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* TechnologyMarchesOn : In season 3, one of the inmates writes his memoirs. He saves it on a disk, which is then intercepted. Today, the file would be sent via email or online submission form, and stored elsewhere.
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*** Turns out the Warden was once married to Juliet, too.

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*** Turns out the Warden was once married to Juliet, too. When he wasn't busting [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} ghosts]].
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*** Speaking of Law and Order, Shirley Bellinger is Alex Eames on ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent''.
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* TheDanza: Chris Keller is played by Chris Meloni.
* DirectedByCastMember: Averted. Somewhat bizarrely, the show had a long list of actors show up in the director's chair, Creator/SteveBuscemi, Creator/KathyBates, Creator/MattDillon and Creator/RobMorrow among others, none of whom ever actually acted on the show.
** Well, Creator/TerryKinney did direct that one episode.
* FakeAmerican: Said is played by Brit actor Eamonn Walker.
* FakeNationality: Adebisi is played by British actor Adewale-Akinnouwe Agbaje of Nigerian descent.


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* RealLifeRelative: Resident Manipulative Bastard Ryan O'Reily (played by Dean Winters) and his mentally retarded older brother Cyril O'Reily (Scott William Winters) are brothers in real life.
** Their eldest brother, Bradford Winters, was series creator/head writer Tom Fontana's main collaborator for most of the series' run, as well.
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*** Not to mention [[{{WesternAnimation/Gargoyles}} Broadway]].
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** Also the reason for Keller being PutOnABus for part of one season, when Creator/ChristopherMelonia was also working on Series/LawAndOrderSVU. TheBusCameBack.

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** Also the reason for Keller being PutOnABus for part of one season, when Creator/ChristopherMelonia Creator/ChristopherMeloni was also working on Series/LawAndOrderSVU. TheBusCameBack.
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** Also the reason for Keller being PutOnABus for part of one season, when he was also working on Series/LawAndOrderSVU. TheBusCameBack.

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** Also the reason for Keller being PutOnABus for part of one season, when he Creator/ChristopherMelonia was also working on Series/LawAndOrderSVU. TheBusCameBack.
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** Also the reason for Keller being PutOnABus for part of one season, when he was also working on Series/LawAndOrderSVU. TheBusCameBack.
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** It's a [[Series/{{Dexter}}]] reunion, too, with Sgt. Doakes on Death Row, Det. Batista running a gang, and Capt. LaGuerta serving as a doctor.

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** It's a [[Series/{{Dexter}}]] Series/{{Dexter}} reunion, too, with Sgt. Doakes on Death Row, Det. Batista running a gang, and Capt. LaGuerta serving as a doctor.

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** It's a [[{{Series/Dexter}}]] reunion, too, with Sgt. Doakes on Death Row, Det. Batista running a gang, and Capt. LaGuerta serving as a doctor.

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** It's a [[{{Series/Dexter}}]] [[Series/{{Dexter}}]] reunion, too, with Sgt. Doakes on Death Row, Det. Batista running a gang, and Capt. LaGuerta serving as a doctor.doctor.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor : According to the DVD commentary, Kristin Rohde, who plays Claire Howell, is a very sweet person, the exact opposite of Howell. The trope probably applies to several of the actors on the series.
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** It's a [[{{Series/Dexter}}]] reunion, too, with Sgt. Doakes on Death Row, Det. Batista running a gang, and Capt. LaGuerta serving as a doctor.
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** Rawls, Daniels, Burrell, Carver, Avon Barksdale, Bodie, Lester and Herc from the cast of the "TheWire" appear as prisoners, guards, comunity leaders or family members.

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** Rawls, Daniels, Burrell, Carver, Avon Barksdale, Brother Mouzone, Bodie, Lester and Herc from the cast of the "TheWire" "Series/TheWire" appear as prisoners, guards, comunity community leaders or family members.
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** Rawls, Daniels, Burrell, Carver, Avon Barksdale, Bodie, and Herc from the cast of the "TheWire" appear as prisoners, guards, or family members.

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** Rawls, Daniels, Burrell, Carver, Avon Barksdale, Bodie, Lester and Herc from the cast of the "TheWire" appear as prisoners, guards, comunity leaders or family members.
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More LOST-Oz crossovers.

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*** Turns out the Warden was once married to Juliet, too.
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Added another piece of trivia to \"Hey, it\'s that guy!\"

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*** In an IronicEcho, Wrangler tells Augustus Hill, played by Harold Perrineau Jr., "if we don't get together, we gonna die apart." In LOST, Jack tells Michael, also played by Harold Perrineau Jr., "If we don't live together, we're gonna die alone."
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* PowerTattoo: The "OZ" tat that we see getting done in the intro? Was ''actually'' done.
[[http://www.tvworthwatching.com/blog/2010/05/03/oz-tom-fontana-tattoo.jpg On the arm of Tom Fontana, the series' creator]].

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* PlayingAgainstType: Zeljko Ivanek asked to play a villainous character in this because he was fed up with being type-cast as dull nice guys or {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s. His subsequent career proves that it worked.
* PowerTattoo: The "OZ" tat that we see getting done in the intro? Was ''actually'' done. \n [[http://www.tvworthwatching.com/blog/2010/05/03/oz-tom-fontana-tattoo.jpg On the arm of Tom Fontana, the series' creator]].

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** Cyril may not like [[GoodWillHunting apples]] anymore

* PowerTattoo: The "OZ" tat that we see getting done in the intro? Was ''actually'' done. [[http://www.tvworthwatching.com/blog/2010/05/03/oz-tom-fontana-tattoo.jpg On the arm of Tom Fontana, the series' creator]].

