Oz
The Routine
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1997-07-12
Synopsis
In the 'Emerald City' experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who exist in a pecking order of Gangbangers, Latinos, Muslims, Westies, Aryans and Wiseguys.
In the series
This episode is part of Oz (1997–2003) on HBO.
Prison as pressure cooker — HBO brutality before Tony ever saw Dr. Melfi.
Key cast
- Ernie Hudson as Leo Glynn
- Terry Kinney as Tim McManus
- Harold Perrineau as Augustus Hill
- Eamonn Walker as Kareem Said
- J.K. Simmons as Vern Schillinger
- Lee Tergesen as Tobias Beecher