"Cuts Like a Knife"

Episode #:36 (4.12) Cuts Like a Knife
Season:4
Air Date:1/28/01
Producers:Levinson/Fontana/Finnerty
Writer:Tom Fontana
Director:Steve Buscemi
 
Synopsis:
Alvarez kills one of the latinos and ends up back in solitary; Rebadow sweet talks Glynn into letting Busmalis out of solitary; McManus crusades against the aging drug test; Cyril O'Reily begins to show the effects of the new aging drug; The drug test is shut down when Wick suddenly dies, bleeding from his mouth and nose; Tidd works himself into Said's good graces, but loses his nerve; Still trying to prove himself, Omar White stabs McManus; Basil gets a visit from his ex-partner; As the Chinese refugees are deported, Gongjin asks for revenge on Morales; Supreme Allah returns to Emerald City; Hill confronts Supreme when Redding tells him that Supreme ratted Hill out to the cops and Hill gets his ass kicked; Father Mukada returns to find Cloutier taking charge of his flock; Schillinger learns that his missing son, Hank, is dead; While visiting with Holly, Robson stabs Beecher's brother Angus; Keller confesses that he ordered the murder of Hank Schillinger and is transferred to Massachusetts to stand trial.
 
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:
RICK FOX as Jackson Vahue
CHRISTOPHER MELONI as Chris Keller
GEORGE MORFOGEN as Robert Rebadow
LUKE PERRY as Jeremiah Cloutier
LAUREN VÉLEZ as Dr. Gloria Nathan
SCOTT WILLIAM WINTERS as Cyril O'Reily
B.D. WONG as Father Ray Mukada
MICHAEL WRIGHT as Omar White
GRANVILLE ADAMS as Zahir Arif
ANTHONY CHISHOLM as Burr Redding
ROBERT CLOHESSY as Officer Sean Murphy
SETH GILLIAM as Clayton Hughes
LORD JAMAR as Kevin "Supreme Allah" Ketchum
TOM MARDIROSIAN as Agamemnon "The Mole" Busmalis
METHOD MAN as Carlton "Tug" Daniels
MUMS as Arnold "Poet" Jackson
LANCE REDDICK as Johnny Basil
KRISTIN ROHDE as Officer Claire Howell
JACQUES SMITH as Leroy Tidd (Salah Yudin)
DAVID ZAYAS as Enrique Morales
CHUCK ZITO as Chuck Pancamo
EDWARD HERRMANN as Harrison Beecher
 
With:
PETER BENSON as Reporter
TIMOTHY L. BROWN as Officer Jason Armstrong
CARL DiMAGGIO as Officer Len Lopresti
SEAN DUGAN as Timmy Kirk
MICHAEL GREGORY GONG as Jia Kenmin
JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ, JR. as Vasquez
JINN S. KIM as Gongjin
TOM LIGON as Alvin Yood
CHAZZ MENENDEZ as Fred Wick
STEPHANIE POPE as Detective Nancy Mears
R.E. RODGERS as James Robson
MICHELLE SCHUMACHER as Norma Clark
EVAN SEINFELD as Jaz Hoyt
ELAINE TSE as Gou Liu Xio
JAYCE BARTOK as Angus Beecher (uncredited)
 
Special Thanks to:
GORDON ELLIOTT, WHITNEY ALLEN, JOHN CARPENTER
 
Notes:
Tidd joins the muslims and he is given the name Salah Yudin.
Before Keller leaves, Sister Pete tells Chris that God had chosen him and Toby and Chris have a touching goodbye.
Chuck Zito gets an upgrade, moving from the end credits to the "also starring" credits.
Whitney Allen plays Oz's fictional "Miss Sally," appearing as Whitney Allen in "Up Your Ante."
This episode introduces:
#01J813 Jia Kenmin. Convicted February 2, 2001. Possession and distribution of a controlled substance. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in 5. Also awaiting trial for arranging the freighter that brought over the Chinese refugees.