OZ是奥兹瓦尔德最高戒备监狱（Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary）的简称。OZ《监狱风云》是HBO第一部独立制作并广受好评的电视剧集，是一部叫人上瘾、沉溺于其中剧情不能自拔的监狱剧。OZ是社会的一个缩影，囊括了所有能发生在监狱中的故事：帮派之争，毒品交易，强暴，杀人，越狱，爱与恨……OZ也是个微型的小社会，举凡美国社会常见的力量，如意大利帮、中国帮、爱尔兰帮、穆斯林、同性恋 、新纳粹等等，在其中都有体现。虽是监狱题材的集大成者，却又远远不止是监狱。在OZ，没有主角，没有简单的善恶存在。谁是邪恶的，谁是英雄，无从简单的一概而论，每个人都在做出从他的角度和立场，最理所当然的选择。
播出日期: 1997-07-12
运行时间: 56 min
概述: In the "Emerald City" experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who live within a pecking order of Homeboys, Latinos, Muslims, Irish, Aryans, and Wiseguys. No clear-cut leader emerges—with the possible exception of Kareem Saïd, a Muslim author who preaches non-violence and abstinence. Saïd's arrival doesn't prevent a short-fused Mafia inmate named Dino Ortolani from ticking off just about everybody—a habit that ends up burning him.
播出日期: 1997-07-14
运行时间: 57 min
概述: With Schibetta and the prison brass in a race to uncover Ortolani's killer (for very different reasons), we see how inmates react to visits from both their wives and, in one case, family members who are also in prison.
播出日期: 1997-07-21
运行时间: 57 min
概述: As friction grows in the wake of increasing deaths, Schibetta, Saïd, and Keane are brought together by Glynn, who tells them to keep their respective groups quiet or else he'll lock the prison down. The tension increases following a visit from Governor Devlin, who was responsible for the ban on smoking and conjugal visits.
播出日期: 1997-07-28
运行时间: 57 min
概述: Governor Devlin has reinstated capital punishment in the state, and the first Oz prisoner scheduled to die is Keane.
播出日期: 1997-08-04
运行时间: 57 min
概述: The infiltration of drugs into Oz has reached unprecedented levels, and the undercover efforts of McManus and Glynn to find out who's smuggling them in backfires in a deadly way. Despite a lockdown in Emerald City, the drugs continue to trickle in—and the blame shifts from prisoners to corrupt officials.
播出日期: 1997-08-11
运行时间: 57 min
概述: Three generations of Alvarezes—all prisoners at Oz—are united when the partiarch, Ricardo, is found face down in his cell, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, Beecher, who as Schillinger's "prag" has been forced to wear women's clothes, flips out after taking PCP.
播出日期: 1997-08-18
运行时间: 56 min
概述: A recovered Saïd ostracizes Mershah for turning his back on him when he was dying—and orders the rest of the Muslims to do the same. Impressed by Saïd's power, Groves makes a deadly decision in his honor. Meanwhile, Beecher, transformed by prison life, finally gets revenge on Schillinger.
播出日期: 1997-08-25
运行时间: 57 min
概述: Beecher is released from the hole and Schillinger is left eyeless and weak. A riot breaks out after two white punks get into a fight over checkers. Frustration, sexuality, hate, revenge, racism all rear their ugly heads, causing the violence to escalate.
