out of the cell and Abner talked mad shit about him and how he was going to be the first person he stabs UP IN HEAH UP IN HEAH! More or less.
Another inmate calls B-Shaw out for getting punked. And someone punches B-Shaw out? From team black? This is so confusing because I am not great at discerning races. It’s part of my facial recognition issues it’s hard for me to determine race. I don’t know why and no one believes me, but it’s true. There is a girl who looks white to me on Lindsay Lohan’s show who identifies as black. I THINK Abner is supposed to be the Hispanic guy so it is weird that the black folks are fighting each other. I’m just really confused about the race stuff. Maybe because I was raised in Libya and the only kid that was identifiable to me by race was the Japanese kid who had sushi for lunch everyday before sushi was a thing. To us it was rice and seaweed. And we kind of had a friendship moment until he told me he ate seaweed. Which is weird when you are from Georgia and living in Libya. I’m all kinds of culturally mixed up. Especially since on my return to the US I was called the “sand nigger.” Sorry. Over sharing.
After D-Shaw got his ass kicked he was removed from the pod.
David
David is a young, hot, black cop and this is going to be more dangerous for him than just about anyone else. Please don’t let them mess up that face. David became a cop because he was tired of getting fucked with by the police. Um, that almost makes sense. His dad is in prison for being a big time drug dealer and he was raised by his grandmother who is adorable. She is not happy he is volunteering to go to jail for 60 days. Bless her heart.
Not to get into politics but Vice News, one of the least biased reporters in my opinion, has spent a lot of time in a Texas city where apparently everyone loves the open borders and there are no issues. Even Vice News says that the Mexican city just over the border has the same level of security threat as Iran and other places. Yet the story was how much the two cities on the border just love each other and there is no problem there. In this county the inmates are all talking about the massive influx of drugs crossing the Mexican border into Arizona. We do in fact need a fucking wall anywhere we can put one and I think we also need one with Canada. This is not rocket science. All countries secure their borders. All first world countries have healthcare for all. Why are we so bassackwards on this? Sorry for “getting political” but these are not issues of politics at all in most first world countries. It’s just common sense. These inmates say they make $5K a day on drugs from MEXICO.
So David is a little pretty but he is not smart when it comes to dealing with pod boss, Rocker. Dude. Grab your balls and let’s do this. And don’t drop the soap with your pretty ass. Rocker gives David a sheet and a blanket. That will cost him in the long run.
Brooke
This season’s little white girl prima donna is finally arriving. I feel like she will try to tap out during the strip search. She’s 35 and still has this snotty attitude? Brooke is the token Trumpster who thinks prison reform is needed. She thinks prison is too easy they get free healthcare and education. Jail is a cakewalk. This should be fun.
She is just such an obnoxious human being. She thinks she is better than the people in prison. Perhaps she is in some sense, but I hope that she comes to learn that everyone has a different path to walk and hers might have been a whole lot easier than most. That generally hasn’t happened to people like this in previous seasons. She’s all tough talking now, but I’ve seen the previews of her trying not to piss her pants.
Brooke self surrenders. She does not wear her little black dress.
Thanks for the recap. I may watch with the volume off just to see the pretty man.
David is just too damn fine ?
I beg to differ with you on EFD. It could have easily been three episodes tops. It wasn’t great IMO. I hated all the characters and HATE Ben Stiller. He’s a controlling asshole in real life.
Agree to disagree.
I don’t often watch a film or a series and say WOW, what a great director. I did on this series. I especially enjoyed the choice of music and the way the scenes transitioned.
I’m not the film expert on this site, I relinquish that role to Erica, but I was truly impressed.
I do recall hearing some assholey things about Ben Stiller. Sadly, on my tombstone it will probably say, “Here lies Tamara. She had the shittiest taste in men in the history of the world.” It’s why I will die alone.
Agree to disagree indeed 🙂
I disagree about the wall. I am a Texas resident but most of the drugs are coming in from Mexico in cars, 18 wheelers, etc. which drive through border checkpoints, not brought in by immigrants. Most of the immigrants simply want better for their families. I am a public school teacher who has taught in Title I schools for over 25 years (over 85% of our kids live below the poverty line) and immigrant families (legal and not) VALUE education and make sure their kids listen to and respect their teachers. Wish the “American” parents taught their children the same values.
