Prison Break

So by all the comments I feel like you guys have been getting a little bored of all the drama-filled, teenage, soap-opera shows. So, we’re going to switch it up a little bit. This weeks blog post is going to be about a more adult themed show called Prison Break.

Prison Break was an American television drama series created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on Fox for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison.

The first season follows the rescue of Lincoln Burrows, who is accused of murdering Terrence Steadman, the brother of Vice President of the United States Caroline Reynolds. Lincoln is sentenced to death and is incarcerated in Fox River State Penitentiary where he awaits his execution. Lincoln’s brother, a smart structural engineer named Michael Scofield, is convinced of Lincoln’s innocence and devises an escape plan. In order to gain access to Fox River, Michael commits an armed robbery which results in his being sentenced to Fox River. In prison, Michael befriends the prison doctor Sara Tancredi when he pretends to suffer from Type 1 diabetes, in order to gain daily access to the prison’s infirmary. The brothers’ fight to stay the execution is helped by their lifelong friend Veronica Donovan, who begins to investigate the conspiracy that put Lincoln in jail. However, they are being hunted by covert agents, members of an organization known as The Company. The Company was responsible for framing Lincoln, and they did so because of Lincoln’s father, Aldo Burrows, and his former connections to the company. The brothers, along with six other inmates, Fernando Sucre, Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell, Benjamin “C-Note” Franklin, David “Tweener” Apolskis, John Abruzzi, and Charles “Haywire” Patoshik, who come to be known as the Fox River Eight, escape in the season finale.

The second season begins eight hours after the escape, focusing mainly on the eight escapees. The fugitives split up and journey to locations across the country with the authorities close behind them as they each pursue their individual goals. Several of the escapees reunite in search of a large cache of money buried long ago by another Fox River inmate, Charles Westmoreland. Federal agent Alexander Mahone is assigned to track down and capture the eight fugitives, but is revealed to be working for The Company, which wants all eight men dead. When Sara discovers her father, Governor Frank Tancredi, has been killed, she meets with Michael, remaining with him as the brothers try to bring down President Reynolds, a Company member. To ensure the brothers’ safety, Sara allows herself to be arrested. Half of the escapees are killed or recaptured, but the brothers make it to Panama. Michael, T-Bag, and Mahone are arrested by the Panamanian authorities and imprisoned at the Penitenciaría Federal de Sona.

The third season follows both Michael inside Sona and Lincoln on the outside in Panama. Sona is a prison that has been run by the inmates and guarded only from the outside due to a riot the year before. Burrows is quickly contacted by Gretchen Morgan who kidnapped his son LJ and Sara, the woman Michael loves. The season follows Michael’s trying to formulate an escape plan. Sucre gets a job at the prison to aid Michael in his escape plan. When Lincoln attempts to rescue Sara and LJ following a clue provided by Sara, Gretchen claims to have beheaded Sara and sends Lincoln a head in a box as a warning. As the season ends, the pair manage to escape along with Mahone. Sucre’s identity is discovered by a prison guard and he is thrown into Sona just after the escape. LJ and Sofia are traded, and Michael seeks revenge against Gretchen for Sara’s death.

I really recommend this show because its one of those that you have to keep watching because each episode ends on a cliff hanger. Its really exciting and a change of pace if you like action shows.