Behind every miracle is a maintenance crew.
The Emerald City glitters because someone polishes it. This series follows a rotating ensemble of ordinary Ozians — a tunnel engineer, a propaganda illustrator, a green-dye worker slowly going blind, an Animal who has learned to pass as human, a city guard with a crisis of conscience — as they navigate life under the Wizard's regime during the decade before Elphaba's arrival. Equal parts workplace drama and political thriller, it examines complicity, survival, and the specific moral weight of keeping a system functioning.