Oz
tv show

56 total episodes
-
6 seasons
Life's not a word. It's a sentence.
First Aired July 12, 1997
Overview
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.

Straight Life
Season 1 - Episode 5 - 1h 57m
Air Date
August 04, 1997
Overview
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.
Guest Stars

Rita Moreno
as
Sister Peter Marie Reimondo

J.K. Simmons
as
Vernon Schillinger

Kirk Acevedo
as
Miguel Alvarez

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
as
Simon Adebisi

Edie Falco
as
Officer Diane Whittlesey

Tony Musante
as
Nino Schibetta
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Sean Whitesell
as
Donald Groves

Steve Ryan
as
Officer Mike Healy

O.L. Duke
as
Paul Markstram

Stephen Gevedon
as
Scott Ross

Richard Hamilton
as
Whitney Munson

Brian Tarantina
as
Ronald Poklewaldt
