Oz/Headscratchers

• Why was James Robson let back in the Aryan Brotherhood? I got the impression that he was being let back in for killing Wolfgang Cutler. But him being Wolfgang's prag wasn't what got him kicked out in the first place - it was him having a black man's gums. Vern didn't want to kick him out, but according to the gang's charter, he had to. Sure, James tried to cut them out, but he pretty much failed. Why would anything be different after Wolfgang's death?
  • Schillinger had a soft spot for Robson, hence him trying to get one of his white power superiors to give him a reason to overlook the whole transplanted gums thing to keep Robson around. Plus, Robson didn't fully rejoin; killing Wolfgang simply restored Robson to his role as Verne's go-to assassin; his standing within the Brotherhood is left vague, though I would assume that Verne simply used his power as leader to give Robson protection from any future reprisals from his fellow Aryans.
• How the hell do the prisoners get/stay so beefy? Sure, they have the gym for the actual exercise part but their lunches always consist of a piece of fruit, a small sandwich, a carton of milk and a small fruit drink. No way is that enough nutrition to pile on the muscle...
  • Especially since they're only allowed 30 minutes at the gym.
  • They could always train in their cells, push-ups and the like. They have the time.
• Kinda curious how Bradford Winters was a major writer/producer on the show, and his real-life brother Dean played Manipulative Bastard Ryan O'Reilly, who almost never failed to twist everyone to his will, and even got the girl in the end, and other brother Scott played Cyril, who while retarded, was able to fight off and even kill men far bigger and stronger than he was (Hamid Khan, Jia Kenmin). Plus, the two of them got some of the beefiest acting parts in the series, in addition to getting tons of screen-time. They were good in their roles (Dean nails the role of Ryan dealing with Cyril's impending execution), and O'Reilly did end up screwing his brother in the end, but it really came across as nepotism.
• Dr. Prestopnick gets quite a few mentions over the seasons. But has anyone ever seen him?
  • Actually, we see him when Doctor Nathan is on leave following her rape
• How does Beecher see after he smashes his glasses? What, does he just get contact lenses or something?
• Why would someone like Guillaume Tarrant be sent to a maximum security prison for a crime like destroying a statue? The guy was soft, introverted, and unlikely to cause any problems.
  • Short answer? "It's Oz." The show never even pretended to be realistic.
  • Guillame Tarrant was not only convicted of destruction of property he was also convicted of concealment of a deadly weapon, which he used to destroy the statue. The weapons charge is what got him sent to Oz
  • How does Frank Urbano avoid Death Row after he murders Augustus Hill?
  • If Jazz Hoyt was mentally ill since the age of 6, how come no one knows this until he is sent to Death Row?
  • Where the heck is Yuri Kosygin? He was sent to The Hole after trying to kill Stanislofski never to be seen or heard from again.
  • Where the heck is Padraig Connolly? He was never seen or heard from again after his bomb turned out to dud.
  • How was Padraig Connolly able to get all those parts to make a bomb without causing suspicion?
  • In season 4, Bruno Goergen was killed by Johnny Basil/Desmond Mobay by being thrown down the elevator shaft. Later in the same season, Colonel Edward Galson is killed by Enrique Morales by crushing him with the elevator car. How come nobody mentioned Edward Galson's death?
• When Reverend Cloutier went missing from the hospital, why was Oz not put in lock down until he was found? Why didn't anyone smell his decaying body in the kitchen?