Netflix Must-See: Orange Is The New Black

A few months ago I finished Season 5 of Gossip Girl on Netflix, and felt a void. I took an entire semester to watch all five seasons and, until they put up Season 6, I had nothing left to watch.

I quickly stole borrowed a friend's HBO GO password and watched both seasons of Girls in a week. And then all two and a half seasons of Arrested Development, plus the fourth season, once it came out. And then I just kind of stopped Netflix-ing.

However, last weekend, my mom mentioned Orange Is The New Black to me. She said that Netflix had just uploaded an entire season and that she watched the first few episodes and really liked them. So I gave it a shot.

Five episodes later, I'm hooked. It has all the drama of Gossip Girl, with the prison humor of Arrested Development and the...nudity of Girls. But it's really good.

It basically follows the journey of one typical, suburban woman, Piper Chapman, who's post-college adventures finally catch up with her as she's sentenced to 15 months in jail. What's great about it is that it not only shows her struggles in prison, but also the backstories of her prison mates.

So if you don't have it in your Instant-Que already, add Orange Is The New Black. Because it's a total must-watch.