Prisoner featured Omar White, convicted January 4, 2001, murder in the first degree. Sentence: 75 years, up for parole in 20. (prisoner # 01W771)
When Ryan hands White drugs, he is holding them with his thumb and index finger. But in the next shot, the drugs are held between his index and middle fingers.
McManus: Let's just try to make it through the night and pray for the best. O'Riley: You know what? You pray. Say a whole f***ing rosary.
Logan: You're making a mistake, Jack. Letting this story go is a f***ing mistake! Eldridge: Yeah, probably, but you know, every once in a while, even a newsman has to have a heart.
Glynn: It's a terrible thing to reach this point and realize your whole life has been a sham. Eldridge: So for a man whose job is meant to punish others, you ultimately punish yourself more than anyone. Glynn: Off the record? Eldridge: Yes. Glynn: No comment.
Omar: Hey, are you cripple or something? Hill: No, I'm physically challenged.
O'Riley: Are you sure he's gonna shut up? Keller: It's just his way of showing me how much he loves me. O'Riley: You know what.. You two are just too fucked up for me. Keller grabs O'Riley Keller: Don't hurt Beecher. What hurts Beecher may hurt you. O'Riley: Don't make hand treats K-boy. Might put me in a bad f*****g mood.
Cyril:(As he beats Jack Eldridge) You gave my Momma cancer!!
Eldridge: What do you do before lights out? Cyril: Wait. Eldridge: For what? Cyril: The lights to go out.
Eldridge: A pleasure meeting you, finally. I've admired you for years. Said: Thank you. The feeling is mutual. Eldridge: I've read both your books. Said: Well, actually, there are three.
Glynn: You know, I don't care if the prisoners look bad, I just don't want us to.
Schillinger: You people, from the media, you love to label us. I know, no matter what I say here, you're gonna trim it, and make me look like a monster. But, I'm no monster. I'm a widower, whose first son died tragically. I'm gonna be a grandpa. I believe in family, in America, in God. Does that sound evil to you? Logan: Now, your other son, Hank, has been accused of kidnapping Tobias Beecher's children and of murdering his son Gary. The FBI believes you orchestrated the crime. That sounds pretty evil to me. Schillinger: (puts hand over camera lens) Lady, you don't want to be having opinions about things that you could not possibly understand.
Busmalis: Do I look okay? Rebadow: You look like you. Busmalis: Oh shit.
Logan: Tobias Beecher and Christopher Keller. Sister Pete: What about them? Logan: There's a lot of bad blood. Sister Pete: There's a lot of spilled blood.
Logan: Tobias Beecher. Keller: What about him? Logan: I don't know, you tell me. Keller: We sing in the choir together.
Logan: Okay. How about sex? Keller: Is that an invitation? Logan: Right. Is there a lot of homosexual activity? Keller: Well, by homosexual do you mean deep-rooted love of one man for another, or guys fucking guys in the ass? Logan: Ass fucking. Keller: Shit happens!
Logan: Are there a lot of drugs in Oswald? Keller: Define 'a lot'. Logan: Well, how many people in this unit use heroin on a regular basis? Keller: I don't know. Logan: One in two? One in three? One in twenty? Keller: (mimes doing the maths in his head for a while) I don't know.
(watching a fight break out) Logan: What's going on? Beecher: Either he stole drugs or he owes for drugs.
Logan: You once tied a fellow inmate down and defecated on his face. Beecher: Yeah. Logan: Is that what it takes to survive? Beecher: I'm not the man I was. Or maybe now, I'm the man I always was and never knew. Logan: All of these incidents involved two other prisoners, Christopher Keller and Vernon Schillinger. Tell me about your relationship with them. Beecher: We sing in the choir together.
TV Guy: So, uh, five hundred prisoners arrive each week. Murphy: Uh-huh. TV Guy: And how many are released? Murphy: Not enough.
Morales: I've gotta think of some good shit to tell this jamoke (?). He's only gonna use the best stuff. Guerra: You're gonna make shit up? Morales: Well, I can't tell him the truth, can I? But I want to be on camera. Can't let these matinee-idol looks go to waste.
Special thanks to Gordon Elliot, Eartha Kitt, John Carpenter (the winner on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", not the horror director).
While most Oz seasons run 8 episodes, this ran 16, because "The Sopranos" was premiering later in the year than normal, and HBO wanted a show to fill up the time until then.
Crime Flashbacks Omar White kills a future witness at his cousin's murder trial, but can't bring himself to shoot her young daughter. Mrs. O'Reily watches the feature on her teenage boys. Horrified, she hits Ryan and runs out in tears. Cyril kicks in the television.
Gordon Elliot appears over the entire last half of the season as the host of "Up Your Ante", the game show that seemed to supplant "Miss Sally's Schoolyard" in popularity (although the prisoners had nothing but bad things to say about it). Rumors speculated that Tom Fontana hired Gordon in exchange for Gordon giving him background information on what it was like to be a tabloid reporter (similiar to the Roger Rees character in this episode). Fontana denied those rumors.
S 6 : Ep 8
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