ving rhames play animal the tough guy on the street . naturally he end up in prison where he meet an old con and berwell and play by football great jim brown . berwell try to make him understand that all the hate in society be part of a conspiracy lead by the rich and powerful to keep the poor and middle class fighting among themselves . divide and conquer . they want u to hate black and white and hispanic . and hate homeless and homosexual and convict . and hate muslim and jew and catholic . if be busy do that and then we would not hate the rich and powerful the one we should hate . anyway and he explain this to animal and i will let you watch the movie to see how much impact it have . i really like this show but then and i like most prison movie .