OZ: Season 1

"Plan B"
Episode #:	7 (1.7)
Season:	1
Air Date:	8/18/97
Producers:	Levinson/Fontana
Writer:	Tom Fontana
Director:	Darnell Martin

Synopsis:
A recovered Said ostracizes Huseni Mershah for turning his back on him when he was dying--and orders all the Muslims to cast him out. Huseni Mershah is transferred to GenPop, where he ends up killing himself. Impressed by Said's power, Groves decides to kill Glynn in his honor, but ends up stabbing and killing an officer by mistake. Condemned to death, Groves chooses his form of execution: the firing squad. Meanwhile, Schibetta is still being fed ground glass by O'Reily and Adebisi, and ends up hemorrhaging; Bitter and jealous Vahue breaks Dobbins' cello; Beecher, transformed by prison life, finally gets revenge on his nemesis, Schillinger.

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 BD 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:
ZELJKO IVANEK as Governor James Devlin 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 SKIPP SUDDUTH as Lenny Burruano LAUREN VELEZ as Dr. Gloria Nathan ZUILL BAILEY as Eugene Dobbins J.D. WILLIAMS as Kenny Wangler MURPHY GUYER as Officer Eddie Hunt WOOD HARRIS as Officer Gordon Wood TIM HOPPER as Rick Donn CURTIS McCLARIN as Officer Lawrence Smith NOVELLA NELSON as Loretta Smith

With:
GRANVILLE ADAMS as Zahir Arif TIM BROWN as Officer Jason Armstrong PHILIP SCOZZARELLA as Officer Joseph Mineo MUMS THE SCHEMER as Poet (Arnold Jackson) BRIAN SLEDGE as Trumpet CHAZZ MENENDEZ as Wick (uncredited)

Notes:
Newbie C.O. Gordon Wood smuggles a handgun to Said. McManus transfers Schillinger to GenPop. This is the episode where Beecher defecates on Schillinger. Groves chooses death by firing squad. He tries to kill himself by swallowing pills, but Dr. Nathan saves him (only to have him killed by firing squad). This episode introduces: #97D403 Eugene Dobbins. Convicted August 18 1997, murder in the second degree. Sentence: 22 years, up for parole in 8. This episode provides the background information for: #97G414 Donald Groves. Convicted July 3, 1997. Two counts murder in the 1st degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment, without parole. Convicted August 21, 1997 of murder in the first degree in the death of Correctional Officer Lawrence Smith. Sentence: Death.

"Plan B"