"Prison Break" First Down (2006)

Director:

Bobby Roth

Writers:

Paul Scheuring (creator)
Nick Santora (written by)

TV Series:

"Prison Break" (2005)

Original Air Date:

11 September 2006 (Season 2, Episode 4)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Michael, Linc, and Nika are captured by Bellick and Geary, who intend to retrieve Westmoreland's money in Utah...

Plot Keywords:

Flat Tire | Narcotics Anonymous | Tattooed Map | Brother | Prison

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

Dominic Purcell	...	Lincoln Burrows
Wentworth Miller	...	Michael Scofield
Amaury Nolasco	...	Fernando Sucre (credit only)
Marshall Allman	...	LJ Burrows (credit only)
Wade Williams	...	Brad Bellick
Paul Adelstein	...	Paul Kellerman
Robert Knepper	...	Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell
Rockmond Dunbar	...	Benjamin Miles 'C-Note' Franklin (credit only)
Sarah Wayne Callies	...	Dr. Sara Tancredi
William Fichtner	...	Alex Mahone
Peter Stormare	...	John Abruzzi
Lane Garrison	...	David Apolskis
Holly Valance	...	Nika Volek
Matt DeCaro	...	Roy Geary
Danielle Di Vecchio	...	Sylvia Abruzzi

Filming Locations:

Texas, USA

Company:

Rat Entertainment

Trivia:

This episode marks the last appearance of Peter Stormare as John Abrucci.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the chase scene at the start with Bellick and Schofield, the passenger side headlight on Bellick's car changes from broken to un-broken.

Quotes:

Sylvia Abruzzi: You could go back to prison.
John Abruzzi: I swear to God, I'd rather die than go back, there's no going back, never ever again.
Sylvia Abruzzi: Christ saved you John, don't turn your back on him. Don't turn your back on us.
[she puts a Christ's necklace in his hand]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Prison Break: Bolshoi Booze (#2.11)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Take Me Home, Country Roads

Fox River or the Morgue

Bellick and Geary intercept Michael, Lincoln and Nika on the road seeking the US$ 5,000,000.00 in Utah, and not the reward. Lincoln uses a piece of glass to burst the tire; with a flat tire and no spare, Geary walks to the next gas station to buy a tire and Bellick stays with the fugitives. Nika negotiates a deal with Bellick to lure Michael and split the money among Bellick, Geary and her. The divers find the damaged HD on the canal and Mahone retrieves partial information about Michael's research. Abruzzi meets his family and he will travel with them to Sardinia; however, Fibonacci is located in a motel in Washington and Abruzzi seeks vengeance first. The sick T-Bag gets a ride with a man called Jerry and his fourteen year old daughter; later Jerry needs to defend his daughter against the pedophile. Tweener and Debra Jean Belle stop in a motel to rest. Sara is in rehabilitation and Kellerman befriends her to keep his eyes on her.

In this engaging episode, one of the fugitives prefers the morgue instead of returning to Fox River. I was disappointed with the attitude of Nika in the end. Bellick is really a despicable man, a morally corrupt scum and he actually deserved to be in Fox River as an inmate. Mahone is too smart for my taste: the idea of using divers in the canal is absolutely exaggerated. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Primeiro a Morrer" ("First to Die")