 --- The final season of Oz --- --- 3-Disc Boxed Set --- Welcome to Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald State Correctional Facility: Level Four or OZ. As run by McManus and uverseen by Warden Leo Glynn, Em City is about prisoner rehabilitation over public retribution. No matter how hardened a criminal of killer, whether you're in for a few of in for life, you have a role to play. Once inside, choose your friends carefully. Every group-Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans-stick close to mutual friends and terrorize enemies. Don't smile. Get yourself a weapon. Stay on everybody's good side...if you can find one. Cast Notes: See Oz: Episode List for full cast information and much more. Cast Notes: Kirk Acevedo (Miguel Alvarez), Ernie Hudson (Warden Leo Glynn), Terry Kinney (Tim McManus), Christopher Meloni (Christopher 'Chris' Keller), Rita Moreno (Sister Peter Marie Reimondo), George Morfogen (Robert 'Bob' Rebadow), Harold Perrineau (Augustus Hill), J.K. Simmons (Vernon 'Vern' Schillinger), Lee Tergesen (Tobias 'Toby' Beecher), Lauren Vélez (Dr. Gloria Nathan), Eamonn Walker (Kareem Said), Dean Winters (Ryan O'Reily), B.D. Wong (Father Ray Mukada), muMs da Schemer (Arnold 'Poet' Jackson [as muMs]), Granville Adams (Zahir Arif), Anthony Chisholm (Burr Redding), Robert Clohessy (Officer Sean Murphy), Kristin Rohde (Officer Claire Howell), Scott William Winters (Cyril O'Reily), Michael Wright (Omar White), David Zayas (Enrique Morales), Chuck Zito (Chucky 'The Enforcer' Pancamo). User Comment: N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA), July 6, 2006 • Before the sixth season of HBO's Oz began, many knew that this would be the last hurrah from creator Tom Fontana and co., as the volitale men behind bars drama comes to an ever dramatic close in it's final eight episodes. Everything that has been built up since the show's debut reaches critical mass in this final season, as characters who have been here since the beginning meet their demise and the light at the end of the tunnel keeps dwindling. For Tobias Beecher (Lee Tergesen), freedom is so close he can taste it; but not if his sociopathic lover Chris Keller (Christopher Meloni) has anything to say about it. These two men, whose bizarre, savage, and heartbreaking love affair have been a highlight of the series since the middle of the second season, have always helped make Oz worth watching, and when the end comes, it comes without warning, just as long time viewers would come to expect. Beecher also has to contend again with nazi leader Vern Shillinger (J.K. Simmons) who wants his blood, while other prisoners (and long time characters) Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo), Kareem Said (Eamonn Walker), Ryan and Cyril O'Reilly (Dean and Scott William Winters), narrator Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau), Reabadow (George Morfogen), Robeson (R.E. Rodgers), and Jaz Hoyt (Evan Seinfeld) all have their dates with destiny as well. Even prisoner reformer Tim McManus (Terry Kinney), warden Leo Glynn (Ernie Hudson), and Father Mukada (B.D. Wong) don't remain untouched by the series of events that brings the series to an end that at first may seem unlikely, but in the long run of things, couldn't have been any more fitting. For it's entire run, Oz was one of the best and underrated shows in HBO's history that never really got it's share of the limelight while mega hits like the Sopranos and Six Feet Under took all the glory. The blood drenched yellow brick road comes to an end here, and yes, there's nothing left but a dead end. Summary: The blood drenched yellow brick road comes to a dead end. Season 6 (Finally) 49. Dead Man Talking - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: ? 50. See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil - Written by: Sunil Nayar - Directed by: Marc Klasfeld 51. Sonata de Oz - Written by: Tom Fontana and Sunil Nayar - Directed by: Judy Dennis 52. A Failure to Communicate - Written by: Tom Fontana and Brad Winters - Directed by: David Von Ancken 53. 