Oz - Season 1 Episode 8 A Game of Checkers

Name: Oz
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 23 Feb 2003
Rating: 8.02
Cast: Lee Tergesen, Harold Perrineau, Dean Winters, Eamonn Walker, Ernie Hudson

Life's not a word. It's a sentence. 2003-02-23 United States of America 60 minutes.

8.02 777 votes

Crime Drama prison experiment dystopia revenge betrayal racism drugs inmate catholicism aryan prison life abuse of power

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Season - Episode

6 Season 6 Jan 05, 2003

6 - 1

Dead Man Talking Jan 05, 2003
6 - 2

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil Jan 12, 2003
6 - 3

Sonata de Oz Jan 19, 2003
6 - 4

A Failure to Communicate Jan 26, 2003
6 - 5

4 Giveness Feb 02, 2003
6 - 6

A Day in the Death... Feb 09, 2003
6 - 7

Junkyard Dawgs Feb 16, 2003
6 - 8

Exeunt Omnes Feb 23, 2003

5 Season 5 Jan 06, 2002

5 - 1

Visitation Jan 06, 2002
5 - 2

Laws of Gravity Jan 13, 2002
5 - 3

Dream a Little Dream of Me Jan 20, 2002
5 - 4

Next Stop: Valhalla Jan 27, 2002
5 - 5

Wheel of Fortune Feb 03, 2002
5 - 6

Variety Feb 10, 2002
5 - 7

Good Intentions Feb 17, 2002
5 - 8

Impotence Feb 24, 2002

4 Season 4 Jul 12, 2000

4 - 1

A Cock and Balls Story Jul 12, 2000
4 - 2

Obituaries Jul 19, 2000
4 - 3

The Bill of Wrongs Jul 26, 2000
4 - 4

Works of Mercy Aug 02, 2000
4 - 5

Gray Matter Aug 09, 2000
4 - 6

A Word to the Wise Aug 16, 2000
4 - 7

A Town Without Pity Aug 23, 2000
4 - 8

You Bet Your Life Aug 30, 2000
4 - 9

Medium Rare Jan 07, 2001
4 - 10

Conversions Jan 14, 2001
4 - 11

Revenge is Sweet Jan 21, 2001
4 - 12

Cuts Like a Knife Jan 28, 2001
4 - 13

Blizzard of '01 Feb 04, 2001
4 - 14

Orpheus Descending Feb 11, 2001
4 - 15

Even the Score Feb 18, 2001
4 - 16

Famous Last Words Feb 25, 2001

3 Season 3 Jul 14, 1999

3 - 1

The Truth and Nothing But... Jul 14, 1999
3 - 2

Napoleon's Boney Parts Jul 21, 1999
3 - 3

Legs Jul 28, 1999
3 - 4

Unnatural Disasters Aug 04, 1999
3 - 5

U.S. Male Aug 11, 1999
3 - 6

Cruel and Unusual Punishments Aug 18, 1999
3 - 7

Secret Identities Aug 25, 1999
3 - 8

Out o' Time Sep 01, 1999

2 Season 2 Jul 11, 1998

2 - 1

The Tip Jul 11, 1998
2 - 2

Ancient Tribes Jul 20, 1998
2 - 3

Great Men Jul 27, 1998
2 - 4

Losing Your Appeal Aug 03, 1998
2 - 5

Family Bizness Aug 10, 1998
2 - 6

Strange Bedfellows Aug 17, 1998
2 - 7

Animal Farm Aug 24, 1998
2 - 8

Escape from Oz Aug 31, 1998

1 Season 1 Jul 12, 1997

1 - 1

The Routine Jul 12, 1997
1 - 2

Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise Jul 14, 1997
1 - 3

God's Chillin' Jul 21, 1997
1 - 4

Capital P Jul 28, 1997
1 - 5

Straight Life Aug 04, 1997
1 - 6

To Your Health Aug 11, 1997
1 - 7

Plan B Aug 18, 1997
1 - 8

A Game of Checkers Aug 25, 1997

0 Season 0 Mar 19, 2002

0 - 1

Season 1 Featurette Mar 19, 2002
0 - 2

Season 2 Featurette Jan 01, 1970
0 - 3

MT&R Panel Discussion Jan 01, 1970
0 - 4

ZO May 01, 2024

Overview

Beecher is released from the hole and Schillinger is left eyeless and weak. A riot breaks out after two white punks get into a fight over checkers. Frustration, sexuality, hate, revenge, racism all rear their ugly heads, causing the violence to escalate.

Year 2003

Studio HBO

Director Tom Fontana

Crew Jim Finnerty (Executive Producer), Irene Burns (Producer), Tom Fontana (Executive Producer), Barry Levinson (Executive Producer)

Popularity 20.436

Language English