
Some prisoners who complained found their food got worse, not better. It concludes that food served to incarcerated people "and the conditions under which it is served are harmful to physical and mental health and can erode self-esteem, with immediate and long-term impacts.". With six seasons of pure unpredictability, here are 10 reasons you should start binge watching Oz. Not to say it was as good as the abovementioned shows, but it still remains one of the most revolutionary shows on HBO and is very much worth your time. To be clear, there were no plans then, nor are they any now, for HBO to bring back the show. In 2003, Oz ended its run on HBO after six seasons. The Tin Woodman was a man made out of tin. Nick Chopper, The Tin Woodman is one of the more important personages in the Land of Oz. Frank BaumĪbram Makowka Darin Mark Jared Mack Mark Warshaw The amount of violence shown on Oz actually far exceeds the amount in normal prisons (a character seems to die nearly every episode) and obviously plot devices like the notorious "aging pills" are pure fiction. Is the show Oz realistic? Some of it is realistic but obviously they took liberties. Plot holes you could drive a truck through, characters basically narrating the show as it happens, the overwrought moments. But it's a real flawed soap opera, in a sense. I mean, I still watch the clips, it's not a "bad" show. It's funny, watching OZ clips now I realize how corny this show was.


Smith was incarcerated for drowning her two sons in October 1994 in South Carolina. Shirley Bellinger (Kathryn Erbe), convicted in the show of murdering her daughter, is based on real-life child murderer, Susan Smith. Oz was OK in Season 1, but the show sucked after that and wasn't at all a realistic portrayal of a NY state prison.ġ0) A character in the show is based on a real-life child murderer. Subscribe to the 123movies mailing list to receive updates on movies, tv-series and news of top movies. The Wire and The Sopranos were both excellent series, but tough to compare since one was about the north Jersey Mafia and one was about crime in Baltimore.
