Oz - Season 3 - Eps 1: The Truth and Nothing But...
In addition to the name change to "Oswald State Correctional Facility," more changes abound. Newbies Coyle, Kahn, and Ricardo arrive and partner up with Wangler, Said, and Hernandez respectively. Adebisi's "recovery" prompts a return. Clayton Hughes, son of a past Oz guard who came through the ranks with Glynn, asks Glynn to hire him. Meanwhile new Officer Howell, gets friendly with McManus. A managed health care company takes over Oz's infirmary, to Dr. Nathan's disgust and Alvarez's detriment. Cyril O'Reily still has nightmares about being raped by Schillinger and Ryan schemes on revenge. Said develops an unlikely alliance as he starts a hunger fast in response to McManus rejecting his request for food in his cell during his holy season. Keller confesses his part in setting up Beecher and is immediately taken into protective custody. Beecher gets some oh-so-sweet revenge.
About Oz
Title: Oz
First Air Date: 1997-07-12
Last Air Date: 2003-02-23
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.027/10 (from 803 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.
Cast
Lee Tergesen
Tobias Beecher
Harold Perrineau
Augustus Hill
Dean Winters
Ryan O'Reily
Eamonn Walker
Kareem Saïd
Ernie Hudson
Leo Glynn
Terry Kinney
Tim McManus
Rita Moreno
Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
J.K. Simmons
Vernon Schillinger
Kirk Acevedo
Miguel Alvarez
Craig muMs Grant
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