History Headscratchers / Oz

* Why are the Oz books linked here from literature? :o

** Northern Ireland's status wasn't settled for everyone by the Good Friday agreement. The bomb was probably introduced as something crazy enough for even O'Reilly to say "let's take it down a notch" and look halfway reasonable (see Bradford Winters headscratcher above).

** And if he did get contact lenses, surely something like that would be pretty easy to steal in the cutthroat environment of Oz? Get one of the Bikers to sneak into his cell, it's something Schillinger would [[EvilIsPretty definitely do]].

** Don't you need to do proper compound exercises like deadlifts and squats to be built like characters like Adebisi?

* The Padraig Connelly plot. Just what the hell?. It might've *just* worked in the early seasons, but it really doesn't fit in 2001. Connelly and O'Reily talk about The Troubles as if it's still ongoing, when the Good Friday agreement in 1998 put an end to it, and even before then hostilities had gradually wound down for the majority. And building the bomb in Emerald City? Just what was it supposed to accomplish? I DON'T UNDERSTAND!

*** It's actually the very first episode- I think it's when he's talking to Glynn about why he wants Groves in Em City. But it's the first ep.

** McManus mentions at some point in the first season that he likes to have "lifers" (like Adibisi, Hernandez, or Ortolani) in Em City to try and get them to find some purpose in their incarceration.

* Considering that Em City's main philosophy seems to be built around rehabilitation, what was the point of Burr Redding being placed there? He was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole... Not much reason for self-improvement when you can't move, is there?

*** 2. The statue seems like it would have belonged to someone with the right amount of money/influence to organise Guillaume's charges to be trumped up. It's not unthinkable.

** Short answer? "It's Oz." The show never even pretended to be realistic.

* Why would someone like Guillaume Tarrant be sent to a maximum security prison for a crime like destroying a statue? The guy was soft, introverted, and unlikely to cause any problems.

* Why would someone like Guillaume Tarrant be sent to a maximum security prison for a crime like destroying a statue?

* How does Beecher see after he smashes his glasses? What, does he just get contact lenses or something?

** Actually, we see him when [[spoiler:Doctor Nathan is on leave following her rape]]

* Dr. Prestopnick gets quite a few mentions over the seasons. But has anyone ever seen him?

* Dr. Postowlski (or whatever) gets quite a few mentions over the seasons. But has anyone ever seen him?

* Kinda curious how Bradford Winters was a major writer/producer on the show, and his real-life brother Dean played ManipulativeBastard Ryan O'Reilly, who almost never failed to twist everyone to his will, and even got the girl in the end, and other brother Scott played Cyril, who while retarded, was able to fight off and even ''kill'' men far bigger and stronger than he was (Hamid Khan, Jia Kenmin). Plus, the two of them got some of the beefiest acting parts in the series, in addition to getting tons of screen-time. They were good in their roles (Dean ''nails'' the role of Ryan dealing with Cyril's impending execution), and O'Reilly ''did'' end up screwing his brother in the end, but it really came across as nepotism.

* Kinda curious how Bradford Winters was a major writer/producer on the show, and his real-life brother Dean played ManipulativeBastard Ryan O'Reilly, who almost never failed to twist everyone to his will, and even got the girl in the end, and other brother Scott played Cyril, who while retarded, was able to fight off and even ''kill'' men far bigger and stronger than he was (Hamid Khan, Jia Kenmin). Plus, the two of them got some of the beefiest acting parts in the series, in addition to getting tons of screen-time. They were good in their roles, and O'Reilly ''did'' end up screwing his brother in the end, but it really came across as nepotism.

* How the hell do the prisoners get/stay so beefy? Sure, they have the gym for the actual exercise part but their lunches always consist of a piece of fruit, a small sandwich, a carton of milk and a small fruit drink. No way is that enough nutrition to pile on the muscle...

* How the hell do the prisoners get/stay so beefy? Sure, they have the gym for the actual exercise part but their lunches always consist of a piece of fruit, a small sandwich, a carton of milk and a small drink. No way is that enough nutrition to pile on the muscle...

** Schillinger had a soft spot for Robson, hence him trying to get one of his white power superiors to give him a reason to overlook the whole transplanted gums thing to keep Robson around. Plus, Robson didn't fully rejoin; killing Wolfgang simply restored Robson to his role as Verne's go-to assassin; his standing within the Brotherhood is left vague, though I would assume that Verne simply used his power as leader to give Robson protection from any future reprisals from his fellow Aryans.

* Why was James Robson let back in the Aryan Brotherhood? I got the impression that he was being let back in for killing Wolfgang Cutler. But him being Wolfgang's prag wasn't what got him kicked out in the first place - it was him having a black man's gums. Vern didn't want to kick him out, but according to the gang's charter, he had to. Sure, James tried to cut them out, but he pretty much failed. Why would anything be different after Wolfgang's death?

* Why was James Robson let back in the Aryan Brotherhood? It got the impression that he was being let back in for killing Wolfgang Cutler. But him being Wolfgang's prag wasn't what got him kicked out in the first place - it was him having a black man's gums. Vern didn't want to kick him out, but according to the gang's charter, he had to. Sure, James tried to cut them out, but he pretty much failed. Why would anything be different after Wolfgang's death?

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