Should you watch Oz?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Oz
Series · 1997
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
The sides of Oz
- An experimental prison unit called Emerald City
- Rival gangs of inmates
- A lawyer locked in with them
Oz is good for you if…
- you can take a prison drama with almost no mercy in it.
- you like dozens of inmates, guards and gangs to follow.
- you like never knowing who will be killed next.
Oz is bad for you if…
- you can't stand graphic prison violence.
- you can't watch rape and abuse on screen.
- you'd rather not see nudity and sex scenes.
About: survival · revenge · power
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