Tobias Beecher

Tobias Beecher is one of the main protagonists of OZ, a TV show taking place in a dangerous prison.

Out of the protagonists, Beecher is perhaps the most unlucky. Once a respected lawyer from a wealthy familly, he accidently killed a young woman when he was driving drunk. He was sent to Oswalt jail.

Tobias has no street skills, which makes him the perfect target for the other inmates. He quickly becomes Vernon Schillinger's sex slave. After being abused and humiliated in every possible way all through season 1 (and taking drugs to cope with it) Beecher has a mental breackdown, then beats and humiliates Schillinger at his turn. He later becomes calmer, and is no longer a victim.

Most of Beecher's storyline focuses on his conflict with Schillinger, which becomes more and more personnal and sadistic. It culminates to the deaths of their sons, despite all Beecher's attemps to make peace with his enemy.

Beecher's story also focuses on his love/hate relashionship with Chris Keller. Both deeply love each other, but Keller's sociopathic tendecies and Beecher's pride takes them into hurting each other for completly childish reasons.

Beecher evolves through his time in jail, and despite his growing violence, or all the tragedy his familly goes through, he never stops to try to be a good, or at least sensible person.