Episode

The Routine

by Darnell Martin, Tom Fontana, Desiree Marie Velez, Derrick Simmons, Philip Scozzarella and 31 others

In the "Emerald City" experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who live within a pecking order of Homeboys, Latinos, Muslims, Irish, Aryans, and Wiseguys. No clear-cut leader emerges -- with the possible exceptio

(3 total)

Characters

Tom Fontana (3)Harold Perrineau (2)Augustus Hill (2)Tony Musante (1)Nino Schibetta (1)

“What the fuck's wrong with this country? In the old days, murder was murder. You killed someone, it was business. You sure as Christ didn't eat them.”

— Tom Fontana, Nino Schibetta, Tony Musante, imdb.com

Tagged: Murder, Cannibalism

“Timmy boy believes he can save every one of us, from each other, from ourselves, from the system that dumped us in here. Only thing he don't get is, you gotta want to be saved.”

— Tom Fontana, Augustus Hill, Harold Perrineau, imdb.com

Tagged: Saving Someone, the system

“Oz. That's the name on the street for the Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary. Oz is retro. Oz is retribution. You wanna punish a man? Separate him from his family, separate him from himself, cage him up with his own kind. Oz is hard times doing hard time.”

— Tom Fontana, Augustus Hill, Harold Perrineau, imdb.com