4giveness - Written by: Tom Fontana and Brad Winters - Directed by: John Henry Davis 54. A Day in the Death... - Written by: Tom Fontana and Brad Winters - Directed by: Daniel Loflin 55. Junkyard Dawgs - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Theodore Bogosian 56. Exeunt Omnes - Written by: Tom Fontana - Directed by: Alex Zakrzewski Although Oz's longtime narrator, wheelchair-bound prison inmate Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau Jr.), was killed at the end of the series' fifth season, he is still very much in attendance at the beginning of season six -- albeit from beyond the grave. Hill is, in fact, one of several ghostly prisoners, all of them victims of past tragedies occurring at the experimental "Emerald City" unit at Oswald Correction Facility, who show up to narrate the eight episodes in this, the series' final season on the air. Undaunted by previous failures and setbacks, unit manager Tim McManus (Terry Kinney) remains steadfast in his belief that the prisoners living within "Emerald City" can be rehabilitated if given freedom of movement, extra privileges, and a sense of responsibility and self-worth. Unfortunately, he may not get the chance to carry out his reforms this season, inasmuch as several prisoners have become violently ill due to faulty building substances used to renovate the unit. In another disturbing development, Emerald City's most famous "resident," charismatic Muslim leader Said (Eamonn Walker), is murdered. On a more satisfying note, the ruthlessly ambitious Governor Devlin (Zeljko Ivanek), who for six years has opposed the efforts by McManus and Warden Glynn (Ernie Hudson) to improve prison conditions, may finally be called to account for all of his crooked and underhanded dealings in the past. Oz's climactic episode, running 100 minutes, not only serves up just desserts for Devlin, but also charts the ultimate destinies of two other long-term series regulars, convicts Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo) and Tobias Beecher (Lee Tergesen). "There's no place like home." ~ All Movie Guide 49. Dead Man Talking -- The gutsy prison drama known for its nudity, grisly violence and graphic language begins its sixth and final season. -- McManus opens a box which contains Hill's memoirs of the past six years; Redding's boys get out of control while he mourns Augustus; Alvarez and Schillinger are released from solitary and placed back into the general population; Omar is sent to the hospital ward with a mysterious illness; McManus forces Guerra and Alvarez to try to work things out; Meanwhile, a mourning Rebadow's spirits get a lift when he is transferred to the library and meets the new librarian, Stella Coffo; Father Ray returns to Oz as Timmy Kirk is transferred to death row and claims to be possessed by the devil; Father Ray is suspsended when Kirk claims sexual abuse; Suzanne Fitzgerald begins working on a prisoner production of Shakespeare's "MacBeth"; Arnie Zelman arrives to help with Cyril's appeal; Peter Schibetta is released from the Psych Unit into Gen Pop and confronts O'Reily about his father Nino's death; Meehan dies of an aneurysm in his sleep; Transferred to Unit J, Beecher and his father work on an appeal for Keller; Winthrop carries out a plan to move up from prag and join the Aryan Brotherhood; Oz is locked down after race riots erupt outside the prison due to the trial of a city mayor. 50. See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil -- The unexpected arrival of Mayor Wilson Loewen at Oz spurs an ironic turn involving Schillinger and Beecher; Beecher finds out about his father as he is granted parole. Meanwhile, Dr. Nathan discovers why solitary inmates are getting sick; Busmalis refuses to see Norma; the Death Row prisoners get a bang out of a fashion magazine shoot and Mukada's prayers are answered; a new business plan within Oz inspires Redding; Morales asks Alvarez for a favor; Alvarez gets a visit from his mother; Schibetta puts 'the evil eye' on O'Reily, but his spell backfires; Robson goes to extremes for protection. 