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Oz S2E2 — Ancient Tribes

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Oz•Season 2•Episode 2

Ancient Tribes

8.0/10 · 1,964 votesJul 20, 199857 min

Ranked #6 of 8 in Season 2•−0.1 vs season avg

Ten months after the riot, Em City re-opens. A recovered McManus creates a council of group representatives to keep order, and initiates GED classes to help inmates get high-school equivalency diplomas. Having been told by O'Reily that Adebisi was responsible for his father's death, Peter

Directed byUli Edel

Written byTom Fontana, Sean Jablonski

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Lee Tergesen

Lee Tergesen

Tobias Beecher

Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau

Augustus Hill

Dean Winters

Dean Winters

Ryan O'Reily

Eamonn Walker

Eamonn Walker

Kareem Saïd

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Leo Glynn

Terry Kinney

Terry Kinney

Tim McManus

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Vernon Schillinger

Kirk Acevedo

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Miguel Alvarez

Craig muMs Grant

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BD Wong

BD Wong

Father Ray Mukada

Tom Mardirosian

Tom Mardirosian

Agamemnon Busmalis

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Tom Fontana

Tom Fontana

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Uli Edel

Uli Edel

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Sean Jablonski

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Episode Summary

"Ancient Tribes" is episode 2 of Oz season 2. It scored 8.0/10 from 1,964 votes, ranking #6 of 8 episodes this season (season average 8.1). Directed by Uli Edel and written by Tom Fontana, Sean Jablonski, it aired on July 20, 1998.

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