The Tip

Summary

In the aftermath of the riot that killed six inmates and two officers, Oz is locked down, and Emerald City prisoners are sent either to solitary or "gen pop." A special committee is appointed to investigate the riot and Governor Devlin's handling of it. The committee's leader is law-school Dean Alvah Case, who roams Oz questioning inmates and officers alike. Inside a gen-pop prisoner named James Robson demands that Beecher perform oral sex on him, and gets a painful tip in return. Case determines that the death of inmate Scott Ross during the riot was no accident-but is the truth better left untold?

Guest stars

• J.D. Williams as Kenny Wangler
• Charles S. Dutton as Professor Alvah Case
• Paul Schulze as Officer Rick Heim
• Cotter Smith as Judge Benjamin Fee
• Kate Rigg as Reporter
• Željko Ivanek as Governor James Devlin
• Tim Hopper as Rick Donn
• Rick Fox as Jackson Vahue