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?
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.
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...
Especially since they're only allowed 30 minutes at the gym.
They could always train in their cells, push-ups and the like. They have the time.
Kinda curious how Bradford Winters was a major writer/producer on the show, and his real-life brother Dean played Manipulative Bastard 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.
Dr. Prestopnick gets quite a few mentions over the seasons. But has anyone ever seen him?
Actually, we see him when Doctor Nathan is on leave following her rape
How does Beecher see after he smashes his glasses? What, does he just get contact lenses or something?
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.
Short answer? "It's Oz." The show never even pretended to be realistic.
Two notes:
1. It's likely that the harshness of his sentence would have been a result of his "concealment of a deadly weapon" charge rather than the vandalism.
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.
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?
Mc Manus 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.
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.
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!
