one of the other reviewer have mention that after watch just 1 oz episode you will be hook . they be right and a this be exactly what happen with me . the first thing that strike me about oz be it brutality and unflinching scene of violence and which set in right from the word go . trust me and this be not a show for the faint hearted or timid . this show pull no punch with regard to drug and sex or violence . it be hardcore and in the classic use of the word . it be call oz a that be the nickname give to the oswald maximum security state penitentary . it focus mainly on emerald city and an experimental section of the prison where all the cell have glass front and face inwards and so privacy be not high on the agenda . em city be home to many . aryan and muslim and gangsta and latino and christian and italian and irish and more . so scuffles and death stare and dodgy dealing and shady agreement be never far away . i would say the main appeal of the show be due to the fact that it go where other show wouldn not dare . forget pretty picture paint for mainstream audience and forget charm and forget romance . oz doesn not mess around . the first episode i ever saw strike me a so nasty it be surreal and i couldn not say i be ready for it and but a i watch more and i develop a taste for oz and and get accustom to the high level of graphic violence . not just violence and but injustice ( crooked guard who will be sell out for a nickel and inmate who will kill on order and get away with it and well mannered and middle class inmate be turn into prison bitch due to their lack of street skill or prison experience ) watching oz and you may become comfortable with what be uncomfortable view . thats if you can get in touch with your darker side .