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HBO's violent men-behind-bars drama is an addictive, testosterone-driven soap opera for guys. The eight episodes of the first season set the style for the show: a massive cast of a vivid characters on both sides of the bars, four or five stories unleashed at a breakneck pace and framed by angry, oddball introductions, and a soaring casualty rate. Created by Homicide producer Tom Fontana, this drama quickly earned its rightful reputation as the most brutal show on TV. It's simple chemistry: combine volatile ingredients in a confined space, shut tight, and shake.
The yellow brick road of the Oswald Correctional Facility (affectionately known as "Oz" among the inmates) leads to "Emerald City," an antiseptic cellblock of cement and glass overseen by prison-reform advocate Tim McManus (Terry Kinney). The first episode introduces its two most compelling inmates: meek lawyer Beecher (Lee Terguson), who transforms from a vulnerable lamb to a fearless, drug-addicted wildcat, and Muslim activist Kareem Said (Eamonn Walker), a fiercely non-violent leader whose campaign for reform explodes in a season-climaxing riot. The stunning first-season cast also features Ernie Hudson (the warden), Rita Moreno (a worldly drug-counseling nun), and Edie Falco (who jumped from her role as a single-mother prison guard to mob wife in The Sopranos). It carries no rating, but the drug use, nudity, and brutal violence make this highly inappropriate for young viewers and unsuited to the squeamish. Oz pulls no punches in its portrayal of prison violence and predatory abuse. --Sean Axmaker
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Welcome to Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison or "Oz." As run by Tim McManus and overseen by Warden Leo Glynn, Em City is about prisoner rehabilitation over public retribution. Now matter how hardened a criminal or killer, whether you're in for a few years or in for life, you have a role to play. Once inside, choose your friends carefully. Every group--Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans--sticks close to mutual friends and terrorizes mutual enemies. Don't smile. Get yourself a weapon. Stay on everybody's good side if you can find one. This is the complete first season, all 8 episodes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Tv Drama Ever,
By James Fearn (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oz: Season 1 (Full Screen) [3 Discs] (DVD)
Oz is hands down the best tv drama series ever! I started watching it midway through and on the Showcase network (Don't get HBO in Canada) and I instantly became hooked. The storyline is something you just don't see anywhere else on television. It is hard hitting and very raw. What I like best is that no one person is the star. It is an a large cast and everyone is important to the show.The first season sets a lot of seeds for future happenings, but it is a fine season on it's own. You just never know what will happen. I never saw the first 3 seasons, I watched 4 and 5 and have seen some repeats of the first 3 so watching this DVD set was a huge treat for me. The Show is very easy to follow, has a ton of great acting and is just plan amazing. I would suggest this to anyone who likes drama's. Yes the language is hard and there is some nudity (mostly male) people need to remember that this is a prison setting and that is what would happen in any prison. Sit back and enjoy. I can't wait for season two to come out in January.
5.0 out of 5 stars
OZ...We're Not In Kansas Anymore Toto!,
By Nick Rocco (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Oz: Season 1 (Full Screen) [3 Discs] (DVD)
Well, I'd seen HBO's other hit original series like "The Sopranos" and "The Wire", and I honestly thought that TV couldn't get anymore violent or better in story content! BOY WAS I WRONG! You have to watch the show from the beginning, but if you follow carefully you feel just like you're in the prison...which is exactly what the show's directors and producers have attempted to do by shooting in closed-in spaces and upping the anti on violence. It seems that movies are losing story conent and TV (with less censorship) is gaining much more edgy stories! Plus the cast is all-star from Rita Moreno (Sister Peter Marie) to the very under-rated Kirk Acavedo (Alvarez). Even the show's writer, Tom Fontana is so great at connecting stories and humanizing the most brutal killers in OZ. The only thing that I can find that irritates me is that these cast members keep doing LAW AND ORDER episodes! God! I mean, come on, it's better to burn out than fade away. Anyway, I've got to recommend this and the other seasons.
5.0 out of 5 stars
This show just grabs you and won't let go!!!!,
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This review is from: Oz: Season 1 (Full Screen) [3 Discs] (DVD)
You won't find ToTo here!!!! Oz is a prison where men are supposed to be rehabilitated. Instead the men are still committing crimes, being violated, fighting for their rights, their lives, and trying to maintain their sanity. Season 1 you are introduced to Warden Glynn, trying to maintain order in the prison, and keep the funding. McManus he runs the Oz section, but sometimes his best laid plans don't always work. Augustus Hill is in a wheelchair, and he narrates the episodes. Kareem Said is the Muslim leader. I love this guys character, despite being in prison, he still tries to bring a sense of discipline, order, and he does not allow anyone to mess with him or his religion!!! Do not try to cross this brother!! He tries to help other black men follow the faith even if they end up on death row. This man enters the prison, and you see people go nuts!!! Some men like him and some can't stand him and want to see him dead. Sister Peter tries to help the men with their drug problems. Beecher is the man that does not belong, he is a former lawyer who is serving time for driving while impaired, and for killing a young girl. He meets up with Schillinger and his life goes from bad to nightmare. Shcillinger makes him wear make up, violates him, and every chance he gets abuse and use him until Beecher has had enough!! Alvarez is not in prison for 5 minutes before he is stabbed. This show will have you on waves of emotion. You will be angry, you will be shocked, you will be surprised, you will be sad, you will cry, and in some cases you will find yourself laughing. You feel for some of the prisoners, you will hate some of the prisoner, and you will like or dislike some of the workers. This is a GREAT show, and I'm looking forward to seeing Season 2 of Oz.
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