Episode 49 of "Oz"
s06e01 Dead Man Talking

As season 6 begins, Augustus Hill reappears to tell us that he has indeed shuffled off the mortal coil, but will continue to speak to us. He then introduces long-dead Jefferson Keane, who contributes most of the narration. Only McManus and Burr Redding continue to mourn Hill's murder. McManus begins to move more into New Age approaches and paints a meditative circle on the basketball court. Hill left a small box to be opened 6 months after his death, and McManus calls Burr and Said into his office to hear the letter contained inside. At the end McManus attempts to give the two men personal notes of Hill's, but Redding wants nothing to do with it and flees from the room. Pancamo is finally well again and learns from Morales that the homeboys are out of the drug trade. As they speak, those very same men are getting into brawls with other prisoners, as Burr sits alone in his pod, desolate. Said tries and fails at motivating Burr to step in. After Keane talks about the afterlife, Claire Howell is seen informing the solitary prisoners that they are up for review regarding a release back into gen pop. Claire steps into Martinez's cell for a round of carnal passion. At the hearing, she then tells the others (McM, Sister Pete, Glynn, Gloria, and a few extras) that he has no business being let out of solitary. In the end, Vern (against Pete's wishes) and Henry Stanton are returned to gen pop, while Miguel goes to Em City (against Glynn's wishes). Omar, Martinez, and Penders stay in solitary. Claire later tries to force herself on a sick Omar but he vomits on her shoes and is kept in the infirmary for observation. Tim warns Guerra not to go after Miguel, or else, and Guerra decides to genuinely mend fences with him. Timmy Kirk believe he is Satan, and asks Mukada (just released from the hospital) to exorcise him. Mukada refuses, believing that Kirk is pure evil and cannot be saved. As if to validate Ray's rage, the monsignor arrives at Oz to tell him that he has been suspended from his duties due to Kirk accusing him of sexual abuse. Glynn asks Suzanne (Ryan's mother) to do another variety show. She instead suggests Macbeth, with current costumes and sets to keep costs down and give a more modern feel. Slowly but surely prisoners are found, with Miguel doing wonderfully as stage manager and Father Meehan cast in the lead role. Meehan and Ryan are closer now, but Ryan still refuses to pray with him. Ryan and his family and friends keep fighting for Cyril's conviction to be overturned, but they run into roadblocks everywhere they turn. Their new attorney Zelman tells Ryan the state says the mentally retarded are exempt from death for crimes only if they showed signs of retardation before the age of 18. Ryan bullies witness Shupe into coming forward and exonerating Cyril in regards to stabbing Li, but learns that Shupe is a compulsive liar and won't be credible on the stand. As if Ryan doesn't have enough troubles, Peter Schibetta starts harrassing him about putting ground glass into Nino's food, and worst of all, Meehan dies of an aneurysm hours after agreeing to help Ryan turn his life around and not be so guarded and angry all the time. A grief-stricken Ryan bathes Meehan's body as a final tribute. Beecher (who has moved to Unit J after threats on his life by Aryans) continues working on Keller's appeal and anticipates seeing his son Harry for the first time in 6 years (Harry had been living with Gen's parents). Beecher's father, Harrison, visits and tells him that Harry is too frightened to leave the car. Beecher suggests they keep Harry away for a while, and father and son share a warm moment as Harrison gives him a recent picture of Harry. Harrison then visits Keller and says the key witness against him has been uncovered as a former drug dealer. Keller needles him about the disgust he must feel that his son has fallen in love with the likes of him. Unfortunately, this unpleasant exchange is far from the worst part of Harrison's day. Franklin Winthrop made a deal with Vern that he would get out of being a prag in exchange for killing Beecher's father. After paying off the guards, Winthrop traps Harrison in a corridor and stabs him to death. Misc: Due to therapy, Peter is finally mentally well enough to see his wife, Rosalie. Rebadow is still crippled with grief over his grandson's death. Tim agrees to transfer him to work duty in the library, and he strikes up a bond with the forceful new librarian, Stella. On death row, Keller watches Cyril giving his sock puppet Jericho a hostile and frightening personality. The mayor's trial for murdering two black girls decades ago, and Devlin's offhand remark that he would pardon the mayor if convicted, has led to rioting in the streets and serious racial tension inside Oz.