Oz: The Complete Forth Season (2000-01)
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Rated:  UNRATED 
Starring: Kirk Acevedo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Edie Falco, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, George Morfogen, Harold Perrineau Jr., J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Lauren Velez, Eamonn Walker, Dean Winters, B.D. Wong.
Director: VARIOUS
Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
DVD Release Date: 02/01/2005

Season (1)  |  Season (2)  |  Season (3)  |  Season (4)  |  Season (5)  |  Season (6)

-- 3-Disc Boxed Set --

Oz, the name on the street for the Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary-except they've just changed the name. It's now the Oswald State Correctional Facility: Level Four.

The wish list inside Emerald City keeps growing. Ryan O'Reily wants revenge on a TV newsman who slandered him years ago. Miguel Alvarez wants out of solitary confinement after tasting freedom briefly. Agamemnon Busmalis wants to hear wedding bells. Vern Schillinger wants Kareem Said dead, by any means possible. In Oz, be careful what you wish for... you might just get it.

Season 4 Part 1
25. A Cock and Balls Story - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Adam Bernstein
26. Obituaries - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Kenneth Fink
27. Bill of Wrongs - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Goran Gajic
28. Works of Mercy - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Adam Bernstein
29. Gray Matter - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Brian Cox
30. A Word to the Wise - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Keith Samples
31. A Town Without Pity - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: J. Miller Tobin
32. You Bet Your Life - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Adam Bernstein

Season 4 Part 2
33. Medium Rare - Written by: Tom Fontana and Sunil Nayar - Directed by: Alex Zakrzewski
34. Conversions - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Adam Bernstein
35. Revenge is Sweet - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Goran Gajic
36. Cuts Like A Knife - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Steve Buscemi
37. Blizzard of '01 - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Leslie Libman
38. Orpheus Descending - Written by: Tom Fontana, Sunil Nayar, and Sean Whitesell - Directed by: Gloria Muzio
39. Even the Score - Written by: Tom Fontana, Sunil Nayar, and Sean Whitesell - Directed by: J. Miller Tobin
40. Famous Last Words - Written by: Tom Fontana and Sean Whitesell - Directed by: Adam Bernstein

25. A Cock and Balls Story -- The lockdown ends. After Hamid Khan's body is taken off life support, the Muslim's choose Arif to lead them. Meanwhile, Cyril's having nightmares about delivering the fatal blow to Khan in the boxing match. Ryan asks
Sister Pete to intervene. Murphy makes a suggestion to help ease some of the strain in solitary after another inmate commits suicide. Father Mukada plants an inventive idea in Beecher's head on how to deal with Schillinger. Shirley Bellinger returns
awaiting her date with the noose. New inmate Mobay, arrives to Oz and his cellmate Hill is immediately suspicious. Gov. Devlin invites Glynn to be his running mate in the Gov's re-election bid. McManus gets an update on Wittlesey, who hasn't returned from
vacation and a shootout in Oz results in four deaths.

26. Obituaries -- Mobay has his first meeting with Adebisi. Glynn fires McManus after Tim makes a foolish outburst during a the slain CO's memorial service. Sister Pete still wrestles with ending her service as a nun. Beecher's dad pays a visit and
gives an update. Schillinger is visited by his other son, Hank. Said's decision to help Cramer secure a new trial is met with strong opposition by the Muslims. Poet grieves and ponders his next move now that Wangler and Pierce are dead. O'Reilly's plan to
get the cell phone backfires and results in another inmate's death. Bellinger returns to Oz to await her impending execution.

27. Bill of Wrongs -- All is crazy after Busmalis and Alvarez flee from Oz via one of Busmalis' tunnels. Hernandez discloses details about the shooting to Glynn and mentions Tarrant getting the gun from Adebisi, who got the gun originally from
Clayton Hughes. Glynn confronts Hughes, Hughes confesses immediately and is quickly arrested. New inmate Morales is offered Hernandez's end of the "tit" trade only if he kills Hernandez. Morales asks Rebadow to do the deed in exchange for anything Rebadow
wants and Rebadow accepts. Escapee Busmalis is caught and returned to Oz where he is rebuked by Rebadow. A "fresh from the hole" Adebisi begins implementing his plan to get a new Em City administrator. A cell phone appears and Ryan schemes to get his
hands on it. Like most O'Reily schemes, someone ends up dead and this case is no different as Hoyt's recruited to do the "honors". Said scores a victory for Jason Cramer and Shirley Bellinger gets a visitor.

