"Orpheus Descending" is the sixth episode of the second part of the fourth season and the thirty-eighth overall episode of the HBO television series Oz.
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Back in the old Greek times, there lived a man named Orpheus. Loved his wife. Took it easy on the Uzo. Played a mean guitar. Upstanding guy. So, what'd the almighty Gods do? They fucked with him. Made his life Hades. Why? Because that's what those in power do to those of us with none.
So, Orpheus' wife's strolling along, gets bitten by a snake and dies. Orpheus freaks out and heads down into the underworld to demand that his lady be returned. Then some goddess says, "Okay, on one condition. If you look at her before you get back to Earth, she'll disappear." With like 10 feet to go, motherfucker turns around, and wifey's sent right back to Hell. Orpheus should have known better. You don't fuck with the Gods.
So, Orpheus returns to Earth, alone, sad, and what happens? Do the townspeople console him? Fuck no, they blame him for his failure and tear him to bits, literally. And then they throw his organs in the river. All this 'cause he let his family down, 'cause he took one last look at someone he loved. The Gods don't have a sentimental bone in their bodies.
Prisoner number 01C972, Padraic Connelly. Arrested February 28th, 2001. Illegal entry into the United States. Being held pending deportation.
Myths are supposed to teach us something. But what's the life lesson in this sad tale of Orpheus? No good deed goes unpunished? Fuck that. Ain't no such thing as a good deed. Love conquers all. Never has, never will. Maybe the moral of the story is that those in power are just as fucked up as those who ain't, and the worst anybody can do is give up his or her own power to some butt-heads on Mt. Olympus, because if they're so fucking powerful, how'd they let us get away with all this shit in the first place? Answer me that.
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Carl Jenkins - Hung self in cell
Moses Deyell - Jumped out of moving van attempting to escape
John Basil - Stabbed in chest by Clayton Hughes
Captain Harley - Killed at unknown time off-screen by Padraic Connolly
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Padraic Connelly: Illegal entry into the United States