List of Oz episodes
The following is a list of the episodes of the HBO television drama, Oz. Each episode addresses a particular "theme" which is addressed during Augustus Hill's narratives, as well as during certain points in the actual episode. During the first six episodes of season 6, Augustus Hill shares the narration with another inmate. In the season 5 episode "Variety" the narratives were replaced by short songs sung by series characters, in a variety show format.
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[edit] Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | ||||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
| 1 | 8 | July 12, 1997 | August 25, 1997 | March 19, 2002 | February 5, 2007 | February 15, 2007 | |
| 2 | 8 | July 11, 1998 | August 31, 1998 | January 7, 2003 | August 6, 2007 | August 16, 2007 | |
| 3 | 8 | July 14, 1999 | September 1, 1999 | February 24, 2004 | October 29, 2007 | November 8, 2007 | |
| 4 | 16 | July 12, 2000 | February 25, 2001 | February 1, 2005 | March 8, 2008 | March 20, 2008 | |
| 5 | 8 | January 6, 2002 | February 24, 2002 | June 21, 2005 | June 30, 2008 | June 19, 2008 | |
| 6 | 8 | January 5, 2003 | February 23, 2003 | September 5, 2006 | September 22, 2008 | September 18, 2008 | |
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[edit] Season 1 (1997)
The first season of Oz starred Ernie Hudson as Warden Leo Glynn, Terry Kinney as Emerald City Unit Manager Tim McManus, Harold Perrineau as inmate and narrator Augustus Hill, and Eamonn Walker as new inmate and devout Muslim Kareem Saïd.
It is also starred Kirk Acevedo as Latino inmate Miguel Alvarez, Edie Falco as correctional officer Diane Wittlesey, Rita Moreno as prison counselor Sister Peter Marie Reimondo, Tony Musante as inmate and Mafia boss Nino Schibetta, Leon Robinson as inmate Jefferson Keane, J.K. Simmons as inmate and Aryan Brotherhood leader Vernon Schillinger, Lee Tergesen as new inmate Tobias Beecher, Sean Whitesell as cannibalistic inmate Donald Groves, Dean Winters as manipulative Irish inmate Ryan O'Reily, and B. D. Wong as the prison chaplain Father Ray Mukada.
Recurring guest stars included Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as inmate and Homeboys gang leader Simon Adebisi, Rick Fox as inmate and former basketball star Jackson Vahue, Goodfella Mike G as inmate and Schibetta's right hand man Joey D'Angelo, Stephen Gevedon as biker inmate Scott Ross, Craig muMs Grant as inmate Arnold "Poet" Jackson, Zeljko Ivanek as Governor James Devlin, Tim McAdams as inmate and Homeboy Johnny Post, George Morfogen as long-term inmate Bob Rebadow, Steve Ryan as corrupt Officer Mike Healy, Lauren Vélez as prison doctor Gloria Nathan, and J. D. Williams as homeboy inmate Kenny Wangler.
Season 1 chronicled the spiritual and political journeys of many of the characters as they descend into insanity, rise and fall politically, and seek redemption. The season showed how the different gangs fight each other as well as the prison system, culminating in a riot in which the inmates take over Emerald City.
