Season 6 Episodes 1-4 The beginning to the end......

It’s so jarring hearing Cyril talk with his normal voice and personality. Just the sheer contrast between how he is in the show and how he used to be.

Wish it could have been explored more.

Well she was pretty sure it was Martinez, i thought. The fact that they made a pount of saying, via one of the other prisoners, "she,'s fucking Martinez again", and one of the other prisonets responds with "again?". Sort of made it clear she was being monogamous for the moment.

Glad she was actualky nice. So do you think she was typecast? Why did she give up acting?

First Beecher tries to protect Guenzel who assaults him then tries to help Winthrop who kills his father. He's alyways trying to do good and it never works out for the poor guy.

Meditation Maze is one of the only useful things McManus has done.

Why anyone picks Arif as a leader confuses the shit out of me as he has never done anything useful and basically just bitches all the time.

The photo shoot is so idiotic i'm surprised it wasn't a McManus idea.

I want to know what Cyril was like before the accident. Obviously he seeems like he was more of an asshole but i don't think he was ever as sociopathic as Ryan. I doubt Ryan would suddenly regret his crimes if he became slow.

I think Busmalis shouldn't have forgiven Norma. If she standa him up and gets pregnant by another man he doesn't really owe her anything.

It was tough losing Augustus at the end of season 5, but I actually quite liked the guest narrators. There were some we didn't see much of, and not for some time, so it was neat to see them in character again and maybe get a little context for their earlier time in Oz.

I have to say, having Patti Lupone, Rita Moreno and Betty Buckley WAS inspired and not an easy thing to pull off! Even in this series, they sometimes hit real sour notes with Rita Moreno's character (in particular the weird story line with seduction and Chris Keller. Just rubbed me the wrong way. Felt totally wrong, and i suspect the producers thought so too, as they dropped it.). Betty Buckley on Eight is Enough is another such wrong note. She was sooooo too good for Eight is Enough, and there was never any chemistry between her and Dick Vanpatten. (though i did love that his sister Joyce came to Oz).

But in Oz? All three of them knocked it out of the park. None overplayed. All three having truly moving story lines that moved me, in particular, Patti Lupone pulling up a chair outside solitary, and reading "Tom Sawyer, chapter 1." the story of another boy who got into trouble with scary adults at a more sensible time, when the stakes were lower. I can't imagine any imagery more powerful than to starkly, draw comparisons to youth in a more innocent time, when we hadn't yet failed our people so profoundly.

You know, it's a tribute to all three of these brilliant actresses, that i forgot who they were when i watched them.

rewatching the last season. I HATED Howell. I wanted her to get fired and maybe prosecuted for corruption. I know she got pregnant and all, but that is hardly a punishment.

So was she a sweetheart too? I know the actress (Ms. Rohde) died of cancer after having left Show Business to be a realtor in her hometown in upstate New York. Any idea as to what the writers were thinking about there?

As always, thanks for being here with me :-) xoxoxoxo

2 questions. Don't know where else to post these.

First, the actory who played Burr Redding had a totally amazing walk. Sort of graceful and painful all wrapped into one. I kind of assumed this was his street strut, until his stint in the Variety episode, where he sings what i think was a bob dylan song, and he is sitting on a chair. I thought "wow, he must be in pain. " was he like Lionel Barrymore, delivering awesome performances while in arthritis pain?

Can't remember my second burning question. Will post it when i do.

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