wawamouse | Oz Rewatch 3: S4E01: A Cock and Balls Story

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Plotlines

Lockdown is ended after 14 days with Glynn warning the white and black inmates to watch their behavior
With Hamid gone, Zahir Arif becomes leaders of the Muslim faction
Sister Pete suggests therapy for Cyril O’Reily and the Prestons, but Gloria refuses
McCullum commits suicide and as a result the inmates in Ad Seg are taken out for walks where Miguel and Bevilaqua are stabbed by Giles
Beecher wants to apologize to Schillinger, asks his dad to help location Hank Schillinger, much to Keller’s annoyance; they fight
Shirley Bellinger returns to Oz after miscarrying; Moses Deyell joins the cast
Devlin re-election coming up; Glynn is on the short list of lieutenant gov
CO Andrea introduced; McManus wants to propose to Diane; turns out she got engaged to a Buckingham Palace guard
Kenny is impatient about Adebisi’s plan; Wangler, Poet, and Junior are transferred back to Em City
Tarrant, Mobay, and Galino are introduced
Mobay/Basil begins his undercover assignment, buying drugs off Kenny
Stanislofsky tricks Galino into giving him his cellphone
Kenny & co bully Tarrant; O’reify tells Tarrant to stand up for himself; Tarrant gets Adebisi’s gun and kills Kenny and Pierce

See, Cloutier’s astral projecting later on wasn’t for no reason. The presence of ghosts in the show is already established early on!!

Sister: They didn’t check on him for a week?

The black guy with glasses is an extra in Oz (like, the prison) later on in this season. I always thought it was funny that he showed up in Bevilaqua's crime flashback.

Sister: He’s like a cat…

Sister: That’s what I said!

Me: The rare interaction between Mukada and Beecher…
Sister: And the shipping is going crazy.
Me: Honestly? I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone float that pairing before. Beecher usually interacts with Sister Pete, I guess.

Rebadow seeing Keller grope Beecher

Sister: You wanna hold someone’s junk bacteria gun? Disgusting.

Sister: Lies!

They used the whole transition pack on this scene

Sister: …So he gave him the gun to get him to get rid of the three black guys… so McManus will get replaced…

Sister: (cackling) Why was he still just casually walking after hearing all those gunshots??

Stray thoughts:

Everyone came back after lock down with a haircut lol
Me and Sister cackled pretty much throughout the whole scene where Diane was revealed to have married a palace guard; Sister: He’s like “oh how could she do this to me?” Like dude, how could she NOT do it to you?
Sister recognised the actor who plays Beecher’s dad

I just think it's funny the Latinos congregate in a corner directly behind a security camera

Final Thoughts:

Sister: I wish the french guy had stuck around for longer but it was apparent that they weren’t going to put him in a gang, so it’s not like he would have had much else to do if he stuck around.
Sister remained baffled at how negligent Howell had to have been to not notice McCullum chewing himself to death for a week
I found Ryan's manipulation of Tarrant an interesting parallel to how he sort of buddies up to but also manipulates Beecher in S1. If Tarrant had stuck around for longer, do you think he would've had a Beecher like progression? Or was he too soft from the get-go?