The police don't care who the real riot leaders were, they just want the pieces to fit their agenda — at least that's how it seems. Tasha "Tasystee" Jefferson (Danielle Brooks) is at the top of the list to go down for it, yet she was the only one trying to intelligently negotiate during the riot. They also trying to pin her with killing CO Desi Piscatella and she begs for Joe Caputo's help to prove her innocence. Taystee isn't the only main character being set as the scapegoat, Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne) is also being set to take blame. But the only way to not get an additional 70 years on her sentence requires giving up her mother figure behind bars.
Meanwhile, Pennsatucky leaves the prison and doesn't come back when the fence is compromised. She and CO Charlie "Donuts" Coates (James McMenamin), who raped her in a previous season, decide to run away together. CO Lee Dixon (Mike Houston) unknowingly gets himself in on the crime, and the three find her a disguise so they could go to an amusement park for the day.