Hill kills Supreme Allah and is welcomed back into Redding's good graces. Beecher's parole is denied for another year, the Aryan's meet him and Said comes to his rescue, stabbing Robson and Schillinger. Kirk and the bikers attempt to kill Clutier in an unusual way. Hughes messes up for the final time. Connolly's plan goes off, but not exactly the way he wanted it to.

Omar is sent to re-hab and starts a fight. Said's rage grows, and he beats Robson to a pulp. Beecher's parole date nears as he meets with his victim's family. Morales wants to hedge his bets by having Brass's achilles tendon cut. Connolly has a plan to blow up Emerald City.

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Cyril recovers from the aging drug, but is still prone to violence. Ryan is visited from a woman who claims to be his mother. Beecher's chances for parole look good... if he can stay out of trouble. Schillinger tells Carrie about Hank's death, and she goes into labour. Busmalis is stood up at his wedding. Robson and Hoyt enlist a young Aryan into killing Said, but it doesn't go as planned.

Cyril starts to look older, a result of the aging drug, Wick has a more dramatic reaction and the program is cancelled. Alvarez's days in Em City are over once again as he is provoked by a Latino and cuts his throat. Tidd/Yudin gets close to Said, meaning to kill him but loses his nerve. Rebadow pleads Busmalis's case and he's released from solitary. Omar tries to impress people by shanking McManus. Hanks body is found and a new war between Beecher and Schillinger is about to rage, until Keller takes the blame for the man he loves.

Gloria introduces a program involving testing an aging drug that makes prisoners older instead of having them serve real time. Said accepts Tidd into the Muslim fold after a well planned gym fight where he came to Arif's rescue. Alvarez is put back into Em City as an informant. Hughes returns to Oz, on the other side of the bars this time. Barlog begins an affair with Beecher, then Keller. He contemplates testifying against Keller in the homosexual murders until Keller meets him in the storage closet and snaps.

McManus introduces "the Cage" in lieu of the hole for Em City inmates. Omar is released from solitary only to stab Guerra and return in record time. Alvarez is recaptured and returned to solitary. Dr. Nathan returns to work. Leroy Tidd wants to become a Muslim to get close enough to kill Said. Schillinger makes friends with an incarcerated Reverend. Keller teases beecher about his cute brother, Keller's old friend arrives and Beecher returns the favour. Chinese immigrants are housed in Em City and become pawns in the war between Morales and new inmate Redding.

A television crew decides to do a piece on Oz. Staff and prisoners are interviewed by producer Lisa Logan and reporter Jack Eldridge. At first they focus on Beecher's troubled time in Oz until Poet tells them about the tapes Adebisi made before he died. Querns tells Glynn to destroy the tapes. Eldridge decides not to pursue the story and instead spend the night in a cell with Cyril. Cyril hadn't taken his medication that day and remembers that Eldridge interviewed he and Ryan shortly before their mother died, he beats Eldridge to a pulp.

Glynn drops out of the race for Lieutenant Governor. Moses breaks on through to the other side of the cell wall to strangle Miles. Cyril threatens to expose Ryan and Howell's affair, so Ryan has his meds upped. Ryan and Keller hatch a scheme to overthrow Querns, after a few "well placed depth charges" who happen to be Beecher's former lovers, Supreme Allah is sent to Solitary and Em City is locked down. Adebisi gives Said what he came for- the incriminating tapes - trusting him not to give them to Glynn. Glynn sees the tapes and fires Querns. An enraged Adebisi attacks Said, but is killed in self-defense.

Ryan begins an affair with Howell and ends his feud with Stanislofski with her help. Zabitz is eliminated, but not according to Keller or Schillinger's plan. Beecher plans to have Hank Schillinger killed, but has a change of heart. Rebadow is taken to Benchley Memorial for a brain tumor. More whites are transferred out of Em City. Said joins forces with Adebisi, but he has a plan.

More whites are tranferred out of Em City. Ginzberg's execution is moved ahead due to his suffereing from AIDS, but the disease gets him first. Mobay/Basil confronts his addiction. Rebadow gets permission to kill again, and he choose Busmalis as his victim but his attempt is foiled by the COs. Arif and Supreme Allah continue to butt heads. Beecher's daughter is found alive, and Hank Schillinger is arrested. Cyril OD's on Haldol. Ryan shows his love for Dr. Nathan by killing her rapist.

Bad cop inmate Gergan clashes with Mobay and gets the shaft, winning Mobay a place in the Drug Crew's good graces.

Beecher receives a gruesome package in the mail. Jason Cramer's case takes an unexpected turn. Martin Querns replaces McManus, who returns to run Unit B. Dr Nathan visits Oz to confront Ryan O'Reily. Shirley Bellinger keeps her date with the executioner.

Busmalis is recaptured, but Alvarez remains free. The inmates win the lawsuit.

Ryan and Stanislofski go to war over a cell phone. McManus is fired in the aftermath of the shooting. Hank Schillinger is located. The Riot Trial begins. Busmalis and Alvarez escape.

Hamid Khan is taken off life support and Arif is choosen as the Muslims new leader. Cyril is having nightmares after his boxing match with Khan so Ryan seeks Sister Pete's help. A new inmate named Mobay, arrives in OZ. Governor Devlin ask Warden Glynn to be his running mate for re-election. A shootout occurs in OZ that leaves four dead. Beecher ask his Dad to help locate Schillinger's younger son, Hank.