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Summary: Not as Strong as the First Season
Review: The first season was more compelling. It had a greater degree of realism (relative to this one), a greater sense of urgency, and it was new. Here, the same characters go through the same kind of motions we're used to, including a strong factor of shock value being written into most episodes. It'll still hold your interest, and the cast are again excellent. But the show starts to move at this point towards being a strange soap opera full of sadism, rather then being something like the first season where you really sensed that anything could happen. And whereas the first season ended brilliantly, it really whimpers here.
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Summary: The arrival of Christopher Meloni & Luis Guzman!
Review: The Oswald Maximum Security Penitentary is alot more grittier, violent, bloody, and with sexual situations and nudity. The addition of Christopher Meloni and Luis Guzman really set OZ on the HBO map and increased more viewership ever since. Elaine Stritch makes a guest appearance in Episode #4. Episode #4 also marks the entrance of Christopher Meloni as "Prisoner Chris Keller", a role he played to the last season in 2003. Episode #6 includes the controversial sodomy scene and marks the entrance of Luis Guzman as "Prisoner Raoul Hernandez", a role he played until the year 2000. LL Cool J also makes an appearance as a Prisoner.
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Summary: An Excellent Continuation To An Excellent Show
Review: The second season of Oz continues where the first left off. It has now been several months since the riot in Emerald City that killed seven inmates and two prison guards, and the first episode commences as prisoners move back into their cells after it has been repaired and things in Oswald State Prison have calmed down. Governor Devlin forms a committee to undertake the task of figuring out how the riot got started and who, if anyone, should be charged in connection to all that transpired during the ordeal. The committee finds that nobody is to blame for the riot, and therefore, no one is to be charged with any crime. That's just the beginning of the season. The rest of the season shows how certain characters change as they acclimate themselves to prison life. Tobias Beecher (played by Lee Tergensen) undergoes the most notable change. He came to prison as a clean-cut lawyer who knew nothing of street life, and we now see him develop into a hardened convict. He is no longer the victim of aggression, and now assumes the role of aggressor. He wants revenge for all that Vernon Schillinger (J.K. Simmons) put him through, and he goes about getting revenge in several different ways. Also, in an interesting turn of events, the death of his wife has caused Beecher to develop certain homosexual tendencies. There are many characters in Oz, and it isn't possible for me to describe what they all go through during this second season, but I will say that you'll be glued to your television once you start watching. This show is extremely engaging, and time seems to fly when I watch an episode of Oz. This is perhaps the best show that HBO has ever created, and this DVD is a definite must-buy for any Oz fan.
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Summary: Gripping Stuff
Review: This follows the brilliant first season of the excellent HBO prison drama. It is just as good as all the other seasons, and if you have seen any of the other seasons on TV, you must buy this with the first season to see how it all started. Funny in places, almost upsetting in some, this has everything that makes a classic programme. Great acting and intense storylines make this THE soap opera for men. This goes in the same bag as 'The Sopranos' and 'Band of Brothers' for HBO's finest.
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Summary: makes people look at law and order with respect
Review: This is a great series from HBO. The topic is rough and the characters criminals, but its not what you expect when you watch it. There is a real draw from the complex plots of the characters an how they interact. It is also very WILD to watch all your favorite Law and Order cast and guests appear on this show as usually bad guys ! Evil Verne the nazi, is a child psychologist on Law and Order special victims unit ! Its like Verne escaped and is a hannibal lechter psychiatrist ! Well, both characters are different people, but hats off to the actor who can pull off the duel roles. Also Christopher Melioni is awesome. He rants and raves adn fumes on Law and Order special victims unit, and yet here in Oz, he is...a killer. There is no no stigma t...()alternative life style)people, just to the way prisoners interact and how different it is to see a straight family man on SVU and a gay person in Oz. I'm sure it could be reversed so as not to offend any gay people. Also, the bikers and their tatoo's and the aryans and the muslims of the show give people a realistic view of the horro of prison life. SO BE GOOD OR ELSE ! My personal gratitude to the cast, you are all very talented and impressive. I would watch other movies or shows with you in them right away. Best regards to a top level cast and crew. Em City is as real on your show as anyone would ever want to imagine it for real. Hopefully your show will give everyone who watches it pause and make them think before they do anything rash or crazy that could get them in trouble.
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Summary: great show but not worth the money
Review: this is an awesome show, but the bang for the buck simply isn't there. an 8 episode dvd set for 55+ dollars?
are you mad? other than that it really is a great show, and I would snag this up quick if it were priced accordingly.
29.99 anyone?
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Summary: This show rocks!
Review: This is without question one of the more interesting things to watch on HBO - rough, gritty, violent, one of the best love stories I've seen in years, and full frontal male nudity! The acting is all top notch, with special kudos to Lee Tergesen, Chris Meloni, and JK Simmons (who somehow manages to make a Neo-Nazi both interesting and sympathetic). How the Emmys have continuously overlooked this show for consideration is beyond me. Not for sissies.
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Summary: BEST SHOW EVER
Review: This season improves greatly on the first. Where the first season relied heavily on characted building, the second season focuses on their exploits, and introduces several new characters. For all of you who've never watched OZ, let me give you an example - none of my friends had ever seen OZ, but after having watched the first season on DVD, they're constantly asking me when Season 2 is going to be released. Buy it, you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: Good
Review: This series isn't for everyone.The series does portrays the stark realities of prison life and is well written. Don't purchase 2nd season without seeing 1st season.
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Summary: YOU'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE
Review: THIS WILL BE AS SHORT AS THE TITLE OF THE SERIES.
ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT "THE SOPRANOS" IS BETTER THAN "OZ"
IS LACKING IN TASTE AS WELL AS BRAIN CELLS.
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