"Prison Break" The Rat (2006)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Kevin Hooks

Writers:

Paul Scheuring (creator)
Matt Olmstead (written by)

TV Series:

"Prison Break" (2005)

Original Air Date:

20 March 2006 (Season 1, Episode 14)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

With the pipe to the infirmary replaced and Lincoln's life hanging in the balance, Michael must rethink his plan to escape and save his brother's life. A fellow inmate may hold the key to preventing Lincoln's execution.

Plot Keywords:

Electric Chair | Brother | Rat | Gubernatorial Clemency | Electrocution

Cast

Dominic Purcell	...	Lincoln Burrows
Wentworth Miller	...	Michael Scofield
Robin Tunney	...	Veronica Donovan
Amaury Nolasco	...	Fernando Sucre
Marshall Allman	...	LJ Burrows
Wade Williams	...	Brad Bellick
Paul Adelstein	...	Paul Kellerman (credit only)
Robert Knepper	...	Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell
Rockmond Dunbar	...	Benjamin Miles 'C-Note' Franklin
Sarah Wayne Callies	...	Dr. Sara Tancredi
Muse Watson	...	Charles Westmoreland
John Heard	...	Governor Frank Tancredi
Frank Grillo	...	Nick Savrinn
Lane Garrison	...	David Apolskis
Matt DeCaro	...	Corrections Officer Roy Geary

Company:

Rat Entertainment

Trivia:

Matt DeCaro (Corrections Officer Roy Geary) also played a brief role as a Correctional Officer In U.S. Marshals (1998).

Goofs:

Continuity: Michael says in the intro of an earlier episode that authorities will put 15000 Volts in his brother's body for a crime he did not commit unless they both escape, but in "The Rat" C.O. Geary warns C.O. Bellick to be careful while opening the electric chair's fuse box because there is "2000 V inside".

Quotes:

Captain Brad Bellick: You're a waste of my fries.

The Most Dramatic Episode

With the unexpected fail of Michael's plan, the five frustrated inmates return to the storage room. Michael begs Sara to talk with Veronica and Nick first to see the evidences and to ask for clemency to her father. Meanwhile Nick and Veronica appeal in court of Judge Kessler and request an exhumation of Steadman remains. Michael learns that if something goes wrong with the electric chair, the execution is delayed. He uses a rat to short-circuit the electric installation, but David overhears the conversation and rats Michael's talk to Captain Bellick. Sara stays with Lincoln in his cell; later Michael and Veronica have a last meeting with him and he talks with his son LJ by phone. When Lincoln is walking to the electric chair, the governor calls to say that he had reviewed the process and denied the request of clemency.

"The Rat" is certainly the most dramatic episode of "Prison Break" up to this moment. Dr. Tancredi is really involved with Michael and Lincoln and the claws of the Vice-President Caroline Reynolds are extending, using her power and influence to execute Lincoln. Fox River is full of rats, the long-tailed rodents and the inmate David. The impressive performance of Wade Williams is again awesome. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "O Rato" ("The Rat")