Oz: first rewatch in almost a decade.

Yeah, Jackson Vahue.

Also, Adebisi seems so cartoonish now, but in 1997 he motivated me to behave so that I'd never have to go to prison and deal with him. Maybe that's why it sucks to me now.... Because all of the characters that seemed so intimidating at one time, are the exact opposite now.

This show would be tough to marathon. Heck, it had plenty of eye rolling moments back when it originally aired. I liked the show but the 42nd time prisoners wandered around in dark corridors to rape or kill someone, I had a hard time taking it seriously.

I couldnt' get through season 1 rewatch a few months back but use to look forward to watching the show back then.

Not to mention the aging drugs, the musical episode, people being executed a few months after sentencing, etc. Not too many shows jump the shark that many times.

I just finished the episode where Adebisi falls in love with Shirley Bellinger and O'Reilley sets it up where Adebisi gets to go mop death row and have an opportunity to have his duck sicked.... Then he goes up to the cage and whips his penis out and she goes, "But you're a N-bomb."

they were in love via notes passed through lunch trays, but it never occurred to her that "Simon" was a black dude.

Adebisi's hat.

the Farmer's Ins man was a bad mf.

I'm now in the 2nd half of season 4 (which originally aired in 2001)..... Surprised I haven't completely stopped on the rewatch because I really only did this for nostalgia and just wanted to see the first 2 seasons. Season 4 is definitely the best season though as far as characters and writing (which isn't saying much as far as writing goes, though.) I think season 3 is when it started to find a peak and had the full audience bandwagon effect. I remember it being a big part of pop culture at the time, and you'd have the Adebisi references as jokes and whatnot on late night shows etc.

Stupidest shite so far, of any season, although intriguing..... The aging pill premise. A pill that ages you so many years, that you get credit as time served relative to the years it aged you. I totally forgot about this, but it's so stupid that anyone would even invent such a pill, where it's sole purpose was to decrease the prison population

Also, the Tim McManus always asking someone to dinner line. It was just as common as "you killed Kenny." Except I don't remember anyone ever making jokes about it. It kind of reminds me of Walt Jr. and his breakfast on Breaking Bad. An episode of Oz wouldn't be complete without McManus asking someone to have dinner with him.

I was so happy when Cyril got off the chair with the call then they just put him right back on it