OZ: Season 5

"Variety"
Episode #:	46 (5.06)
Season:	5
Air Date:	2/10/2002
Producers:	Levinson/Fontana/Finnerty
Writer:	Tom Fontana & Bradford Winters
Director:	Roger Rees

Synopsis:
The Oz Variety Show takes place, with Omar White as the finale; White and Said turn over a new leaf in their relationship; Robson takes a reluctant trip to the dentist; Hindon offers the dog trained by Alvarez to the Riveras; a priest named Meehan lands in Oz; Cyril's trial gets off to an inauspiciously cold start; Ryan cuts a deal that gets Shupe disabled; Poet pins Hill's drugs on the Sicilians; Dr. Nathan counsels Schibetta while Sister Pete teaches a bed-ridden Pancamo to pray; tensions between Mukada and Kirk come to a boil when Mukada convinces Hoyt to squeal; Beecher and Keller anger McClain, who walks out; Howell gives Keller a free trip to Benchley Memorial; Beecher takes Schillinger's deal: He takes the mail job and Adam is transferred to Unit B.

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 ANTHONY CHISHOLM as Burr Redding AASIF MANDVI as Dr. Tariq Faraj MALACHY McCOURT as Daniel Meehan CHRISTOPHER MELONI as Chris Keller GEORGE MORFOGEN as Robert Rebadow 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 MIKE DOYLE as Adam Guenzel TONI LEWIS as Alicia Hinden EDDIE MALAVARCA as Peter Schibetta TOM MARDIROSIAN as Agamemnon Busmalis ELLEN McELDUFF as Eleanor O'Connor MUMS as Arnold "Poet" Jackson SANDRA PURPURO as Katherine McClain KRISTIN ROHDE as Officer Claire Howell DAVID ZAYAS as Enrique Morales CHUCK ZITO as Chuck Pancamo

With:
ANTONI CORNACCHIONE as Frank Urbano MICHAEL DELMARE as Jia Kenmin CARL DiMAGGIO as Officer Len Lopresti SEAN DUGAN as Timmy Kirk JOHN LURIE as Greg Penders ANDY POWERS as Franklin Winthrop JUDY REYES as Tina Rivera R.E. RODGERS as James Robson OTTO SANCHEZ as Chico Guerra PHILIP V. SCOZZARELLA as Officer Joseph Mineo EVAN SEINFELD as Jaz Hoyt LOU SUMRALL as Aryan (#01I181) NELSON VASQUEZ as Eugene Rivera JOEL WEST as Glen Shupe EMANUEL YARBROUGH as Clarence Seroy MIKE AROTSKY as Max Sands (Uncredited)

Notes:
Harold Perrineau (Hill) did not appear in this episode as the narrator due to filming conflicts on "The Matrix II" -- musical interludes featuring the cast were used instead. Shupe loses an arm. In exchange for a blow job, Timmy Kirk has Clarence get someone to burn down Father Mukada's church and rectory. He is seriously injured, and two other priests die. The Aryan had a different shirt in the last episode he appeared in (5.03). This episode introduces: #02N535 Father Daniel Meehan. Convicted February 9, 2002. Destruction of property, assaulting an officer of the law. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in 5. This episode gives background information for: #97R492 James Robson. Convicted November 7, 1997. Murder in the first degree and Assault. Sentence: Life, up for parole in 25 years.

"Variety"