Oz | A Symphony of Brutality | Season 2 Review

Oz is a HBO drama that was the network's first 1 hour episode series, a precursor to the likes of The Sopranos and Game of Thrones. This is my review of season 2.

Oz is praised for a great many reasons. For a TV show, especially one that first aired in 1997, it highly realistic in its depiction of prison life. I’ve seen loads of crime films and prison movies, and even still, more than 20 years later, the first season of Oz really leaves an impact with just how profane it is. The language, the violence depicted, the disregard for the value of human life by inmates and guards alike. I can only imagine how shocking it must have been back in the 90s, and the boundaries it pushed allowed other shows to pioneer and perfect the craft.

In season 2, the son of the seasoned Italian mobster from the first season arrives at Emerald City, wanting to take over from his father’s operation and avenge his death. There’s continued tension with Beecher and Schillinger, with the latter catching a dastardly plot to torture the former. Adebisi exchanges love letters with a woman on death row while having his connection with his homeland stimulated by a mysterious new inmate. Saeed battles a desire for freedom with his loyalty to his men when he is selected to be granted clemency, and Augustus becomes obsessed with escape after he has false hope of release dangled in front of him. There’s a lot of different stuff happening.

Some of the main characters are Tobias Beecher, Vern Schillinger, and Kareem Said.

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