Oz - Season 1 - Eps 1: The Routine

Name: Eps 1: The Routine
Released: 1997-07-12
Rating: 4.0

1997-07-12 • 56 min • ⭐ 8/10

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.

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About Oz

Title: Oz

First Air Date: 1997-07-12

Last Air Date: 2003-02-23

Status: Ended

Rating: 8/10 (from 758 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 7

Total Episodes: 56

Network: HBO

Genres: Crime, Drama

Production Companies: The Levinson/Fontana Company, Rysher Entertainment

Synopsis

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.