Oz
1997 · TV Series · TV-MA · 60 min · ★ 8.1 · 83% critics
Inside an experimental unit of a maximum-security prison, daily life is shaped by rival groups that form tight alliances and brutal feuds. As inmates and staff navigate power, survival, and shifting loyalties, the environment becomes a tense pressure cooker where violence and hard choices are never far away.
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Details
- Years
- 1997–2003
- Release date
- 1997-07-12
- Network
- HBO
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 (841 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gritty, intense prison drama with constant tension, harsh themes, and morally messy characters; Not for you if you avoid graphic sex/violence or prefer lighter, comforting shows like Rome or Westworld.
Pros: gripping and suspenseful; raw, unflinching tone; memorable ensemble | Cons: extremely graphic content; not family-friendly; uneven, implausible moments
Themes
- prison
- experiment
- dystopia
- revenge
- betrayal
- racism
- drugs
- inmate
- catholicism
- aryan
- prison life
- abuse of power
Cast & crew
Lee Tergesen
as Tobias Beecher
Harold Perrineau
as Augustus Hill
Dean Winters
as Ryan O'Reily
Eamonn Walker
as Kareem Saïd
Ernie Hudson
as Leo Glynn
Terry Kinney
as Tim McManus
Rita Moreno
as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
J.K. Simmons
as Vernon Schillinger
Kirk Acevedo
as Miguel Alvarez
Craig muMs Grant
as Poet
Directed by Terry Kinney, Roger Rees, Rob Morrow +24 more
Episodes6 seasons · 56 episodes
Season 18 episodes
- S1E1The Routine56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E2Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E3God's Chillin'57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E4Capital P57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E5Straight Life57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E6To Your Health57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E7Plan B56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E8A Game of Checkers57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 28 episodes
- S2E1The Tip56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E2Ancient Tribes57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E3Great Men57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E4Losing Your Appeal58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E5Family Bizness58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E6Strange Bedfellows59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E7Animal Farm57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E8Escape from Oz68mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 38 episodes
- S3E1The Truth and Nothing But...56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E2Napoleon's Boney Parts56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E3Legs58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E4Unnatural Disasters59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E5U.S. Male59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E6Cruel and Unusual Punishments58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E7Secret Identities60mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E8Out o' Time59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 416 episodes
- S4E1A Cock and Balls Story60mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E2Obituaries56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E3The Bill of Wrongs57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E4Works of Mercy56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E5Gray Matter56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E6A Word to the Wise56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E7A Town Without Pity60mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E8You Bet Your Life58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E9Medium Rare53mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E10Conversions59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E11Revenge is Sweet59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E12Cuts Like a Knife60mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E13Blizzard of '0159mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E14Orpheus Descending59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E15Even the Score58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S4E16Famous Last Words63mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 58 episodes
- S5E1Visitation58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E2Laws of Gravity58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E3Dream a Little Dream of Me53mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E4Next Stop: Valhalla57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E5Wheel of Fortune59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E6Variety57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E7Good Intentions57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S5E8Impotence59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 68 episodes
- S6E1Dead Man Talking56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S6E2See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S6E3Sonata de Oz57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S6E4A Failure to Communicate57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S6E54 Giveness56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S6E6A Day in the Death...57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S6E7Junkyard Dawgs57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S6E8Exeunt Omnes98mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu