The seventh and final season of the American comedy-drama television series Orange Is the New Black premiered on Netflix on July 26, 2019, at 12:00 am PDT in multiple countries.

[2] The season chronicles Piper's life after being released contrasted against the experiences of other prisoners, some of whom now reside in immigration detention centers.

Now living with Cal and Neri, she is unable to pay her rent and probationary fees.

However, Taystee finds the phone instead, which results in a violent confrontation that sends both her and Badison to the SHU.

Maritza, released on parole, connects with an NBA player whom she met at a club.

Though Tamika is disheartened to learn she had only been hired for being black, she is inspired by Figueroa's advice to do whatever she wants.

Diablo visits Blanca, but he is taken into custody due to his expired green card.

Alex flushes Hellman's heroin down the toilet, and convinces McCullough to smuggle portable phone chargers instead.

Red, Gloria, Nicky, Lorna, and Flaca are assigned to run the kitchen at the PolyCon facility where Maritza and Blanca are staying.

Tamika creates new prison education programs; Maria and Cindy find solace in Caputo's restorative justice class, while Pennsatucky takes part in a GED course.

When Piper is caught tampering with her drug test, she is ordered by her parole officer to attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings.

However, Taystee plans to take advantage of her job by providing outside information to Daya, in hopes she will eventually get the drugs she had asked for.

Maria is initially enraged but, inspired by Caputo's assignment to reflect on who she has hurt, apologizes to Yadriel for not trusting how he's raising their daughter.

Cindy, also inspired by Caputo's assignment, apologizes to her mother as her release date impends.

Blanca bonds with Karla, who shows her an online legal library she can use to prepare her case.

Suzanne gives a journal to Taystee explaining what had happened the night Piscatella died.

After Tamika allots PolyCon's money towards the inmates' programs, a furious Linda prohibits her from extending the prison budget.

When Red accidentally cuts herself in the kitchen, the doctor diagnoses her with early onset dementia.

Figueroa is sympathetic towards Santos, a pregnant ICE detainee who was raped while trying to enter the United States.

Karla calls her kids with an emotional message through Gloria's illegal phone—the phone is later found by CO Bell.

During the GED exam, Luschek fails to provide Pennsatucky extra time for her dyslexia.

Believing she had flunked the test, Pennsatucky snorts fentanyl from Daya's crew and overdoses.

Luschek takes the fall for Gloria and claims he had smuggled in the cell phones, resulting in his termination.

In El Salvador, Karla follows a smuggler in an effort to get back into the United States, but breaks her ankle and is left stranded in the desert.

When a bottle of Hellman's drugs are found outside the prison, Linda fires Tamika on the spot.

Another ending was considered for the show with Piper telling her story to Jenji Kohan, who would make it into a TV series.

[3] In February 2016, Netflix gave the series a three-season renewal, which included its seventh season.

On Metacritic, season 7 has a score of 82 out of 100, based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

The site's consensus reads: "Carried by its exceptional ensemble, Orange Is the New Black's final season gets straight to the point, tackling hard-hitting issues with the same dramatic depth and gallows humor that made the show so ground-breaking to begin with".

[7] For the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Laverne Cox received a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.