The mom is portrayed as pretty annoying, but Oz really loves her, probably because she is all that he has left. I don't think he really gives a fuck about the money or even the power. I think he just wants people to respect him as a good person. That's all he seems to want from his mom too. Just acknowledge he is quality and not some runner up to his brothers who she clearly loves more than him.
Yea, that point was mentioned with the Falcone kid (the druggy) earlier, right? But it just doesnt match up with a lot of the shit he does. He may ultimately want to be loved and respected, but his choices in the series so far do not make him that. So it kind of felt like, to me anyways, that it was a ham-fisted way of trying to give him a villain arc.
They did do something like this in Gotham, maybe that's a character arc for Penguin in the comics too, no idea.
