The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
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The peak run. Top 40% of seasons by average rating — consecutive, with an average of 7.70.
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Lee Tergesen
Tobias Beecher
Harold Perrineau
Augustus Hill
Dean Winters
Ryan O'Reily
Eamonn Walker
Kareem Saïd
Ernie Hudson
Leo Glynn
Terry Kinney
Tim McManus
Rita Moreno
Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
J.K. Simmons
Vernon Schillinger
Kirk Acevedo
Miguel Alvarez
Craig muMs Grant
Poet
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8 episodes • 1997Avg: 7.7Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Routine | Jul 12, 1997 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise | Jul 14, 1997 | 7.5 |
| 3 | God's Chillin' | Jul 21, 1997 | 7.3 |
| 4 | Capital P | Jul 28, 1997 | 7.3 |
| 5 | Straight Life | Aug 4, 1997 | 7.6 |
| 6 | To Your Health | Aug 11, 1997 | 8.4 |
| 7 | Plan B | Aug 18, 1997 | 7.6 |
| 8 | A Game of Checkers | Aug 25, 1997 | 7.9 |
8 episodes • 1998Avg: 6.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Tip | Jul 11, 1998 | 6.3 |
| 2 | Ancient Tribes | Jul 20, 1998 | 6.4 |
| 3 | Great Men | Jul 27, 1998 | 7.4 |
| 4 | Losing Your Appeal | Aug 3, 1998 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Family Bizness | Aug 10, 1998 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Strange Bedfellows | Aug 17, 1998 | 6.3 |
| 7 | Animal Farm | Aug 24, 1998 | 6.8 |
| 8 | Escape from Oz | Aug 31, 1998 | 7.6 |
8 episodes • 1999Avg: 6.5Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Truth and Nothing But... | Jul 14, 1999 | 6.9 |
| 2 | Napoleon's Boney Parts | Jul 21, 1999 | 6.2 |
| 3 | Legs | Jul 28, 1999 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Unnatural Disasters | Aug 4, 1999 | 6.3 |
| 5 | U.S. Male | Aug 11, 1999 | 6.6 |
| 6 | Cruel and Unusual Punishments | Aug 18, 1999 | 6.2 |
| 7 | Secret Identities | Aug 25, 1999 | 7.3 |
| 8 | Out o' Time | Sep 1, 1999 | 6.3 |
16 episodes • 2000Avg: 7.1
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Cock and Balls Story | Jul 12, 2000 | 6.8 |
| 2 | Obituaries | Jul 19, 2000 | 6.6 |
| 3 | The Bill of Wrongs | Jul 26, 2000 | 6.2 |
| 4 | Works of Mercy | Aug 2, 2000 | 8.5 |
| 5 | Gray Matter | Aug 9, 2000 | 8.5 |
| 6 | A Word to the Wise | Aug 16, 2000 | 6.4 |
| 7 | A Town Without Pity | Aug 23, 2000 | 6.4 |
| 8 | You Bet Your Life | Aug 30, 2000 | 6.9 |
| 9 | Medium Rare | Jan 7, 2001 | 6.1 |
| 10 | Conversions | Jan 14, 2001 | 6.4 |
| 11 | Revenge is Sweet | Jan 21, 2001 | 8.3 |
| 12 | Cuts Like a Knife | Jan 28, 2001 | 6.9 |
| 13 | Blizzard of '01 | Feb 4, 2001 | 6.1 |
| 14 | Orpheus Descending | Feb 11, 2001 | 7.3 |
| 15 | Even the Score | Feb 18, 2001 | 7.7 |
| 16 | Famous Last Words | Feb 25, 2001 | 8.7 |
8 episodes • 2002Avg: 7.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visitation | Jan 6, 2002 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Laws of Gravity | Jan 13, 2002 | 7.8 |
| 3 | Dream a Little Dream of Me | Jan 20, 2002 | 7.4 |
| 4 | Next Stop: Valhalla | Jan 27, 2002 | 4.9 |
| 5 | Wheel of Fortune | Feb 3, 2002 | 5.0 |
| 6 | Variety | Feb 10, 2002 | 7.5 |
| 7 | Good Intentions | Feb 17, 2002 | 7.4 |
| 8 | Impotence | Feb 24, 2002 | 7.8 |
8 episodes • 2003Avg: 7.1
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead Man Talking | Jan 5, 2003 | 7.2 |
| 2 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil | Jan 12, 2003 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Sonata de Oz | Jan 19, 2003 | 8.0 |
| 4 | A Failure to Communicate | Jan 26, 2003 | 7.6 |
| 5 | 4 Giveness | Feb 2, 2003 | 5.6 |
| 6 | A Day in the Death... | Feb 9, 2003 | 7.4 |
| 7 | Junkyard Dawgs | Feb 16, 2003 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Exeunt Omnes | Feb 23, 2003 | 6.1 |
