Episode list

26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.

Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.

The idealistic prison officer Eva is faced with the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past gets transferred to the prison where she works.

In 1971, twenty-four male students are selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.