The others are Bob Rebadow, Ryan O'Reily, Miguel Alvarez, Arnold "Poet" Jackson, Sister Peter Marie Reimondo, Tim McManus, Father Ray Mukada, and Dr. Gloria Nathan.

He is offered a plea bargain that would have allowed him to serve his sentence in a minimum security prison, but Beecher, not wanting to do any time at all, instead goes to trial seeking an acquittal.

The effort fails and the judge, a family friend of the Beechers, decides to make an example of him and sentences him to 15 years in the Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary ("Oz") with a chance for parole after four.

Beecher quickly learns that he is out of his element when he witnesses fellow arrival Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo) getting shanked right before entering Cell Block E, or "Emerald City."

This is quickly noticed by prison psychologist Sister Peter Marie Reimondo (Rita Moreno), who arranges for Beecher to attend group drug counseling.

Beecher then seeks out Schillinger, smashes the acrylic glass wall of his cell, and sends a broken shard flying into his eye.

When a riot erupts in Em City, Beecher sides with O'Reily in the chaos, defending him from an attack by the Muslims, as neither belongs to any strong gangs.

Upon his release from isolation, Beecher threatens to manipulate Sister Pete's psychiatric reports to ruin Schillinger's chances at parole.

He resorts to blackmailing corrections officer Diane Whittlesey (Edie Falco) with knowledge that she had shot prisoner Scott Ross (Steven Gavedon) during the riot.

Unit Manager Tim McManus (Terry Kinney) also forces Beecher to confront the judge who sentenced him; she expresses remorse for her ruling and apologizes to him.

After driving Beecher to start drinking again, the two corner him with the help of an Aryan guard, Karl Metzger (Bill Fagerbakke), and break his arms and legs.

When Schillinger's son Andy (Frederick Koehler) is sent to Oz, Beecher befriends the young man and arranges to share a cell with him.

Beecher feels guilty for his part in Andy's death and, following advice from Muslim leader Kareem Saïd (Eamonn Walker), resolves to ask forgiveness from Keller and Schillinger.

Beecher tries to bury the hatchet with Schillinger further by having a private investigator at his father's law firm search for his younger son Hank (Andrew Barchilon).

Upon learning that Hank has been acquitted due to a legal technicality, he approaches Chucky Pancamo (Chuck Zito) in order to commission a hit.

Shortly after, Keller is transferred back to Oz and, now suspected of a series of murders, is isolated from the general population and Beecher.

Afterwards, convicted rapists Franklin Winthrop (Andy Powers) and Adam Guenzel (Mike Doyle) arrive in Oz, the latter being a friend of Beecher's family.

Schillinger forces Winthrop, now a sex slave for the Aryans, to tell the homophobic Guenzel about Beecher's past relationships with men and spread false rumors about the pair.

Schillinger offers to let Beecher reunite with Keller if he convinces McManus to transfer Guenzel to a cell block where the Italians won't protect him.

Beecher's father, Harrison (Edward Herrmann), appeals Keller's death sentence until Winthrop kills him to join the Aryans.