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Before the sixth season of HBO's Oz began, many knew that this would be the last hurrah from creator Tom Fontana and co., as the volitale men behind bars drama comes to an ever dramatic close in it's final eight episodes. Everything that has been built up since the show's debut reaches critical mass in this final season, as characters who have been here since the beginning meet their demise and the light at the end of the tunnel keeps dwindling. For Tobias Beecher (Lee Tergesen), freedom is so close he can taste it; but not if his sociopathic lover Chris Keller (Christopher Meloni) has anything to say about it. These two men, whose bizarre, savage, and heartbreaking love affair have been a highlight of the series since the middle of the second season, have always helped make Oz worth watching, and when the end comes, it comes without warning, just as long time viewers would come to expect. Beecher also has to contend again with nazi leader Vern Shillinger (J.K. Simmons) who wants his blood, while other prisoners (and long time characters) Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo), Kareem Said (Eamonn Walker), Ryan and Cyril O'Reilly (Dean and Scott William Winters), narrator Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau), Reabadow (George Morfogen), Robeson (R.E. Rodgers), and Jaz Hoyt (Evan Seinfeld) all have their dates with destiny as well. Even prisoner reformer Tim McManus (Terry Kinney), warden Leo Glynn (Ernie Hudson), and Father Mukada (B.D. Wong) don't remain untouched by the series of events that brings the series to an end that at first may seem unlikely, but in the long run of things, couldn't have been any more fitting. For it's entire run, Oz was one of the best and underrated shows in HBO's history that never really got it's share of the limelight while mega hits like the Sopranos and Six Feet Under took all the glory. The blood drenched yellow brick road comes to an end here, and yes, there's nothing left but a dead end.Read full review
The sixth season of OZ does not disappoint with its realism and shocking twists and turns of life behind bars. The writers have not lost their edge for great dialog, realistic interaction and gripping story lines. The commentary and presentation of the narrative is always thought provoking and unique in its presentation. Only disappointment is that this is the last season. Many of the actors that appeared in OZ have gone on to play prime roles in other TV shows. I even saw two of the minor characters in an episode of this seasons "24" just the other night. Other actors OZ have appeared in "CSI" and have reoccurring roles in "Law and Order". Some viewers of only the sixth season will be left a little behind in some of the sub-plots that have occurred in previous seasons, but each episode is riveting and thought provoking into the interaction behind prison life and stand alone on their own merit. I have watched all the previous seasons of OZ and always look forward to seeing a new episode. Even friends that have come in on only season six have enjoyed the viewing. Not recommended for those under 17 years old, but anyone seeing this would think twice about committing a crime to go to "OZ".Read full review
What more can I say. Don't have HBO and look forward to the release of every OZ series that comes out. The characters play their roles with top notch professionalism so much so that you forget where you are and can scare the pants off you when it comes to what prison life can be like. Love just about every character they bring on board, and really miss the ones I've enjoyed watching that have met up with their own death. Can't say enough about the emotions I go through with every single one of the OZ series. Have seen them all and am looking forward to the seventh release.
OZ has blown me away. Several of my friends told me I ought to watch it when it first played on HBO, but I'm not really a big TV watcher. I passed on it. It is a riviting, titillatingly violent, twistedly creative, delightfully sexual...I mean, shockingly. Many very good actors, many recognizable faces; though we see sides of them we have never seen before. Christopher Meloni. What can I say, if you are a fan of Law & Order: SVU as I was, you are floored to see him in this one. Our Detective Stabler was moonlighting as a sociopathinc...manipulative...psychotic...seductive animal. *fans self* Too hot to miss. Man or woman, you're gonna be putty in his hands. It is filmed as though you are in there with them; it is not as though you are an impartial observer. Right up close, in with the crowd. It is absolutely terrifying...you love the characters, hate them, feel for them...and you just can't not care.Read full review
Received in a decent amount of time. I have found this series to be not only intriguing but an excellent study in the characters in the prison environment. Also, the introduction of the variety of actors either from other TV shows or other areas of acting was a credit to their performances. I did have a little issue with the first disc skipping a few times but otherwise, I'm satisfied with the purchase.
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