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It had moments that were good. But the entire premise of the guy hunting River because of what she might have mind-read from Parliament officials was kind of lame. I mean fuck I hated the whole beginning.
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To be honest it was less the smaller pieces of the story that bothered me and more the broader strokes of the plot – it was like they went “well we’re never gonna get another season so we’ll cram all our major plot arcs into one thing”. It felt like the reveals of
the Confederation or whatever they’re called having committed genocide and accidentally creating the Reapers, and River having superpowers or whatever were meant to be big reveals for a third season finale or something.
Oh and
killing off some of the best main characters just felt like a dick move.
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I think they just like it for the emotional drama they throw in rather than the actual quality, though.
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Honestly that’s its best selling point. It’s a character-driven show for sure, especially since the whole thing is set inside one prison for the most part. I’d say the broader drama of the plot doesn’t really show up until halfway through the first season, which if you’re not already interested in the characters is a long time to wait.
I actually really enjoy the backstory cutaways though – they may not influence the plot but it does a really great job of rounding out the characters and changing your perspective of them. I think what OitNB does so well is it presents the characters to you as people and not just prisoners, and showing how everyone wound up behind bars is in service to that end.