"Prison Break" Allen (2005)

Director:

Michael W. Watkins

Writers:

Paul Scheuring (creator)
Paul Scheuring (written by)

TV Series:

"Prison Break" (2005)

Original Air Date:

29 August 2005 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Trouble is inevitable in the prison, with a race riot imminent. Michael has problems retrieving a screw from the bleachers. Veronica receives a security tape that shows Lincoln shooting Terrence Steadman.

Plot Keywords:

Tattooed Map | Cardsharp | Toe Cut Off | Brother | Prison

Cast

Dominic Purcell	...	Lincoln Burrows
Wentworth Miller	...	Michael Scofield
Robin Tunney	...	Veronica Donovan
Amaury Nolasco	...	Fernando Sucre
Marshall Allman	...	LJ Burrows (credit only)
Peter Stormare	...	John Abruzzi
Wade Williams	...	Brad Bellick
Sarah Wayne Callies	...	Dr. Sara Tancredi
Robert Knepper	...	Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell
Rockmond Dunbar	...	Benjamin Miles 'C-Note' Franklin
Muse Watson	...	Charles Westmoreland
Paul Adelstein	...	Paul Kellerman
Camille Guaty	...	Maricruz Delgado
Al Sapienza	...	Philly Falzone
Anthony Starke	...	Sebastian Balfour (credit only)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Company:

Rat Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: T-Bag, his cell-mate and Michael are in T-Bag's cell. His cell-mate is holding both the long screw and the stick in his hand, going to put the stick in Michael's pocket, but when his hand reaches Michael's pocket - the screw is gone.

Quotes:

Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell: Maybe you're one of them milk chickens, all confused-like? White on the outside, black as tar on the inside. Maybe we ought to take a look at them insides and find out, huh?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Prison Break: Odd Man Out (#1.12)" (2005)

All you gotta do is take this little pocket right here...

Freshly incarcerated in Fox River, Michael is soon beginning work on his escape plan by attempting to acquire the first integral instrument for it, before hitting his first integral problem: Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell.

Serving life imprisonment without ever been eligible for parole, Theodore Bagwell is undoubtedly one of the most dangerous inmates in Fox River who prays on younger men as sexual victims and makes Michael one of his targets by offering him his 'pocket' - in exchange for protection from other inmates. On top of this, escalating racial tensions in the prison, Abruzzi's impatience for the location of Fibonacci and Dr. Tancredi's queries about whether or not Michael does actually have diabetes all make sure Michael is going to be in for one hell of a ride every episode: even if he can find the time to continue with the escape plan!

But Robert Knepper is the real star of this episode and plays the part wonderfully, by opting to portray the character from a more charming, and even at times, comedic perspective rather than showing T-Bag's more sadistic and cruel nature all the time. He also successfully manages to bring in his own (what Knepper describes as) 'animalistic' qualities to the role to show T-Bag's more menacing side. Overall, he does a terrific job in making what should be a vile, hateful creature into a real fan-favourite who returns in a regular role to the series.