TV Episode Summaries for
26th August 1997

Oz Season 1, Episode 8

A Game of Checkers

Airs: 2:00am - 2:55am on HBO

Beecher is released from the hole and Schillinger is left eyeless and weak. A riot breaks out after two white punks get into a fight over checkers. Frustration, sexuality, hate, revenge, racism all rear their ugly heads, causing the violence to escalate. Finally, after several prison officers are taken hostage, tear gas is thrown into the Emerald City and the SORT team arrives, guns blazing.
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