Oz: The Complete First Season

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Oz: The Complete First Season is a 1997 HBO drama series created by Tom Fontana that takes place within Oswald Maximum Security Prison’s experimental Emerald City unit. The show follows inmates and guards navigating a volatile environment filled with gang rivalries, violence, and attempts at reform. Featuring an ensemble cast including Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Eamonn Walker, Ernie Hudson, and Harold Perrineau, the eight-episode first season establishes the series’ signature style of interconnected storylines unfolding at a relentless pace, introducing characters ranging from vulnerable newcomers to hardened criminals and reform-minded administrators.

This is a 3-disc DVD set with a total runtime of seven hours and thirty minutes, rated TV-MA for its depiction of drug use, nudity, and graphic violence. Directed by Darnell Martin, Jean De Segonzac, and Leslie Libman, the first season launched what became known as one of television’s most uncompromising dramas. Grab this used copy and experience the series that redefined what cable television could show.