--- title: Orange Is the New Black Season 4 Netflix Spoiler Problem description: Binge-watching robs the Netflix show of the conversation it deserves canonical: https://time.com/4374833/orange-is-the-new-black-season-4-proves-netflix-spoilers/ author: Daniel D'Addario article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-20T15:51:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:42:56.014Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Orange Is The New Black Has A Spoiler Problem og:description: Binge-watching hurts the Netflix show og:url: https://time.com/4374833/orange-is-the-new-black-season-4-proves-netflix-spoilers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24c4722db86dde87/69887c57bc6cfc4e0c3db9c4/orange-is-the-new-black.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Orange Is the New Black og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Orange Is The New Black Has A Spoiler Problem twitter:description: Binge-watching hurts the Netflix show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24c4722db86dde87/69887c57bc6cfc4e0c3db9c4/orange-is-the-new-black.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Orange Is the New Black_ Season 4 Proves Netflix Has a Spoiler Problem > Sponsored content. 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The death of Poussey in the season’s 12th episode, as a result of the guards’ brutality, works as drama particularly because of how random it is—Poussey is the ultimate bystander, someone trying to ride out the rest of her incarceration and avoid getting involved in the currents of violence and tension that animate life at Litchfield. Knowing that she dies feels substantially different from, say, knowing whether it’s Jon or Ramsay who wins _Game of Thrones_‘s “Battle of the Bastards”; both options feel credibly in play. But to know that Poussey is doomed saps the power of her death. And, unfortunately for fans who didn’t power through the fourth season in a weekend, that death is indeed so powerful—robbing the show of one of its most dynamic and lovable characters in an act of transparent cruelty and racially-motivated brutality—that those who’ve watched it want, badly, to discuss it. Twitter is strewn with people who saw reactions to Poussey’s death before they saw the episode. And savvy viewers will be able to deduce what happened given a wide breadth of articles with headlines referencing a big moment in the season’s 12th episode and an equally wide breadth of headlines of interviews with actress Samira Wiley referencing some variation on “her big emotional moment.” These headlines are, in the main, the right amount of vague. It is right and good that media outlets are talking to Wiley. Her terrific sustained performance over four seasons made Poussey’s death sting all the harder. And critics should be discussing the moment at which racial tension turned fatal on _Orange is the New Black_. However, those viewers for whom the season is “spoiled,” whether or not they even keep on watching, are losing out on the chance to have a genuine emotional reaction. By the simple fact that _Orange is the New Black_ airs on Netflix, those viewers along with everyone else have also missed out on the chance to meaningfully discuss the series since its start. Conversation around the show, which is impossible to discuss in the weeks following a new season launch, tends to dry up by the time a critical mass has caught up. Those most passionate about the show have digested it and moved on. And so the only things available to say about an intensely provocative and deeply challenging show are broad comments about how well-made it is or how diverse and how talented the cast is. Imagine _Orange is the New Black_ airing its episodes on a timed schedule, just like any show on broadcast or cable. Poussey’s death would be as widely and passionately discussed, out in the open, as any TV event of the past year. It’s very apparent that there are series the Netflix “binge” model has helped (like _House of Cards_, far more addictive than it is good); _Orange is the New Black_, with a sharp political anger that blooms when discussed and only festers when watched on the couch alone, is not one of them. There’s not really a solution here, and I doubt anyone involved with _Orange is the New Black_ is disappointed so far with the response to the fourth season. But I just hope the discussion around the fourth season’s ideas, this time, lasts long enough for everyone to take part. The truest way the season could be spoiled is if everyone just watched it alone and then moved on without all the sorts of engagement the best of TV can provoke. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4374833/orange-is-the-new-black-season-4-proves-netflix-spoilers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4374833/orange-is-the-new-black-season-4-proves-netflix-spoilers/"},"headline":"Orange Is the New Black Season 4 Proves Netflix Has a Spoiler Problem","datePublished":"2016-06-20T15:51:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:42:56.014Z","description":"Binge-watching robs the Netflix show of the conversation it deserves","url":"https://time.com/4374833/orange-is-the-new-black-season-4-proves-netflix-spoilers/","keywords":["Television","Orange Is the New Black"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24c4722db86dde87/69887c57bc6cfc4e0c3db9c4/orange-is-the-new-black.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24c4722db86dde87/69887c57bc6cfc4e0c3db9c4/orange-is-the-new-black.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Orange Is the New Black","caption":"Orange Is the New Black","creditText":"Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4374833/orange-is-the-new-black-season-4-proves-netflix-spoilers/","name":"Orange Is the New Black Season 4 Proves Netflix Has a Spoiler Problem"}}]}] ```