A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 16 wins & 56 nominations total
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- TriviaThe arm that is being tattooed in the opening credits belongs to series creator Tom Fontana. The tattoo artist kept retracing his needle work so the crew could get the best take. Eventually the artist stopped saying that he "can't let this guy bleed anymore."
- GoofsThroughout the series, the large black-and-white rose tattoo on the back of Miguel's hand alternates between being on his right hand and on his left.
- Quotes
[repeated line]
Agamemnon "The Mole" Busmalis: This is the best Miss Sally ever.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999)
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The most underrated show on tv
On HBO, all the Emmy's for hard core drama go to THE SOPRANOS, and I dont' think that's bad. It is a great show. But Oz is better. It might well be the best thing on television. It doesn't get the press of the Sopranos. And the other people who watch HBO (those who don't like all the violence) whould much rather watch Ferris Beuller's wife in SEX AND THE CITY, which I will NEVER watch. Oz is amazing because almost every charachter in it's sea of people is in some way a terrible human being. But the magic of this show is that these terrible people become understandable. They do terrible things, but they are not all bad. Ryan O'Rielly, for example, is a cold-blooded killer. But when it comes to his brother and doctor Nathan, and more recently the priest he befriended, he is a warm and caring person who's pain you empathize with. Oz takes murderers, rapists, thieves, and even a rich lawyer who ran down a young girl in a drunken stuper, and makes them likeable and forgivable. That's incredible. And this show is incredible. It goes off the air soon for good, and I wish it had gotten the respect it deserved.
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- girardi_is_god
- Feb 12, 2003
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- Runtime1 hour
- Color
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- 4:3
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