Hello there 60 Days In recap fans! I am late getting started because of today’s NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE and the fact that NBCu has yet to put up the Project Runway photos showing last night’s designs. It’s annoying AF. I am more annoyed about the photos than I am about being bone tired. But I am fresh out of a hot shower, haven’t had anxiety or depression in a few weeks, and trying to stay committed to the plan. Let’s see what the undercover peeps on this show have to deal with this week. They are in real danger!
I just stopped to record the Oscars tonight. Obviously they are on Sunday. I just told my Oscar writer like five minutes ago I would put up her preshow post tomorrow. And suddenly I think it is Sunday. My brain is broken. Anyway….
If you missed last week, you really need to at least read the recap. Officer Williams was so wrong that she really needs to not only be fired but do some jail time of her own. And the week before that, so many of the guys dropped out they had to bring in a correctional officer from Atlanta to go in undercover or the program could have ended,
The Women’s Pod (From Hell)
The morning shift is coming in and Officer Williams is driving them crazy too. Meanwhile, Ashley has been giving the distress signal all night. She is still trying to get someone to get her the fuck out of there. When the team finally comes in to pull her she breaks down completely once she reaches the production room. She is not sure if she can keep going.
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Ashley doesn’t want to fail at her mission but it is damaging her mental health. She is not sure that can still be a cop after this. But she doesn’t want to let Officer Williams win. So she is staying. For now. Jennifer is convinced that she is surrounded by demons in the jail. She says she had a dream that a demon was having sex with her. So she is back to talking in tongues to defeat the devil.
From Raging Lunatic, To Miss Manners?
The next time we see Ashley in the production room she tells us about Officer Williams waking her up in the middle of the night and opening her cell door. She asks her if she is interested in becoming a worker. Whatever that means. I think she says yes, but it was hard to understand. The whole conversation was extremely polite. What is Officer WIlliams up to now? Ashley suspects that Officer Williams is making her a trustee so Ashley will quit writing grievances about her. She is the first trustee undercover ever. The next thing you know, Ashley is serving meals, mopping and wiping tables.
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A quick shot of the women’s food tray makes me gag. I can’t imagine actually smelling it. Shanese continues to struggle with her diet restrictions. Ashley is over Shanese. So is Jennifer. Shanese whines a lot. Shanese is starting to loose it. She says her safe phrase. Nothing happens. She just keeps saying it over and over. Eventually they pull her. They are pissed that she used the emergency signal when there is no emergency.
Oh Shit!
Ashley gets called to clean up cell where a mentally ill women with no treatment at all is throwing her shit all over the cell. Her toilet hasn’t worked in so long that it is over flowing with shit. She is also throwing her shit everywhere. Gross.
The Men’s Pod
The new guy Tony is the only person undercover who seems to have things under control. No one is messing with him because they respect him. He is making friends and getting information already. His friend Justin, a white boy, is grabbing food off of other peoples trays before they dump them. Tony points out he eats all day. Justin is 21 and got a DUI on his 21st birthday. I don’t know how long he has been in, but he’s lost 30 pounds so far. Justin wants to get out and get to work to support his family. Tony moves Justin into his cell. Tony is going to protect the scrawny white kid.
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The men’s pod is suddenly put on lockdown. It’s and early morning drug raid. In Alex’s room they found an empty envelope taped inside a light fixture. So everyone in that cell was strip searched and forced to squat and cough. They did not do this to anyone coming in so there are drugs everywhere in this pod. Poor Alex. I give this kid credit. He’s done a lot better than I expected.
More Musical Chairs Cells
Tony’s black cell mate apparently does wash his ass and hangs out with the guys who are smoking whatever it is they smoke in there. Tony is not having it. Alex gets a jail haircut and all the inmates start saying it is a jail haircut. He goes to take a nap and one of his cellmates tells him he is moving to another cell. He is moved in with a couple of guys who told him he was going to get robbed for his commissary. I guess they are the ones who are going to rob him. He has to tell his story again and he sucks at it.
While Alex talks to his mother on the phone, his cell mates start lighting up. When Alex goes back to his cell he smokes with his cellmates. It just dawned on me that Dennis has not had any screen time today. He will not like that. Tony is the new HBIC. But later, the white boy that Tony is protecting has enough of the non-asswasher and swings on his ass. They get in a fight and Tony just watches. Later he does color commentary for the fight with production.
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Justin interviews with production. He thinks his hand is broken. It;s not he is still gripping the bars in the jail. He’s also pissed that Tony didn’t intervene. Um, Justin, you started it! Dennis wants to get in the mix. He goes to chat with Tony. He doesn’t know that Tony is undercover. Dennis tells production he thinks Tony is a participant. He’s gonna figure it out.
Next week: Another undercover taps out. My money is on Shanese. Oh wait. It looks like it is Alex. Everyone thinks he is a cop. Was that Tony wearing the white t-shirt that was in a fight in the previews?
I’m worried about Alex. His being moved into the cell with the two guys who smoke clone (?) and do other drugs makes me wonder how the rules work. If the guards do another surprise search and find drugs in their room, will they all three be in trouble? How can the jail punish people who can’t get away from it? In the outside world, you can choose not to hang around with people who do drugs, but in jail, you are assigned to a cell. What are you supposed to do?
I’m totally impressed Alex has made it this long. And why would everyone start saying he has a cop haircut when he did not come in with that haircut but instead got it from one of the other inmates?? I guess I’m expecting things to be rational, and they’re not. Jail would be a prime place for rumor, gossip, and conspiracy theories.
Also, why don’t they give the participants full details about how to answer questions about their cases? Like tell them how to answer if they have a court date, if they pleaded, if they’ve seen a judge, just whatever they need to answer. And a good strategy for Alex when they ask what he’s in for is to answer briefly and then immediately ask them about their own cases, so he gets them talking about their own instead of quizzing him about his.
That interview with Shanese was weird. The producer asked her about six times if there was an emergency.
I wonder how many of the regular inmates they pull out and interview. Seems like they would have to do a lot so as not to cast suspicion on the real participants. It would be interesting to see highlights from a bunch of those interviews. We’ve seen a couple, like the one with Justin tonight.
Overall, this show makes me very afraid of going to jail, not that I was planning to. 🙂 I couldn’t take the noise, the smells, the food, the dirtiness, constantly wondering if you can trust anyone. I’m definitely scared straight.
It’s the smells that would kill me!
Me too. I puke at the drop of a hat. I would be puking the entire time.
One of the best reality shows out there.
Agreed. And I would go further to say one of the ONLY reality shows out there. All the housewives fans who get so excited about the housewives mostly fake fights it would SEEM would LOVE this show.
Post production scripting is the greatest part of a good reality show. CAN NOT make this up!
Between the poop cell and the stinky guy, I’m nauseated. Gotta admire those sticking it out.
Poop cell and stinky guy. Wow.