Franklin Winthrop

Franklin Winthrop is a fictional character in the HBO series Oz, played by Andy Powers. Image File history File links FWinthrop. ... Image File history File links FWinthrop. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable television network. ... Oz is the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by HBO. The show, which aired for six seasons (1997-2003), was created by Tom Fontana and produced by Barry Levinson. ...

Character overview

A well-off, educated, suburban white male, Winthrop is imprisoned because he assisted his best friend Adam Guenzel in beating and raping a woman while intoxicated. Inside, he is immediately targeted as weak and becomes the sex slave of Vernon Schillinger and the Aryan Brotherhood. Later, he offers Schillinger a deal to join the brotherhood, and gets in. He dies at the hands of Chris Keller shortly afterwards. Adam Guenzel is played by Mike Doyle and is a prisoner on the HBO drama Oz. ... Sexual slavery is a special case of slavery which includes various different practices: forced prostitution (which can include religious prostitution) single-owner sexual slavery slavery for primarily non-sexual purposes where sex is common or permissible In general, the nature of slavery means that the slave is de facto available... Vern Schillinger Vernon Schillinger is a character, played by American actor J.K. Simmons, on the television show Oz. ... Vern Schillinger and the Aryans in the Cafeteria The Aryan Brotherhood in the TV series Oz is a gang of White Supremacist inmates led by Vernon Schillinger. ... Chris Keller. ...

Season 5

Winthrop arrives in Oz with Adam Guenzel for raping a woman. He is sentenced to 28 years, up for parole in 7, and sent to Unit B. Guenzel is sent to Em City with family friend Tobias Beecher. Winthrop and Guenzel are both unfit for prison and thereby ideal sex slaves for both black and white inmates. Inside Unit B, Winthrop is approached by an overweight black inmate named Clarence Seroy, who attempts to rape him. Winthrop is "saved" by Aryan Brotherhood members Vernon Schillinger and James Robson; As Winthrop is new to prison, he does not realize that the Aryans in Oz are sexual predators themselves who pull this routine often to turn naive white inmates into their sex toys. He is told that he will be protected, but the protection will cost him sexual servitude to the Aryans. Still in shock, Winthrop realizes he has no choice and allows the Aryans to rape him. In the cafeteria, Robson parades him with a tied up shirt, pigtails, and makeup. He is whistled at by various inmates as Guenzel looks on in disgust. Parole can have different meanings depending on the area and judiciary system. ... Tobias Beecher. ... Clarence Seroy is a fictional character played by Emmanuel Yarborough on the HBO drama Oz. ... James Robson James Robson is a fictional character in the television series, Oz, portrayed by R.E. Rodgers. ...

When Guenzel, who is virulently homophobic, is transferred to Unit B, he insults Winthrop. Schillinger rapes him shortly afterwards, and eventually kills him. Beecher, who agreed to sell Guenzel out to the Aryans, is so guilt-ridden that he testifies against Schillinger, who is sent to the isolation ward. Winthrop remains as the Aryan's main girlfriend. Homophobia is the fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. ...

Season 6

Winthrop eventually tires of being the Aryans' toy, and asks to be a full-fledged member of the gang. Schillinger initially refuses, but Winthrop offers to kill Beecher's father, who is helping inmate Chris Keller appeal a death sentence. Schillinger accepts Winthrop's deal. Winthrop pays off a guard to lock Beecher's father in a hall, and Winthrop stabs him to death. Winthrop is then let into the Aryan Brotherhood as a soldier. Chris Keller. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ...

Once Keller's death sentence is overturned on appeal, he avenges Beecher's father by luring Winthrop into a closet and murdering him.