"Prison Break" (2005) TV series 2005-2009

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Creator:

Paul Scheuring

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Breaking out was easy, getting away will be hard (Season 2).

Plot:

Due to a political conspiracy an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out from the inside out.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Death Row | Conspiracy | Murder | Self Sacrifice

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 21 nominations

Cast

Dominic Purcell	...	Lincoln Burrows (79 episodes, 2005-2009)
Wentworth Miller	...	Michael Scofield (79 episodes, 2005-2009)
Amaury Nolasco	...	Fernando Sucre (79 episodes, 2005-2009)
Robert Knepper	...	Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell (79 episodes, 2005-2009)
Wade Williams	...	Bradley 'Brad' Bellick / ... (67 episodes, 2005-2008)
Sarah Wayne Callies	...	Dr. Sara Tancredi (67 episodes, 2005-2009)
William Fichtner	...	Alexander Mahone (57 episodes, 2006-2009)
Paul Adelstein	...	Paul Kellerman (46 episodes, 2005-2009)
Marshall Allman	...	LJ Burrows (44 episodes, 2005-2008)
Rockmond Dunbar	...	Benjamin Miles 'C-Note' Franklin (40 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe	...	Gretchen Morgan / ... (35 episodes, 2007-2009)

Also Known As:

"Prison Break: On the Run" (Australia) (second season title)
"The Break" (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

42 min (plus commercials) | 60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | South Africa:PG (13V) (TV rating) | South Africa:PG (13V) (DVD rating) | UK:12 (some episodes) | UK:15 (some episodes) | Australia:M | Ireland:18 (Season 1 DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Malaysia:18PL | Germany:16 (TV rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 2 DVD rating) | Singapore:PG (season 1) (season 2) (season 3) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Hungary:16 (some episodes) | New Zealand:R16 (season 3) | Australia:MA (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Building One, Studios at Las Colinas - 6301 North O'Connor Road, Irving, Texas, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Thirteen episodes had originally been ordered but due to the success of the show, Fox extended it to a full season.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The two brothers and the other convicts are all going for the D.B. Cooper's five million, which was stolen several decades ago. There are design changes in the US Dollar bills so how are they going to use the buried five million? While there have been several design changes to US currency, this does not mean the money cannot be used. It is still considered legal tender. However, money taken in the D.B. Cooper heist just showing up all of a sudden in circulation would be a little eye-brow raising.

Quotes:

Dr. Marvin Gudat: I can promise you nothing.
Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell: Story of my life.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Making of 'Prison Break' (2006) (V)

Breaking out of prison has never been this exciting

I love this series, and I'm sure a million other viewers will agree with me. I've been watching it religiously since Day 1 and have the Fall Finale episode on a blank tape. I'll admit that I only turned on the T.V. on a Monday in August because I thought Wentworth Miller was beautiful, one of the reasons for the show's success, but now I have been drawn into the show's story and its "colorful" characters.

The prisoners of Prison Break may seem different, but in a way they're all very alike: They all want to break out of Prison. We love and hate these characters. Although some seem ruthless on the surface, each prisoner has his own story to tell, and his own reason for breaking of jail, reasons that viewers commiserate with and make them root for them. Michael Scofield plays a rich engineer and a modest genius who deliberately robs a bank to land himself in Fox River Pententiary, the same prison where his brother-Lincoln Burrows, framed for the murder of the Vice President's brother, is being held until the day of his execution. Scofield had helped design the prison, so he had the blueprints tattooed onto his body. An unrealistic decision made by a brother for a brother, but Scofield's a mastermind, and has had everything planned out down to the tiniest possibilities. If viewers find Michael walking into a dead end in his escape, be assured that he'll, or someone else, will find a way out of it.

Beyond the bars, Veronica Donivan, Lincoln's ex-girlfriend and an attorney, works to legitimately exonerate Lincoln. Whether his exoneration and his escape occur at the same time, we don't know, but her work to shed light on Burrow's innocence will most likely be a cushion for Lincoln's escape-so that he and his brother aren't treated as fugitives. Veronica and Nick, another attorney who's hopped along for the ride, are pursued by a ruthless and slightly more empathetic "Secret Service" agents working for a mysterious blonde woman whom viewers only see the mouth and hands of as she speaks on the phone.

And what is drama without a little romance? Chemistry bubbles between Michael and Dr. Sarah Tancredi, the reserved prison doctor who builds a wall between her and other prisoners, but she's willing to make an exception with Michael. How could she not, when he's gazing at her intensely with those blue eyes while she's giving him those insulin shots...meanwhile she delves into Michael's life and uncovers secrets about him that only make him more mysterious to her, and the wall between them grows taller.

Now we all wonder...will Veronica ever prove Lincoln's innocence without being killed first? AND will Michael and his brother ever break out of Prison with the rest of the crew? What will happen to them afterward? And for the romantics, will Michael and Sara ever drop all pretenses and just hook up? Just watch the Prison Break DVD or just wait until March 20...Unfortunately.