Warden Leo Glynn quotes from Oz

Leo Glynn

For the past 2 weeks, we have been in 24 hour lockdown. Now, I’m not gonna go into the specifics as to what caused the situation. You know it. I’ve brought you together to say this: When the lockdown ends, depends on you. It is my intention to put this prison back on a routine schedule. But, hear me good. If there is one single incident of race-related violence, I will lock you away again, black and white, 24-7, for the rest of your fucking lives.

Leo Glynn

You only see the world as black and white. Trust me, life is gray, as gray as these fucking walls.

Leo Glynn

Alvarez, you are in this shit hole because you are the lowest form of animal life. Do you understand me?

Warden Glynn

The librarian will no longer be available between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m.

Alvarez

That's because she's gonna be with me.

Leo Glynn

All right. Starting next month, the librarian will be available in the library from one to five PM Monday to Friday only.

Miguel Alvarez

Yeah, that's 'cause the rest of the time she gonna be with me.

Leo Glynn

What did you say?

Miguel Alvarez

Nothing. [Glynn signals the COs to remove Alvarez]

Miguel Alvarez

It's ten to 4:00, man.

Leo Glynn

Yeah?

Miguel Alvarez

Well, I haven't done dick all day, man. I been standing here. My mother and my sisters are coming in ten minutes.

Leo Glynn

You're right. You haven't done dick all day. Clean my bathroom.

Miguel Alvarez

What?

Leo Glynn

Clean the bathroom. The floor, the sink, scrub the toilet. When you're done, when it's spotless, go meet your family.

Miguel Alvarez

You fucking with me?

Leo Glynn

You're right, I'm fucking with you. The mop and the bucket are in there.

Leo, we're sorry to hear about your daughter.

Leo Glynn

Does everybody know?

Pretty much, yeah. Look, I can persuade Alvarez to give up the name of the prick who did this.

Leo Glynn

No, thanks.

Why not? Hey, why not? Why not?

Leo Glynn

First, I don't want to owe you any more favors. And second, and I know you won't understand this, but it's not right.

Right, wrong, right, wrong. There's such a fine line between it.

Leo Glynn

Not for me.

Leo Glynn

What happened?

Dr. Gloria Nathan

Schibetta was brought in, vomiting and pissing blood. My guess is he was poisoned.

Leo Glynn

Christ.

I want Adebisi. I want you to deliver Adebisi to me.

Leo Glynn

No.

No?

Leo Glynn

No! If Adebisi did this, I'll punish him, not you.

Leo...

Leo Glynn

Don't call me Leo!

Is that a threat or a joke?

Leo Glynn

My brother has turned himself in. You and I are done. Capice?

Pancamo and Schibetta were found unconscious, Schibetta's rectum bleeding. Could've been raped.

Leo Glynn

What do you mean "could've"?

He says he doesn't know what happened. He won't talk about it.

Leo Glynn

No, he knows. He's too ashamed to admit he took one up the ass. He won't talk, he'll just get even. I'm gonna fire the CO that let this happen. [Glynn walks off]

Peter. Peter. I just talked to the family. You're out. Somebody else is gonna be taking over operations here in Oz.

Lenny. Don't tell my father, ok?

Huh?

Don't tell my father.

Tim McManus

So before Metzger came to town, he lived in Montana where he was part of the White Supremacy Warriors.

Sister Peter Marie

You sure of this, Tim?

Tim McManus

I got a friend who works in the FBI who verified it.

Leo Glynn

Even so, you can't fire a man for what he did 15 years ago. I need proof that he's in cahoots with Vern Schillinger, that he's responsible for what happened to Busmalis, Beecher, and the others.

Tim McManus

Nobody will testify against Metzger.

Leo Glynn

Well, the union's not gonna let us do anything without evidence. He's also very popular with the other CO's. I don't need any more morale problems.

Tim McManus

So we let him stay on board till maybe he kills somebody?

Leo Glynn

I have no choice.

Tim McManus

Even though he thinks of you as a nigger?

Leo Glynn

What did you say?

Tim McManus

A nigger.

Leo Glynn

If you're trying to piss me off, you're succeeding. I don't want Metzger in this building one minute longer than you do. But if I'm going to take him down, I'm gonna need ammunition.

Tim McManus

All right. I'll see what I can do.

Leo Glynn

You must really love your son, Schillinger, to come in here and ask me for a favor. It must be chewing up your insides to have to stand here in my office begging me for your son's life. 'Cause this is what you're doing, right? Begging?

Yes.

Leo Glynn

Think of all the times I needed something from you and you just sit here with that stupid-ass grin on your face singing "doodah."

This is my son, goddamn it!

Leo Glynn

I thought you had two sons.

Yeah, I do.

Leo Glynn

Maybe you'll be luckier with the second.

Leo Glynn

What the hell happened?

Tim McManus

Howell and Diane got into a fight. Over me.

Leo Glynn

Christ.

Tim McManus

Look, don't. OK, Leo, I don't want to hear any of your sanctimonious bullshit.

Leo Glynn

I don't care what you want to hear. It's time you started taking responsibility for the shitstorms you create.

Tim McManus

What? That's all I do, all day, every day, is take responsibility, Leo. For every fucking thing in Em City. And all I've ever looked to you for is a little support.

Leo Glynn

I supported you.

Tim McManus

Yeah, like with the thing with Wangler? You took his side right away.

Leo Glynn

I did not!

Tim McManus

Yeah, you took his fucking side! Like you always do. Like you do with Hill, like you do with Said, and even Clayton Hughes. All the brothers. No matter which side of the law.

Leo Glynn

Are you saying I do that because they're black?

Tim McManus

Well, read the score card, pal, and add it up for yourself.

Leo Glynn

Fuck you, McManus!

Tim McManus

Yeah, fuck me!

Dr. Gloria Nathan

Guys, guys, everybody's listening.

The man's dying, Leo. I think in this case, ending his life would be a blessing.

Warden Glynn

But that's euthanasia. I thought your church was against euthanasia.

My church is against a lot of things I'm not.

I'm what we call a segment producer. Each of our shows is divided into four ten-minute stories, anchored by a different newsman. I work for Jack Eldridge.

Leo Glynn

Ah, I like Eldridge. He's a ball-buster. That piece you did on heating oil? You really tagged that corporate clown. Have a seat.

We want to do a three-part series on Oswald. You know, "inside one of America's toughest prisons."

Leo Glynn

No.

No?

Leo Glynn

Like I said, I saw what he did to that guy, and I don't want to be that guy.

What have you got to hide?

Leo Glynn

Nothing. But in the four years since we had the riot, life around here has been rough. Attitudes are just starting to settle down. You bring in a tv camera, you're going to stir the situation up.

Well, I've spoken to the Commissioner, and he's agreed.

Leo Glynn

I'll call the Governor.

He also agreed.

Leo Glynn

Well, if you already had permission, if you already knew it was a done deal, why'd you even ask me?

To get your honest reaction.

It's self defense. It's, it's motherfuckin' self defense. I got witnesses, you got nothin' on me. There was fuckin' 10 guys there.

Leo Glynn

Put him in the hole.

Get up.

Self defense!