1. The episode title is stated at some point in every episode.
2. Jodie Foster directed the first episode of Season 2.
3. Former Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy directed four episodes in Season 2.
Here he is behind the scenes with Dascha Polanco (Daya) and Jackie Cruz (Flaca).
4. And he even gave himself a little cameo.
I spy with my little eye @AndrewTMcCarthy hiding in one of the #OITNB episodes he directed! Very Hitchcock.
5. Beth Fowler, who plays Sister Ingalls, didn't need to do much prep to play a nun. She was in Sister Act and Sister Act 2.
6. Kate Mulgrew (Red) played the mother of Taylor Schilling (Piper) on the TV series Mercy from 2009 to 2010.
7. The woman seated next to Piper on her flight to Chicago was played by Lori Petty, who was Kit Keller in A League of Their Own.
She also played Rae in Free Willy and was the eponymous Tank Girl.