Oz
Capital P
Season 1, Episode 4 · Aired 1997-07-28
Synopsis
Governor Devlin has reinstated capital punishment in the state--and the first Oz prisoner scheduled to die is Jefferson Keane, who killed a Latino in their skirmish. Before he's executed, Keane donates a kidney to his ailing sister.
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