Hi. I'm new around here. I'm rewaching all seasons. I'm in season two at the moment.
I still think Dayanara's character is not a likeable one but a tragic one. I mean is kind of that tragic character. In some way shes a good girl nothing like her mommy but she's been influenced in a bad way from her own maternal figure. All her bad decisions were influenced by Aleida. And aleida is not juslty a good example of a mother... She had her moments in s1 when she cared about Daya and her symptoms because of her pregnant. But i never bought this temporal care affection, i mean is the right thing ALL moms would do, welll, or mostly would. Because the truth is that aleida was always a very toxic person for dayanara and a big trouble influence for her daughter's life decisions. and she fucked her life. And don't get me wrong. I like these two characters bc of the toxic relationship mother/daughter they shown us. The performance of Elizabeth Rodriguez is hypnotic just bc the way she portrays Aleida so good. shes that sassy woman that says things directly and she's not idealistic fool shes not a woman that fall for true love, particulary... so nothing like her daughter... and that's where the problem is. Like in s5 in daya's flashback, she had this two friends. Her mother put in her daughter's mind that the boy possibly had a crush on her and talked shit about her blonde friend. Wich wtf you care so much is not big deal. A mother being in the middle of her daughter's friends like so out of clue.(i dont remember so well) she told daya to act. what did daya do? Influenced by her mother, she made a destructive decision doing unecessary damage to the ones she cared about, her friends. and she lost them just because she did what her mother advices her to do. and the wrost of this is that daya is not like that. There are a lot of other examples like this. the one her mother, again, make for her. And its about the destinity of her baby's life. influenced by her mother, plus Aleida lied to Mendez's mother. and was such an egoistic move. The woman seemed like she could give the baby a good life. And it could of be the best for the baby's affection to have a maternal figure that this woman could give, since the father left(Bennett) and the mother is in prison. Aleida always defined her daughter. she never let her daughter be the way she is and let her make her own decisions and grow up to learn by herself and finding her own self and life goals. she always defined her by saying things like "you don't fuck for love you fuck for interest" i dont remember exactly if she said interest. she thaught her to only save her own ass and fuck the people in the middle who gets hurt by her decisions(of Daya). And this applys too, on Red/Aleida's plan to blame Mendez for "raping" daya. I know he wasnt one of the most sympathetic characters. But the dude fell in love for her, like for real... Its kind of ironic that Bennett wasn't the good guy in the end. And daya had to play the dirty part. And still people got hurt and pushed like Mendez and his mother not having the opportunity to give true love to the baby in all that mess. Aleida never took responsability breeding her younger daughters. She always thought that she did but she didnt. It was Daya the one who had to be the mother of her sisters when she was out with Cesar. In the flashback is clearly that Daya didnt like Cesar, not a little bit at that time. She fucked him bc was frustated of her mother being always unresponsable and ended up in prison. I know Aleida has mostly the fault for fucked up Dayanara but she has it too... What I'm saying is that some people thinks Aleida has the whole fault but Dayanara had her moments to do the right thing... In all of these Gloria was someone who would advice her well. She told her to be quiet and not get in trouble and stop hanging out with bad influences in prison. Dayanara didnt listen to her. And thats when I knew she was going to end up bad... Ironic isnt it. Gloria tried to gave her very rational and good advices for her future life and Daya never realized to listen to her truly, she was in her stupid mood tbh in s4, s5. Aleida in other hand was always a bad influence and toxic for her and she always ended up following her bad advices.. Sad but a fact. Even when her mother fucked up her daughter's life for 23 years like Gloria said to Aleida. I liked the scene when Gloria told Daya to be responsable for all the mess she did with the gun and all that stuff. And to call her mom. In this show, having conscience and taking responsibility of their own acts is something that is touched so deeply in some characters. And Dayanara being and taking responsibility for her own acts was something that she never did before and I was relieved in some way... Because she never took responsability in all her life in all her bad decisions... And taking it for what she did to the officer was hard I know but she made her own decision this time, not influenced by his mother. And this applys too, taking responsability to call Mendez mother and tell her the truth. Taking responsibility of all the damage she did in her own life. And this time she was the one who got hurt. But I have to say I loved this moment and I even cried. Think thats a very autodestructive person in some point. Some chacarters are autodestructive in their ways.
I find Suzanne pretty annoying since s1. I think shes in the wrong place. A violent place like prison is, isn't a right place for this kind of unstable person. I literally, never found her "sweet", "funny" or "innocent" at all.
Piper being a scared puppy or the Piper "bitches has to learn". Well, I always found Piper in s1 pretty naive, so I still prefer when she came back from Chicago. that's the Piper I liked to see in prison. I know she made bad decisions and she was hanging out with the nazis(poor move) but I prefer to see her getting respected, rather than acting pacific and calm all the time back when others had 0 respect for her in prison.
Sometimes I like Figueroa more than Caputo... Caputo in s1 was a total pig. But i know she isnt all good. I like the scenes when she tries to make deals with the inmates. Like with Pipes and Tastie. Is like watching a chess match. Shes not easy to convice and she always pulls for her side. Sometimes I find her more interesting in that way. Says a lot.
I never liked Boo I find her more tolerable, i think she has prooved to Pennsatucky that she really cares about her. And Pennsat needs someone like Boo. I dont find healthy and "nice" the relationship Coates/Pennsatucky. I know she fell in love with him and the same for him. But, I dont buy they "love" like a good and healthy one. She has tendency to be an autodestructive person. She needs love and true affection. He practically forced her once. Why wouldnt he do the same in the future and give her a bad treat?. Or if he really changed(I dont find this believable). I dont think their relationship was written to be shown like something good and positive. But a sad one, for pennsat mostly. There are just people that see them "sweet" and "nice".
I hate the two methheads and I hate when they try to be mean with others because theyre so useless and chaotic. They cant be that "scary" they just think they're.
Norma. I never got the interest for her character.
I love Frieda. I was glad Red knew her when her family wasnt there. Shes a badass.
Piscatella. I didnt feel sorry for him. I think his death was unexpected bc how they made the scene.
The hispanics. l found Gloria to be the interesting and rational one. Tbh the others are very impulsive and they dont think twice... I can see why gloria ended up with Frieda taking a break from all the mess. such a shame, she has so much potential but she's surrounded with incompetent people. The actress gives such a fierce performance. I can feel the way shes feeling at some times.
Idk some may be unpopular opinions and others not at all.
