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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- Seasons
- 6
- Episodes aired
- 56
- Latest aired
- S06E08
- Total runtime
- 2d 6h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 July 1997 – August 1997 8 episodes
- Season 2 July 1998 – August 1998 8 episodes
- Season 3 July 1999 – September 1999 8 episodes
- Season 4 July 2000 – February 2001 16 episodes
- Season 5 January 2002 – February 2002 8 episodes
- Season 6 January 2003 – February 2003 8 episodes
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S01E01 The Routine
July 12 · 56min find the promo
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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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S01E02 Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise
July 14 · 57min find the promo
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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.
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S01E03 God's Chillin'
July 21 · 57min find the promo
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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.
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S01E04 Capital P
July 28 · 57min find the promo
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Governor Devlin has reinstated capital punishment in the state, and the first Oz prisoner scheduled to die is Keane.
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S01E05 Straight Life
August 4 · 57min find the promo
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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.
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S01E06 To Your Health
August 11 · 57min find the promo
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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.
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S01E07 Plan B
August 18 · 56min find the promo
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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.
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S01E08 A Game of Checkers
August 25 · 57min find the promo
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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.