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SEASON 1 Wangler is sent to Oz for murder and is immediately seen as a target. After he complements Kareem Said , Said tries to convert him to Islam but his heroin addiction keeps him off the straight and narrow path. Adebisi suggests to current Homeboy leader Jefferson Keane to let him in so that the Homeboys can more easily wipe out the Italians. He helps Adebisi kill Italian Joey D'Angelo in the kitchen and proves that he has a place in the gang. He robs elderly inmate Bob Rebadow for no apparent reason other than it is easy to do so and is choked by Unit Manager Tim McManus for his behavior and lack of respect. Throughout the season up to the riot, Wangler remains a key drug dealer and user who almost goes insane during the riot from Withdrawal . SEASON 2 In General Population, Wangler goes through severe heroin withdrawal and is Assault ed by the guards. He is let back into Em City, and McManus tells him to get his GED . In the classroom, Wangler is disrespectful and verbally berates several inmates, especially Poet , who has a talent for writing. He almost flips out when asked to read and then it is discovered that he is Illiterate . McManus proposes that he learn how to read instead of mopping floors; he takes the deal and his behavior improves as he becomes more literate. Adebisi, however, is not amused by Wangler getting more educated so he forces him to stop going to class and tears up a book that McManus gave him. Wangler's behavior worsens as a result, and he is not allowed to walk the stage at graduation when McManus decides he is too much of a discipline problem. Wangler then gets back into the routine and berates the Italian inmates after Adebisi takes out their most powerful members. As Adebisi becomes increasingly unstable, it becomes clear that he cannot lead the Homeboys. The Italians offer Wangler a partnership if he kills Jara, the man responsible for salvaging Adebisi. He kills Jara with the help of Junior Pierce , his main sidekick in the Homeboys. Adebisi goes to the psych ward as a result. Also, Poet comes back to Oz after killing a man while on parole and Wangler and Pierce are the only ones who hang with him. SEASON 3 Malcolm Coyle arrives and becomes Wangler's new sidekick sidekick. Coyle is beaten by the entire gang in the gym as a loyalty test that is often performed in their housing project neighborhoods. Wangler proves that he is worthy of being in their gang to Antonio Nappa . Adebisi is released from the psych ward and the other Homeboys, especially Coyle and Pierce, plot to kill hem. Nappa, however, tells them to stand back for the time being. Wangler is upset when Coyle is kicked out of the kitchen on Nappa's suspicions. Later Augustus Hill testifies against Coyle for murdering an Italian-American family, and Wangler seeks revenge. With the help of Kareem Said , Antonio Nappa , Carmen Guerra , and Vernon Schillinger , Hill is protected and Coyle is killed by the Italians so that the Homeboys learn a lesson about seeking revenge. Wangler represents the Homeboys in the boxing tournament and falls quickly to heavier, fitter Muslim inmate Hamid Khan . Wangler and Poet, angered at the loss to the Muslims, expose Kareem Said for having sexual thoughts about a white woman. As a result Said is deemed unfit to run the Muslims. Later, Wangler's mother visits, telling him that his girlfriend is cheating on him with a man he despises, who is also assaulting his infant son. He has Pierce make a phone call to their outside connections, who murder his wife and her boyfriend. Feigning Remorse , he attends the funeral. While he is gone, Adebisi cuts a deal with Chucky Pancamo , who is now the head of the Italians, and with the help of the Latinos, burned Poet and Pierce severly. Adebisi is Wangler's cellmate now, and he is at his old enemy's mercy. Adebisi ties Wangler to the bed naked on a daily basis and Rape d. He then forces Wangler to accuse Tim McManus of Sexual Harassment . McManus transfers Wangler to Unit B and Wangler accepts Adebisi's plan to get rid of McManus and have a black man run Em City. Poet and Pierce get out of the hospital wanting to kill Adebisi, but Wangler tells them to cool off for the time being. On New Year's Eve , amid the racial tension, Wangler, Poet, and Pierce lead the Black inmates in a chant throughout Unit B to set Augustus Hill free from solitary. SEASON 4 Adebisi gets Wangler, Poet, and Pierce back into Em City against McManus' wishes. While inside, Adebisi is trying to find someone to shoot off a gun so that McManus can be exposed as incompetent and unfit to run Em City. A new inmate, an insecure white man named Guilliame Tarrant, arrives in Oz and is an immediate target for Wangler, Poet, and Pierce; They steal his shoes and bully him regularly. Seeing this, Adebisi places the gun in his cell, and the next day Tarrant kills Wangler and Pierce in addition to two other inmates and a security guard before committing Suicide . |
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