Everything We Know About Orange Is the New Black Season 3

At a Television Academy screening and panel, creator Jenji Kohan revealed that the season three themes are faith and motherhood. “It’s a little lighter than season two,” she also added.

The trailer for season three revealed a lot of interesting things, which we detailed.

Like Alex's teary return and more.

Season three will be available for binge watching on June 12!

Did Larry's storyline wrap up with him riding off into the sunset with Polly? Netflix confirmed in February that Jason Biggs will not be in season three. That doesn't mean we'll never see Larry again, though; Biggs seemed optimistic he could return when he commented on the move to the New York Daily News. "They’re not focusing on Larry at the moment. Larry will not be in season three. But there’s always a possibility he can come back," Biggs said.

Veteran actress Mary Steenburgen recently joined the cast for season three, and star Pablo Schreiber, who plays Mendez, aka Pornstache, told Vulture she'll be playing his mom.

In the same interview, Schreiber said his character's imprisonment — and his own casting in another series — means that he's in fewer episodes: "I'm a series regular now on a show called The Brink on HBO. But his [Pornstache's] mother is making an appearance on season three. Mary Steenburgen has been cast as my mom. I'm not sure what she'll do that will advance the Pornstache plotline, but for now, Mendez is in prison, biding his time."

Prepon's character Alex wasn't seen as much in season two, since she got out of the clink for a while, but she will be back full time in season three, as we saw in the trailer. Probably because Piper gets her thrown back in . . .

Mike Birbiglia has joined the cast in an unknown role, though we haven't seen footage of him yet.

In the first clip released from the season, Suzanne is dealing with the loss of Vee, whom we all saw get hit by a van in the season two finale.