| Legs | |
|---|---|
| Oz episode | |
| Episode No. | Season 3, Episode 3, # 19 |
| Directed by | Keith Samples |
| Written by | Tom Fontana |
| Original Air Date | July 28, 1999 |
| Episode Guide | |
| Previous Napoleon's Boney Parts |
Next Unnatural Disasters |
"Legs" is the third episode of the third season and the nineteenth overall episode of the HBO television series Oz. Written by Tom Fontana and directed by Keith Samples, it originally aired on July 28, 1999.
Plot[]
Narrations[]
I used to be a runner. Uh-huh. Not a marathoner, a runner. Marathons are bullshit. They're all hype. Some official picks a random day, and rain or cold, you're out pounding the pavement alongside 50,000 other dumb fucks. No, there are some things that's better to do all by yourself.
Prisoner number 99S233: Nikolai Stanislofsky. Convicted February 14, '99. Possession of stolen goods with intent to sell. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in 5.
"Hitting the wall." That's what they call it. The moment when you can't take it anymore, when you've pushed yourself and strained every muscle, when you think if you go one more step, your body will implode.
What I don't get are these treadmills. These people that just wanna run run run on a machine. I mean sure, you drop a few pounds, you tighten some sinews, but you still haven't gone anywhere. It's like being a hamster in one of them circly things in a cage. Me? I don't wanna be a hamster no more.
When you're in a race, you wanna win. You wanna win, no matter what it takes. Win at all costs. I was a sprinter. Yeah, I was great with the short distance. Man, you shoot that starting gun off and I would go! Fast! Man, I could travel the 50 yard dash in 6.5 seconds. No shit. I came at it natural. In my hood, you had to learn to run before you learned to walk.
Prisoner number 99S333. Andrew Peter Schillinger. Convicted February 16, '99. Murder in the second degree, possession of narcotics. Sentence: 50 years, up for parole in 20.
Deceased[]
Malcolm Coyle- Slashed to death by the Italians off-screen.
Unnamed- Dragged to death by Andrew Schillinger and other Aryans.
Crime Flashbacks[]
For a full list of the crime flashbacks in Oz, see List of All Crime Flashbacks.
- Nikolai Stanislofsky: Possession of stolen goods with intent to sell.
- Andrew Schillinger: Murder in the second degree, possession of narcotics.