Orange Is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan has admitted that season five was a bit weak.

The latest season of Netflix's hit show took place over a short period of three days as the prisoners of Litchfield rioted after the death of Poussey Washington in the fourth season, with one character not making it out alive.

It led to criticisms from fans that the pacing suffered as a result and Kohan understands their complaints, adding to The New Yorker that some of the plots of the fifth season were "fan fiction".

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"We had lost a bunch of the original writers," expanded co-producer Tara Herrmann. "It wasn't anyone's fault. It was just a new dynamic – people were attached to the characters as viewers, not as creators."

As a result, only two of season five's writers were rehired for season six and new writers on the show include someone who worked on Bones and a novelist, Merritt Tierce.

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Kohan teased that in the same way that Black Lives Matter was reflected in season four, season six could have references to Donald Trump's presidency – and also confirmed that the show will continue to focus on the prison as a whole.

"I like an ensemble. It's gluttony – I like a little piece of this, a little piece of that," she explained.

Orange Is the New Black is available to watch on Netflix.

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