Tobias Beecher

Tobias Beecher was a respected lawyer who struggled with alcoholism. One night he got drunk and ran over a young girl named Kathy Rockwell filling him with guilt.He was offered a plea deal which would have allowed him to spend his sentence in a minimum security prison but he didn't want to spend any time as a convict and turned it down resulting him in being sent to Oswald Penitentiary.

Season 1

Beecher makes several attempts to be friendly with the inmates but they all shut him down. He is almost raped by his cellmate Simon Adebisi. Aryan leader Vern Schillinger advises him to asks unit manager Tim McManus to be moved into his pod. Beecher does so but realizes Vern was manipulating him after he is raped by Vern who also burns a swastika onto his butt. Later when Beecher wants to arrange a conjugal visit with his wife Schillinger takes the opportunity to humiliate him by making him loudly beg permission. After the conjugal is over Vern makes threats against Beecher's wife and children forcing him to destroy the only pictures of his family he had left. Beecher befriends fellow convict Ryan O'Reiley when he meets him in the library and agrees when Ryan asks him to look into his case. When Vern expresses disgust that the Muslim prisoners claim Jesus was African-American Beecher points out that it is actually very likely by pointing out that Jesus was from a place where most residents were African-American. Vern punishes Beecher for this by making him clean his shoes with his tongue.When Ryan sees Beecher crying over this he takes him to his cell and they get high together. Despite Vern's fury at Beecher's use of drugs he continues to get them from Ryan.

When Beecher discusses the upcoming execution of Jefferson Keane with Ryan he realizes that Keane was set up. Ryan becomes furious and threatens Beecher not to investigate any further.Beecher also asks Vern about the execution but he is happy about it due to his overt racism. Beecher gets himself placed in protective custody and tells Keane he plans to file an appeal on his behalf. Later in the library Beecher reads up on the death penalty so he can find ways to help Keane. When Vern enters Beecher lies and claims he is trying to help Ryan. Vern sees that he is looking up the death penalty and makes him eat pages out of the law book he was reading.After his failure to save Keane Beecher's heroin addiction worsens.

Schillinger makes Beecher wear women's make up and sing in the prison talent show to further his humiliation. Vern then tires of Beecher and gives him a t-shirt with the confederate flag on it in the hopes he will be killed by the Black inmates as he now wants his friend Scott Ross to replace Beecher as his cellmate. Beecher covers the shirt and runs to Ryan's pod, asking him for help. Ryan gives Beecher PCP to calm his nerves. Beecher then throws a chair at Vern's pod causing the glass to hit him and make his eyes bleed. Beecher later thinks back to all the horrible things Vern has done to him and attacks him in the gym before defecating on him. This earns him the respect of all the other prison inmates and some begin to fear him.

When a riot erupts in Oz Beecher takes the opportunity to confront Vern, taunting him that he would make sure he never got his parole. During the chaos of the riot Beecher sides with Ryan and defends his friend from an attack by the Muslims.

Season 2

When Beecher finds himself sharing a cell with James Robson,Robson tries forcing him to suck on his cock.However Beecher has learned to defend himself and bites the tip off his penis off. Beecher later confronts Vern and once again threatens to ruin his chances for parole.Vern seeks out others to kill Beecher for him but they refuse.He then attempts to blackmail C.O Dianne Whittlesy as he saw her kill Ross during the riot.It later turns out that Whittlesy had been recording her conversation with Schillinger and that Beecher had set him up.This gets another 10 years added to Vern's sentence. Beecher then talks to Vern in the mailroom and gloats about his victory.

Beecher later meets his new cellmate Chris Keller who he doesen't get along with.None the less Beecher saves Keller from a beating by aryan member Mark Mack though he is adamant that he did it out of hate for The brotherhood and no noble reason.After this Keller suggests they stick together and have each other's backs as no one else will and Beecher agrees.

Beecher learns his wife has killed herself and turns to Keller for comfort later realising he's in love with him however Keller is secretly working for Schillinger to hurt Beecher and is allowing him to think the attraction is mutual as a result. Schillinger later taunts Beecher over his wife's death and says he ordered it and made it look like a suicide but Beecher doesn't belive him.

On Schillinger's orders Keller tries to get Beecher to drink but Beecher refuses to break his sobriety. Keller is sent to the hole after Fighting a guard who caught them kissing.Due to missing his boyfriend Beecher begins drinking which was part of Vern's plan.While he is caught he refuses to implicate Keller.

Beecher contributes to the fund to send Bob Rebadow's dying grandson to disneyworld.Beecher later gets into a heated arguement with muslim leader Kareem Said who expreesses disaproval of his drinking.Beecher reminds Said that he failed to save Keane and sates the only person Said has ever really helped is himself.

After Keller returns and shows hostility against him Beecher's drinking worsens until corrupt c.o Karl Metzger who works under the aryan brotherhood brings Beecher to the gym where Keller reveals his betrayal.Keller and Schillinger then both attack Beecher and break several of his bones.

