The Routine

"**The Routine**"
"The Routine"
Oz episode
	Dino Ortolani introduces Tobias Beecher to Emerald City
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 1
Directed by	Darnell Martin
Written by	Tom Fontana
Production code	101
Original air date	July 12, 1997
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"The Routine" is the pilot and first episode of the HBO prison drama television series Oz.^[1] Written by Tom Fontana and directed by Darnell Martin, it aired originally on July 12, 1997.

^ HarperEntertainment (2003). Oz: behind these walls: the journal of Augustus Hill. New York: HarperEntertainment. ISBN 0-06-052133-3. OCLC 51241977.

[Oz_book-1] HarperEntertainment (2003). Oz: behind these walls: the journal of Augustus Hill. New York: HarperEntertainment. ISBN 0-06-052133-3. OCLC 51241977.

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