Oz: Season 1 (1997)


Season 1
Oz

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The patient zero of HBO dramas pushes the envelope in graphic content and storytelling ambition, but its relentless provocations dangerously teeter toward schlock.

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Critic Ratings: 25

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Episodes

Air date: Jul 12, 1997

A correctional facility stresses the rehabilitation of its inmates.

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Air date: Jul 14, 1997

The search for a convict's killer begins; the inmates of Emerald City react differently to visits from loved ones.

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Air date: Jul 21, 1997

Inmates' rowdiness prompts the warden to threaten a lockdown.

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Air date: Jul 28, 1997

Tensions flare when the governor's reinstatement of the death penalty directly affects an Oz prisoner.

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Air date: Aug 4, 1997

Drugs are smuggled into the prison, and officials are implicated.

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Air date: Aug 11, 1997

A large number of prisoner complaints keeps the prison health ward in constant demand.

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Air date: Aug 18, 1997

A recovered Said has the Muslims shun Huseni Mershah; Groves commits murder in honor of Said's power; Beecher gets revenge on Schillinger.

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Air date: Aug 25, 1997

A fight over a checkers game leads to a massive riot in which several officers are taken hostage; the SORT team arrives to battle the inmates.

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Cast & Crew

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Ernie Hudson
Warden Leo Glynn

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Terry Kinney
Tim McManus

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Harold Perrineau
Augustus Hill

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Eamonn Walker
Kareem Said

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Kirk Acevedo
Miguel Alvarez

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Edie Falco
Officer Diane Whittlesey

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Leon
Jefferson Keane

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Rita Moreno
Sister Peter Marie Reimondo

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Tony Musante
Nino Schibetta

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J.K. Simmons
Vern Schillinger

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Lee Tergesen
Tobias "Toby" Beecher

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Sean Whitesell
Donald Groves

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Dean Winters
Ryan O'Reily

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BD Wong
Father Ray Mukada

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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Simon Adebisi

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Rick Fox
Jackson Vahue

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Zeljko Ivanek
Governor James Devlin

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Stephen Gevedon
Scott Ross

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George Morfogen
Bob Rebadow

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Richard Hamilton
Whitney Munson

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Barry Levinson
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Tom Fontana
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Critic Reviews for Oz: Season 1

Audience Reviews for Oz: Season 1

  • Feb 26, 2020
    it cool but how the get the movies
  • Sep 16, 2019
    It's a bit ridiculous, but that's what makes it so much fun.
  • Jun 04, 2017
    Whats impressive about OZ is that it got 8 seasons. Such a ridiculous series. Some of the many, many deaths were quite funny though. Finger nail slashing was the most comical.

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