OZ, FAREWELL YOU SLUTTY HURTFUL BITCH.

[rosengirl]

*EMO TEAR*

So it's been a hell of a rollercoaster ride. I started watching it properly last year then stopped around season 4 and watched the last 2 seasons after having converted my dear ephyse last month.

I laughed, I cried, I squirmed, I squeed, I sweared, I sweared A LOT and then, I sweared some more. TWAS FANTASTIC.


I think my favourite seasons are the 3rd and 6th. Probably because I loved the epicness and the happy ending of B/K in the former and utter hearbreaks that was the O'Reily brothers storyline and all the amazingly shocking deaths in the latter (OMFG SAID'S DEATH!). I've never cried as much as I did watching 606.

I fell in love with Beecher first but my favourite character is definitely Ryan in the long run, Miguel came a close second.

The ending was a bit of let down in some respects. I loved the conclusion of the B/K story, it was sad yes, but perfectly fitting. And in the end, THEIR LOVE WILL GO ON FOREVER, YES.
The last scene between Ryan and Cyril was awesomely sweet but it was too bad that Cyril's proper execution lacked the emotional punch that the previous one had. All the prisoners banging on the cells windows had already been done and the only thing I loved was Ryan and Gloria's first real kiss, considering the circumstances.
I ADORED MIGUEL'S LAST SCENE WITH TORQUEMADA OMG. Then again what a waisted opportunity for a great storyline ! Torquemada was introduced way too late.
I loved that Augustus was replaced most of the season by the dead prisoners (Dino !!) so it was too bad that they gave up on that a few episodes before the end.
The last shots of Oz empty were extremely nice but the plot device with the toxic gaz evacuation was meh. I'm a bit let down that they left the ending so open for some of the characters.

Those are minor nitpicks because as a whole, the show was truly outstanding and a lot of characters and scenes will stay engraved in my mind for a very long time. It was an amazing watching experience.

*Puts on her Bainbridge 'tache* I don't want to end on a down note. Here's a song :

Single. Greatest. Scene. Ever. Y/Y ?

Comments

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I think my favourite seasons are the 3rd and 6th.

Aww yay, someone else likes season 6! Most of fandom seems to hate it because of all the deaths that year LOL. I think my favourites are probably season 3 and season 4A. The Said and Adebesi build-up and final fight was so freaking awesome.

I fell in love with Beecher first but my favourite character is definitely Ryan in the long run, Miguel came a close second.

*nods* For a while there Beecher was always my favourite, but on rewatch I think Ryan overtook him as favourite. And love love love Miguel, he just breaks my heart. Most of fandom seem to pick Keller as their favourite actually, but I never connected with him as much, although he was a fascinating character.

The last scene between Ryan and Cyril was awesomely sweet but it was too bad that Cyril's proper execution lacked the emotional punch that the previous one had.

Urgh yes it was so anti-climatic not to kill Cyril the first time, and to play all of the prisoners reactions again really robbed the second scene of its power.

I ADORED MIGUEL'S LAST SCENE WITH TORQUEMADA OMG. Then again what a waisted opportunity for a great storyline !


OMG I know, right!?! Most of the characters stories felt pretty tied up I guess, but I was so gutted at where they left it for Miguel because his scenes with Torquemada "I like straight boys best" were crazy hot, and there were such few scenes for all the potential that had

[rosengirl.livejournal.com]

Well the deaths were borderline ridiculous sometimes since it felt like 'it is the last season, let's kill off everyone !' But I really loved some of the developments like the way they handled Robson'story, Arif's unwilling leadership, the shocking turn of events for B/K and Ryan's desperation over Cyril's iminent death.

I have issues with season 4 because I hated some of the storylines (mainly the aging drugs and the asian immigrants). I do love the Adibisi/Said debacle, though (even if I never really got over Adibisi's death ;().

I do like Keller but I will never EVER forgive for fucking up Beecher's parole, THE LITTLE FUCK.

Miguel/Torquemada was indeed made of HAWTS ! Everytime Torquemada smelled his hair I was like *FLAIL x INFINITY*

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Aww yeah Robson's character got surprisingly interesting in the end, and I never thought I would ever be fond of that character back in the beginning!

And heh the more out there plots from 4B I'm not so fond off. And I definitely thought Oz lost something with Adebesi's death. I loved his whole plot in 4A of gradually becoming more and more evil, his respect for Said, and the way it all ends. (And how awesome was it when that evil warden returns for season 6, I died laughing when he popped back up again). And Keller and Ryan working together in 4A was made of win too!!! And all the of the Beecher/Keller messing with each others heads *g*

Mst people seemed to be more upset over Keller's death in the finale, but I was more devestated over Beecher facing life imprisonment. That so pissed me off. Season 5 was originally going to end with Beecher's release actually, then they found out they got another season, so turned the original ending into a dream sequence. I thought it was too cheesy when they were forcing the romance with his laywer, but I wish he could have got out for good and made a life for his kid, while doing lawyer stuff to help with prison reform or something maybe *shrugs*

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Oh and what did you think of the musical overall? I think you asked me about it a while ago, and I said it's not the classic that the Buffy musical was, but it does have a few stand-out moments. Beecher/Schillinger being one of them *g* I really hated the plot with Omar and the talent show though heh, but the Beecher/Schillinger developments were pretty interesting. And love Mukada's song!

[rosengirl.livejournal.com]

Ah well I liked it but it wasn't much of a musical in the end, was it ? I'm only digging the Beecher/Schillinger and Mukada numbers.

OMG OMAR WHITE HAD TO BE THE MOST ANNOYING CHARACTER IN HISTORY. I wanted to punch him in the face every time he opened his mouth.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I liked it but I was kind of surprised because making a musical of a show like Oz, you'd expect it to be either fantastic best episode ever, or jump the shark bad. Instead it was just okaish (IMO) rather than falling into either of those two extremes. Too bad there wasn't Keller singing to Beecher :P

And god yes, the writers overused Omar way too much in seasons 5 and 6, they seemed to be in love with the character's forced comic relief urgh.

[ephyse.livejournal.com]

I can only totally agree on everything you said.
Period.
The song.
First Ryan then Miguel.
The meh gas plot.
Empty OZ.
The dead narrators.
Miguel/Torquemada AWWWWWWWWWW (I was so frustrated when the scene ended!!)
The letdown of emotional impact in Cyril's death.

TOUT PAREIL.

[cleopancake.livejournal.com]

Single. Greatest. Scene. Ever. Y/Y ?
FUCK YES. YES YES YES!

Je suis d'accord avec tout ce que tu as dit! Sauf peut être pour le Beecher/Keller, ou plutôt KELLER, qui m'a vraiment énervé vers la fin.
RYAAAAAAAN♥ Je pensais pas que j'allais autant l'aimer :)