OZ: Season 2

"Strange Bedfellows"
Episode #:	14 (2.6)
Season:	2
Air Date:	8/17/98
Producers:	Levinson/Fontana
Writer:	Tom Fontana
Director:	Alan Taylor

Synopsis:
Schilinger enlists Said to get him out of jail, but Said backs out when McManus decides not to incriminate Wittlesey in Ross's death. Recovered from being poisoned, Schibetta is raped by Adebisi, losing "control" of Oz. Meanwhile, Alvarez is bumped out of the Latino power seat by Raoul Hernandez, a.k.a. El Cid. New inmate Jiggy Walker claims he was Governor Devlin's personal crack dealer; the two go head-to-head in the media before Walker is discredited and sent to gen-pop. Sister Peter Marie finds out that Giles murdered the man who killed her husband, and Dr. Nathan confronts O'Reily about her husband's death. Schillinger's plan to destroy Beecher approaches fruition when Beecher falls in love with Keller.

Starring:
KIRK ACEVEDO as Miguel Alvarez ERNIE HUDSON as Warden Leo Glynn TERRY KINNEY as Tim McManus RITA MORENO as Sister Peter Marie HAROLD PERRINEAU as Augustus Hill J.K. SIMMONS as Vernon Schillinger LEE TERGESEN as Tobias Beecher EAMONN WALKER as Kareem Said DEAN WINTERS as Ryan O'Reily

Also Starring:
ADEWALE AKINNOYE-AGBAJE as Simon Adebisi EDIE FALCO as Officer Diane Wittlesey GEORGE MORFOGEN as Robert Rebadow LAUREN VELEZ as Dr. Gloria Nathan B.D. WONG as Father Ray Mukada

Guest Starring:
AUSTIN PENDLETON as William Giles ZELJKO IVANEK as Governor James Devlin KATHRYN ERBE as Shirley Bellinger CHRISTOPHER MELONI as Chris Keller EDDIE MALAVARCA as Peter Schibetta LUIS GUZMAN as Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez SKIPP SUDDUTH as Lenny Burruano PAT McNAMARA as Dr. Prestopnik J.D. WILLIAMS as Kenny Wangler SCOTT WILLIAM WINTERS as Cyril O'Reily MUMS as Arnold "Poet" Jackson GRANVILLE ADAMS as Zahir Arif TOM MARDIROSIAN as Agamemnon "The Mole" Busmalis LL COOL J as Jiggy Walker

With:
BRYAN CALLEN as Coushaine DOUGLAS CROSBY as Officer D'Agnasti SEAN DUGAN as Timothy Kirk ANNIKA PETERSON as Shannon O'Reily LIEF RIDDELL as Mark Mack OTTO SANCHEZ as Chico Guerra DANTON STONE as D.A. Fortunato CHUCK ZITO as Chuck Pancamo

Notes:
Lenny Burruano informs Schibetta that "the family" is embarassed and not happy with the way he's running things in Oz and that he's out. He ends up in the Psych Ward. Shirley Bellinger and Adebisi have been sending love notes back and forth to each other every meal. Sister Pete gives Giles a box filled with toothbrushes, toothpaste, and mouthwash. There's an interesting parallel between Ryan O'Reily/Gloria Nathan and the McManus/Wittlesey/Scott Ross plot line. This episode introduces: #98H498 Raoul Hernandez (a.k.a. El Cid), convicted July 10 1998, murder in the 2nd degree. Sentence: 36 years, up for parole in 20. #98W504 Jiggy Walker, convicted July 12 1998, murder in the 2nd degree. Sentence: 28 years, up for parole in 20. #98P284 Cyril O'Reily, convicted July 1 1998, murder in the 1st degree. Sentence: Life, up for parole in 60 years.

"Strange Bedfellows"