The Routine

Name: The Routine
Released: 1997-07-12
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Rita Moreno, J.K. Simmons, Kirk Acevedo, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Edie Falco

Series: Oz

Season: Season 1

Episode Number: 1

Air Date: 07/12/1997

Duration: 56 min

In the "Emerald City" experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who live within a pecking order of Homeboys, Latinos, Muslims, Irish, Aryans, and Wiseguys. No clear-cut leader emerges—with the possible exception of Kareem Saïd, a Muslim author who preaches non-violence and abstinence. Saïd's arrival doesn't prevent a short-fused Mafia inmate named Dino Ortolani from ticking off just about everybody—a habit that ends up burning him.

★ 7.9 / 10 (27 votes)