<P> During the fourth season, Taystee finds herself being assigned as Caputo's secretary . She uses her new position to influence some of the decisions Caputo makes on behalf of the inmates, to include convincing him to play The Wiz during movie night . She also convinces Caputo to give her a wristwatch, which none of the other inmates have, and it is later broken by one of the guards . While Caputo was gone, she successfully guessed his computer password and used his computer to surf the Internet . After Poussey died, she was devastated, but refused to take the day off from being Caputo's secretary, offering to call the police for him and trying to convince him to call Poussey's dad . Unknown to Caputo, she was present during the press release announcing Poussey's death and was angered when he stated Bayley wasn't being arrested and when Caputo failed to mention Poussey's name . Following this, she went through the halls shouting that Bayley was being let off, causing an uprising among all of the inmates . </P> <P> At the beginning of the fifth season, after the inmates take control of the prison, Taystee punches Caputo in the face and holds him and Josh from MCC hostage . She attempts to force Caputo to make a statement on video stating that Bayley murdered Poussey, but he refuses to and she finished the statement herself . Frustrated that the video didn't get the views she wanted, she handed Caputo to the Spanish inmates . Following this, she negotiates with the white supremacist inmates for possession of Judy King, who she plans to use to release a statement about their treatment in the prison to the press to the protest of Janae . During Judy's statement, Taystee interrupts her and speaks about how they are treated herself, as well as revealing Judy's special treatment, before releasing Judy and going back into the prison . </P> <P> Taystee ends up being the prison's spokesperson for negotiations, and she presents the list of demands voted on by the other inmates, disappointed that Bayley's arrest was so low on the list . She ends up negotiating with Figuerora, who was sent on behalf of the governor, and has Caputo by her side during the negotiations . After a video of Piscatella torturing Red, Alex, and others goes viral on the Internet, the governor agrees to meet all of their demands except for the arrest of Bayley due to his alleged murder of Poussey being outside of the state's jurisdiction . Taystee refuses to accept the remaining demands without the demand for Bayley's arrest being met and kicks Figueroa and Caputo out . After Maria leads the guards out of the prison, the state orders the riot team to take back the prison after Maria reveals that the guards weren't released by Taystee . After Taystee fails to stop the guards from breaching, she flees to Red's bunker and after seeing Piscatella she grabs Frieda's gun and almost shoots him for contributing to Poussey's death, before being talked down . After Piscatella is released, her and the other inmates in the bunker stand together as the riot team breaches the bunker . </P> <P> Nicky Nichols (played by Natasha Lyonne)--A former drug addict, now Red's most trusted assistant, Nicky is witty and acerbic, with a loud mouth . She swiftly befriends both Piper and Alex, expressing curiosity about what happened between the two of them outside of prison . She is estranged from her mother, a wealthy but extraordinarily selfish socialite who now lives in Brazil . When she was a child, Nicky was raised by a nanny and lived in a separate house from her mother . This estrangement was what initially led to Nicky's drug addiction . Upon arriving in prison, Red had helped her through her worst bouts of cold turkey . For this reason, Nicky has disowned her mother, and now looks up to Red as a mother figure, to the point where she openly calls her "mom" in the presence of other inmates, and Red in turn openly treats her as if she were her daughter . Nicky was involved in a friends - with - benefits relationship with Lorna until Lorna broke it off, which Nicky is bitter about for some time, but she later develops a brief interest in Alex . Nevertheless, Nicky continues to make numerous attempts to get back together with Lorna throughout the series, suggesting that her feelings for her may be romantic . Nicky has a scar on her chest from having heart surgery as a complication of a bacterial infection in her heart, which came from using a dirty needle . Having been clean for two years, Nicky uses sex with the other inmates as a coping mechanism, becoming something of a nymphomaniac in the process . During the second season, Nicky stages a sex - based point scoring competition with Big Boo, during which Nicky even makes advances on Officer Fischer . She gets revenge on Vee for Red's slocking by stealing her stash of heroin, causing her to again face her addiction . In the third season, she attempts to get the stolen heroin out of the prison . She decides to work with Luschek so he could sell it on the outside and split the profits with her . During a surprise inspection, drugs are discovered under Luschek's desk and he blames her for it, causing her to get sent to max . On her way out, she exchanges brief goodbyes with Lorna and Red, and as the prison van pulls up at the facility, Nicky expresses her satisfaction to Tiffany that she will never be able to hurt them or anyone she cares about again, lamenting that, even after kicking her drug addiction, she may never lose her self - destructive tendencies . In Season 4, Nicky is surviving in Max, and celebrates three years sobriety . She is initially shown ending a fling with Stella Carlin after discovering that she is using drugs again, but shortly after, falls off the wagon and starts using them herself . She has also been sending Luschek hate mail, and angrily castigates him when he comes to visit her, attempting to apologise . Eventually, with the help of Judy King, Luschek secures her return to the regular prison, and she has an emotional reunion with Red and Lorna . However, as a result of her relapse, she begins to steal from Red to purchase drugs from the various dealers across the prison, and at the same time makes numerous failed attempts to convince Lorna to restart their relationship . When Red confronts her and breaks down in tears at watching her adoptive daughter destroy herself, as happened with Tricia, Nicky reluctantly agrees to clean herself up again . Unbeknownst to her, Red uses her influence to get all of the prison drug dealers to cut Nicky off, while Pennsatucky provides her with emotional support . She concludes the season clean, however admits to Lorna that she is unhappy and a' junkie addict liar' . </P>

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