Life's not a word. It's a sentence.
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.
- Graphic violence
- Addiction
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Contemporary, grave, bleak and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Where do you stand?
Answer first; then see how everyone, and your circle, split.
“Is Lee Tergesen the best thing in Oz?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
“Is Oz emotionally manipulative?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
“Is Oz harder work than it needs to be?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
Cast
- Lee TergesenTobias Beecher
- Harold PerrineauAugustus Hill
- Dean WintersRyan O'Reily
- Eamonn WalkerKareem Saïd
- Ernie HudsonLeo Glynn
- Terry KinneyTim McManus
- Rita MorenoSister Peter Marie Reimondo
- J.K. SimmonsVernon Schillinger
- Kirk AcevedoMiguel Alvarez
- Craig muMs GrantPoet
Crew
- Tom FontanaCreator
- Irene BurnsProducer
Where to watch
Checking availability…
Seasons
- Season 18 eps · 1997
- Season 28 eps · 1998
- Season 38 eps · 1999
- Season 416 eps · 2000
- Season 58 eps · 2002
- Season 68 eps · 2003
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on TasteBuds Other media included when they land close.
The Handmaid's Tale 201772% alikeBoth grave, contemporary, earnest.
The Shield 200271% alikeBoth contemporary, grave, earnest.
Hell Girl 200571% alikeBoth contemporary, grave, bleak.
Wonder Egg Priority 202170% alikeBoth contemporary, grave, earnest.
Adolescence 202570% alikeBoth contemporary, grave, earnest.
Terror in Resonance 201470% alikeBoth contemporary, grave, bleak.
From the New World 201270% alikeBoth contemporary, grave, earnest.
Top Boy 201969% alikeBoth contemporary, grave, earnest.
Brooklyn's Finest 201078% alikeFilm · Both contemporary, grave, earnest.
Film · Both contemporary, grave, bleak.
Often watched with
Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to TasteBuds
