"To Your Health" | ||
Episode #: | 6 (1.6) | |
Season: | 1 | |
Air Date: | 8/11/97 | |
Producers: | Levinson/Fontana | |
Writer: | Tom Fontana | |
Director: | Alan Taylor | |
Synopsis: | ||
Three generations of Alvarezes--all prisoners at Oz--are united when the partiarch, Ricardo, is found face down in his cell, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, Tobias Beecher, who as the neo-Nazi Schillinger's "girlfriend" has been forced to wear women's clothes, flips out after taking PCP and sends Schillinger to the hospital with an eye cut. Other inmates aren't exactly the picture of health, either: mob boss Schibetta has stomach pains caused by ground glass intentionally mixed in with his food, and Muslim leader Kareem Said has a heart attack after refusing to take medication for high blood pressure. Also, NBA all-star Jackson Vahue arrives in Oz; new Muslim inmate Huseni Mershah's violent nature causes problems for Said. | ||
Starring: | ||
ERNIE HUDSON as Leo Glynn TERRY KINNEY as Tim McManus HAROLD PERRINEAU as Augustus Hill EAMONN WALKER as Kareem Said | ||
Also Starring: | ||
EDIE FALCO as Officer Diane Wittlesey MURPHY GUYER as Officer Eddie Hunt B.D. WONG as Father Ray Mukada KIRK ACEVEDO as Miguel Alvarez RITA MORENO as Sister Peter Marie TONY MUSANTE as Nino Schibetta J.K. SIMMONS as Vernon Schillinger LEE TERGESEN as Tobias Beecher SEAN WHITESELL as Donald Groves DEAN WINTERS as Ryan O'Reily | ||
Guest Starring: | ||
ADEWALE AKINNOYE-AGBAJE as Simon Adebisi STEPHEN GEVEDON as Scott Ross RICK FOX as Jackson Vahue GEORGE MORFOGEN as Robert Rebadow ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH as Huseni Mershah LAUREN VELEZ as Dr. Gloria Nathan J.D. WILLIAMS as Kenny Wangler MURPHY GUYER as Officer Eddie Hunt TOMAS MILIAN as Ricardo Alvarez NESBITT BLAISDELL as Dr. Kochurn (D.D.S.) CURTIS McCLARIN as Officer Lawrence Smith KATHRYN MEISLE as Mrs. Rockwell REGGIE MONTGOMERY as the Teacher | ||
With: | ||
GRANVILLE ADAMS as Zahir Arif TIM BROWN as Officer Jason Armstrong KEITH NELSON as Variety Performer JOSE R. ROSARIO as Eduardo Alvarez MUMS THE SCHEMER as Poet (Arnold Jackson) PHILIP SCOZZARELLA as Officer Joseph Mineo | ||
Notes: | ||
This episode introduces: #97V588 Jackson Vahue. Convicted August 17, 1997. Attempted Rape, Assault in the 1st degree. Sentence: 12 years, up for parole in eight years. #97M688 Huseni Mershah (a.k.a. James Monroe Madison). Convicted August 11, 1997. Attempted murder, Assault in the first degree. Sentence: 20 Years, up for parole in three years. This episode provides background information for: #43A515 Ricardo Alvarez. Convicted March 3, 1943, Armed robbery. Sentence: 20 years. Convicted June 6, 1961, Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment, solitary confinement. |