"Prison Break" Sleight of Hand (2005)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Dwight H. Little

Writers:

Paul Scheuring (creator)
Nick Santora (written by)

TV Series:

"Prison Break" (2005)

Original Air Date:

7 November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Michael hands over an address to Falzone, allowing work to resume on the tunnel. Meanwhile, the VP enlists the help of a dangerous specialist.

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Witness Protection Program | Off The Grid | Instant Messaging | Tattooed Map

Cast

Dominic Purcell	...	Lincoln Burrows
Wentworth Miller	...	Michael Scofield
Robin Tunney	...	Veronica Donovan
Peter Stormare	...	John Abruzzi
Amaury Nolasco	...	Fernando Sucre
Marshall Allman	...	LJ Burrows
Wade Williams	...	Brad Bellick
Paul Adelstein	...	Paul Kellerman
Robert Knepper	...	Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell
Sarah Wayne Callies	...	Dr. Sara Tancredi
Muse Watson	...	Charles Westmoreland
Frank Grillo	...	Nick Savrinn
Rockmond Dunbar	...	Benjamin Miles 'C-Note' Franklin
Danny McCarthy	...	Daniel Hale
Peter J. Reineman	...	Gus Fiorello (as Peter Reinemann)

Company:

Rat Entertainment

Quotes:

Michael Scofield: Why are you so cynical?
Dr. Sara Tancredi: Michael, I think there's cynicism and there's realism.
Michael Scofield: And there's optimism, hope, faith.
Dr. Sara Tancredi: Thank you for trying to make me smile. But not today.
Michael Scofield: You never know.

Movie Connections:

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Michael is pressed by John Abruzzi to deliver Fibonacci to Falzone; otherwise the new P.I. team will find the hole on the floor. With the dilemma whether a good man should have to die to save his brother, Michael schedules a meeting with Falzone and gives the address of Otto Fibonacci in Canada. C-Note discovers the hole in the storage room and forces Michael to accept him in the P.I. crew. Meanwhile LJ is extremely depressed and Nick has a conversation with him about his father. Vice President Caroline Reynolds brings the dangerous specialist Quinn to supervise the work of Kellerman and Hale, and Kellerman advises her that she committed a serious mistake. Veronica and Nick discover that Ecofield is just a cover, receiving a high budget from the government for alternative fuel research but without any investment, patents or expenses. Further, they listen on television that the Vice-President has a large amount in her funds for her campaign to the White House.

I am impressed how good and tense is the plot of "Prison Break". The creator Paul T. Scheuring succeeded in growing a simple story of an innocent man sent to prison for the murder of the brother of the Vice-President of USA, to a great story of conspiracy. The screenplay makes the viewer anxious for the sequel, and I confess that my best expectations with this series have been superseded. In this episode, the reasons for the death of Terrence Steadman are becoming clearer and Michael's trick was fantastic. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "De Volta ao Plano de Fuga" ("Back to the Escaping Plan")