OZ

A Day in the Death...

Season 6, Episode 6, Aired 2/9/03

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Keller is rejected by Beecher and strikes up an alliance with Schillinger. Idzik is transferred to Em City, where he has an unusual request for Omar. Glynn gets closer to who murdered Mayor Loewen as the feds seem to lose interest. One of the infirmary staff has a suspicious record of deaths. Cutler's widow visits Alvarez again. Redding has a plan to get the homeboys out of bookbinding and back under his control. Cyril's execution is set for today... will he get a reprieve?moreless

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Scott William Winters

Prisoner #98P204 Cyril O'Reily (episodes 11, 13-56)
Ernie Hudson

Warden Leo Glynn (episodes 1-55)
Rita Moreno

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo (1997-2003)

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The relationship between Ryan and Cyril O'Reilly was always a focal point of the show for me, and nowhere is that relationship more strongly addressed than in this episode, "A Day In The Death". For my money, this episode is one of the show's strongest.moreless

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By dvdWarrior, Mar 29, 2011 Report Abuse

There was a lot going on in this episode, between Beecher, Keller, and Schillenger; between Rebadow and the librarian Stella; and between Burr Redding and Arif, over their troubles in the telemarketing and book-binding businesses, respectively. But the episode draws its greatest strength from the last segment, the segment dealing with the O'Rielly Brothers, and Cyril's impending execution. Cyril was slow because of Ryan, he was locked away in Oz because of Ryan, and now he was on death row because of Ryan, (Cyril had killed fellow prisoner Li Chen as he made an attempt on Ryan's life). Ryan, along with Father Meehan among others, had been fighting to save Cyril's life, but as the date of Cyril's exucution drew closer, hope began to fade.

Hands down, this episode features the most genuine interaction between the brothers, and it really shows how much Ryan cares for his brother. This episode also features some of the most wrenching moments the series produced throughout its run.

The scenes with Ryan in the cell with Cyril, taking what seemed to be his last minutes with his brother, fighting to hold back his own tears, as Cyril enjoyed his last meal, unaware of his impending fate, were perhaps the most emotional, and most memorable I've seen on television. The raw emotion was palpable, as Joan Armatrading's "Save Me" played us through the closing moments of the sequence: the prisoners in Em City pounding on the doors and walls of their cells as Ryan passed through; Cyril being strapped into the electric chair, unaware of what was really happening; and Ryan so thankful when the miracle came through.

One of the show's best segments, in my opinion.

As always, narrator Augustus Hill leaves us with a question or two that cannot be so easily answered. Questions about the rightness and wrongness of executing a man with the mind of a child. Is the killer with the mind of a child truly responsible for his action, and if he's not, who is? Seems it's up to society to make that call.

But, as Hill said in closing, perhaps we, as a society, are no further along than the galactic equivalent of a third grader.moreless

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Beecher's back. Surprise!

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By okcomputer1016, Nov 14, 2010 Report Abuse

Absolutely heartbreaking. I first found it depressing when Beecher was ushered back into OZ, although you kind of had to know Beecher wasn't finished being in the show yet. Keller may have Beecher back in his life, but it's not the happy reunion he had expected.

But the true focus of this episode is on Cyril O'Reilly, whose pending death date draws nearer. Ryan comforts his brother as the day approaches, attempting to stay strong. No spoilers (not really.)

A 10-star episode without a doubt. Anyone who'd felt a little left out by the 5th season will surely be re-hooked with this amazing 6th season.moreless

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another day in the life of inmates at the ozwald state penetentary, this day consists of an execution, and other daily prison going-ons

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By stevger, Jan 12, 2007 Report Abuse

this show is a perfect example of how deep you can get emotionally in a charachter when givin the right suddle motivation, it was a gradual decent into loving the O\'Rielly brothers but once you got hooked, it was over, and this was an amazing, revealing, and heartbreaking look, at how bad prison can really be

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Trivia
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- Father Mukada recites the 23rd Psalm from the King James Version of the Bible. This is an error; Roman Catholic clergy are permitted to use several different translations in their duties, but the KJV isn't one of them.
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- Prisoner featured Samuel Gougeon, convicted August 5th 1997. Manslaughter. Sentence: 19 years, up for parole in 10. (prisoner # 97G141) Edit
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- When Beecher and Keller are in the gym, there is a reaction shot of the bearded biker looking over his shoulder as he lifts weights. This shot is re-used from when Stanton was threatening Montgomery in s5e2 "laws of gravity". Edit
- Sparks fly when Cathy Jo Cutler visits Alvarez. This is art imitating life as Kirk Acevedo (Alvarez) and Amie Quigley (Cathy Jo) were dating offscreen at the time. Edit
- One of the books Stella is shelving is Unheard America, the compilation Poet was included in in Season 2. It even has a picture of Poet on the back cover. Edit
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- Augustus Hill: It's a widespread agreement that retarded people are less accountable for their crimes than people of average intelligence. But if so, someone or something has to be held accountable, has to pick up the slack, has to take the rest of the blame, right? After all, these victims still die heinous deaths, and families still grieve. If the retarded person is not fully at fault, than who, or what, shares the responsibility? God? Human nature? Society? Maybe the question is: who isn't to blame? Edit
- Barber: (cutting Cyril's hair) Homey, you put Repunzel to shame. Edit
- (Discussing which method is best for Cyril's execution) Dr. Nathan: Well, I was wondering if maybe the electric chair wouldn't be the better way to go. Ryan: The chair? Why not just feed him to the fucking lions? Edit
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