Oz · SEASON 1

The Routine

Episode 1 · 1997-07-12

★ 8.0
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Season 1Episode 1★ 8.0/10
  • Crime
  • Drama

Episode overview

In the "Emerald City" experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who live within a pecking order of Homeboys, Latinos, Muslims, Irish, Aryans, and Wiseguys. No clear-cut leader emerges—with the possible exception of Kareem Saïd, a Muslim author who preaches non-violence and abstinence. Saïd's arrival doesn't prevent a short-fused Mafia inmate named Dino Ortolani from ticking off just about everybody—a habit that ends up burning him.

56 minutes

Season 1 episodes