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Routine" | Darnell Martin | Tom Fontana | July 12, 1997 | Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary |
| In Oswald Maximum Security Penitiury, Tim Mcmanus opens Em city, an experimental unit that is different from all the cell blocks in Oz. We get a glimpse of daily routine life within Oz itself. Former lawyer, Tobias Beecher is jailed for DUI and finds it difficult to adjust to prison life, after being roomed with one of the most dangerous inmates, Simon Adebisi, Aryan inmate, Verne Schillinger saves him only to find things go from bad to worse for him. Muslim Kareem Said arrives and says that he now runs Oz. Another inmate, Dino Ortalani makes enemies fast and ends him up getting burned. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise" | Nick Gomez | Tom Fontana | July 14, 1997 | Sex |
| The death of Dino Ortalani sparks numerous outbursts from the Italians and the gangsters. Beecher gets a conjugal visit from his wife but has to ask Schillinger for permission first. Jefferson Keane wants to marry; Prison Chaplain, father Ray Mukada consoles Miguel Alvarez on the arrival of his unborn child with the help of his grandfather. Nino Schibetta finds Ortalani's killer and the Governor ends conjugal visits. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "God's Chillin'" | Jean de Segonzac | Tom Fontana | July 21, 1997 | Religion |
| Intensity between the gangsters and Wise guys ensues after the death of Johnny Post, Glynn warns Schibetta, Keane, and Said to keep the peace or he will lockdown the prison. Keane finds solace with Said and O'Reilly tries to him down for his protection. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Capital P" | Darnell Martin | Tom Fontana | July 28, 1997 | Capital Punishment |
| Governor Devlin reinstates capitol punishment with Keane being the first man executed, Tobias Beecher tries to redeem himself by trying to appeal on his behalf but Schillinger stops him in his tracks. O'reilly plays a double agent by being loyal to both sides to cover up his own dirty business. Sister Peter Marie is fired for protesting against the death penalty but rehired again. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Straight Life" | Leslie Libman & Larry Williams | Tom Fontana | August 4, 1997 | Drugs |
| The drug epidemic grows as the efforts of the staff trying to stop it fail, Scibetta sides with the gangsters and offers them a deal to join him only to find out that one of them is not who he says he is and plugs him up. Diane Whittlsey meets a old friend and joins him in smuggling cigaretts to make ends meat. Said is diagnosed with hypertension but refuses to take his medication. An anomynous tip leads to one of the officers getting arrested for smuggling drugs into Oz. McManus and Sister Pete find out that Beecher has found a new addiction to kill his pain, Sister Pete tries to get him into counselling but with no luck, Schillinger decides to give him a makeover. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "To Your Health" | Alan Taylor | Tom Fontana | August 11, 1997 | Health |
| The staff realize that they are not dealing with senior inmates very well so they decide to give them a senior citizens unit, with no success. McManus starts behaving strangely and is somewhat permanently attached to Em city. Rebadow decides to leave with God's aid but fails. Ricardo Alvarez has Alzheimer's, Mukada and Sister Pete debate that he should be released. Schillinger grows tired of Beecher and gives him a T-shirt with the confederate flag on it, knowing it'll make him a target for the African american inmates, O'Reilly gives him PCP and Beecher takes a stand against Schillinger with blinding results. O'Reilly and Adebisi know that Schibetta is driving a wedge between them so they come up with a plan to kill him. Basketball star, Jackson Vayhue comes to Oz, Augustus Hill, who is his role model tries to win his respect but Vayhue gets him to take drugs to prove his loyalty to him. Said succumbs to a heart attack and Husseni Mershah, who does not share Said's enthusiasm let's him die. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Plan B" | Darnell Martin | Tom Fontana | August 18, 1997 | Unplanned events |
| Following his heart attack, Said banishes Huseni Mershah, but Mershah tells Glynn and Mcmanus about Said's plans to start a riot, following a shakedown, he is transferred out of Em City where he is labeled an outcast and commits suicide later on. Donald Groves, who wants to follow Said, decides to kill Glynn but this backfires in the result of an officer getting killed in the process; while Groves is awaiting execution, the guards brutally beat the inmates for retaliation. Hill admires chellist, Eugene Dobbins and through this decides to find another roll model other than Vayhue. O'reilly and Adebisi take down Schibetta with tragic results. Beecher manages to stand up to Schillinger in messy way. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "A Game of Checkers" | Jean de Segonzac | Tom Fontana | August 25, 1997 | Revolution |
| After months of Tension, a riot breaks loose in Em City all started by two inmates playing a game of checkers. Mcmanus goes in to trade himself for a couple of wounded hostages and the Governor decides to take back Em City by force. | ||||||
[edit] Season 2 (1998)
The second season of Oz starred Kirk Acevedo as Latino inmate Miguel Alvarez, Ernie Hudson as Warden Leo Glynn, Terry Kinney as Emerald City Unit Manager Tim McManus, Rita Moreno as prison counselor Sister Peter Marie Reimondo, Harold Perrineau as inmate and narrator Augustus Hill, J.K. Simmons as reformed Aryan Brotherhood inmate Vernon Schillinger, Lee Tergesen as the mentally unstable inmate Tobias Beecher, Eamonn Walker as inmate and devout Muslim leader Kareem Saïd, and Dean Winters as manipulative Irish-American inmate Ryan O'Reily.
