Oz

Jul 12, 1997 (en) Crime, Drama [115] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jul 12, 1997
  • Production
    The Levinson/Fontana Company, Rysher Entertainment
  • Rotten tomato
    80.11%
  • Original title
    Oz
  • Release
    Jul 12, 1997
  • en
    -

Life's not a word. It's a sentence.

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Irene Burns

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Lee Tergesen

    Tobias Beecher

  2. Harold Perrineau

    Augustus Hill

  3. Dean Winters

    Ryan O'Reily

  4. Eamonn Walker

    Kareem Saïd

  5. Ernie Hudson

    Leo Glynn

  6. Terry Kinney

    Tim McManus

  7. Rita Moreno

    Sister Peter Marie Reimondo

  8. J.K. Simmons

    Vernon Schillinger

  9. Kirk Acevedo

    Miguel Alvarez

  10. Craig muMs Grant

    Poet

  11. BD Wong

    Father Ray Mukada

  12. Tom Mardirosian

    Agamemnon Busmalis

  13. Christopher Meloni

    Chris Keller

  14. Scott William Winters

    Cyril O'Reily

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 14 / Crews : 4

Specials ( 2002-03-19)

Season 1 Featurette

Episode: 1

Season 2 Featurette

Episode: 2

MT&R Panel Discussion

Episode: 3

Season 1 ( 1997-07-12)

Welcome to Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison or "Oz." As run by Tim McManus and overseen by Warden Leo Glynn. Em City is about prisoner rehabilitation over public retribution. No matter how hardened a criminal or killer, whether you're in for a few years or in for life, you have a role to play. Once inside, choose your friends carefully. Every group - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to mutual friends and terrorize mutual enemies. Don't smile. Get yourself a weapon. Stay on everybody's good side... if you can find one.

The Routine

Episode: 1

Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise

Episode: 2

God's Chillin'

Episode: 3

Capital P

Episode: 4

Straight Life

Episode: 5

To Your Health

Episode: 6

Plan B

Episode: 7

A Game of Checkers

Episode: 8

Season 2 ( 1998-07-11)

All that glitters is not Emerald City. Following the bloodbath that ended the prison riot, life is returning to far from normal for those who survived in the experimental unit of Oz. The Aryan Schillinger still butts heads with Beecher. The mob, led by Schibetta, continues to find its business cut into by the cold-hearted Adebisi. Warden Glynn and Tim McManus struggle to do the right thing for their prisoners, facing adversity at every turn from Governor Devlin. New prisoners include the sexually provocative child killer Shirley Bellinger and a guilty priest who will be forced to pay a terrible penance. The world of Oz will shatter your expectations in a new season where safety is not a option.

The Tip

Episode: 1

Ancient Tribes

Episode: 2

Great Men

Episode: 3

Losing Your Appeal

Episode: 4

Family Bizness

Episode: 5

Strange Bedfellows

Episode: 6

Animal Farm

Episode: 7

Escape from Oz

Episode: 8

Season 3 ( 1999-07-14)

The name on the street is Oz, but the name on the wall is the Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary - or it was. Now it's being changed to the Oswald State Correctional Facility. Maybe by getting rid of the word "penitentiary," the state is finally admitting that nobody's penitent. Nobody's sorry. NOBODY.

The Truth and Nothing But...

Episode: 1

Napoleon's Boney Parts

Episode: 2

Legs

Episode: 3

Unnatural Disasters

Episode: 4

U.S. Male

Episode: 5

Cruel and Unusual Punishments

Episode: 6

Secret Identities

Episode: 7

Out o' Time

Episode: 8

Season 4 ( 2000-07-12)

The Millennium ended with a bang at Oswald State Correctional Facility, Level Four - aka, Emerald City - as racial tensions reached an all-time high. Now, following a two-week lockdown and the appointment of a new Unit Manager, things are definitely changing, but not necessarily for the better. Prison officials are looking for ways to end the hostilities and return Emerald City to normal... but when was Em City ever normal?

A Cock and Balls Story

Episode: 1

Obituaries

Episode: 2

The Bill of Wrongs

Episode: 3

Works of Mercy

Episode: 4

Gray Matter

Episode: 5

A Word to the Wise

Episode: 6

A Town Without Pity

Episode: 7

You Bet Your Life

Episode: 8

Medium Rare

Episode: 9

Conversions

Episode: 10

Revenge is Sweet

Episode: 11

Cuts Like a Knife

Episode: 12

Blizzard of '01

Episode: 13

Orpheus Descending

Episode: 14

Even the Score

Episode: 15

Famous Last Words

Episode: 16

Season 5 ( 2002-01-06)

It's a new year...but just another day in Oz. The renovations following the fire are complete: the walls are cleaner, the cafeteria is bigger and everything seems fresher...everything on the outside that is. Inside the hearts and minds of the prisoners, Oz is just as dark and raw as it ever was. Emerald City may look new, but the old, festering feuds are always just around the corner.

Visitation

Episode: 1

Laws of Gravity

Episode: 2

Dream a Little Dream of Me

Episode: 3

Next Stop: Valhalla

Episode: 4

Wheel of Fortune

Episode: 5

Variety

Episode: 6

Good Intentions

Episode: 7

Impotence

Episode: 8

Season 6 ( 2003-01-05)

On the surface, not much has changed inside the walls of Oswald State Penitentiary. Schillinger has revenge on his mind, Cyril is facing execution, Beecher is hoping for parole, and McManus is finding solace in a meditative maze. But there's toil and trouble brewing in the Oz cauldron, as the Oz players rehearse for their presentation of Macbeth and the climactic final act.

Dead Man Talking

Episode: 1

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil

Episode: 2

Sonata de Oz

Episode: 3

A Failure to Communicate

Episode: 4

4 Giveness

Episode: 5

A Day in the Death...

Episode: 6

Junkyard Dawgs

Episode: 7

Exeunt Omnes

Episode: 8

Oz

Jul 12, 1997 (en)
Crime, Drama
[115] Min
  • First Air Date Jul 12, 1997
  • Production
    The Levinson/Fontana Company, Rysher Entertainment
  • Rotten tomato 80.11%
Original Title Oz
en

Life's not a word. It's a sentence.

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Irene Burns

    Producer