28. Works of Mercy -- The kidnapping of Beecher's children has everyone upset and Beecher inconsolable. Schillinger gets questions and of course, claims to know nothing about the deed. Beecher decides to initiate his own investigation. Soon after,
a package with horrendous contents arrives for Beecher. Meanwhile, Oz prepares for Shirley Bellinger's hanging as the death penalty protests continue. A visit from the Cardinal creates mixed feelings for Sister Pete and Father Ray. Said announces good and
bad news in the state's decision for the inmates. Another Rebadow prediction comes chillingly true. O'Reily's still searching for that elusive cell phone and Dr. Nathan asks Glynn for permission to return to work earlier than expected.

29. Gray Matter -- Things get a bit lively on death row after Shirley Bellinger's execution-- Miles begins painting a self-portrait, Ginzburg's health deteriorates from AIDS and Deyell severely injures himself. Mobay's ordered to kill someone as a
final test of his loyalty and a new prisoner, whom Mobay's familiar with, makes the perfect victim. A call stirs McManus' emotions again. New inmate Supreme Allah arrives creating tension and uneasiness for Arif. On his way to his son's funeral, Beecher
asks Keller an intimate question. A changed Rebadow asks for permission from Morales to kill again. After a fight with the gangsters, Cyril's put on heavier sedatives. For Ryan O'Reilly, he gets the cell phone after ratting to Hoyt and he also meets Dr.
Nathan's attacker.

30. A Word to the Wise -- An investigation into Goergen's death starts and Mobay's anxious when the investigator targets him first. Tensions begin to rise as Querns turns a seemingly deaf ear and blind eye to the blatant violations committed by
black inmates. An inmate transfer works in Adebisi's favor. Arif challenges Querns's authority. Ginzburg's poor health forces him to request an early execution and Sister Pete convinces Glynn to make it happen. Glynn's press conference announcement forces
his daughter to make a major decision. Beecher's daughter arrives alive and Keller confesses to Mukada.

31. A Town Without Pity -- Ryan and Howell get frisky. After leaving the hole and apologizing to Busmalis for the stabbing Rebadow suffers an attack due to a brain tumor. Busmalis reacts by doing what he does best--starting another tunnel.
Unbeknownst to the doctors and everyone else, Cyril's recovering psychologically more than he can actually show. Arif confesses to Said about his own demons and asks for forgiveness and help. Said plots with McManus to end Querns' and Adebisi's control.
To do this, Said pledges his loyalty to Adebisi's requring him to move into Adebisi's pod. Hank Schillinger beats the kidnapping rap and once Beecher finds out, he plots with Pancamo for revenge. After Keller reveals his plot to kill him, Eli Zabitz asks
Schillinger for protection. Schillinger agrees but sends Robson to eliminate Rabitz instead. Hughes, now raging beyond sensibility, makes an attempt on Devlin's life at a press conference. Keller and Father Ray have an intense discussion about
Beecher.

32. You Bet Your Life -- After the press conference shooting incident, Glynn pulls out of the race. After a corpse is found in the laundry room, Querns demands Adebisi find out who did the deed. Soon Browne's corpse is also discovered and Querns
gets worried. Querns's investigative efforts point to Supreme Allah as the culprit only Supreme's really been framed for the two killings by O'Reily and Keller. Hill pays big when he tells Mobay he knows he's undercover and Mobay comes clean about his
involvement in Oz's recent crimes. Considering the words of Cyril, Sister Pete decides to remain in the Order. On death row, Deyell delivers some payback after Miles goes on another racist tirade. Vern finds out he's going to be a grandfather. Said moves
in with Adebisi in order to get some proof of Adebisi's rowdy behavior. Simon finds out and delivers a tape of one of Adebisi's "parties" to Said hoping to "gain his trust" as a "brother" Said turns the evidence over to McManus. The result? Querns gets
fired, McManus is reinstated and Adebisi and his cronies get moved to Unit B. Enraged about these new developments, Adebisi and Said struggle in the pod and one of them becomes Oz's latest murder victim.

