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Oz
TV Series (1997 - 2003)
OZ chronicles the attempts of McManus (Terry Kinney) to keep control over the inmates of Em(erald) City as well as the drug trade and the violence. There have been many groups of inmates during the run of the show and not everybody makes it out alive.
Last Episode
06x08 Exeunt Omnes Aired: Feb. 23, 2003Querns makes a return to Oz as a warden. As Howell learns that she's pregnant, Rebadow unsuccessfully petitions to artificially inseminate Norma. … [continue reading]
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Jul. 12, 1997
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
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Series Fun Facts
- The prisoner's inmate numbers begin with two digits indicating the year they were incarcerated and then a letter which is the first letter of their last name. The only exception is inmates…
[show]The prisoner's inmate numbers begin with two digits indicating the year they were incarcerated and then a letter which is the first letter of their last name. The only exception is inmates whose last name begins with O, such as Ryan O'Reilly. Because prison officials believed that an O could be easily mistaken for a zero, they use the letter P for inmates whose last name begins with O.
[hide] - SPOILER: In the third season, the medical ward was privatized and taken over by a company called The Weigart Corporation. The Weigart Corporation is also the name of the company that bought…
[show]SPOILER: In the third season, the medical ward was privatized and taken over by a company called The Weigart Corporation. The Weigart Corporation is also the name of the company that bought St. Eligius Hospital in St. Elsewhere. Series creator Tom Fontana was a writer on St. Elsewhere.
[hide] - Terry Kinney (Tim McManus) and Kathryn Erbe (Shirley Bellinger) were married in real life during the show. They divorced in 2006.













