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Recap / Oz S 4 E 6 A Word To The Wise

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Directed by Keith Samples

Written by Tony Fontana

Tropes for the episode:

  • Asshole Victim: The way Ryan kills Keenan is rather brutal but it's hard to feel too bad for him after he raped Gloria and bragged about it to Ryan.

  • Bad Boss: Arif gets threatening towards one of his subordinates for the egregious crime of dating to talk to Allah.

  • Big Brother Instinct: Ryan reacts with horror when Adebisi makes him realise there's something wrong with Cyril.

  • Disproportionate Retribution: Rebadow's attempt to Kill Busmalis for not involving him in the escape attempt.

  • Et Tu, Brute?: Keller is genuinely hurt Beecher could think he'd go as far as to have his son killed.

  • Guilt Complex: Basil feels bad about causing his wife so much worry by agreeing to take on this undercover assignment.

  • Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: Cyril truly believes Ryan is a good person underneath all of his flaws.

  • Honor Before Reason: Mukada refuses to absolve Keller as he can tell he is utterly remorseless for his crimes despite knowing how dangerous of an individual Keller is.

  • Jerkass:
    • Querns is rather dismissive of Arif when he comes to talk to him.
    • Howell rubs that Glynn has had her placed in Em City in McManus's face.

  • Kick the Dog: Keller's threats against Mukada

  • Loophole Abuse: Attempted by Arif. He sees Supreme Allah as a threat but can't kill him because the Q'ran forbids it so he tried to convince Adebisi to take him out.

  • Nice Girl: Sister Pete insists on finishing Nat's nails after his death

  • Pay Evil unto Evil: O'Reily kills Keenan to avenge Gloria's rape

  • Prison Rape: Adebisi forced one of his underlings to go down on him.

  • Pragmatic Villainy:
    • Adebisi refuses to Kill Allah as he sees him as a potential ally.

    • Keller's desire to be absolved by Mukada comes more out of a desire to save himself from hell than genuine remorse.

  • Rejected Apology: Keller rebuffs Beecher's efforts to make amends with him.

  • Reasonable Authority Figure:
    • Adebisi of all people as he orders Mondo not to bully Beecher albeit for practical reasons.
    • Despite his corruption Querns tries his best to protect Beecher from Vern.

  • Serial Killer: Keller admits to Mukada that he killed numerous gay men after having sex with them in order to hide his homosexuality.

  • Thou Shall Not Kill: Said discourages Beecher from taking revenge on Keller by murdering him.

  • The Stool Pigeon: Stanislofsky blows the whistle on Ryan about the cellphone.

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