1997

S2.E1 ∙ The Tip

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Season Two premiere. In the aftermath of the riot that killed six inmates and two officers, Oz is locked down, and Emerald City prisoners are sent either to solitary or gen pop. A special committee is appointed to investigate the riot.

8.1 /10

S2.E2 ∙ Ancient Tribes

Sun, Jul 19, 1998

Ten months after the riot, Em City is reopened. A recovered McManus creates a council of group representatives to keep order, and initiates classes to help inmates get high-school equivalency diplomas.

8.1 /10

S2.E3 ∙ Great Men

Sun, Jul 26, 1998

Alvarez knows who raped Glynn's daughter, but refuses to tell the warden. Wangler is making progress at school, but his cellmate, Adebisi, isn't a fan of higher education. When Hill's judge is convicted of accepting bribes, Said takes up Hill's case.

8 /10

S2.E4 ∙ Losing Your Appeal

Sun, Aug 02, 1998

Augustus Hill's appeal is denied, despite the efforts of Said, who has better luck with Poet's poems. Meanwhile, O'Reily survives his lumpectomy, and now focuses his attention on Dr. Nathan.

8 /10

S2.E5 ∙ Family Bizness

Sun, Aug 09, 1998

With their enmity at a boiling point, Adebisi poisons Schibetta--but not fatally. Now that his brother has turned himself in for murder, Glynn no longer owes Schibetta any favors.

8.1 /10

S2.E6 ∙ Strange Bedfellows

Sun, Aug 16, 1998

Schillinger attempts to enlist Said to get him out of jail. Recovered from being poisoned, Schibetta is brutalized by Adebisi, losing 'control' of Oz. Meanwhile, Alvarez is bumped out of the Latino power seat by Raoul Hernandez, a.k.a. El Cid.

8.1 /10

S2.E7 ∙ Animal Farm

Sun, Aug 23, 1998

Cyril O'Reily, Ryan's brother, is imprisoned and falls under Schillinger's control. Ryan tries to get him away into Em City, but Cyril winds up in the hole. El Cid tells Alvarez there's only way he can 'stay in the game.'

8.1 /10

S2.E8 ∙ Escape from Oz

Sun, Aug 30, 1998

In the Season Two finale, Wittlesey is transferred to general population and replaced by Karl Metzger, a Nazi. Mack and another Aryan try to escape through Busmalis and Rebadow's hole. Hill gets the idea of escaping Oz by hiding in a coffin.

8.7 /10