Leo Glynn - Season 3

Season 3

This season starts out with issues pertaining to CO Karl Metzger. A number of incidents involving the Aryan Brotherhood have occurred and Tim McManus thinks Metzger is responsible. McManus' suspicions are true when it is discovered that Metzger used to belong to a White Supremacist organization and Glynn is urged to take action. Glynn refuses to take action until there is hard evidence that Metzger is working with Vernon Schillinger and the Aryans. This move surprises McManus who points out to Glynn that Metzger only thinks of Glynn as a Nigger. Chris Keller then comes forward and Vernon Schillinger is placed in solitary and Metzger is found murdered. Glynn later approves the hiring of Sean Murphy as the head CO of Emerald City who is a life long friend of Tim McManus. Murphy starts a boxing program in Oz where one inmate from each group will be represented in the boxing tournament. Meanwhile, Augustus Hill with the help of Kareem Saïd testifies against inmate Malcolm Coyle for murdering an Italian American family without getting caught. Glynn informs the DA but is too late as the Italians led by Antonio Nappa protect Hill through murdering Coyle. Glynn also must deal with letting Miguel Alvarez redeem himself for blinding Rivera by interactions with Sister Pete. In the midst of this, the Latinos are caught dealing drugs and after being unsuccessfully interrogated by Glynn, they make an attempt on the life of Miguel.

Glynn has a major issue when Clayton Hughes applies for a job at Oz. Hughes' father Samuel was an African American CO and Glynn's best friend who died working in Oz in 1982. As a result, Leo is the closest thing Clayton has to a father since Sam's death and he ardently refuses to hire Clayton as he fears for his safety. Leo hires Clayton however to the objections of his mother, Lenore as Clayton did well enough in CO training to be hired immediately in another State Prison. Glynn keeps a close eye on Clayton who ends up working in Em City. In Em City, Hughes messes up on more than one occasion and he is transferred to the library as a result. Glynn must also tell Hughes about the details pertaining to the death of Samuel and this puts Clayton in a very disturbed state. Things are made worse for Clayton when inmate Simon Adebisi tells him that it was a racially motivated killing of Samuel.

Throughout the season, Glynn must deal with Tim McManus and a rising racial tension inside of Oz. McManus is accused of sexually harassing CO Claire Howell and inmate Kenny Wangler. Because of McManus' sexual habits of bed hopping and womanizing, Glynn does not know what to believe and warns McManus that if any of this is true, he will be fired. Later, as Glynn confronts McManus for the "shit storms" he has created, McManus rebuts that Glynn's judgment is clouded for racial reasons. McManus points out to Leo that he has automatically taken the side of any Black inmate or staff member when issues pertaining to him arise and Glynn is extremely angered by this. At the same time the racial tension is on the rise in Oz due to the boxing tournament and a manipulative secret plan of black inmate Simon Adebisi. The boxing tournament is put on hold when the Aryan and Muslim inmates fight but Ryan O'Reily and Hamid Khan convince Glynn to let the finals happen. The finals end in tragedy fueling to the emotional fire between the inmates and Glynn is forced to lock down the prison. As Glynn puts the prison in lock down, Hughes comes to him stating that they should be helping the black inmates out instead of punishing them. Glynn then states he feels no sense of brotherhood towards any of the black inmates in Oz and then fires Hughes. As Hughes is fired and the prison is in lock down, Clayton gives Adebisi a gun as a going away gift.