Oz, and the O'Reily brothers rigging the newly instituted prison boxing matches. Simmons) son Andrew (Frederick Koehler) arriving. We see some great story lines go into effect over the course of the season, from Beecher exacting his revenge on his tormentors in various ways, Adebisi appearing to have changed his evil ways while he nonchalantly gets his revenge as well, Alvarez becoming even more insane but still getting help from the staff, Schillinger's (J.K. The+Oz+Season+3+DVD+Menu The third season of Oz picks up pretty much where the second left off, with Beecher (Lee Tergesen) recovering from having his arms and legs broken and plotting revenge, Adebisi (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) in the loony ward, Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo) in solitary for blinding a guard, and Ryan O'Reily (Dean Winters) continuing to manipulate everyone and everything.
While each of the first three seasons consists of only 8 episodes, those eight episodes are right around one-hour each – and no commercial breaks and a fairly fast pace means that a lot can happen in just one show.
Viewers used to watching broadcast TV dramas may be amazed by how much fits into each episode of Oz.
Whereas in many other series stories are cobbled together week-to-week, put together by a committee of writers, and concepts get introduced that are never followed up on later, Fontana's strong guidance of Oz gives the viewer filled-to-the-brim episodes where nearly everything pays off either later in that episode or later in the series. This consistency in vision lends strongly to the series's unique dialogue, characters and story lines. Fontana, who prior to Oz was an executive producer and writer on the landmark cop show Homicide: Life on the Streets, is the credited writer or co-writer of every single episode of the prison drama. television series that was completely guided by one person, in this case series creator Tom Fontana.
Oz, from its debut in 1997 to its end in 2003, is one of the few U.S. The third season of Oz hit stores this week and while it's not feature-packed, it's still a great television series continuing its release on DVD. Whereas The Sopranos started the release of its first four seasons on DVD in December, 2000 (a little less than two years after the series began), Oz fans had to wait until March 2002 to finally get the first season (five years after the series started). That shadow is readily apparent when it comes to the DVD releases of the two series. HBO's first hour-long dramatic series, Oz, often lives in the shadow of its critically acclaimed younger sibling, The Sopranos.