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8.0867 votes1997TV-MA1hEndedCrimeDramaOfficial site

Synopsis

“Life's not a word. It's a sentence.”

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

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Season 1

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1. The RoutineNow viewing1997-07-1256m8.0In the "Emerald City" experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who live within a pecking order of Homeboys, Latinos, Muslims, Irish, Aryans, and Wiseguys. No clear-cut leader emerges—with the possible exception of Kareem Saïd, a Muslim author who preaches non-violence and abstinence. Saïd's arrival doesn't prevent a short-fused Mafia inmate named Dino Ortolani from ticking off just about everybody—a habit that ends up burning him.
2. Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise1997-07-1457m7.5With Schibetta and the prison brass in a race to uncover Ortolani's killer (for very different reasons), we see how inmates react to visits from both their wives and, in one case, family members who are also in prison.
3. God's Chillin'1997-07-2157m7.2As friction grows in the wake of increasing deaths, Schibetta, Saïd, and Keane are brought together by Glynn, who tells them to keep their respective groups quiet or else he'll lock the prison down. The tension increases following a visit from Governor Devlin, who was responsible for the ban on smoking and conjugal visits.
4. Capital P1997-07-2857m7.4Governor Devlin has reinstated capital punishment in the state, and the first Oz prisoner scheduled to die is Keane.
5. Straight Life1997-08-0457m7.6The infiltration of drugs into Oz has reached unprecedented levels, and the undercover efforts of McManus and Glynn to find out who's smuggling them in backfires in a deadly way. Despite a lockdown in Emerald City, the drugs continue to trickle in—and the blame shifts from prisoners to corrupt officials.
6. To Your Health1997-08-1157m8.2Three generations of Alvarezes—all prisoners at Oz—are united when the partiarch, Ricardo, is found face down in his cell, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, Beecher, who as Schillinger's "prag" has been forced to wear women's clothes, flips out after taking PCP.
7. Plan B1997-08-1856m7.6A recovered Saïd ostracizes Mershah for turning his back on him when he was dying—and orders the rest of the Muslims to do the same. Impressed by Saïd's power, Groves makes a deadly decision in his honor. Meanwhile, Beecher, transformed by prison life, finally gets revenge on Schillinger.
8. A Game of Checkers1997-08-2557m7.9Beecher is released from the hole and Schillinger is left eyeless and weak. A riot breaks out after two white punks get into a fight over checkers. Frustration, sexuality, hate, revenge, racism all rear their ugly heads, causing the violence to escalate.

Cast

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Lee Tergesen
Tobias Beecher
Harold Perrineau
Augustus Hill
Dean Winters
Ryan O'Reily
Eamonn Walker
Kareem Saïd
Ernie Hudson
Leo Glynn
Terry Kinney
Tim McManus
Rita Moreno
Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
J.K. Simmons
Vernon Schillinger
Kirk Acevedo
Miguel Alvarez
Craig muMs Grant
Poet
BD Wong
Father Ray Mukada
Tom Mardirosian
Agamemnon Busmalis
Christopher Meloni
Chris Keller
Scott William Winters
Cyril O'Reily
Ra Hanna
Nacim Bismilla
David Zayas
Enrique Morales
Chuck Zito
Chucky Pancamo
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Granville Adams
Zahir Arif
George Morfogen
Bob Rebadow
Luna Lauren Vélez
Dr. Gloria Nathan

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Is Oz available to watch online?

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How many seasons does Oz have?

Oz has 6 seasons and 56 episodes.

When did Oz first air?

Oz first aired in 1997.

Is Oz still running?

Oz's status on TMDB is: Ended.

What genre is Oz?

Oz is classified as Crime, Drama.