Thank you for sharing common sense it’s very lacking these days. The large quantities are not coming in the pockets of immigrants, it’s exactly like you said. Smuggling through the legal channels. And one can not build a wall around the ocean, and cargo bays are the least monitored areas. And while one finds a viable solution for something that has been there sense the beginning of the country’s colonization there is no need to make Americans suffer by shutting down the government. They’re making our own people poorer for the fear of poor immigrants.
“THE WALL” is not just about drugs. It’s about PEOPLE illegally entering the country. We simply cannot function with illegal immigrants pouring across the border. EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD has laws regarding coming into the country. That is what borders are for. For example, let’s say you get fed up with the US and want to move to Canada. Try doing that. It is very difficult and you have to have a job and money to do so. The same goes for moving to Mexico, but that is easier but still requires a lot of paperwork and time.
This is exactly what I’ve been saying about controlling our borders. Years ago I looked into moving to Australia…yeah, they didn’t want my ass. You have to have a job that would benefit their society, as well as a current means of supporting yourself, as well as a certain amount in your savings account. Like you said, I feel like this is normal in most countries and don’t get why people don’t understand this.
Same with Canada. And pretty much any first world countries.
-Steve is a dick. His cocky attitude is going to get his ass beat.
-Love me some Straight Cholo!
-David’s swagger/walk made me nervous. He walks too much like a cop… but i do think he’ll go far.
-Jazmyn seems down to earth, no attitudes, no agenda other than getting the job done.
-Looking forward to Brooke getting bitch slapped.
And I’m thinking David is the one who blows his cover. We’ll see if I change my mind after the next episode
Same here LucyLoo , I am really lovin Straight Cholo as well! He’s already my favorite LOL … Brooke is going to be in for some real trouble with her holier than thou attitude – and I can’t wait! 🙂
Up in Heah, Up in Heah….best part! Oh and David is hot! He walks like a cop of his top toes. My ex does that. Flex them glutes! ?.
Please don’t tell me Steve thinks he’s solved the drug dilemma next week! What a d-bag!
I saw an interview in one area in zone alone in Arizona 400 plus people were arrested in a day and 140 plus were from non Mexican, South American countries. Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc….that’s the scary part…ok no politics…..until next week…Straight cholo!
Thanks for appreciating that. lol. I am going to need more of you to talk about this show with me. I can’t get enough of it.
I just saw a promo where David gives the sore shoulder signal meaning he needs to be called out to speak with production. Apparently they do not come fast enough and he gets on the phone to his wife/girlfriend and threats to blow everyone’s cover.
Ugh! But he “works alone”. Bluckedy, block yuck, he too full of himself.
Great recap. I think that one of the leaders of the blacks was giving
B-Shaw a hard time for not fighting Abner so B-Shaw had to fight another black to prove he wasn’t a bitch. From what I understood B-Shaw beat the guys ass leaving him with a bloody face. B-Shaw was then moved to another pod. It is very confusing. I had to watch the episode twice and my interpretation could still be wrong. I don’t get the politics. What does fighting someone from your own race prove?
I’m watching this with you, Tamara! Thanks for recapping!
And I was confused by the haircut/fight scene too, but I think what Kerry said here is right. But I wondered why Savage (who is black) asked Abner (Hispanic) to cut his hair in the first place. Was it because he thought Abner would know how to do it? That overcomes their racial association rules?
I am shocked by the stringent racial divisions in there, but I guess I am shocked by a lot.
I also sometimes have trouble recognizing racial divisions, like Hispanic or Filipino or Hispanic or black. And I’m terrible at facial recognition. Sometimes in a catalog or something, I can’t tell one long-haired blond model from another. Here she is on one page, and then on the next page, is it someone else, or did the same model just part her hair a half-inch further over and pose looking the other way?
I am so glad to hear someone else has facial recognition problems. And problems seeing race. I used to have to fill out answer sheets for my students standardized testing and a lot of times I would take that stuff home to work on or work on it after my kids left. Mind you I had spent 8 hours a day with these kids for months and there were many times I could not recall if a kid was black or Hispanic or mixed. Also even when they were in the room I wasn’t sure if they were mixed and could not visualize their parents. It’s the weirdest thing.
Also when I go to the farmers market and run into a coworker or a Publix checkout person I see frequently, I have ZERO idea where I know them from. I know I know them but no idea of the context.
I worry this is early onset dementia or something. I’m serious.
Thank you for recapping. Love this show. That sheriff is one tall cool glass of water…dang
I feel like people who don’t watch the show and only see the photos here think we are all insane. The sheriff, David, and the girl with the braids are all very attractive on the show and the photos do not do them any justice.