Hold Up, Who Is Frieda Berlin on Orange Is the New Black?

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"Why dig one six-foot hole when you can dig six one-foot holes? That's just murder math!" - Frieda Berlin

Before season four of Orange Is the New Black, we knew that Frieda Berlin (Dale Soules) is a callous, no-nonsense old gal who boasts neck tattoos and a brittle sense of humor. This season really highlights how bloodthirsty Frieda actually is, while allowing the occasional glimpse of a vulnerability she might possess deep down. So, who is Frieda Berlin? Here are some things we've learned.

She's doing time for having cut off her husband's penis.

With pride, Frieda explains to Gonzales how she ended up in prison: She removed her husband's penis, using a butcher knife . . . that wasn't even sharp. "I still dream about it," she says. "All the blood. The way it flopped around in my fist. Best thing I ever did."

She's a member of the Golden Girls.

Frieda hangs out with the other older ladies at Litchfield in a clique referred to as the Golden Girls. Yet Frieda views old age as an asset in prison; if everyone thinks they're feeble, they're constantly underestimated and ignored, so they can get away with anything. Of course, the word "Golden" refers only to their time of life. There is nothing sunny about Frieda Berlin.

She knows a lot about murder . . . a LOT, a lot.

To Alex's dismay, Frieda discovers the body of the murdered guard, but it turns out that Frieda is the best possible person to have on hand in exactly this situation. Although she won't answer Alex's inquiry about whether she'd ever killed a person ("That's personal"), she sure knows a lot about dismembering a body and strategically planting the remains.

Really, she is most likely an actual murderer.

Frieda claims to have killed a cop with his own gun, and her answer to most conflicts with other inmates is to kill them or at least threaten them a little. On a few occasions, Frieda suggests murdering Lolly to silence her incriminating rants, and Red clearly believes Frieda would do it.

She is no-nonsense but loyal.

Frieda doesn't suffer fools but when she identifies an ally; she sticks with them. In season two, she lands firmly on the side of Team Red and never looks back, loyally fighting Red's battles and proving to be a helpful comrade.

There's a tiny bit of soft tenderness somewhere deep down within Frieda.

When Lolly panics and tries to dig up the body parts buried in the garden, Frieda calmly diffuses the situation by claiming she already moved the body parts to another location. Despite her blustery detachment, Frieda has a sensitive intuition about people, and perhaps it's because - as she roars at Baxter Bayley when he hits her with an egg - she is a human being.