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Why did Alex name Piper?

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Alex Vause is a fictional character played by Laura Prepon on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. The character is loosely based on the real ex-girlfriend of Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison.
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once convinced Piper to smuggle cash through customs at an airport in Europe, the crime for which Piper is doing time. Vause specifically named Piper during her testimony, which is what led to Piper's later arrest.
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Did Piper ever find out Alex named her?

After a phone call between the two, Piper tells Larry that she does love Alex. In response, Larry finally confesses that Alex was indeed the person who named her in court, and is the whole reason that Piper is in prison.
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Is Piper in love with Alex?

Alex was a drug dealer and Piper is in prison because Alex got her to smuggle cash through customs in a European airport. In prison, they fell back in love and they got "prison married" just before Piper was released at the end of season 6.
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Who snitched on Piper?

A somewhat tiresome love triangle ensues, although Larry does himself no favors by dishing on Piper's prison experiences in a radio interview, and Alex is revealed to be the person who snitched on Piper.
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Did Piper and Alex end up together in real life?

The relationship between the characters in the Netflix series, Piper Chapman and Alex Vause, is fictional.
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Was Poussey Washington real?

Poussey Washington may have been a fictional character created for television, but her life's story and devastating fate is all too real for many women in this country.
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Did the real Piper get branded?

We did not actually brand her, of course, the thing we put on her skin is not actually hot. But we did need the fire in the shot. The stove in the kitchen works and it is lit. The flames were real.
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Did Alex Vause betray Piper?

Alex is often seen with a book in hand as she loves reading. Alex is good at reading people and is perceptive. Both Alex and Piper betray each other for personal gain, despite their feelings for each other.
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Why did Piper turn herself in?

At the beginning see Piper turning herself in to Litchfield after her drug money smuggling past with then girlfriend Alex Vause catches up with her. The two met in a bar and began their wild romance. Alex was involved in the drug business and needed a little help with the trafficking and Piper offered to help with.
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How many years did Piper spend in jail?

Piper Chapman - 15 Months

She served her time on the show and was, in the end, released to resume life in the "real world".
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Does Piper ever see Alex again?

Before Litchfield

Piper claims she is straight but Alex manages to convince her to stay the night at her place, Alex and Piper have sex but piper gets confronted by Alex's ex sylvie in the end who hits Piper. Piper spends some time being mad at Alex but the pair eventually end up back together.
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Do Alex and Piper have a happy ending?

Although Alex breaks up with Piper because of the move, Piper ends up moving and starting a new life in Ohio to be closer to Alex. The last image of the couple is them laughing together during a prison visitation. The writers arrived at Piper's story arc early in the series, moved by Piper Kerman's life story.
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What is the age gap between Alex and Piper?

In the book, the character Alex is based on (Nora) is actually ten years older than Piper. If you read the books, this dynamic makes a lot more sense.
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Who was the real Alex Vause?

Alex Vause is a fictional character played by Laura Prepon on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. The character is loosely based on the real ex-girlfriend of Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison.
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Did Alex throw Piper under the bus?

Season Two Update: After she survives a harrowing experience in a maximum security prison in Chicago, Piper is relieved to discover that she did not kill Pennsatucky, but she is heartbroken when Alex throws her under the bus in court.
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Why is Healy so obsessed with Chapman?

Piper Chapman (former) - Healy initially had a crush on Piper. He saw her as smarter, more educated and more civilized than the other women, and hoped that she could assist him in making the prison a smoother and quieter place.
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What disorder does Piper have?

Some theories suggest she suffers from schizophrenia or bipolar, but again, none of the are confirmed. All we do know is that she is on medication which helps calm her, and she has had visits to the psych ward.
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Why does Piper wear orange?

On Orange is the New Black, the prison uniform is a source of immediate discussion in episode one, when the main character, Piper (Taylor Schilling), is informed that she must wear orange until her new get-up arrives. Orange is for newbies; regulation khaki for regulars.
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Was Alex Vause killed?

While the presumption is something horrible went down between Aydin and Alex in the Litchfield greenhouse, the show leaves Vause's fate as Season 3's lone cliffhanger, while the rest of the inmates splashed blissfully in a lake nearby. But we now probably know that Alex isn't dead.
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What crime did Alex Vause commit?

Alex Vause

It's unknown how long Alex Vause's sentence was, but she was imprisoned for heroin trafficking and a probation violation.
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Why did Piper get early release?

It wasn't because he wanted to protect her, though — it was more about protecting himself, since he was the one who was smuggling the drugs into the prison in the first place, and Piper being out would help keep him from getting caught.
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Is Piper's burn on the wrong arm?

Piper's Scar

This starts a war between the two characters, which ends with Piper being branded by Maria in season 4. In the horrific scene, Piper is branded by Maria on her left arm. That being said, in season 6 episode 9, it is clearly seen that Piper has a scar from Maria's brand on her right arm, not her left.
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Why does Piper have a fish tattoo?

Her first tattoo is of a fish on the nape of her neck, which she got done in her mid-twenties to represent magic, beauty and appreciating beauty.
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Does Maria get revenge on Piper?

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After Piper ratted her out for conducting her own underwear-selling business, Piscatella ordered that three to five more years were added to Maria's sentence. She exacted her revenge by branding Piper with a swastika.
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