because it come from hbo and base on the imdb rating and i watch the first season of this series and what a waste . the character be occasionally interesting but mostly cartoon like . the act range from good to mediocre talent with a s t r o n g emphasis on the latter . not only prisoner and also viewer should leave all hope at the cell door that this story be believable and it such a load of dung that you will need unusually strong testicular fortitude to keep watching . the violence and a with most of the development in the story and be titillate and whatever morality be supposedly serve up and it of the lite variety . if your idea of excellent television include the the writing and acting and overall production quality see in the soprano and deadwood or six foot under and avoid oz . if you want to see a disneyland for illiterate jerk and watch oz . stuff like this give edgy a bad name .