But in “The Reverse Midas Touch,” he’s a bogeyman, a looming, unspecific specter of violence and patriarchal control. ![]() ![]() Yes, Piscatella proved to be abusive before this rampage, prioritizing his prescribed sense of “order” in the way he harshly policed inmates. Piscatella has suddenly become one of the most horrifying villains in the show’s history, but that trajectory has made little sense. “I genuinely would like to understand how it is that a man gets to be this fucked up,” Nicky says, trying to distract Piscatella so Alex can work on getting her hands on a pair of scissors on the floor. ![]() Just when I thought Piscatella’s Purge-like takeover of Litchfield couldn’t possibly get worse, Orange Is the New Black reaches a new low with “The Reverse Midas Touch,” one of the most perplexing and incoherent episodes of this disjointed fifth season.
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