Oz - Season 1 Episode 5

Seasons & Episodes

Episode 1

Oz – S01E01 – The Routine

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Episode 2

Oz – S01E02 – Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise

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Episode 3

Oz – S01E03 – God’s Chillin’

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Episode 4

Oz – S01E04 – Capital P

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Episode 5

Oz – S01E05 – Straight Life

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Episode 6

Oz – S01E06 – To Your Health

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Episode 7

Oz – S01E07 – Plan B

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Episode 8

Oz – S01E08 – A Game of Checkers

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Episode Overview

The infiltration of drugs into Oz has reached scary levels, and the efforts of McManus and Glynn to find out who's smuggling backfire in a deadly way. Despite a lockdown, drugs continue to trickle in–and the blame shifts to corrupt officials.

Episode Details

Airdate: 1997-08-04

Episode Title: Straight Life

Runtime: 57

Director: Larry Williams, Leslie Libman

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Cast: Eamonn Walker, Edie Falco, Ernie Hudson, Harold Perrineau, J.K. Simmons, Kirk Acevedo, Lee Tergesen, Rita Moreno, Terry Kinney, Tony Musante

Episode Rating: 8.2 (2432 votes)

Country: USA

Release Year: 1997

Rotten Tomatoes: 93

Metacritic: 73

Episode Runtime: 60 min

Rated: TV-MA

First Air Date: 1997-07-12

Seasons: 6

Status: Ended

Creators: Adam Bernstein, Alex Zakrzewski, Tom Fontana

Awards: Top Rated TV #95 | 2 nominations for Primetime Emmy