It also starred Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as inmate and Homeboys gang leader Simon Adebisi, Edie Falco as correctional officer Diane Wittlesey, George Morfogen as long-term inmate Bob Rebadow, Lauren Vélez as prison doctor Gloria Nathan, and B. D. Wong as the prison chaplain Father Ray Mukada.
Recurring guest stars included Bryan Callen as Christian inmate Jonathan Coushaine, Kathryn Erbe as death row inmate Shirley Bellinger, Bill Fagerbakke as corrupt corrections officer Karl Metzger, Rick Fox as inmate and former basketball star Jackson Vahue, Craig muMs Grant as inmate Arnold "Poet" Jackson, Luis Guzmán as new inmate and Latino gang leader Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez, Zeljko Ivanek as Governor James Devlin, Jordan Lage as homosexual inmate Richie Hanlon, Eddie Malavarca as inmate and new leader of the mob Peter Schibetta, Tom Mardirosian as inmate Agamemnon "The Mole" Busmalis, Mark Margolis as Peter Schibetta's godfather and new inmate Antonio Nappa, Christopher Meloni as new inmate Chris Keller, Austin Pendleton as inmate and alzheimer's patient William Giles, Evan Seinfeld as new biker inmate Jaz Hoyt, J. D. Williams as homeboy inmate Kenny Wangler, and Scott William Winters as Ryan O'Reily's brother, Cyril O'Reily.
Season two of Oz continued to show the aftermath of the riot and the lessons each of the characters learned from it. Throughout the course of the season, each of its principal characters were forced to confront their own demons, and some prevail where others falter.
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "The Tip" | Nick Gomez | Tom Fontana | July 11, 1998 | Blame/Lying |
| Following the aftermath of the riot, Devlin starts an inquiry to investigate the causes of starting the riot. Law school dean, Alvah Case, is hired by Devlin to do the investigation; while investigating, he discovers that one of the inmates, Scott Ross may have been murdered, intentionally; only to find out that Whittlsey is the one responsible for the murder. | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | "Ancient Tribes" | Uli Edel | Story by: Tom Fontana Teleplay by: Tom Fontana & Sean Jablonski |
July 20, 1998 | Forced perceptions |
| Ten months after the riot, Em city reopens and Mcmanus lays down new ground rules to make lives better. He starts by making a high school education program. Peter Schibetta, the son of deceased mob boss, Nino Schibetta decides to find the one responsible for his father's death, he also knows a secret about Glynn. Schillinger is up for parole but Beecher does what he can to stop him, even going so far as to make Whittlsey kill him in exchange for not revealing that he saw her kill Scott Ross, but Whittlsey sets him up and Schillinger is charged with Conspiracy to commit murder. Glynn's daughter is brutally raped and he takes his frustrations out on Alvarez. O'reilly finds out he has Breast cancer. | ||||||
| 11 | 3 | "Great Men" | Bob Balaban | Story by: Tom Fontana Teleplay by: Tom Fontana & Sean Jablonski |
July 27, 1998 | Historical impact |
| 12 | 4 | "Losing Your Appeal" | Keith Samples | Story by: Tom Fontana Teleplay by: Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters |
August 3, 1998 | Love |
| Alvarez finds out about who raped Glynn's daughter and an elderly inmate, Agamemmnon Busmalis, decides to dig his way out of Oz. Kenny Wangler adapts well to reading but Adebisi makes him stop. An insane inmate, William Giles starts talking to Sister Peter Marie in a strange way. Said, who not turns to Justice decides to help Hill, who he thinks the judge preciding at his trial took a bribe. O'reilly goes through Breast cancer surgery. Schillinger decides stop being nice and take matters in his own hands and Shirley Bellinger, becomes the first woman on death row. | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | "Family Bizness" | Kathy Bates | Story by: Tom Fontana Teleplay by: Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters |
August 10, 1998 | Family |
| 14 | 6 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Alan Taylor | Tom Fontana | August 17, 1998 | Consequences |
| 15 | 7 | "Animal Farm" | Mary Harron | Story by: Tom Fontana Teleplay by: Tom Fontana and Debbie Sarjeant |
August 24, 1998 | Animals |
| 16 | 8 | "Escape from Oz" | Jean de Segonzac | Tom Fontana | August 31, 1998 | Escaping prison life |
[edit] Season 3 (1999)
The third season of Oz is starred Kirk Acevedo as Latino inmate Miguel Alvarez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as inmate Simon Adebisi, Ernie Hudson as Warden Leo Glynn, Terry Kinney as Emerald City Unit Manager Tim McManus, Rita Moreno as prison counselor Sister Peter Marie Reimondo, Harold Perrineau as inmate and narrator Augustus Hill, J.K. Simmons as reformed Aryan Brotherhood inmate Vernon Schillinger, Lee Tergesen as the mentally unstable inmate Tobias Beecher, Eamonn Walker as inmate and devout Muslim leader Kareem Saïd, and Dean Winters as manipulative Irish inmate Ryan O'Reily.
