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Oz

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

⭐ 8.1/10· 1997 ·6 Seasons ·56 Episodes · Created by Tom Fontana
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About this series

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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8.1/10 843 votes

Quick facts

First Aired
1997
Seasons
6
Episodes
56
TMDB Rating
⭐ 8.1/10
Votes
843
Genre
Crime, Drama
Status
Ended
Network
HBO
Director
Language
EN

Seasons

S01E01 still S01E01
The Routine
⭐ 8.0
Jul 12, 1997 56 min
In 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, Arya…
S01E02 still S01E02
Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise
⭐ 7.5
Jul 14, 1997 57 min
With 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, …
S01E03 still S01E03
God's Chillin'
⭐ 7.3
Jul 21, 1997 57 min
As 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 loc…
S01E04 still S01E04
Capital P
⭐ 7.3
Jul 28, 1997 57 min
Governor Devlin has reinstated capital punishment in the state, and the first Oz prisoner scheduled to die is Keane.
S01E05 still S01E05
Straight Life
⭐ 7.6
Aug 4, 1997 57 min
The 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. D…
S01E06 still S01E06
To Your Health
⭐ 8.4
Aug 11, 1997 57 min
Three 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, w…
S01E07 still S01E07
Plan B
⭐ 7.6
Aug 18, 1997 56 min
A 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 deadl…
S01E08 still S01E08
A Game of Checkers
⭐ 7.9
Aug 25, 1997 57 min
Beecher 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, re…

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🎭 Crime 🎭 Drama 🎬 Tom Fontana 👤 Lee Tergesen 👤 Harold Perrineau 👤 Dean Winters
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Questions about Oz

Oz has 6 seasons and 56 episodes total.
Oz was created by Tom Fontana and first aired in 1997.
Oz is a Crime, Drama series.
The cast of Oz includes Lee Tergesen, Harold Perrineau, Dean Winters, Eamonn Walker, Ernie Hudson.
Oz has a TMDB rating of 8.1/10 based on 843 votes.

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