Oz
Life's not a word. It's a sentence.
Created by Tom Fontana
On HBO
A brutal, claustrophobic examination of prison life as a microcosm of human tribalism, violence, and moral collapse, sustained across 56 episodes of unrelenting institutional darkness.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Lee Tergesen
Tobias Beecher
Harold Perrineau
Augustus Hill
Dean Winters
Ryan O'Reily
Eamonn Walker
Kareem Saïd
Ernie Hudson
Leo Glynn
Terry Kinney
Tim McManus
Rita Moreno
Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
J.K. Simmons
Vernon Schillinger
Kirk Acevedo
Miguel Alvarez
Craig muMs Grant
Poet
BD Wong
Father Ray Mukada
Tom Mardirosian
Agamemnon Busmalis
Like Oz
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Oz
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Oz, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Oz, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Oz, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
