Oz: Season 02 (1998)
Synopsis of Oz: Season 02
Season two of Oz gets under way in the wake of the bloody riot at "Emerald City," the experimental unit set up on Cell Block 5 of Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary, in which eight are killed and 34 wounded. Though it is obvious to many observers that the ruthlessly ambitious Governor Devlin (Zeljko Ivanek) has used the riot as an excuse to violently smash Warden Glynn's (Ernie Hudson) efforts to rehabilitate the prisoners via more freedom of movement and extra privileges, Devlin's questionable actions in the incident are condoned by the prison board. Ten months later, the convicts are herded into Emerald City's new facilities -- whereupon the old power struggles and drug trading resumes as if nothing had happened. The unit's still-idealistic manager, Tim McManus (Terry Kinney), hopes to mollify the prisoners and mold them into useful citizens worthy of rehabilitation by reinstating many of their privileges, and by attempting to bring the various factional subgroups -- the Latinos, the Italians, the Muslims -- into a homogenous "whole" in which everyone is equal and no one is mad at anyone. McManus has also convinced himself that the cons would benefit from an education program. Before long, alas, most of McManus' New Age notions are flattened beneath the juggernaut of reality. New to the Em City prisoner population this season are Chris Keller (Christopher Meloni), Agamemnon "The Mole" Busmalis, (Tom Mardirosian), and Cyril O'Reily (Scott William Winters). Events crucial to the action include the rape of Gov. Glynn's daughter by members of the Latinos; the publication of a "true" interpretation of the riot by inmate Kareem Said (Eamonn Walker), the powerful and nationally famous leader of the Muslims; the governor's announcement that prisoner Shirley Bellinger (Kathryn Erbe) is to be the first woman executed by the state since 1841; and a "foolproof" escape attempt that ends in a double tragedy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 467 mins
Complete Cast of Oz: Season 02
- Ernie Hudson - Warden Leo Glynn
- Eamonn Walker - Kareem Said
- Kirk Acevedo - Miguel Alvarez
- Lee Tergesen - Tobias Beecher
- muMs - Poet
- Dean Winters - Ryan O'Reily
- B.D. Wong - Father Ray Mukada
- Zeljko Ivanek - Governor James Devlin
- J.D. Williams - Kenny Wangler
- Rick Fox - Jackson Vayhue, pro basketball player
- Kathryn Erbe - Shirley Bellinger
- Luis Guzman - Raoul Hernandez
- Eddie Malavarca - Peter Schibetta
- Terry Kinney - Tim McManus
- Harold Perrineau, Jr. - Augustus Hill
- J.K. Simmons - Vern Schillinger
- George Morfogen - Bob Rebadow
- Granville Adams - Zahir Arif
- Rita Moreno - Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
- Lauren Vélez - Dr. Gloria Nathan
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - Simon Adebisi
- Edie Falco - Off. Diane Wittlesey
- Tom Mardirosian - Agamemnon Busmalis, aka "The Mole"
- Christopher Meloni - Chris Keller
- Mark Margolis - Antonio Nappa
- Writer(s):
- Tom Fontana
- Categories:
- Drama, Television
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