33. Medium Rare -- Adebisi's death still looms large over Oz. Against Glynn's better judgement and with special permission from the Gov., a TV news crew comes to Oz to film. Ryan O' Reily recognizes the star reporter as a past enemy and he
immediately embarks on revenge. After interviewing inmates -- including Poet who strongly suggests the cover up can be exposed through Adebisi's video tapes-- the show's producer gets busy digging for answers. McManus discovers this and immediately tells
Glynn to destroy Adebisi's tapes or face Oz possilby being shut down. The star reporter moves into a pod with Cyril for the evening to catch a "verite" view of Oz. The stunt backfires as Cyril (with prompting from O'Reilly) brutally beats the
reporter.

34. Conversions -- New inmate Burr Redding arrives and stands ready to assume control of the drug business. Dr. Nathan returns. Tidd approaches Schillinger to get a deal to kill Said. Several Asian refugees are housed in Em City while the
government decides their fate and they unwillingly get caught in a power struggle between Morales and Redding. Glynn hires an energetic new assistant who piques everyone?s interest.

35. Revenge is Sweet -- Robson and Hoyt tell Rev. Cloutier to back off of Schillinger. Schillinger and Beecher have their first counseling interaction session. Tidd continues to get close to Said by defending Arif in a fight. Arif goes to Said and
pleads Tidd's case to accept him into their Muslim group. Busmalis requests that he and his girlfriend be married. Glynn hosts the warden's conference and is given an update on Hughes by Querns. Glynn soon has Hughes transferred to Oz's cops unit so he
can protect him. This unit is also where Johnny Basil (Mobay) is locked up. Keller's old buddy Ronnie gets close to Beecher causing Keller to get jealous. Ronnie's offered a sentence reduction in exchange for corroborating evidence of Keller's involvement
in some past murders. Beecher finds this out and warns Keller, who doesn't believe him. Keller question's Ronnie about the matter and then, comes up with his own solution. Em City inmates are selected for drug testing experiment that promises to age the
person quickly therefore reducing their actual time spent in prison.

36. Cuts Like A Knife -- Despised by both the Latinos and the gangsters, Alvarez snaps and kills another Latino inmate. He's then returned to solitary. McManus continues to argue the problems of the drug experiment. Cyril sudden physical aging
scares Ryan. Inmate Wick, one of the bikers who's taken the drug dies suddenly while talking to Hoyt. After officially joining the Muslims, Tidd attempts to kill Said, but decides not to after his conscious gets to him. Still out of control and
unpredictable, White stabs McManus in an effort to gain the respect of the other inmates. Johhny Basil gets visited by his former partner who's still angry at him. Supreme Allah returns to Oz and immediately draws Redding's ire. Redding then tells Hill
that Allah tipped the cops off, causing Hill's arrest. Hill then confronts Allah about this and Allah beats Hill. Father Ray and Rev. Cloutier finally meet. Schillinger finds out about Hank's death and immediately swears revenge. Keller tells Schillinger
that he had Hank killed so Vern won't go after Beecher's family. Keller then gets transferred out of Oz to stand trial in Massachusetts.

37. Blizzard of '01 -- Wick's family sues Oz for his death which was caused by the experimental drugs he took. This also means, Dr. Nathan's under investigation and could lose her job. Ryan gets a surprise visit... from his real mother. Howell
tells Ryan their trysts are over and she threatens to move on to Cyril. Busmalis confesses to Rebadow that he's a virgin. Schillinger tells Carrie about Hank's death and she immediately goes into labor, delivering the baby in Oz's hospital. Beecher meets
a lawyer who tells him his parole chances are decent as long as he stays out of trouble. So what does Beecher do'? He gets thrown in the hole for fighting with his new podmate. After a session with Sister Pete, Vahue decides he doesn't need her help, even
though he really does. Hill questions Redding's decision to start eliminating prisoners and takes action. Deyell decides to donate his organs after he's executed. Tidd pays a heavy price for his new allegiance to Said.

