"Laws of Gravity"

Episode #:42 (5.02) Laws of Gravity
Season:5
Air Date:1/13/2002
Producers:Levinson/Fontana/Finnerty
Writer:Tom Fontana and Sean Whitesell
Director:Rob Morrow
 
Synopsis:
Alvarez invents a unique solution to his feud with Guerra; Rebadow's grandson's leukemia worsens; Montgomery tries to blackmail O'Reilly, but his plan backfires; O'Reily's mother, Suzanne Fitzgerald, begins a community service term teaching music at Oz; a limping C.O. Brass returns to work; The Governor creates a new position at Oz to act as a liason between the prison and the government; Schibetta returns to Em City; the FBI has new evidence in the death of Schillinger's son implicating Pancamo; McManus gives White one more chance while also trying to help Said; Kirk tells Burns to kill Cloutier before he is able to speak, but Burns receives a vision from the reverend telling him to kill Kirk and Hoyt.
 
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:
BETTY LYNN BUCKLEY as Suzanne Fitzgerald
ROBERT JOHN BURKE as Special Agent Taylor
ANTHONY CHISHOLM as Burr Redding
PETER CRISS as Martin Montgomery
ZELJKO IVANEK as Governor James Devlin
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
ROBERT CLOHESSY as Officer Sean Murphy
TOM MARDIROSIAN as Agamemnon Busmalis
MUMS as Arnold "Poet" Jackson
KRISTIN ROHDE as Officer Claire Howell
DAVID ZAYAS as Enrique Morales
CHUCK ZITO as Chuck Pancamo
 
With:
DENA ATLANTIC as Floria Mills
JEROME PRESTON BATES as Officer Travis Smith
PETER BENSON as Reporter
TIMOTHY L. BROWN as Officer Jason Armstrong
SEAN DUGAN as Timmy Kirk
JAY EDWARDS as Christian
CYRUS FARMER as Officer Adrian Johnson
CHRIS GARDNER as Ahmad Lalar
JAY HARRIS as Commissioner Douglas
PETER JAMES KELSCH as Jim Burns
EDDIE MALAVARCA as Peter Schibetta
ELLEN McELDUFF as Eleanor O'Connor
SETH MEIER as Liam Meaney
JOHN PALUMBO as Zanghi
BLAKE ROBBINS as Officer Dave Brass
R.E. RODGERS as James Robson
OTTO SANCHEZ as Chico Guerra
PHILIP V. SCOZZARELLA as Officer Joseph Mineo
EVAN SEINFELD as Jaz Hoyt
THOMAS G. WAITES as Henry Stanton
TESSELL WILLIAMS as Nurse
 
Notes:
Ellie O'Connor is Tim McManus' ex-wife.
Stanton stabs Montgomery, sending him to Benchley Memorial in critical care.
The FBI traces the murder of Hank Schillinger to Gaetano Cincetta, who squeals on Pancamo. Beecher learns that Keller is returning to Oz.
Robson attempts to kill Pancamo, but the stab wound isn't fatal.
Hoyt snaps Burns' neck when Burns attempts to kill him. He is thrown in the hole and sees the vision of Cloutier.
This episode gives background information for:
#97P468 Charles Pancamo (a.k.a. Chucky The Enforcer). Convicted June 4, 1997. Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 35 years, up for parole in 15.