Oz

Oz was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by HBO. The show, which aired for six seasons (1997-2003), was created by Tom Fontana and produced by Barry Levinson.

Oz is the nickname for the Oswald State Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison of undisclosed location. Many of the plot arcs are set in Emerald City ("Em City"), an experimental unit of the prison, where the unit manager tries to emphasize rehabilitation and learning responsibility during incarceration. Emerald City is a controlled environment. There are a limited number of members of each racial and social group. The microcosm of Emerald City is a metaphor for the racial and economic struggles in the present-day United States.[citation needed]

Oz avoids any easy answers as to the origin of violence and criminality. Even the worst offenders are shown to have moments of humanity, while the supposedly "normal" characters come to commit their own atrocities. One of the perspectives shown by Oz is that the rehabilitation of the prisoners is impossible when the system is largely corrupt. The show also focused largely on the abuse of the prisoners' rights and on the large increase of the incarcerated population on the U.S of the late 1990s. Whenever possible, the show presented a major negative perspective over the death penalty.

The large ensemble cast included many famous actors including Rita Moreno, Ernie Hudson and Betty Buckley, as well as Law & Order stars Kathryn Erbe, Christopher Meloni, B. D. Wong, J. K. Simmons, Dean Winters and Kirk Acevedo, and Lost stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Harold Perrineau Jr. Many of the actors from Oz have appeared as guest stars or stars in the various Law & Order series, The Wire, and Homicide: Life on the Street.

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Oz Season 1

1. 1- 1 101 12 Jul 97 The Routine
2. 1- 2 102 14 Jul 97 Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise
3. 1- 3 103 21 Jul 97 God's Chillin'
4. 1- 4 104 28 Jul 97 Capital P
5. 1- 5 105 4 Aug 97 Straight Life
6. 1- 6 106 11 Aug 97 To Your Health
7. 1- 7 107 18 Aug 97 Plan B
8. 1- 8 108 25 Aug 97 A Game of Checkers

Oz Season 2

9. 2- 1 201 11 Jul 98 The Tip
10. 2- 2 202 20 Jul 98 Ancient Tribes
11. 2- 3 203 27 Jul 98 Great Men
12. 2- 4 204 3 Aug 98 Losing Your Appeal
13. 2- 5 205 10 Aug 98 Family Bizness
14. 2- 6 206 17 Aug 98 Strange Bedfellows
15. 2- 7 207 24 Aug 98 Animal Farm
16. 2- 8 208 31 Aug 98 Escape from Oz

Oz Season 3

17. 3- 1 301 14 Jul 99 The Truth and Nothing But...
18. 3- 2 302 21 Jul 99 Napoleon's Boney Parts
19. 3- 3 303 28 Jul 99 Legs
20. 3- 4 304 4 Aug 99 Unnatural Disasters
21. 3- 5 305 11 Aug 99 U.S. Male
22. 3- 6 306 18 Aug 99 Cruel and Unusual Punishments
23. 3- 7 307 25 Aug 99 Secret Identities
24. 3- 8 308 1 Sep 99 Out o' Time

Oz Season 4

25. 4- 1 401 12 Jul 00 A Cock and Balls Story
26. 4- 2 402 19 Jul 00 Obituaries
27. 4- 3 403 26 Jul 00 The Bill of Wrongs
28. 4- 4 404 2 Aug 00 Works of Mercy
29. 4- 5 405 9 Aug 00 Gray Matter
30. 4- 6 406 16 Aug 00 A Word to the Wise
31. 4- 7 407 23 Aug 00 A Town Without Pity
32. 4- 8 408 30 Aug 00 You Bet Your Life
33. 4- 9 409 7 Jan 01 Medium Rare
34. 4-10 410 14 Jan 01 Conversions
35. 4-11 411 21 Jan 01 Revenge is Sweet
36. 4-12 412 28 Jan 01 Cuts Like a Knife
37. 4-13 413 4 Feb 01 Blizzard of '01
38. 4-14 414 11 Feb 01 Orpheus Descending
39. 4-15 415 18 Feb 01 Even the Score
40. 4-16 416 25 Feb 01 Famous Last Words

Oz Season 5

41. 5- 1 501 6 Jan 02 Visitation
42. 5- 2 502 13 Jan 02 Laws of Gravity
43. 5- 3 503 20 Jan 02 Dream a Little Dream of Me
44. 5- 4 504 27 Jan 02 Next Stop: Valhalla
45. 5- 5 505 3 Feb 02 Wheel of Fortune
46. 5- 6 506 10 Feb 02 Variety
47. 5- 7 507 17 Feb 02 Good Intentions
48. 5- 8 508 24 Feb 02 Impotence

Oz Season 6

49. 6- 1 601 5 Jan 03 Dead Man Talking
50. 6- 2 602 12 Jan 03 See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil
51. 6- 3 603 19 Jan 03 Sonata de Oz
52. 6- 4 604 26 Jan 03 A Failure to Communicate
53. 6- 5 605 2 Feb 03 4 Giveness
54. 6- 6 606 9 Feb 03 A Day in the Death...
55. 6- 7 607 16 Feb 03 Junkyard Dawgs
56. 6- 8 608 23 Feb 03 Exeunt Omnes

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