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Oz (1997)

Crime · Drama · Thriller

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

IMDb rating
8.7 (117,001 votes)
Seasons
6
Streaming (US)
HBO Max
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (1997)

8.43 avg 8 episodes 8.5 → 9.2 57 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.5 · 3,688 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 3,033 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 2,858 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 2,786 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 2,645 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 2,617 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 2,767 votesEp 8: 9.2 · 3,433 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Routine8.53,688
2Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise8.13,033
3God's Chillin'8.02,858
4Capital P8.32,786
5Straight Life8.12,645
6To Your Health8.42,617
7Plan B8.82,767
8A Game of Checkers9.23,433

Season 2 (1998)

8.13 avg 8 episodes 8.0 → 8.7 59 min avg

  • Rising
  • Big finale
Ep 1: 8.0 · 2,512 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 2,440 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 2,403 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 2,410 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 2,381 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 2,391 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 2,361 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 2,637 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Tip8.02,512
2Ancient Tribes8.02,440
3Great Men8.02,403
4Losing Your Appeal8.02,410
5Family Bizness8.12,381
6Strange Bedfellows8.12,391
7Animal Farm8.12,361
8Escape from Oz8.72,637

Season 3 (1999)

8.31 avg 8 episodes 8.6 → 8.2 58 min avg

  • Consistent
Ep 1: 8.6 · 2,370 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 2,292 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 2,285 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 2,323 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 2,266 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 2,256 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 2,279 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 2,299 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Truth and Nothing But...8.62,370
2Napoleon's Boney Parts8.22,292
3Legs8.32,285
4Unnatural Disasters8.42,323
5U.S. Male8.32,266
6Cruel and Unusual Punishments8.12,256
7Secret Identities8.42,279
8Out o' Time8.22,299

Season 4 (2000)

8.44 avg 16 episodes 8.8 → 8.8 58 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 2,457 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 2,232 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 2,232 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 2,265 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 2,244 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 2,208 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 2,395 votesEp 8: 9.1 · 2,634 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 2,212 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 2,237 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 2,319 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 2,268 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 2,144 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 2,154 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 2,146 votesEp 16: 8.8 · 2,305 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Cock and Balls Story8.82,457
2Obituaries8.12,232
3The Bill of Wrongs8.32,232
4Works of Mercy8.52,265
5Gray Matter8.52,244
6A Word to the Wise8.32,208
7A Town Without Pity8.82,395
8You Bet Your Life9.12,634
9Medium Rare8.22,212
10Conversions8.22,237
11Revenge Is Sweet8.42,319
12Cuts Like a Knife8.62,268
13Blizzard of '018.12,144
14Orpheus Descending8.22,154
15Even the Score8.12,146
16Famous Last Words8.82,305

Season 5 (2002)

8.24 avg 8 episodes 8.3 → 8.5 58 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 2,211 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 2,157 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 2,086 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 2,094 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 2,103 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 2,217 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 2,081 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 2,162 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Visitation8.32,211
2Laws of Gravity7.92,157
3Dream a Little Dream of Me8.02,086
4Next Stop, Valhalla8.22,094
5Wheel of Fortune8.32,103
6Variety8.52,217
7Good Intentions8.22,081
8Impotence8.52,162

Season 6 (2003)

8.30 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 8.6 62 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 2,215 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 2,105 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 2,209 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 2,100 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 2,109 votesEp 6: 8.9 · 2,487 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 2,098 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 2,550 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dead Man Talking7.92,215
2See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil8.12,105
3Sonata da Oz8.62,209
4A Failure to Communicate8.02,100
54giveness8.02,109
6A Day in the Death...8.92,487
7Junkyard Dawgs8.32,098
8Exeunt Omnes8.62,550

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