Oz (1997) · WatchGuide

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19976 Seasons60m episodes8.0

Crime, Drama

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Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Crime
Certificate: TV-MA
Origin: US

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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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Status: Ended
First aired: Jul 12, 1997
Network: HBO
Studio: The Levinson/Fontana Company, Rysher Entertainment

Time to finish

56 hrs

56 episodes. About 8 weeks at an hour a night.

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SERIES

19976 Seasons60m episodes8.0

Crime, Drama

TMDB8.0

Votes890

Your rating

Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Crime
Certificate: TV-MA
Origin: US

About

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

Where to watch

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Stream

HBO Max Amazon Channel

Rent

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Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

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E1 · Airs Jul 12, 1997 · 56m · ★ 8.0
The Routine
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, 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.
E2 · Airs Jul 14, 1997 · 57m · ★ 7.5
Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise
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, family members who are also in prison.
E3 · Airs Jul 21, 1997 · 57m · ★ 7.2
God's Chillin'
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 lock the prison down. The tension increases following a visit from Governor Devlin, who was responsible for the ban on smoking and conjugal visits.
E4 · Airs Jul 28, 1997 · 57m · ★ 7.5
Capital P
Governor Devlin has reinstated capital punishment in the state, and the first Oz prisoner scheduled to die is Keane.
E5 · Airs Aug 4, 1997 · 57m · ★ 7.6
Straight Life
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. Despite a lockdown in Emerald City, the drugs continue to trickle in—and the blame shifts from prisoners to corrupt officials.
E6 · Airs Aug 11, 1997 · 57m · ★ 8.2
To Your Health
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, who as Schillinger's "prag" has been forced to wear women's clothes, flips out after taking PCP.
E7 · Airs Aug 18, 1997 · 56m · ★ 7.7
Plan B
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 deadly decision in his honor. Meanwhile, Beecher, transformed by prison life, finally gets revenge on Schillinger.
E8 · Airs Aug 25, 1997 · 57m · ★ 7.9
A Game of Checkers
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, revenge, racism all rear their ugly heads, causing the violence to escalate.