It is also starred Kathryn Erbe as death row inmate Shirley Bellinger, Edie Falco as correctional officer Diane Wittlesey, Luis Guzmán as inmate and Latino gang leader Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez, Mark Margolis as inmate and Italian gang leader Antonio Nappa, Christopher Meloni as inmate Chris Keller, George Morfogen as longterm inmate Robert 'Bob' Rebadow, Lauren Vélez as prison doctor Gloria Nathan, and B. D. Wong as the prison chaplain Father Ray Mukada, Granville Adams as Muslim inmate Zahir Arif, Arija Bareikis as Tricia Ross, the sister of dead inmate Scott Ross, Philip Casnoff as new Russian inmate Nikolai Stanislofsky, Robert Clohessy as new head CO of Emerald City Sean Murphy, Seth Gilliam as new CO Clayton Hughes, Tom Mardirosian as inmate Agamemnon "The Mole" Busmalis, Craig muMs Grant as inmate Arnold "Poet" Jackson, Kristin Rohde as new CO Claire Howell, J. D. Williams as inmate and Homeboy gang leader Kenny Wangler, and Scott William Winters as inmate Cyril O'Reily.
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Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Theme |
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| 17 | 1 | "The Truth and Nothing But..." | Nick Gomez | Tom Fontana | July 14, 1999 | The truth |
| 18 | 2 | "Napoleon's Boney Parts" | Matt Dillon | Tom Fontana | July 21, 1999 | Napoléon Bonaparte |
| 19 | 3 | "Legs" | Keith Samples | Tom Fontana | July 28, 1999 | Running |
| 20 | 4 | "Unnatural Disasters" | Chazz Palminteri | Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters | August 4, 1999 | God's will |
| 21 | 5 | "U.S. Mail" | Steve Buscemi | Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters | August 11, 1999 | U.S. Postal Service |
| 22 | 6 | "Cruel and Unusual Punishments" | Terry Kinney | Tom Fontana | August 18, 1999 | Punishment |
| 23 | 7 | "Secret Identities" | Adam Bernstein | Tom Fontana & Sunil Nayar | August 25, 1999 | One's true identity |
| 24 | 8 | "Out o' Time" | Barbara Kopple | Tom Fontana | September 1, 1999 | The new year, end of the millennium |
[edit] Season 4 (2000–2001)
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Theme |
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| 25 | 1 | "A Cock and Balls Story" | Adam Bernstein | Tom Fontana | July 12, 2000 | The U.S. prison system |
| 26 | 2 | "Obituaries" | Kenneth Fink | Tom Fontana | July 19, 2000 | Newspaper obituaries |
| 27 | 3 | "The Bill of Wrongs" | Goran Gajić | Tom Fontana | July 26, 2000 | The Bill of Rights |
| 28 | 4 | "Works of Mercy" | Adam Bernstein | Tom Fontana | August 2, 2000 | Mercy |
| 29 | 5 | "Gray Matter" | Brian Cox | Tom Fontana | August 9, 2000 | The human brain |
| 30 | 6 | "A Word to the Wise" | Keith Samples | Tom Fontana | August 16, 2000 | Figures of speech |
| 31 | 7 | "A Town Without Pity" | J. Miller Tobin | Tom Fontana | August 23, 2000 | Prison economics |
| 32 | 8 | "You Bet Your Life" | Adam Bernstein | Tom Fontana | August 30, 2000 | Gambling |
| 33 | 9 | "Medium Rare" | Alex Zakrzewski | Story by: Tom Fontana & Sunil Nayar Teleplay by: Tom Fontana |
