Nichols is in max and gets her 3 year chip but isn't allowed to take back to the bunks since it's considered contraband. She also finds out that Stella isn't clean. On the advice of inmate King, Luschek visits Nichols in max to get some things off his chest, but gets an unexpected breakdown from Nichols. "Crime stoppers" take their job seriously separating any groups of 4 or more people which starts to cause problems. The white inmates are completely racially discriminating and during their meeting with Dixon, Pipers business gets exposed although they're taking about her competition Maria. Caputo wants to build morale in the prison by creating classes to help the inmates prepare for reintroduction to society. Burset asks Nichols for help getting a blanket to her in solitary, because she is losing her mind and isn't sleeping. Next cleaning shift for Nichols, Burset is nowhere to be found. Where'd she go? After the panty sewing job is done for the day, a stop and frisk is done to all inmates that worked, at "random" but all the white inmates seem to be exempt. Healy takes time to get to know Lolly and finds she has a lot in common with his mother. Piscatella uncovers Ruiz's panty business and the consequences are not what she expected. Luschek finds himself in a compromising situation with inmate King.
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