H200 ( Mark, David)
We start this episode in H200 where David has gone full on inmate and even Mark is starting to get a bit testy with the guards. He is still pissed about losing his extra mattresses last week and blames Richard the leader of the Chicano gang in the pod. He thinks Richard should have come to him to request a mattress for his new inmate instead of letting the entire situation get out of hand with a huge squabble between the Kinfolks and the Chicanos. Richard apologizes to David avoiding David losing his mind and starting a riot.
His profession of undying friendship with the Kinfolks is completely unnecessary and will likely be highly inflammatory once they see the show. David has lost all touch with his purpose in being there.
Mark is the only guy left that seems to remember why he is there. But before he can do much to continue his investigation, he realizes that someone has stolen the sheet of paper he was given with his PIN on it. The PIN is not just for phone calls, inmates also use it when ordering commissary. He approaches the guards and they tell him there is nothing they can do about it that night. Then he says that it is Mark’s fault for “losing his paperwork.” Mark is furious. Later, production asks when he realized he had lost or misplaced his PIN. He clarifies that he never lost or misplaced his PIN. He faked it to test the Dos and to see how they would respond to the problem. He was not impressed with their response.
Later a young inmate named Dillon comes to talk to Mark. He says he is religious and used to play drums in a worship band before he got locked up. This conversation caused Mark to be delayed from signing out a razor. Even thought the DO is still in the pod, he refuses to let Mark sign up. Mark curses and kicks a chair. Dillon gets rowdy over the situation and starts beating on the glass where the guards are and getting amped up.
Someone was rolled out of 200 for stealing a pair of boxers, state issued deodorant and some books. That just makes me sad. The DOs call everyone to the rec room. David is on the toilet and seems to be in no hurry to follow orders. David is the most likely candidate to blow everyone’s cover and put everyone in danger. The officers are pissed that 200 keeps rolling people out so they let them know the next time the do it the pod will be on The Step Program. That begins with a 30 day lockdown and no showers for the first five days. No TV for two weeks and no visitation for a week. David remains on the toilet and yet calls out objections from…the throne.
Willie the Native American who was chanting made everyone happy and relaxed, even me. So of course the guards harassed the fuck out of him.
H100 (Steve, Abner)
Abner, like David has also gone full on inmate. This pod looks really empty in this scene. Perhaps everyone is in their cells. Abner is playing chess with a Chicano kid that he has taken an interest in. He is pulled away from the game and told by a Wood that Giovanni has stolen $50 of time off his phone. How the hell do they let these people watch them put in their PIN? Also, how does he know it was Gio? Abner wants to verify this as well so the Chicanos set out to entrap him.
A few of the guys sat near the phones to see what number Gio was using. They knew he didn’t have any money on his books and yet he is always on the phone. He was busted. Abner confronts Gio who of course denies it. Abner says they are going to have a trial. Abner tells Gio he needs to roll out. Gio is refusing to do so. One of the Kinfolk who has no skin in the game managed to get taken out of the game when Gio started punching him. He will probably get a month in the SHU just like Gio will.
F300 (Jazmyn, Brooke, Vivian)
Our girls in this pod are doing the most. They are sending in numerous kites which will only result in retaliation by the guards in some way. And that is happening right away. The DOs are bringing in the drug dogs. The girls seem to think the Dos are searching for Brooke hygiene products or something. They don’t bring in drug dogs to track down Pantene. They don’t care about minor squabbles that result in trauma like having frizzy hair. They have more important things to do.
The DOs took Jazmyn’s sheet and Brookes sheets and blanket. “Why would they do that?,” Jazmyn wonders. Oh I dunno, maybe because y’all having the whole pod write multiple kites about petty shit? Jazmyn and Brooke were the only two who had their linens taken. The girls are pissed that they were the only two that had stuff taken and especially that nothing was taken from Jazmyn. An hour later a male guard comes to investigate The Case of the Missing Linens. He informs both of them that the guards didn’t take anything and it must have been another inmate. Brooke says that was not possible given the timeframe. The supervisor told Jaz that her sheet was taken because it was either tied or had a hole in it or both and that is not allowed due to the potential for intentional hanging.
Most all of the pod was in the rec room and Jasmyn was drawing with colored pencils or something and go up to go to a supervised area to sharpen a pencil. The guards closed the door and one of them said she needed to give her all of her information because she has missing information. She wanted her first and last name, SSN, cell phone number, contact information and emergency contact information. I hope she didn’t give them all of that. How do they not know her first and last name or date of birth? This sounds like some sort of scam to use her credit or information to open accounts. They asked her where she was from and who she talks to in the Pod. The three undercovers seem to be suspicious. So she runs right over to Brooke and Vivian like a fool making all three of them look suspicious.
Later a DO comes in and heads straight to Vivian’s cell and searches it. All she finds is an extra sweatshirt which she confiscates. Later, two officers return to search Vivian’s cell again. The cell is basically sterile. There is a bunkbed with linens and the inmates have like a Rubbermaid box they keep their personal items in. There are not two dozen items in the cell between the two inmates who stay there.
The officers then call Vivian out of the pod for questioning. When she comes back they pull out Brooke. She was questioned for 20 minutes. Production comes in with a film crew to speak with the girls. Again they asked them for all of their information including social security and DOB. It’s clear the guards know who they are somehow.
I can’t wait to watch this episode. Great recap, thank you.
The couple episodes I did see, the girls are looking really out of place (and acting).
I’m shocked at how a convict is always a convict? (Abner).
David, what is he doing?!
Catching up today, this is crazy.