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** Cyril may not like [[GoodWillHunting apples]] anymore

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** Adebisi and Hill eventually escaped Oz only to get [[{{Series/Lost}} trapped on a mysterious island together.]]
* PowerTattoo: The "OZ" tat that we see getting done in the intro? Was ''actually'' done.
[[http://www.tvworthwatching.com/blog/2010/05/03/oz-tom-fontana-tattoo.jpg On the arm of Tom Fontana, the series' creator]].creator]].
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[spoiler: Said was killed off so early and out of nowhere in season six because Eamonn Walker wanted to be in ''Film/TearsOfTheSun''.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tom Fontana said that Rick Fox would have been in more episodes if he'd played for New York Knicks instead of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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** Detective Stabler and Cassidy, Dr. Skoda and Dr. Huang, and Forensic Tech Ryan O'Halloran from "LawAndOrderSVU", also many of the baddies.

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** Detective Stabler and Cassidy, Dr. Skoda and Dr. Huang, and Forensic Tech Ryan O'Halloran from "LawAndOrderSVU", ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', also many of the baddies.



*** Oh, look, it's [[TheCloser Chief Pope]]. And he's. . . ''[[RapeAsDrama oh]] my god''. . . *whimpers*

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*** Oh, look, it's [[TheCloser [[Series/TheCloser Chief Pope]]. And he's. . . ''[[RapeAsDrama oh]] my god''. . . *whimpers*
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** Detective Stabler and Cassidy, Dr. Skoda and Dr. Huang from "LawAndOrderSVU", also many of the baddies.

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** Detective Stabler and Cassidy, Dr. Skoda and Dr. Huang Huang, and Forensic Tech Ryan O'Halloran from "LawAndOrderSVU", also many of the baddies.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Oh, look, it's [[TheCloser Chief Pope]]. And he's. . . ''[[RapeAsDrama oh]] my god''. . . *whimpers*
** Alternatively it seems [[SpiderMan Jonah Jameson]] has finally redirected his hatred to someone else.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Very large overlap with contemporary series:
** Rawls, Daniels, Burrell, Carver, Avon Barksdale, Bodie, and Herc from the cast of the "TheWire" appear as prisoners, guards, or family members.
** Detective Stabler and Cassidy, Dr. Skoda and Dr. Huang from "LawAndOrderSVU", also many of the baddies.
*** Alternatively it seems [[SpiderMan Jonah Jameson]] has finally redirected his hatred to someone else.
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Oh, look, it's [[TheCloser Chief Pope]]. And he's. . . ''[[RapeAsDrama oh]] my god''. . . *whimpers*
** Alternatively it seems [[SpiderMan Jonah Jameson]] has finally redirected his hatred to someone else.
*whimpers*



* PowerTattoo: The "OZ" tat that we see getting done in the intro? Was ''actually'' done. [[http://www.tvworthwatching.com/blog/2010/05/03/oz-tom-fontana-tattoo.jpg On the arm of Tom Fontana, the series' creator]].

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* PowerTattoo: The "OZ" tat that we see getting done in the intro? Was ''actually'' done. [[http://www.tvworthwatching.com/blog/2010/05/03/oz-tom-fontana-tattoo.jpg On the arm of Tom Fontana, the series' creator]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Oh, look, it's [[TheCloser Chief Pope]]. And he's. . . ''[[RapeAsDrama oh]] [[CompleteMonster my]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel god]]''. . . *whimpers*

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Oh, look, it's [[TheCloser Chief Pope]]. And he's. . . ''[[RapeAsDrama oh]] [[CompleteMonster my]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel god]]''.oh]] my god''. . . *whimpers*
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** Alternatively it seems [[Spider-man Jonah Jameson]] has finally redirected his hatred to someone else.

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** Alternatively it seems [[Spider-man [[SpiderMan Jonah Jameson]] has finally redirected his hatred to someone else.
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** Alternatively it seems [[Spider-man Jonah Jameson]] has finally redirected his hatred to someone else.
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* PowerTattoo: The "OZ" tat that we see getting done in the intro? Was actually done. [[http://www.tvworthwatching.com/blog/2010/05/03/oz-tom-fontana-tattoo.jpg On the arm of]] TomFontana, the series' creator.

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* PowerTattoo: The "OZ" tat that we see getting done in the intro? Was actually ''actually'' done. [[http://www.tvworthwatching.com/blog/2010/05/03/oz-tom-fontana-tattoo.jpg On the arm of]] TomFontana, of Tom Fontana, the series' creator.creator]].
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* PowerTattoo: The "OZ" tat that we see getting done in the intro? Was actually done. [[http://www.tvworthwatching.com/blog/2010/05/03/oz-tom-fontana-tattoo.jpg On the arm of]] TomFontana, the series' creator.
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** Is that Chris Keller [[LawAndOrderSVU investigating sex crimes with Father Ray and Schillinger?!]]
*** And JohnMunch's first partner in SVU is Ryan O'Reily!
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** Is that Chris Keller [[LawAndOrderSVU investigating sex crimes with Father Ray and Schillinger?!]]
*** And JohnMunch's first partner in SVU is Ryan O'Reily!
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**Cyril may not like [[GoodWillHunting apples]] anymore
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL9duLVeFRM&feature=related Ryan O'Reily is the embodiment of mayhem]]
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** Wait, you mean to tell me an Aryan Correctional Officer is also.. [[SpongebobSquarepants PATRICK STAR?!]]

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