"Sonata da Oz"

Episode #:51 (6.03) Sonata da Oz
Season:6
Air Date:1/19/2003
Producers:Levinson/Fontana/Finnerty
Writer:Tom Fontana & Sunil Nayar
Director:Judy Dennis
 
Synopsis:
Beecher says goodbye to Keller; Schillinger has a disappointing visit with his hero, Mayor Loewen. Governor Devlin seeks a solution to his pardoning problem when Loewen threatens to call the press; Beecher is released from Oz; Norma pleads with Rebadow to convince Busmalis to see her; With Redding's boys moving to telemarketing, Glynn gives control of the kitchen to Pancamo; before Morales can tie up loose ends with Martinez, he dies from liver failure; Glynn has to face the truth about the toxic poisoning problem within Oz; down in solitary, Officer Brass spends some quality time with Morales; Hoyt begins to feel the effects of killing Kirk and is convinced he sees the devil; Ray gets a visit from Timothy Kirk's mother; when Cyril O'Reily becomes dependant on his sock-puppet Jericho, Sister Pete tries to take him away--and the state decides to give him electro-shock therapy; Cyril's appeal is denied and his execution date is set; a publishing snag prevents Hill's book from being published, and leads Said and the Muslims into a new business venture: book-binding; a reporter arrives to interview Said about his business and the reporter shoots him.
 
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 (RIP)
J.K. SIMMONS as Vernon Schillinger
LEE TERGESEN as Tobias Beecher
EAMONN WALKER as Kareem Said
DEAN WINTERS as Ryan O'Reily
 
Also Starring:
TOM ATKINS as Wilson Loewen
BETTY LYNN BUCKLEY as Suzanne Fitzgerald
ANTHONY CHISHOLM as Burr Redding
JOEL GREY as Lemuel Idzik
ZELJKO IVANEK as Governor James Devlin
PATTI LuPONE as Stella Coffo
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
ZUILL BAILEY as Eugene Dobbins (RIP)
ROBERT CLOHESSY as Officer Sean Murphy
ROXANNE HART as Jessica Kirk
CARLOS LEON as Carlos Martinez
TOM MARDIROSIAN as Agamemnon Busmalis
ELLEN McELDUFF as Eleanor O'Connor
MUMS as Arnold "Poet" Jackson
R.E. RODGERS as James Robson
KRISTIN ROHDE as Officer Claire Howell
DAVID ZAYAS as Enrique Morales
CHUCK ZITO as Chuck Pancamo
 
With:
ANDREA ANDERS as Donna Degenhart
VICTOR BEVINE as D'Arta (Campaign Manager for Sen. Lakin)
TIMOTHY L. BROWN as Officer Jason Armstrong
MATTHEW COWLES as William Brandt
CARL DiMAGGIO as Officer Len Lopresti
MTUME GANT as Reggie Rawls
TONY HOTY as Lionel Kelsch
CHRISTOPHER NEAL JACKSON as Perry Loftus
LAURIE KENNEDY as Sanford
ANIL KUMAR as Menon
TOM LIGON as Alvin Yood
JOHN LURIE as Greg Penders
MALIK as Kenaniah Maxwell
MICHAEL RIVERA as Pablo Rosa
BLAKE ROBBINS as Officer Dave Brass
OTTO SANCHEZ as Chico Guerra
MICHELLE SCHUMACHER as Norma Clark
PHILIP V. SCOZZARELLA as Officer Joseph Mineo
EVAN SEINFELD as Jaz Hoyt
CATHERINE WOLF as Nurse Carol Grace
BRENDAN KELLY as Wolfgang Cutler (Uncredited)
 
Notes:
This episode is narrated by Augustus Hill, with 'cello music played by deceased inmate Eugene Dobbins.
Yood tells Beecher that Franklin Winthrop killed his father.
Devlin has Wilson Loewen killed (Brandt does the actual deed and Kelsch caused a diversion).
Idzik shoots Kareem Said dead.
As a tie-in, Oz: Behind These Walls: The Journal of Augustus Hill will be available in stores February 18, 2003. It contains a complete episode guide of the first five seasons, written as if each episode was actually a day in Oz.
This episode introduces:
#02R104 Pablo Rosa. Convicted December 22, 2002. Involuntary Manslaughter. Sentence: 18 years, up for parole in 10.