The Best Oz, Season 3, Episode 1 Quotes

Tim: [McManus discovers that a CO Karl Metzger is a member of the Aryan Brotherhood] So before Metzger came to town, he lived in Montana where he was part of the White Supremacy Warriors.
Sister: You sure of this, Tim?
Tim: I got a friend who works in the FBI who verified it.
Warden: Even so, you can't fire a man for what he did 15 years ago. I need proof that he's in cahoots with Vern Schillinger, that he's responsible for what happened to Busmalis, Beecher, and the others.
Tim: Nobody will testify against Metzger.
Warden: Well, the union's not gonna let us do anything without evidence. He's also very popular with the other CO's. I don't need any more morale problems.
Tim: So we let him stay on board till maybe he kills somebody?
Warden: I'm afraid, we have no choice.
Tim: Even though he only thinks of you as a Nigger?
Warden: What did you say?
Tim: A Nigger.
Warden: If you're trying to piss me off, you're succeeding. I don't want Metzger in this building one minute longer than you do. But if I'm going to take him down, I'm gonna need ammunition.

Tim: I may be blind but I'm not dumb.

[first lines]
Augustus: Oz. That's the name on the street for the Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary. Only, big news - they changed the name. It's now called the Oswald State Correctional Facility, Level Four. I don't know what the difference is. Leo Glynn is still warden, Sister Peter Marie is still in psych, Tim McManus is still unit manager of Emerald City, and I know for damn sure none of us have changed. Beecher is still in the hospital after Schillinger and Keller broke his bones, Alvarez is still in solitary after blinding a C.O., Adebisi is still in the loony ward after changing hats. Maybe it's truth in advertising. Maybe by getting rid of the word "penitentiary," the state is finally admitting that nobody's penitent. Nobody's sorry. Nobody.

Sister: Do you like sex with men?
Chris: I like sex. Don't you?

[last lines]
Augustus: Truth is a powerful thing. It can right a wrong or make a bad thing worse, but in Oz, the truth is... if the facts don't fit the truth, fuck the facts.

Augustus: [In Em City] Oz.
Tim: [In his office] Oz.
Tobias: [In the infirmary] Oz.
Vern: [In his Gen. Pop. cell] Oz.
Sister: [In the Gen. Pop. section] Oz.
Ryan: [In the guard booth of Em City] Oz.
Warden: [in front of fellow officers] Oz.
Miguel: [In Solitary] Oz.

Officer: What's the word on Busmalis?
Tim: Do you really care?
Officer: I wouldn't ask if I didn't.
Tim: You care, why? Because you're afraid that it'll look bad on your record? That you used excessive force?
Officer: I did not use excessive force.
Tim: The man almost died.
Officer: But he didn't.
Tim: Yeah, 'cause you knew when to let go. What's the motto? "Choke 'em 'til you smell shit"?... Nice tattoo.
Officer: Souvenir of a misspent youth.
Tim: Metzger, I know who you are; I know *what* you are.
Officer: All I am is a highly-trained, underpaid member of the Correctional Officer's Benevolent Association. But if I am what you think I am, you should tip-toe.
Tim: Is that a threat?
Officer: I'm merely reminding you who your friends are. Remember who you want standing next to you when one of these fucks comes after you with a knife.