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Season 2 opens in the wake of a prison riot that shut down the experimental cell block known as "Emerald City" among the inmates, but it doesn't take long to build a whole new head of steam after prison reformer Tim McManus (Terry Kinney) reopens the unit. The drug wars pit the Italians against the blacks, the Aryan Brotherhood re-establish their campaign of intimidation, and Alvarez is pushed to desperate measures when he's ousted by the new Latino leader (Luiz Guzmán). Even more volatile than the physical brutality (this season offers up a bloody blinding and a crucifixion) is the soul-crushing psychodrama played out between vicious Aryan leader Schillinger (J.K. Simmons) and Beecher (Lee Tergeson), the meek lawyer transformed into a drug-addicted wild man by prison's predatory world and seduced by cold-blooded killer Chris Keller (Law and Order: SVU's Christopher Meloni).
Some the stories get lost in the thrilling runaway pacing, but at its best Oz's searing stories of men penned in and pushing back goes straight for the jugular and invariably draws blood.
In addition to HBO's four-minute promotional short is an interesting featurette in which the creators and select actors discuss the show. The three-disc set also features cast and crew bios, an episode index, and episodic previews.--Sean Axmaker
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Gregory Dark, Adam Bernstein |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 12 July, 1997 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Hbo Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | X (Mature Audiences Only) |
| FEATURES: | Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Gift Set, Movie, TV Shows, Television |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 4 |
| UPC: | 026359915130 |
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Customer Reviews of Oz - The Complete Second Season
Soap Opera At Its Best OZ - THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON is every bit as good, if not better than the first season. It begins with the staff and prisoners of Oz trying to get back as close to normal as possible after the riot, the cliff-hanger that ended Season 1. Several prisoners and guards died in the riot, a good way to get rid of characters who are going on to other things, a standard device of soaps. <
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>The drugs, rapes, murders, and unrest continue; but new characters are introduced, and many of those returning grow and change. McManus becomes more cynical; and both O'Rielly and Schillinger show glimpses of humanity although I won't rest until someone snuffs out that Aryan Nazi. Said becomes an even more sympathetic individual this season (he figures prominently in the season finale); Beecher stands up to Schillinger, a priest child molester enters Oz as well as a woman who drove her car into a lake drowning her child, reminiscent of the murder in South Carolina a few years ago. <
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>This season is more bloody and violent than the first season if that's possible and definitely not for the faint of heart.
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Unlike some reviews I read I still felt OZ was a good show. I found my self some times hoping along with some of guys you would call good guys that happen to do one bad thing that they would get out. Some of the actors in this show made the switch to other shows after this show was done. And most went to law and order special Victims unit show on NBC. I find it hard to watch that show some times since I seen most the actors naked doing things they are tring to put bad guys a way for now lol.
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>But OZ was a eye opener for sure and again another must see show from HBO
Welcome, Chris Keller!!
The second season of OZ does not disappoint at all because new colorful characters are added to the mix. Best of all, Christopher Keller. There is an immediate attraction between Keller and Beecher, however, Beecher finds out that it's all an illusion because Keller is working with Schillinger to get revenge on Beecher for messing up Schillinger's chance to get parole. However, through all this, Keller realizes that he does in fact love Beecher back, however, in the 2nd season, he doesn't realize it yet, but just plays the game to lead Beecher on and then to hurt him for Schillinger's sake.
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>Along with this homoerotic drama unfolding, we have new inmates killing, falling in love, revealing plots and even graduating in the 1st ever GED program through the prison. This is also the season where Chucky Pantanmo, Busalis, Jaz Hoyt and other main characters come on board.
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>I believe season 2 is much better than season 1 simply because of the new love unfolding for Beecher to Keller. Beecher has never fallen in love with a man before, so this is all new for him, but he doesnt' consider himself gay. He just appreciates the love, care and sympathy that Keller is giving him while his life is unraveling on the outside due in part to Schillinger's forces to do so.