Aduba had the pleasure of watching Taliyah Whitaker play 5-year-old Suzanne in the hospital room and Eden Wiggins take on 10-year-old Suzanne at the sleepover. "Eden, who played Middle Crazy Eyes, that young lady, separate from her performance, is a phenomenal, phenomenal spirit. So wise beyond her years," Aduba recalled, the volume of her voice decreasing to a near whisper. "I think Eden was 12 years old maybe and she had really thought about who this girl was. So relaxed, and still a kid, but just such a centered little girl. I was just so fascinated by her. She was so centered and calm."

"There was an ease about her," she continued. "In terms of the acting, she had thought about it, she had watched some episodes, and just wanted to borrow some of the idiosyncrasies that were Suzanne. And she gave just a beautiful, open performance… She was, take after take, just unbelievable."

For Aduba, the scene expanded on the sadness that viewers witnessed in the "How come everyone calls me Crazy Eyes?" scene in Season 1. "She's been asking questions and not being understood her whole life and what was beautiful about what Eden did with that line — 'But dragons are cool' — is, even at that age, Suzanne has been metaphorically asking the question of, 'Why do people call me Crazy Eyes?' which really, for me, the subtext is, 'How come you don't see me? How come you don't understand me? I feel like what I'm saying is so clear.'"

"Also, the actor in me wants to link it in some way with her fascination with words, in addition to her parents being academics. 'If I could just figure out how to communicate with you, you would understand me better,'" added Aduba, who studied at Boston University. "And she just keeps hitting the same wall, running into it over and over again. It's something she's been living with her whole life."

And that's where Vee comes in. Seeing Suzanne left out of a game of Celebrity, she makes her feel special by offering her cake, giving her a new hairstyle, and tasking her with "important" jobs to do in her cigarette and eventual drug-smuggling ring. It's not long before she has Suzanne right where she wants her: completely malleable and easily controlled to do whatever she says or needs. "When I first started the show, I asked the question, How far would somebody go for love?" Aduba said. "And now I tag on to it, What are you willing to do to fit in?" The answer, we learn as Orange Is the New Black's second season continues, is anything and everything.

With a mere glance from Vee in Episode 10, Suzanne pounces on her former ally Poussey (Samira Wiley) in the bathroom, leaving the latter crying on the floor in both physical and emotional pain and the former proud of defending her fearless leader's honor.

"Oh my gosh. That broke my heart," Aduba recalled of the scene, clutching her chest. "That really broke my heart. One, because I love Samira Wiley and I think Samira's absolutely brilliant... She's a phenomenal actor and a beautiful person and I love her. And what I thought they did that was so brilliant was the first-position person in Suzanne's life is obviously Vee. This is the person she's determined to keep and protect. But they also had these small nuances and moments where Poussey and Crazy Eyes would have little agreements, like Poussey's invention of the 'stand-and-deliver' and Crazy Eyes believing in it. This is somebody that she cares for… She really loves her. And then, for that to be the one that she now has to stomp on, that was just heartbreaking. Shooting that was very difficult. My whole being felt that and it took a lot… And we had that look exchanged between Crazy Eyes and Vee with her chin up, saying, No, it's OK." Aduba's voice trailed off, getting emotional reliving the moment.