Just finished season 2 of Orange is the new black. Just outstanding. Better than season 1, and season 1 was exceptional. Great acting. Drama/comedy with some boobs is good in my book. Now I need a new series.. maybe start Game of Thrones?
There's still pretty good continuity. There are a lot of characters. The thing I like about it is, nobody seems to be untouchable. It keeps you on your toes because literally anybody could be killed off at any time- sometimes that's good and often times it isn't.
There is decent continuity, but only because there are literally dozens of stories going on at once, which in turn makes the depth of each suffer a bit if you ask me.
There's really only 3 or 4 main stories and every death makes them more interesting. Things did kind of suck when a whole story line basically got shut down though.