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[DVD]OZ Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1
The premiere episode of HBO's Oz, directed by Darnell Marti, gives viewers an idea of the kind of graphic violence and deviant behavior they can expect from the series. Augustus Hill, a wheelchair-bound convict, serves as the narrator, providing a dark philosophical overview to the action. He introduces many of the characters, giving their names, serial numbers, crime, and sentence while a brief flashback of the crime plays. Tobias Beecher is out of his element, even in the seemingly safer experimental rehabilitation unit known as "Emerald City," run by well-intentioned control freak Tim McManus. Beecher is a former attorney who has been sentenced to 15 years for vehicular manslaughter.

Season 1, Episode 2
In this episode, directed by Nick Gomez, Hill, the narrator, explains that love is a four-letter word -- a curse -- in Oz. Officer Diane Wittlesey takes an interest in Beecher, who hasn't left his cell -- not even for meals -- since his Nazi cellmate, Schillinger, made him his "prag." She convinces Beecher to see Sister Peter Marie, the prison psychiatrist, and arrange a conjugal visit with his wife. But when Beecher returns to his cell afterward, Schillinger is looking at the family photos Beecher had hidden, and threatens their safety. The prisoners stage a minor riot in the cafeteria when they hear from Warden Leo Glynn that, following the recommendations of Governor Devlin, the prison has banned smoking.

Season 1, Episode 3
The murders of Dino Ortolani and Johnny Post have increased tensions inside the prison and out. Warden Glynn calls in mob capo Schibetta, gangbanger Keane, and Black Muslim leader Said and tells them he'll lock the prison down if there's more violence. Keane later finds a package in his cell, but it's not a peace offering; it's a piece of Post. Beecher is still being sexually abused by Schillinger, who also humiliates Beecher by making him lick his boots. Beecher tells a sympathetic Sister Pete he's been praying to God to get out of Oz. He tells her he made "one mistake, and...God took everything." Sixteen-year-old killer Kenny Wangler arrives in Em City and wants to join Keane's crew. Said, trying to guide the teen, angrily confronts Keane when he finds them doing drugs.

Season 1, Episode 4
Thanks to Governor Devlin's (Zeljko Ivanek) machinations , the state has reinstated the death penalty, and Keane has been sentenced to death for murdering another inmate. The prison expects protests, and Glynn (Ernie Hudson) fires Sister Pete (Rita Moreno) when she joins the protestors . O'Reily (Dean Winters) carelessly lets Beecher (Lee Tergensen) know that Keane was set up. Beecher goes to great lengths to try to help Keane only to find out that Keane is at peace and actually wants to die. This setback, along with the continuing abuse by Schillinger (J. K. Simmons), has Beecher snorting heroin to keep himself sane. When Keane finds out that his sister is dying and needs a kidney donation, he enlists the aid of Said (Eamon Walker) and McManus (Terry Kinney) to get a stay of execution, so he can donate his kidney.

Season 1, Episode 5
The drug trade at Oz is thriving, and McManus (Terry Kinney) wants to stop it. He offers Schibetta (Tony Musante) a deal to testify against the suppliers. When Schibetta refuses, McManus transfers all the other Italians out of Em City, leaving the capo isolated. Pressured by his new partners, Markstram (O.L. Duke) and Adebisi (Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje), Schibetta tells them the drugs are coming through the post office. The manipulative O'Reily (Dean Winters) overhears the information, and passes it along to Pokelwaldt (Brian Tarantina), a snitch. Then Markstram turns up dead in his cell, and Glynn (Ernie Hudson) belatedly tells McManus that the dead man was an undercover cop. McManus tells Diane (Edie Falco) that he loves her, but she says their night of passion was a mistake. A new prisoner arrives, Scott Ross (Stephen Gevedon), who has a history with Diane.

Season 1, Episode 6
After Rebadow (George Morfogen) is beaten and robbed by other prisoners, Dr. Nathan (Lauren Velez) suggests that they turn a cell block of the prison into a wing for less dangerous senior prisoners. She also asks McManus (Terry Kinney) out on a date, but he moodily rejects her. Glynn (Ernie Hudson) has heard rumors that McManus never leaves the prison, and expresses his concern. The increasingly unstable McManus later assaults one of the prisoners who beat up Rebadow. Groves (Sean Whitesell), the oddly chipper young man who is in Oz for killing and eating his parents, has a toothache, and makes an appointment with the prison dentist, who is understandably uneasy about putting his fingers in the killer's mouth. Scott Ross (Stephen Gevedon) later suggests that Groves sell his extracted tooth to a collector (and this was before eBay).

Season 1, Episode 7
Said (Eamonn Walker) recovers surprisingly quickly from his heart attack, and punishes the power-hungry Huseni Mershaw (Roger Guenveur Smith) for not helping him. "This man is cast out!" Said tells his fellow Muslims, and Mershaw, despite an entreaty to Adebisi (Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje), finds himself isolated. In desperation, he goes to McManus (Terry Kinney) and Glynn (Ernie Hudson), telling them that Said is planning a riot. This sets off a shakedown in Em City, and Mershaw is branded a snitch. Before his transfer out of Em City, he tearfully tells Said, "All you taught me was that your God is full of hate and vengeance." Mershaw is later found dead, an apparent suicide. Said talks to the press about the string of recent deaths in Oz, causing Glynn to cut off his access to the media, and crack down on the Muslim population in retribution.

Season 1, Episode 8
Tensions at the Oswald State Penitentiary come to a head in the finale of Oz's first season. After being attacked by Beecher (Lee Tergesen), Schillinger (J.K. Simmons) returns to Em City, telling a skeptical McManus (Terry Kinney) that he's a changed man, and will not seek revenge. Schillinger (J.K. Simmons) is concerned about the well-being of his two teenage sons, and plans to behave himself so he'll have a shot at parole. Beecher provokes him, and lets him know he'll try to foul up his plans. McManus confronts Diane Wittlesey (Edie Falco) when he catches her smuggling cigarettes to Schillinger's pal, Scott Ross (Stephen Gevedon). She tells Ross that it's over, but he threatens to go to the warden if she stops supplying him.

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