Overall narrative architecture across all 6 seasons
Story Structure — 6 Plot Phases
Season 1: Emerald City Genesis
Season 2: Riot Aftermath & Rebuilding
Season 3: Faction Wars & Political Shifts
Season 4: Institutional Crisis
Season 5: Descent & Advocacy
Season 6: Resolution & Reckoning
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
