History Heartwarming / Oz

** In Season 1 when Ryan sees Beecher has been crying and takes him to his cell to get high. Despite his ususal sociopathic personality for once he is jut being genuinely kind to another inmate.

--> '''Tidd:''' ''(To Said)'' Don't worry, brother. You're safe.

* Alvarez's face of sheer happiness when he sees his baby get born, and subsequent gushing about the kid to anyone who will listen.

* Addled inmate Giles is able to inform Sister Peter Marie who killed that his former cellmate, whom he had killed, was the man who murdered her husband decades earlier. Unable to get him out of solitary, she instead sends him a huge box of tooth cleaning supplies, which he treasures.

* Beecher comforting Andrew Schllinger when he goes through withdrawal.

* Addled inmate Giles is able to inform Sister Peter Marie who killed that his former cellmate, whom he had killed, was the man who murdered her husband decades earlier. Unable to get him out of solitary, she instead sends him a huge box of tooth cleaning supplies, which he treasures.
* Keller performing a genuine act of selflessness by Falsely confessing to ordering the hit on Hank Schillinger in order to protect Beecher and his family from the Aryan Brotherhood.
* Augustus Hill's HeroicSacrifice to protect Burr Redding.
* Ryan confessing to have Dr.Nathan's husband murdered even though it menas getting 40 years added onto his sentence so he can stay in oz to protect Cyril.Granted the situation is basically all his fault but it goes to show how much Ryan does care about his brother.
* Reabdow asking Glynn to let Busmalis be married in prison and Glynn deciding to accept his request.

* Ryan confessing to have Dr.Nathan's husband murdered even though it menas getting 40 years added onto his sentence so he can stay in oz to protect Cyril.Granted the situation is basically all his fault but it goes to show how much Ryan does care about his brother.

* Ryan confessing to have Dr.Nathan's husband murdered even though it menas getting 40 uears added onto his sentence so he can stay in oz to protect Cyril.Granted the situation is basically all his fault but it goes to show how much Ryan does care about his brother.

* Augustus Hill's HeroicSacrifice to protect Burr Redding.

* Augustus *TakingTheKnife to protect Burr Redding.

* AugustusTakingTheKnife to protect Burr Redding.

* Augustus TakingTheKnife to protect Burr Redding.

* Keller performing a genuine act of selflessness by Falsely confessing to ordering the hit on Hank Schillinger in order to protect Beecher and his family from the Aryan Brotherhood.

* Keller performing a genuine act if selflessness by Falsely confessing to ordering the hit on Hank Schillinger in order to protect Beecher and his family from the Aryan Brotherhood.

* Addled inmate Giles is able to inform Sister Peter Marie who killed that his former cellmate, whom he had killed, was the man who murdered her husband decades earlier. Unable to get him out of solitary, she instead sends him a huge box of tooth cleaning supplies, which he treasures.

* A rather rough example, but still valid: in the early Season 1 episode "Capital P", Sister Peter Marie is briefly fired from her job as prison counselor for [[spoiler: joining the protests against Keane's execution]]. When the inmates show up for a counseling session and find a replacement there, they all start hurling wads of paper at the poor guy and demanding to see Sister Peter Marie. It shows that, as much grief as the inmates of Oz give the old girl, [[PetTheDog most of them do have a genuine soft spot for her]].

* Ryan singing a lullaby to Cyril in "Cuts Like A Knife". It's a tiny bit of TearJerker and a heartfelt moment when Ryan isn't acting like a total jerk, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulator]] and [[HumansAreBastards monster]].

* Alvarez training a Labrador Retriever and giving her to the CO he blinded.

* Alvarez training a Labrador Retriever and giving her to the CO he blinded.

* A rather rough example, but still valid: in the early Season 1 episode "Capital P", Sister Peter Marie is briefly fired from her job as prison counselor for [[spoiler: joining the protests against Keane's execution]]. When the inmates show up for a counseling session and find a replacement there, they all start hurling wads of paper at the poor guy and demanding to see Sister Peter Marie. It shows that, as much grief as the inmates of Oz give the old girl, [[PetTheDog most of them do have a genuine soft spot for her]].

** "Sometimes, it's good to be human."

** "Sometimes, it's nice just to be human."

* A rather rough example, but still valid: in the early Season 1 episode "Capital P", Sister Marie Pete is briefly fired from her job as prison counsellor for [[spoiler: joining the protests against Keane's execution]]. When the inmates show up for a counseling session and find a replacement there, they all start hurling wads of paper at the poor guy and demanding to see Sister Marie Pete. It shows that, as much grief as the inmates of Oz give the old girl, [[PetTheDog most of them do have a genuine soft spot for her]].

* Every single Emerald City inmate banging on their pod doors to show their solidarity with Ryan and Cyril.

* Beecher comforting Andrew Schllinger when he goes through withdrawal.

* In the episode "Animal Farm", Rebadow's grandson is dying of leukemia. He wants to go to Disneyworld, but his family needs three thousand dollars. Everyone around the prison kicks in money, even Schillinger and Hernandez, and not even Adebisi will take the money from him.

* Beecher's comforting of Andrew Schllinger when he goes through withdrawal.

* Beecher's comforting of Andrew Schllinger when he goes through withdrawal. Almost... if it wasn't part of his plan to get back at Vern.

In the episode "Animal Farm", Rebadow's grandson is dying of leukemia. He wants to go to Disneyworld, but his family needs three thousand dollars. Everyone around the prison kicks in money, even Schillinger and Hernandez, and not even Adebisi will take the money from him.
** "Sometimes, it's nice just to be human."

In the episode "Animal Farm", Rebadow's grandson is dying of leukemia. He wants to go to Disneyworld, but his family needs three thousand dollars. Everyone around the prison kicks in money, even Schillinger, and not even Adebisi will take the money from him.