Series Name | |
Oz episode | |
Airdate | August 11, 1997 |
Written by | Tom Fontana |
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"To Your Health" is the sixth episode of the first season, and the first episode overall of the HBO television series Oz.
Theme
Summary
The staff realize that they are not dealing with senior inmates very well, so they decide to give them a senior citizens unit, with no success. McManus starts behaving strangely and is somewhat permanently attached to Em City. Rebadow decides to leave with God's aid but fails. Ricardo Alvarez has Alzheimer's, and Mukada and Sister Pete debate that he should be released. Schillinger grows tired of Beecher and decides to get rid of him. O'Reily gives Beecher PCP and he takes a stand against Schillinger. O'Reily and Adebisi know that Schibetta is driving a wedge between them, so they come up with a plan to kill him. Basketball star Jackson Vahue comes to Oz and Augustus Hill, whose role model he is, tries to win his respect, but Vahue gets him to take drugs to prove his loyalty. Said succumbs to a heart attack and Huseni Mershah, who does not share Said's enthusiasm, decides to let him die.
Plot
Deceased
Crime Flashbacks
- Ricardo Alvarez- Armed Robbery, Murder in the first degree
- Jackson Vahue- Attempted Rape, Assault