January 7, 2001 | News and the media |
| 34 | 10 | "Conversions" | Adam Bernstein | Tom Fontana | January 14, 2001 | Converting |
| 35 | 11 | "Revenge is Sweet" | Goran Gajić | Tom Fontana | January 21, 2001 | Revenge |
| 36 | 12 | "Cuts Like a Knife" | Steve Buscemi | Tom Fontana | January 28, 2001 | Shanks |
| 37 | 13 | "Blizzard of '01" | Leslie Libman | Tom Fontana | February 4, 2001 | Snow |
| 38 | 14 | "Orpheus Descending" | Gloria Muzio | Tom Fontana & Sunil Nayar & Sean Whitesell | February 11, 2001 | Orpheus |
| 39 | 15 | "Even the Score" | J. Miller Tobin | Tom Fontana & Sunil Nayar & Sean Whitesell | February 18, 2001 | Sports |
| 40 | 16 | "Famous Last Words" | Adam Bernstein | Tom Fontana & Sean Whitesell | February 25, 2001 | Last words |
[edit] Season 5 (2002)
| Series # |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Theme |
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| 41 | 1 | "Visitation" | Alex Zakrzewski | Tom Fontana | January 6, 2002 | Historical figures and prison |
| 42 | 2 | "Laws of Gravity" | Rob Morrow | Tom Fontana & Sean Whitesell | January 13, 2002 | The Three Laws |
| 43 | 3 | "Dream a Little Dream of Me" | Adam Bernstein | Tom Fontana & Sean Whitesell | January 20, 2002 | Dreams |
| 44 | 4 | "Next Stop, Valhalla" | J. Miller Tobin | Tom Fontana & Sunil Nayar | January 27, 2002 | Norse mythology |
| 45 | 5 | "Wheel of Fortune" | Terry Kinney | Tom Fontana & Sunil Nayar | February 3, 2002 | Psychics |
| 46 | 6 | "Variety" | Roger Rees | Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters | February 10, 2002 | Variety show |
| 47 | 7 | "Good Intentions" | Adam Bernstein | Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters | February 17, 2002 | Good intentions gone bad |
| 48 | 8 | "Impotence" | Alex Zakrzewski | Tom Fontana | February 24, 2002 | Erectile dysfunction |
[edit] Season 6 (2003)
| Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Theme |
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| 49 | 1 | "Dead Man Talking" | Adam Bernstein | Tom Fontana | January 5, 2003 | Death and the afterlife |
| 50 | 2 | "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil" | Marc Klasfeld | Tom Fontana & Sunil Nayar | January 12, 2003 | Senses |
| 51 | 3 | "Sonata da Oz" | Judy Dennis | Tom Fontana & Sunil Nayar | January 19, 2003 | Music |
| 52 | 4 | "A Failure to Communicate" | David Von Ancken | Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters | January 26, 2003 | Communication |
| 53 | 5 | "4giveness" | John Henry Davis | Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters | February 2, 2003 | Forgiveness |
| 54 | 6 | "A Day in the Death..." | Daniel Loflin | Tom Fontana & Sunil Nayar & Bradford Winters | February 9, 2003 | Causes of death |
| 55 | 7 | "Junkyard Dawgs" | Theodore Bogosian | Tom Fontana & Chuck Schweitzer | February 16, 2003 | Junk |
| 56 | 8 | "Exeunt Omnes" | Alex Zakrzewski | Tom Fontana | February 23, 2003 | True facts |
[edit] External links
- List of Oz episodes at the Internet Movie Database
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