OZ是奧茲瓦爾德最高戒備監獄（Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary）的簡(jiǎn)稱(chēng)。OZ《監獄風(fēng)云》是HBO第一部獨立制作并廣受好評的電視劇集，是一部叫人上癮、沉溺于其中劇情不能自拔的監獄生活肥皂劇。OZ是社會(huì )的一個(gè)縮影，囊括了所有能發(fā)生在監獄中的故事：幫派之爭，毒品交易，強暴，殺人，越獄，愛(ài)與恨……OZ也是個(gè)微型的小社會(huì )，舉凡美國社會(huì )常見(jiàn)的力量，如意大利幫、中國幫、愛(ài)爾蘭幫、穆斯林、同性戀 、新納粹等等，在其中都有體現。雖是監獄題材的集大成者，卻又遠遠不止是監獄。在OZ，沒(méi)有主角，沒(méi)有簡(jiǎn)單的善惡存在。誰(shuí)是邪惡的，誰(shuí)是英雄，無(wú)從簡(jiǎn)單的一概而論，每個(gè)人都在做出從他的角度和立場(chǎng)，最理所當然的選擇。

　　On Fran and Maxwell's honeymoon aboard the yacht, Fran falls overboard and Maxwell jumps in to rescue her. They manage to make it to a deserted island. There, they have some good times and bad times in their survival, but the worst ends up being a poisonous bite that Maxwell receives. He thinks he's going to die, but luckily for him, Fran watched daytime television in the past which gave her the necessary skills to tend to his illness. Meanwhile, they are noticed missing when the yacht docked at its first port without them. The Sheffield kids, Sylvia and Niles fear the worst. After a week of the Coast Guard not being able to locate any sign of Fran and Maxwell dead or alive, C.C. decides to take matters into her own hands.

如果不是C.C.撞見(jiàn)，麥斯威爾和弗蘭早就在奈爾斯旁邊的病床上做愛(ài)了。事后，弗蘭感到欣慰，他們之間終于有了些進(jìn)展。而麥斯威爾則依然猶豫不決，奈爾斯輕率地建議他讓弗蘭去做一些毫無(wú)意義的事情，比如重新裝修房間，好讓他有更多時(shí)間思考接下來(lái)該做什么。弗蘭一眼就看穿了麥斯威爾的所作所為。

從巴黎回家后，C.C.說(shuō)麥克斯韋爾只是看中了她的外貌才雇傭她，弗蘭欣喜若狂。為了查明真相，弗蘭嘗試與一位盲人約會(huì )。與此同時(shí)，麥克斯韋爾試圖收回他在飛機上告訴弗蘭的話(huà)。

　　Fran has had a pen pal named Lenny since the first grade. Fran and Lenny, through their letters, get along famously, almost like boyfriend/girlfriend. They agreed early on never to exchange photographs, but Lenny, coming to New York, wants to meet Fran in person. Maxwell is anxious to meet Lenny as he feels he's in competition with Lenny. Fran, on the other hand, is nervous to meet Lenny as she has exaggerated who "Fran Fine" is in her letters. But Fran agrees to meet Lenny at the Russian Tea Room, each identifying the other by the red rose worn on their lapels. Again, Maxwell is anxious to see Lenny, and accompanies Fran to the Russian Tea Room and stays with her until Lenny shows up. Fran and Maxwell are having a nice enough "date" of their own while they wait for Lenny, so nice that Fran almost doesn't care if Lenny shows up or not.