Season 3

Kelller realises that he has genuinely fallen for Beecher and says he's willing to do aanything to earn his forgiveness but Beecher says he will only forgive him if he testifies against Metzger and Schillinger.While Keller does so Beecher still won't forgive him and attacks him in the gym.Keller never sees his attacker and belives Schillinger was responsible but Beecher later tells him he was behind it.

When Schillinger's son Andrew arrives in oz Beecher saw a perfect opportunity to get back at his enemy by befriending the boy. He also takes part in O'reiley's plan to get Andy to kill himself with drugs. Beecher earns Andy's friendship after protecting him from Keller which was a staged fight that was part of their plan. Beecher gained more favor with Andy by comforting him when he went through witdrawl and seemingly getting him of drugs. After Andy renounces his family's idealology Schillinger uses his connections to have his son thrown in solitary and arrange for him to be given heroin knowing he would kill himself with the drug.Keller and O'reiley are happy with this but Beecher is horrfied with himself and guilt-ridden.

Beecher seeks guidance from Said who counsels him to forgive schillinger and Keller. Beecher approaches Vern and offers to help him find his missing son,Hank to make things up to him.Schilllinger angrily refuse and attacks Tobias but Beecher's life is saved by the inteference of Keller and Said.Beecher finally forgives Keller and gets McManus to transfer him back into his cell.

Season 4

After getting advice from Said Beecher has a Private investigator from his father's law firm track down Hank.Beecher then has to pay Hank as he refuses to see his father otherwise.After learning Beecher arranged the visit Schillinger is convinced he is trying to get revenge and has Hank kidnap Beecher's children. Hank severs the hand of Beecher's son Gary and mails it to the prison.After he is told Keller is a suspect in the kidnapping Beecher tries to kill him leading to a rift between the couple.Keller refuses to forgive him and Beecher has sex with other inmates to spite him.

Beecher puts a hit on Hank through italian-american mob boss Chucky Pancamo.When he talks with Said he realises this will just lead to more pointless bloodshed and attempts to call of the hit,Pancamo reveals it's too late but assures him that the body will never be found.

When Said refuses to help Leeroy Tidd convert to islam Beecher tries to convince his friend to give Tidd a second chance.

During this time Beecher and Schillinger decide to forgive each other for their transgressions and willingly participate in Sister Pete's victim/offender programme. After Beecher's parole is denied he is confronted in the library by Schillinger and the other aryans who taunt him and try to start a fight however Said shanks Schillinger to defend his friend.

Season 5

Beecher feels Schillinger's actions against him were justified and agrees when Sister Petr asks him to mediate between Said and Schillinger in order to prevent a war betwen the Muslims and the Aryan Brotherhood. After Hank's body is found Keller is moved back to Oz but Is put in death row and isolated from the genneral population,also making him isolated from Beecher. When convicted Rapists Adam Gunzel and Franklin Winthrop arrive in Oz Beecher remembers that the former was a family friend. When Winthrop is immediately raped by the Aryans Beecher looks for a way to protect him.

he decides to Ask Pancamo to give Gunzel his protection. Pancamo hates Vern after he put him in hospital as revenge for Hank's death and gladly agrees to Beecher's request. The Aryans try to rape Gunzel but he is saved by Pancamo's underling Frank Urbano which angers Vern.

As part of his plan to be able to rape Gunzel Schillinger plans to turn him against Beecher by having Winthrop reveal to the homophobic Gunzel that Beecher had several homosexual encounters.This causes Gunzel to turn on Beecher and attack him. Schillinger then offers Beecher a job in the mail room,allowing him to see Keller if he rescinds his protection of Gunzel.Beecher refused but after Gunzel again attacked him after Beecher tried to warn him that the bikers were settting him up, he had enough and Gave into Vern's demands.

Beecher was sick over guilt for his part in Gunzel's rape and encouraged Sister Pete to talk to him. Vern feared that Gunzel would inform on the brotherhood and set Gunzel up to die. Following this Beecher ratted on Vern in an effort to protect Winthrop being raped any further.

Season 6

Beecher is transferred to Unit.J  to keep him safe from the arryans. Winthrop Kills Beecher's father to earn membership in the brotherhood. In the meantime Beecher saves Innate Mayor Wilson Lowen from choking on his  food. Beecher  did not know Lowen  was a family friend of Schillinger's. This allows Beecher to make his parole as Vern demands that none of his henchman interfere.

Beecher shows his gratitude to Keller by using his legal knowledge to help him escape death row.  Beecher late tells Keller  that he's fallen in love with his daughter's teacher and that he is now dating her. Filled with jealousy Keller  makes up a story  about his sick ex-wife needing illegal medicine and asks him to deliver it, then arranges for him to be caught by the cops.

Vern  offers  to renew his friendship with Keller now that he and Beecher hate each other and begins plotting with Chris to Kkl Beecher however Keller betrays Vern and gets him killed( by telling him he'll give him a real blade during the Macbeth play but actually giving it to Beecher) in order to protect Beecher.

Beecher also considers making a few with the FBI to get Keller sent back to death row.

Keller then pleads to be forgiven by Beecher who rejects him for the final  time. Keller then kills himself but shouts "Don't" to Beecher in order to implicate him in his death. This eliminated My chances for Beecher's FBI deal and likely caused him to be sent to Death Row.