"Oz" Variety (2002)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Roger Rees

Writers:

Tom Fontana (creator) and
Tom Fontana (written by)

TV Series:

"Oz" (1997)

Original Air Date:

10 February 2002 (Season 5, Episode 6)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Tai Chi | Kung Fu | Prison | Aryan | Gay

Cast

Kirk Acevedo	...	Miguel Alvarez
Ernie Hudson	...	Warden Leo Glynn
Terry Kinney	...	Tim McManus
Christopher Meloni	...	Chris Keller
Harold Perrineau	...	Augustus Hill (credit only)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Betty Buckley	...	Suzanne Fitzgerald
Phil Campanella	...	Salvatore Desanto
John Paul Cooney	...	Inmate 'The Kid'+
Antoni Corone	...	Frank 'The Fixer' Urbano (as Antoni Cornacchione)
Carl DiMaggio	...	Officer Len Lopresti
Mike Doyle	...	Adam Guenzel
Sean Dugan	...	Timmy Kirk
Michael Gregory Gong	...	Jia Kenmin (as Michael Delmare)
Toni Lewis	...	Alicia Hinden
John Lurie	...	Greg Penders
Eddie Malavarca	...	Peter Schibetta
Aasif Mandvi	...	Dr. Tariq Faraj
Malachy McCourt	...	Father Daniel Meehan
Ellen McElduff	...	Eleanor O'Connor
Andy Powers	...	Franklin Winthrop
Sandra Purpuro	...	Katherine McClain
Judy Reyes	...	Tina Rivera
R.E. Rodgers	...	James Robson
Kristin Rohde	...	Officer Claire Howell
Otto Sanchez	...	Chico Guerra
Philip Scozzarella	...	Officer Joseph Mineo
Evan Seinfeld	...	Jaz Hoyt
J.K. Simmons	...	Vern Schillinger
Mam Smith	...	Lulu
Lou Sumrall	...	Aryan
Lee Tergesen	...	Tobias Beecher
Nelson Vasquez	...	Eugene Rivera
Eamonn Walker	...	Kareem Said
Joel West	...	Glen Shupe
Dean Winters	...	Ryan O'Reily
Scott William Winters	...	Cyril O'Reily
Steven Wishnoff	...	Tony Masters
B.D. Wong	...	Father Ray Mukada
Emanuel Yarbrough	...	Clarence Seroy
David Zayas	...	Enrique Morales

Trivia:

Harold Perrineau's character, Augustus Hill, was also the narrator of the show. But Perrineau was unable to appear in this episode because he was working on The Matrix Reloaded (2003). Musical numbers performed by the cast members were used instead of his usual narrations.

Quotes:

Tobias Beecher: You creep into my heart, and make my heart BURN!
Vern Schillinger: You sneak into my mind, and make my head ACHE!
Tobias Beecher, Vern Schillinger: Look it's time to face the music.
Vern Schillinger: BYE bye!
Tobias Beecher: Don't slam the door.
Tobias Beecher, Vern Schillinger: This is the last duet. Last chance you're gon-na get. No more h-har-mony for you and me. This is the LAST DUET!
Tobias Beecher: I'll ever do with.
Vern Schillinger: Never do with.
Tobias Beecher, Vern Schillinger: Never never never never never do with YOOOOOUUU!

Soundtrack:

The Last Duet