Are ANY of them working missions? I haven’t heard a thing! Especially in the men’s pod. Where are the drugs coming from? Who’s crooked? I saw more violence in the other prisons. I’m confused by this season. The woman’s unit is tame comparitivately speaking. No hooch…..wassup??? Ha!!!
No shit that one season the girls were all swimming in the lady pond and snorting some crazy collection of crazy people meds by now!
I wonder if they are aware of the possibility of plants coming in.
This batch of females seem more like enjoying a reality show with protection rather than a true convict experience.
Just how I see it, seems very odd between guards, other inmates, and the (fake inmates playing cons for fun).
Hope something changes, its kind of odd.
Willie’s chanting really put me at peace
Why are the officers targeting the girls?? Jazmyn, Brooke, Vivian. Why did they take their stuff and asking them stupid questions for. They didn’t just misplace only THIER information..
Come on guards..
Get it together
The guards know. Spending all of their time together was a big tip-off but sending all of those kites was the icing on the cake. The guys aren’t fairing any better. I don’t remember them being told that if they engaged in any illegal activities they faced real jail time, even if they are protected by the show or not.
Abner and David are no longer in for 60 days. They are inmates, hell even David said something along the lines of I’m on their side now (inmates). Looking at how the guards treat the inmates, I don’t think it would take all that to switch sides especially considering who you would be spending more time with.
Something is going on with the DO’s on the girls side. It’s strange but I feel like the DO’s have other shit happening that they don’t want exposed on the show. The girls are not doing anything and I’m so disappointed. Instead of forming bonds with other inmates and looking into their missions, they’ve morphed into the Powerpuff Girls and it’s boring and also nauseating.
Bring on the next episode. The reunion will be explosive with David, Abner, Mark and the Sheriff.
Willie’s chanting was so surreal. I actually was transported to another realm. Wow. The beauty of these men from different backgrounds standing up for Willie and the connection they all had in that moment really touched my soul. Willie’s chanting was beautiful, soothing and moving. I would love for the show to dive into some of the inmates’ backgrounds. Something is off about this season though, maybe a change in production I’m not sure but something is missing.
I agree about Willie’s chanting. I was really enjoying the beauty of it. Of course the guards had to fuck with him for no reason! I loved seeing the unity between all the men in there sticking up for Willie. David has lost his mind. And Abner, sexy as he is, has gone inmate on us. He is looking for every opportunity to flex his leadership muscles and I don’t think he has learned anything useful. This is a strange but interesting season for sure!
Brooke, Jazmyn and Vivian are sticking out in the worst way. I can’t believe no other inmate has accused them of being plants yet. What would have happened if they refused to give the SS and demographic info to the guards I wonder…?
I wondered that as well. I was also thinking at that poiny I would demand to speak with the Sheriff through the producers, thr girls realize that they are in jail after all and shit happens all the time. Jazmyn out of all the girls was worried the most and I felt her anxiety. Abner and David are loco.
What religion is that chanting from? It was so calming.
So a few things surprised me this year, one is that they are not showing the drugs, where at the beginning they were saying that drugs are everywhere. The women’s pod looked way more dangerous than the men’s pod last season.
The women have really screwed it up with hanging out together. How do the other inmates not know if the guard are suspicious? Or maybe the inmates tipped off the guards? and then the producers go right to the the terrible trio, how does that help?
David on the toilet was an interesting strategy, was he really pooping that long? was he fake pooping?
Well, they told them all not to congregate with each other or it would draw attention to them. Brooke at first was making note of that but then ended up joining in and with the three of them coming in around the same time and the same three then acting buddy, buddy, of course the guards are going to pick up on that. However, don’t the guards realize that if they harass the people who they think are there undercover, the sheriff is going to know about it and if part of the mission is to shine a light on shady behavior by the DOs, they’re all going to get in trouble? Duh!
Also, David on the toilet…. He’s really getting into prison life too much and he seems to feel a special bond with the inmates so I wonder what that will mean when the mission is done? Is he going to start volunteering there or something or straight up commit a crime to be put in prison?
Abner is getting too much into it and seems to almost relish being back in prison.
Also shame on the guards for harassing the man who was chanting. It was beautiful and obviously everyone in the pod found it soothing. It’s blatant discrimination and I liked that the whole pod spoke up and said they should leave him alone and that he was clearly not being disruptive. Would they be okay with it if it was a guy playing a banjo or something? Obviously, the guards in that place are just as much to blame for any poor state of affairs as the inmates. I know that guards can’t be “too nice” but they don’t have to be outright dicks. These are human beings, after all.
I’m finding this season as if they know that the show is in there. The female inmates seem to me just out of place and not letting each other do their mission.
Becoming a bit annoying.
They seem to be playing more so than working.
At least the men are trying.
Guess we shall see how it plays out.
(I’m in awe how the guys turned convict so fast. Hmm, once a convict?)
I hope my comment came out correctly. I noticed that the first thing occurring was races clique together, as if that is the rules.
I really don’t see why it is necessary, but maybe that’s how it is done?
Perhaps the reasoning for it will be explained.
I hope it will be put in the how and why.
I’m pretty certain my 30hours won’t exactly explain the why’s, lol.
I’m less medicated, so let me try this again.
Abner is REALLY diggin being number two, and I believe he is not pretending, he’s getting off on it. Once a convict always a convict? Hmmm.
I’m waiting for Mark to get a bit too much of a harass, and get himself in a bad situation.
I’m super concerned about the girls but Jazmin blew it from the minute she hit the pod.
Looking forward to tonight’s episode. Great season.
(Lol, I can’t understand what I commented on the 11th, lol)
Mark to become a BADASS (not harass)