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OZ was a prison show that screened on sbs in australiai recently got back into this show to me this show is the most true to life prison show.

Besides of course americas hardest prisons which is a documentary.

Anybody seen or remember this great show and if so do you like it and what are your thoughts ?
 

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agree with Adebesi

the whole "**** and **** shortage" was my fav

Bodie from the Wire drying out "I NEED SOME **** MAN!!!!" was my favorite
 
RoosterLad said:
One of my favourite shows of all time.

Agree about O'Reilly and Adebesi, they were my favourites too.

Loved how O'Reilly could cause so much shit but he rarely got his hands dirty.
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I'll third those two. O'Reilly was just a fantastic character and Adebesi was a bad ass SOB. I'll throw Chris Keller in as well. One of many very complex characters on the show and supremely acted by Chris Meloni.

I loved Oz, but I often found myself struggling to believe some of the stuff going on. The early seasons were gold but towards the end it was if they started running out of ideas and things got a little silly. The refugees staying in the prison was just ridiculous.
 
l started watching from the start after l watch all of the wire l though it was alright but stuggled to get right into it l didnt like that guy talking after each ep.l prob will give it another go seeing l have a few seasons somewhere.l might watch americas hardest prisons first then get on oz.
 
well back on OZ again almost up to season 3 brutal show just seen Adebesi beat up the mob boys and r@pe one of them brutal stuff.

And keller playing mind games with beecher is insane.beecher getting back at vern shillinger was great now vern is getting back again.
 

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riteo said:
Truly a contempary version of Othellos Iago. Some of the most powerful television I've ever seen was during the leadup to Cyril's execution, beautifully handled.
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Great call. He's a great actor Dean Winters, was also very entertaining as Liz Lemon's douchebag boyfriend on 30 Rock.

The lead up to Cyril's execution was excellent, but they completely blew it by not going ahead with it. Then they went through it all over again and it just didn't work.
 
RobbyRoy said:
The lead up to Cyril's execution was excellent, but they completely blew it by not going ahead with it. Then they went through it all over again and it just didn't work.
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Was going to post the exact same thing. It's one of the things that have stuck in my mind since I first watched it.
 
I've rewatched all 6 seasons of this over the last 6-7 days.

What a great show and all the actors have moved on to some of our favourite shows such as the Wire, Rescue Me etc.

Must say O'Reilly is my favourite and have found myself unusually attracted to La Guerta.....no wander O'Reilly killed for this chic....can't wait for the next episode of Dexter to see her:p

Elias Koteas is bloody disturbing and brilliant.

Just don't make shows like this anymore.
 
Lol, I used to get Chris Meloni & Koteas mixed up a lot.

Yep, great show when you are inside it. Might not shine as much post-watch like The Wire & Breaking Bad for instance, but OZ is a show you can return to again and again and be immensely entertained by. You cheer on almost every scumbag at one point despite what they have done to others. And yep, O'Reilly was the soul of the show.

Schillinger was also hilarious, so many classic lines. Also featured some of the downright nastiest scenes ever seen on tv.

OZ to me is also one of the genesis shows for television's current golden age. Lots of actors from OZ went on to other shows (and had previously appeared on Homicide as well). OZ also looks like a really fun show to act in, I bet the actors loved it. The characters outside the prisoners were also great. The best thing about OZ was that a fkload could happen in one episode. Highly addictive crack.

OZ was my intro to HBO, so whenever that HBO intro comes on, I almost expect the OZ intro to follow (which, by the way, is utterly perfect and catchy).
 

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I have just started watching season one and i've gotta say that i'm finding the brutality (especially the neo nazi over the lawyer guy) really difficult to watch.
 
nicky said:
I have just started watching season one and i've gotta say that i'm finding the brutality (especially the neo nazi over the lawyer guy) really difficult to watch.
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Stick with it mate,awesome show.

Beecher gets a bit of his own back too,loved when he was in solitary and grew his nails then got out and had the file.Classic.

That dirty screw bitch was one of my most hated too but there was almost something to like or be intrigued about with most of the characters.
 
I'll stick with it for sure. I'm hooked. What a show. This is as good as the Wire. In some ways better.

Just really struggling with some of the brutality. I guess prison shows a side of humans that scares the bejeebers out of me.
 

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