38. Orpheus Descending -- McManus returns from the hospital with an ultimatum for Redding and Morales. Redding tells Hill that he's finished with him after Hill tipped a guard off. Supreme meets with Pancamo and offers to set Hill up to kill
Redding. Redding and his new cellmate "The Colonel" develop an delicate alliance. McManus still commits to helping White change, even after White stabbed him. Basil's wife visits and Basil asks her to bring their son for a visit because he's ready to face
the boy. Unfortunately, Hughes, on a rampage, kills Basil. Glynn's secretary discovers him drinking heavily and she decides to drive him home. Sister Pete arranges a phone call between Beecher and Keller after she sees Beecher saddened by Keller's
absence. Schillinger meets his new granddaughter but then runs into a new inmate who makes Schillinger question whether or not the baby is really his granddaughter. Said goes to Cloutier and asks him to coerce a confession from Jenkins about Robson's part
in the plan to have Tidd murdered. Although it works, Cloutier gets visited by Schillinger and the Aryans and told to stay out of their business.

39. Even the Score -- Guerra rats to McManus about White still using drugs so McManus orders a shakedown. McManus confronts White and gives him an ultimatum. White goes to counseling but causes a fight and gets thrown in to the hole again. McManus
gets a basketball scout to come and watch Brass play, but when Vahue loses to them, a plots unveiled to exact revenge. Sister Pete opposes Gov. Devlin's solution to Giles' request to be stoned to death. New inmate and Irish refugee Connolly arrives and
forms a dangerous alliance with O'Reily. Said continues to grapple with his conscious about Adebisi's death.

40. Famous Last Words -- Hill gets caught in a deliberate attempt to frame him for drug possession. To fight back, he gets some medical info that leads to Supreme's demise. Redding thanks Hill and offers to bring him back to the crew in return.
Hill thanks Redding but refuses. The Colonel's attempt to kill Morales backfires. The tides turn on Cloutier who is first stripped of his position in his church and then endures his followers turning against him. After Hughes takes over the solitary ward,
Glynn goes in to try and calm him down. Hughes tries to kill Glynn but gets killed himself. Frustrated, hurt and helpless, Glynn transcribes his letter of resignation to his secretary. Murphy offers to be McManus' teammate in the final basketball game.
McManus appears on the tv game show and loses in the first round. White gets returned to solitary for starting a fight with other inmates. When McManus confronts him about it, White goes into a rage and stomps McManus. The news of Beecher's parole enrages
Schillinger who immediately order's Beecher's murder. Later, Schillinger and Robson try to ambush Beecher in the library only they are shanked by an enraged Said. After talking with his mother, O'Reily decides to change up. He goes to Glynn to warn him of
the bomb Connolly plans to detonate. The common room is cleared only for Connolly who holds the bomb as it's timer counts down. The bomb doesn't go off and Connolly's taken by the SORT team. Meanwhile, a guard lights a cigarette in the kitchen causing a
major explosion.
Cast Notes: See Oz: Episode List for full cast information and much more.

IMDb Rating (08/20/06): 9.3/10 from 729 users

Additional information
Copyright:  2000-01,  HBO / Rysher Ent.
Features:  • Two audio commentaries featuring series creator Tom Fontana and stars Rita Moreno (sr Peter Marie), Dean Winters (Ryan O'Reily) and Lee Tergesen (Beecher) on "You Bet Your Life" and "Famous Last Words"
• 30 minutes of deleted scenes
Subtitles:  English, Spanish, French
Video:  Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] Color
Audio:  ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
SPANISH: Mono 1.0
Time:  16:00
DVD:  # Discs: 3 -- # Shows: 16
UPC:  026359901720
D-Box:  No
Other:  Written by: Tom Fontana (the main writer); DVD released on 02/01/2005; running time of 960 minutes; [CC].

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