51. Sonata de Oz -- Beecher says goodbye to Keller; Schillinger has a disappointing visit with his hero, Mayor Loewen. Governor Devlin seeks a solution to his pardoning problem when Loewen threatens to call the press; Beecher is released from Oz; Norma pleads with Rebadow to convince Busmalis to see her; With Redding's boys moving to telemarketing, Glynn gives control of the kitchen to Pancamo; before Morales can tie up loose ends with Martinez, he dies from liver failure; Glynn has to face the truth about the toxic poisoning problem within Oz; down in solitary, Officer Brass spends some quality time with Morales; Hoyt begins to feel the effects of killing Kirk and is convinced he sees the devil; Ray gets a visit from Timothy Kirk's mother; when Cyril O'Reily becomes dependant on his sock-puppet Jericho, Sister Pete tries to take him away--and the state decides to give him electro-shock therapy; Cyril's appeal is denied and his execution date is set; a publishing snag prevents Hill's book from being published, and leads Said and the Muslims into a new business venture: book-binding; a reporter arrives to interview Said about his business and the reporter shoots him. 52. A Failure to Communicate -- Detective McGorry arrives to investigate Said's death; Beecher discovers some information about Keller's case and the death sentence is overturned; Keller returns to Unit B and has a rendezvous with Winthrop; Redding's authority is challenged when his gang mutinies to the Muslim's book business; Busmalis finally visits Norma to hear her explanation; Rebadow's relationship with the new librarian Stella hits a snag when he learns that she is sick; Father Ray gets an interesting visit from Hoyt's lawyer as his death sentence is overturned; 60's radical Jahfree Neema arrives in Oz; Penders decides to sue the state for poisoning him, but White strikes a deal with Glynn and is sent back to Em City; Nathan discovers that Martinez was killed by suffocation, with Brass as the prime suspect; Morales moves to the hospital ward and blames the latinos for his injuries; Alvarez gets a visit from a friend and gets news about Martiza; Robson finally gets some redemption. 53. 4giveness -- Robson rejoins the Brotherhood; Alvarez is shocked to learn that he was Cutler's sole beneficiary; the Muslims ship their first run of Hill's journal, but Arif finds that the business plan may not have been as sound they had hoped; Redding continues to promote the telemarketing venture at Oz and strikes a deal with the Italians to keep his boys from slinging; new inmate Idzik gives everyone something to talk about; Murphy breaks the code and goes to Glynn, and Brass is suspended; Norma and her baby visit Busmalis and she proposes to him; Rebadow has trouble coping with Stella's cancer; Morales has some concerns about Nurse Grace; McGorry and Glynn dig deeper into Loewen's murder; Kirk's mother visits with Father Ray and offers to volunteer; Hoyt begins sweating blood as he is transferred to the psych unit pending transfer to the Connolly Institute; Cyril begins suffering the side effects of ETC as his execution approaches; Poet and Rawls offer Neema leadership of their gang, but Neema wants nothing to do with them; Beecher takes up Stanton's cause; Keller finds it difficult to adjust to Tobias' parole; Keller asks Beecher for a favor and rats him out...it's all for the best. 54. A Day in the Death... -- Beecher turns his back to Keller and Schillinger moves in; Rosa's advice to Rebadow comes too late, Stella doesn't want his bad vibes around; Idzik transfers to Em City with Omar White as his sponsor; more details about the violent death of Mayor Loewen come to light when Glynn discovers a connection between Johnson and Loftus; Robson continues sessions with Sister Pete and attends rape counseling group therapy; Cutler's widow pays Alvarez a visit; The hospital's angel of death is caught; Burr's employment situation calls for immediate action, but when the print shop is vandalized, Arif looks the other way; as Cyril's execution approaches, the O'Reilys get support from their fellow inmates. 55. Junkyard Dawgs -- The O'Reilys have an ally in a new group of inmates; Busmalis and Rebadow turn out to be a hit with the fairer sex; an awards banquet concludes in bizarre fashion. 56. Exeunt Omnes -- Former administrator Martin Querns returns to Emerald City and Hoyt has a family reunion. In the meantime, Howell and Robson have cause for alarm; Arif doesn't live up to the Muslims' expectations; Mukada solves a mystery; and the prison production of “Macbeth” finally debuts. IMDb Rating (08/20/06): 9.3/10 from 729 users
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