Seasons(6) / Episodes(56)
Plots(1)
You wanna punish a man? Send him to Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary. HBO presents this gritty drama series about the corrections officers and inmates of this experimental prison within a prison. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews of this series by the user novoten (1)
Oz (1997)
Where the villains from your favorite TV shows end, Oz begins. In a place where you won't find a purely positive character among fellow inmates and where fate loves to throw massive obstacles in your way. And where there is no place for a bright happy ending. Every character is dragged by their demons, and even a slightly involved viewer is immediately dragged into the mud as well. In this Emerald City, even the most sensitive natures cannot survive, and that's also the reason why the show, despite its high quality, didn't gain a wide audience even after six seasons. Though when it comes to the deepest depths of the human psyche, you will hardly find anything comparable; for me, this is a a viewer's hell that is emotionally too demanding. But for fans of the most dramatic tests of human fate, it is undoubtedly number one. Favorite characters: Ryan O'Reily, Tobias Beecher, Tim McManus.
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