Oz Rewatch: S1E6 To Your Health

[vanillalime]

This was a GREAT episode, aided significantly by the heavy emphasis on Beecher, who finally decides he's fucking had enough. Woot! My only quibble was the overall flow of the episode-it seemed disjointed, and the tone of the first half seemed different than that of the second half. It's hard to explain, but it was almost like I'd watched two

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[mazephoenix]

Sister Pete needs a reality check. Boo.

[vanillalime]

It was such a poor decision/strategy on her part, and it really left a bad taste in my mouth. My feelings about Sister Pete were never the same after that...

[frelling_tralk]

Aww what a shame, ‘Over The Rainbow’ would have been perfect, although I still liked the song that they went with. And tbh I never though that Lee’s singing was bad in that scene, but admittedly I don’t have a very good ear for that kind of stuff! I always interpreted Schillinger looking a little bit annoyed because Toby sounded pretty heartbreaking, and everyone was so enthralled by his performance, as opposed to Schillinger’s plan to have it just be about humiliating Beecher and making him look a fool. There is that moment of dead silence after he finishes, before the inmates all end up on their feet whooping and cheering

[vanillalime]

I'll probably mention this again when I get to the episode, but when Toby bites the tip off of Robson's penis in "The Tip" (S2E1), Hill was supposed to do a voice-over singing "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" by the Righteous Brothers (which I think would've been hilarious). I know this because it's in the copy of the script I have for the episode. Similarly, they had to drop the idea for that because they couldn't get the rights to that song, either. What a shame!

I always wondered why him and Ryan both seemed convinced that the black inmates would kill him for wearing that shirt, even though they would have all known that it wasn’t Toby’s idea, that he was a prag being forced into it by Schillinger? That's a good point! But I guess in prison, people are killed for a lot less than that. (Although in reality, it was probably just sort of a lazy decision on Fontana's part. He wanted to show that Schillinger would rather have Toby dead than allow him to just walk away, so he needed a reason for Toby to fear for his life. And that's

[onlyone9]

I finished S1.
The last 2 episodes are the best, you have to watch it! :) There are so many scenes exactly for you... and that's even before the riot :)
I watched the beginning of the riot again in slowmotion and it was even better.
Episode 8 is just delightful.