What happens to Vee in Orange Is the New Black? Details from the prison drama, explored

Orange Is the New Black premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013.

It quickly changed what streaming dramas could be. The series was created by Jenji Kohan. It mixed comedy, tragedy, and strong social messages. The story focused on life inside a women’s federal prison.

The characters had complex backgrounds. They also had deep emotional layers. This helped the show become one of Netflix’s top original series. The show opened important conversations. It explored justice, identity, power, and survival in prison.

The series ran for seven seasons. Viewers followed the inmates of Litchfield Penitentiary. They saw changing alliances, personal growth, and harsh prison realities.

One of the most memorable characters in Orange Is the New Black is Yvonne “Vee” Parker. She is played by Lorraine Toussaint. Vee is the main villain in Season 2. She is not just evil. She is smart, planned, and very manipulative.

Her presence changes the lives of many inmates. She creates power struggles and betrayals. Her story ends shockingly. Vee’s storyline is one of the most talked-about in the series. So, let’s explore what happens to Vee.

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What happens to Vee in Orange Is the New Black?

Vee arrives at Litchfield Penitentiary in Orange Is the New Black Season 2. She is an experienced criminal. She has been in prison before. Vee is intelligent, manipulative, and strategic. These traits help her gain power quickly among the inmates. She knows how to influence people.

She pretends to be kind and protective. She especially targets vulnerable inmates. At the same time, she plans to control them. Before coming to prison this season, Vee was a drug dealer. She worked on the outside. She used children in her drug business. She controlled them by using emotional attachment.

Two of these children were Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson and RJ. Vee once “adopted” them. She used them to help her criminal operation.

Soon after arriving at Litchfield, Vee starts building power. She tries to create the same control she had outside prison. She targets young and insecure women. Taystee is her main focus. Vee pulls them into her group. She offers emotional support and a sense of belonging. This makes her control look like mentorship. In reality, she is forcing loyalty.

Over time, she recruits Black inmates. She builds her own network inside the prison. She becomes part of Litchfield’s prison economy. Once her group is set, Vee runs contraband sales. She sells cigarettes and drugs. This gives her money and social power.

Her influence grows fast. She uses fear, manipulation, and division. This helps her weaken rival groups.

The biggest power struggle in Orange Is the New Black Season 2 is between Vee and Galina “Red” Reznikov. Red controls the prison’s main contraband network. She runs it through the kitchen and later the greenhouse supply system.

Vee wants total control. This pushes her to challenge Red directly. The tension between them grows all season. Red refuses to give up her smuggling operation. At first, they agree to an uneasy truce. The peace does not last.

Vee breaks the truce. In Orange Is the New Black Episode 12, she attacks Red. She uses a sock filled with a padlock to hit her. Red is badly injured. She is sent to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Vee’s power starts to fall after she attacks Red. An investigation into the assault begins. Vee tries to shift the blame. She targets Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren. She uses Suzanne’s mental vulnerability. On the other hand, Vee gaslights Suzanne. Soon, even some guards and investigators suspect Suzanne.

But other inmates begin to see the truth. Black Cindy and Janae pull back their support. They point to Vee as the attacker. They also reveal Vee’s plans and lies. Vee loses all her followers. She knows the authorities are closing in. With no support left, Vee makes a desperate choice.

During the Orange Is the New Black Season 2 finale, the prison falls into chaos. The episode is called We Have Manners. We’re Polite. A storm causes damage to the prison. Vee uses this chance to escape. She crawls through a sewage tunnel under Red’s greenhouse. She makes it outside the prison.

Vee reaches a road. There, she meets Miss Rosa. Rosa is another inmate who has escaped in a prison van. Rosa knows her cancer treatment is failing. She wants to feel freedom one last time. As she drives away from Litchfield, she sees Vee.

Rosa turns the van toward Vee. She hits Vee on purpose, and Vee is killed instantly. Even then, Rosa shows her dislike for Vee. She says, “Always so rude that one.” Vee’s death is sudden and shocking. It becomes one of the most talked-about moments in the show. It ends Vee’s control and manipulation. It also shows how unpredictable life and death are in prison.

Vee’s death deeply affects many characters. Suzanne is affected the most as she was emotionally attached to Vee. Vee manipulated her into taking her side. After Vee’s death, Suzanne feels betrayed. She struggles with the trauma Vee caused.

The power balance in Orange Is the New Black changes again. Red’s contraband network slowly recovers. The prison returns to a fragile balance of power among the inmates.