"Prison Break" The Old Head (2005)

Director:

Jace Alexander

Writers:

Paul Scheuring (creator)
Monica Macer (written by)

TV Series:

"Prison Break" (2005)

Original Air Date:

24 October 2005 (Season 1, Episode 8)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Veronica and LJ must go into hiding, while Michael unwittingly provides Westmoreland's motivation to aid the escape.

Plot Keywords:

Tattooed Map | Brother | Reference To Johnny Cash | Prison | Death Row

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
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Lisa Rix
Danny McCarthy	...	Daniel Hale
Stacy Keach	...	Warden Henry Pope

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Joliet Prison - Collins Street, Joliet, Illinois, USA

Company:

Rat Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nick Savrinn is taking the boxes out of the car he asks Veronica to help him out because there are five boxes. When Lucas is using the dolly to bring the boxes inside, there are only four boxes and neither Nick or Veronica is carrying one.

Quotes:

Charles "The Old Head" Westmoreland: Maybe I did hurt my knee. I did steal that car, and I did accidentally hit that poor lady. But how could I have hijacked a plane in Portland on November 24 when I was in Folsom finishing up a 30-day drunk and disorderly?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Prison Break: J-Cat (#1.17)" (2006)

Doing for Their Country

Warden Pope asks Captain Bellick to find the murderer of Bob at any cost. Meanwhile Michael needs to access a restricted storage room that is also a private recreation room of the C.O.s, and the only prisoner with free access is DB. He invites DB to join his team, but the old man refuses the invitation. Meanwhile a bomb explodes at Veronica's place and she goes with Nick to an isolated hideout that belonged to his father. Lincoln is threatened by a visitor that promises to kill his son. Kellerman and Hale kill LJ mother and stepfather and frame him, faking fingerprints in the murder weapon.

"The Old Head" is a tense but flawed episode. First, how could Veronica and Nick be presumed dead after the explosion of her apartment without their human remains? Second, why Lincoln did not mention the menace of his visitor to the warren after the notification of the death of LJ mother and stepparent? In a security prison, she certainly registered to have access to the visiting room. Last but not the least, the prisoner accused had all the elements necessary to incriminate T-Bag (inclusive the informer is the "mate" of T-Bag). Nevertheless the surprising twist in the end disclosing the identity of the conspirator gives a magnificent conclusion to this engaging episode. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Perseguição" (Persecution")