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Oz. The name on the street for the Oswald State Correctional Facility - Level Four.

I was a little surprised to find that a thread about the longest-running HBO series did not, until now, exist. Well, I'm here to remedy that, so I present to all you GTP members the Oz Thread.

Basically, who watches the show, and at what point are you (i.e. what season / episode)?

Who is your favourite character? What is your favourite storyline? Who suffered the greatest and most graphic demise? Who would you like to see get shanked next? Have you seen anything on the show that deeply disturbed you?

Let's talk Oz!
 
Tried, in know its a good show, but it grosses me out. I'd rather watch The View in a pink fuzzy robe and a box of bon bons....
 
What exactly is it that "grosses you out?" I'm assuming the heavy homosexual content is a problem, if not the graphic violence and absence of humanity. But there are 10,000 shows without any of that, so that's why I like Oz; it's completely different, and HBO always maintains integrity when producing a show. That's why Oz has a "gloves are off" tone to it; there's no sugarcoating of prison when HBO does it.
 
Its true, a difinitive 'break-through' show. And as comfortable with my sexuality as I am, I just cannot be entertained by dudes doing it...
 
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Its true, a difinitive 'break-through' show. And as comfortable with my sexuality as I am, I just cannot be entertained by dudes doing it...
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Amen to that I think it is great how the shows on HBO are a breakthrew for TV but when you watch a show with men getting screwed up there crapper it just kind of turns you off the whole show. I love pretty much every other show on HBO the Sopranos, Deadwood, Carnival, and all the others shows.
 
Oz was great for the mental games that go on in prison. But I do agree that it was at times extremly rough to watch. For two reasons. one, it's just sick! :yuck: Two, that's a realistic depiction of prison life. I think that's the part that gets us the most.
 
I like Oz very much. Unfortunately it's aired here around 1am plus the broadcasting channel seems to mix the different seasons at will so it's virtually impossible to follow it as a normal Tvseries for me. More sporadic.

I think the gay-part of it is very refreshing, there's way too little men kissing and grabbing each others crotches on tv. But sometimes it's hard to watch when there's assault going on like the other night the episode ended with a guy screaming from having a spoon shoved up his ass. That was a bit hard to watch.

Interesting portraits of people in prison. One of my favourite series.
 
Yesterday night it was the episode with Cyril's execution. One of the strongest moments I ever seen on tv/movie. Watching his Ryans inner struggle and pain, this must be one of the best episodes. For some reason too, Ryan is probably the character I like the best.

I was kind of dissappointed though when it was called off, it took away some of the realism.
 
[revive] Wow, an Oz thread! I recently acquired all 6 seasons and have been watching it nonstop ever since. I'm currently on season 4 Episode 5. Great show. 👍 👍

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I don't remember which season my brother and I stopped at, it was the one with the bomb in the last episode...we can't find any seasons after that to rent, so we pretty much had to stop there.
 

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