wawamouse | Oz Rewatch 3: S3E02: Napoleon’s Boney Parts

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Plotlines

With Metzger dead, Murphy arrives as the replacement; McManus proposes Murphy help organize an inmate boxing match
(mini) Cyril is vulnerable to the Aryan’s provocations
Kenny’s new name is Brick; Snake confesses his crime to Augustus; Augustus gathers more info to help turn Snake in
Riot lawsuit; McManus tries to get Said to drop it; After meeting with Patricia Ross, Said wants to fast. When he’s denied, he threatens a hunger strike
Diane and Claire beef; Howell v McManus smackdown
Carlo Ricardo’s family slowly stops visiting; Hughes, just transferred to Em City, fails to control Carlo during a fight
(mini) Shirley loses her lawyer
(mini) Schillinger phone visit with his dad
Keller leaves PC; Toby doesn’t forgive him; someone stabs Keller in the closet
Adebisi transfers to the AIDs ward and infects Nappa with infected blood
Rebadow has diabetes; Gloria is fired by Dr Garvey after their interview; Mukada brings a sandwich to a starving Miguel; Sister Pete starts her inmate-victim counseling program; Mukada wants Miguel to be the first candidate; Miguel attempts suicide

The “Napoleon’s Boney Parts” mystery has been solved: The narrator quotes Napoleon throughout the monologues and Miguel gets guillotined in a monologue at the end (although I don't think Napoleon's time was particularly known for guillotining, it was still being used).

I feel like this season, I've had less of a big takeaway after watching each episode. I don't think it's so much that I have less thoughts about the episodes compared to before, but after season 1 and to an extent, season 2, I think the themes of each episode aren’t as strong. The plot of things continues to interweave, but I feel like it’s a little more like “things happen”. I can see it more with the way I write out the list of plots, too—they’re harder to summarise.

This episode seemed like another early-season filler episode. Sister noted that it seemed like the boxing thing didn’t go anywhere this episode, which is a funny observation from a first time viewer, considering how much this season revolves around the boxing match. Kind of eeeh this episode. Nothing super terrible happens but I can’t think of anything that stands out. Miguel’s storyline, I guess? I kind of also like Adebisi's revenge storyline. I find it interesting, anyway, but probably more so because I find fresh-out-of-the-psych-ward!Adebisi interesting. In this episode, of course, we see that Adebisi's change isn't as complete as it seemed.

Sister: He looks so evil, like a serial killer… He looks like a doctor who misdiagnoses people… I think he might’ve been in an episode of Law and Order as a misdiagnosing doctor…

Sister: Why don’t you do rodeo then?!
Me: I’d watch that.

Hubris

Me: That would noooot motivate me.
Sister: Yeah, well, we’re also not in a gang, Wawa. We’d be the little weasels eating popcorn on the sidelines.

Me & Sister: [cackling wildly]

Arif and Khan’s after school special

Sister: Is McManus the Napoleon because he’s short and has two ladies? I don’t get why she’s so desperate for a prison hubby. I mean, they don’t get paid that much and they’re also both high risk so their health insurance premiums are probably really high, and then if they get married, they’re not going to be able to get very good life insurance probably… (silence) Are there any good women in this show?
Me: Uuuh Sister Pete?
Sister: Yeah, but she’s stupid. When the plot needs her to be, she’s like “Huuuuuuur oK i’M SisTer PetE, i DoN’T tHink AboUt ThiNgs…”
Me: Does Gloria not count as a good lady?
Sister: No. She’s like “I hate this job but it’s important” and meanwhile she’s completely incompetent. Doesn’t even know about blood types. That guy (Rivera) will do that inmate-victim thing and he’ll tell Miguel, “you know, what you did to me was awful, but what was even worse was that during my time of need, they didn’t send me to a more equipped facility and were only looking for blood types that did not matter”. And then they’ll bond over their shared experience with the failed healthcare system.
Me: I guess there's not really anyone, then. There's a secretary character later that I like, but she's just there to support one plot point and then she disappears.
Sister: Shannon...

Sister: I have never seen this guy before
Me: He was in the show last episode
Sister: Oh right, he’s the one who kept asking about his mom. He looks different. He wasn’t wearing a hat last time?
Me: He literally never takes off his hat…

Sister: Doesn’t he have a life sentence? Wouldn’t it be interesting if they had like a serial killer guy who worked in that ward and decided to steal stuff to infect other people? (later) Sister: I’m so good at this. They should hire me.

Sister: Why would he bring a big ass peanut butter sandwich? A) DRY, B) you can smell peanut butter from a mile away

Sister: That’s a terrible idea.

Sister: (sneezes three times in a row) My bullshit detector…

Stray Thoughts:

Our dad kept calling us while we were watching this episode to talk about taxes 😭
The narrator stood up in the opening monologue….
Sister suspects that Murphy is evil; she has a conspiracy that Murphy (because he’s evil) will end up with Howell and Tim will end up with Diane again… and Murphy and Howell will be serial killers.
Why do they have so much printer paper in the supply closet at Oz?
Beecher’s facial hair was weird this episode. No mustache??

Sister: We didn’t see the biker dude (Jaz) this episode...
Sister also observed that El Cid was missing this episode. I don't think she gives a shit about Carlo Ricardo which ok yeah, he's sort of a character that blips on and then off my radar. I don't think I have much of an opinion about his arc for some reason. It just happens and then it's like... OK... I guess I'm getting ahead of myself here, but I think the main thing is that Carlo doesn't have a discernible personality so when things happen to him, as a viewer, I feel like "oh that's too bad" but it's not like I feel bad for the character.