<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs to be updated . Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . (September 2017) </Td> </Tr> <P> Vause is introduced in the first episode through flashbacks; she and Chapman were both involved in crimes involving drug money . At the end of the first episode, the audience sees that Vause and Chapman are both serving their sentences in the same prison, Litchfield Penitentiary . The two begin a romantic and sexual relationship in episode six; they are also both involved in a dispute with another inmate, Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett (Taryn Manning), who locks Vause in a dryer and then attempts to kill Chapman in the season finale . Vause was raised solely by her mother and, in the ninth episode' Fucksgiving', Vause's father is seen to be an influence on her being involved in the drug cartel . When Chapman realises that Vause was the one who told authorities about her illegal drug activities, they break off their relationship . Vause then becomes sexually involved with another inmate, Nicky Nichols (Natasha Lyonne). </P> <P> In the first episode, Vause promises Chapman that she will lie to protect her in the upcoming trial of her former boss Kubra Balik . She breaks this promise, however, and, after testifying against Balik, Vause manages to secure release from prison while Chapman remains incarcerated . After discovering that Balik was not imprisoned for his crimes, Vause fears for her life; she is also unable to leave her apartment due to the terms of her parole . She visits Chapman in prison and confides in her that she is scared; Chapman then gets Bloom to tell Vause's parole officer that Vause is breaking her parole, which lands her back in prison, where she is safe from Balik's retribution . </P> <P> Vause appears in every episode of the third season . Chapman reports Vause to a parole officer and she is sent back to Litchfield prison; Chapman does eventually admit to doing this and the two begin frequently having hate sex . Chapman and Vause reconcile and officially resume their relationship, but become more distant again as the season progresses; Chapman becomes romantically involved with a new inmate, Stella Carlin (Ruby Rose), and this upsets Vause . Vause becomes increasingly concerned that Balik has sent someone into the prison to spy on her and bring her harm; she suspects that this person is Lolly Whitehill (Lori Petty) and attacks her in the toilet . It turns out that Whitehill is completely delusional and thinks that Vause is from the National Security Agency . In the season finale, Vause is confronted by Balik's henchman Aydin Bayat and her fate is left ambiguous . </P>

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