8.145 minSeason 5 • Episode 9
LatestDangerous threats keep Michael and Lincoln fighting to protect Sara and Mike. Meanwhile, Poseidon continues to try and outsmart Michael and the rest of the gang, which leads them to the ultimate showdown, and not everyone makes it out alive.
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
Writing
Ridiculous premise that somehow absolutely works.
Acting
Wentworth Miller's thousand-yard stare of genius.
Production
Fox River Prison became iconic television real estate.
Creator
Paul T. Scheuring
Wentworth Miller
Michael Scofield
Dominic Purcell
Lincoln Burrows
Sarah Wayne Callies
Sara Tancredi
Paul Adelstein
Paul Kellerman
Rockmond Dunbar
Benjamin 'C-Note' Franklin
Robert Knepper
Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell
Amaury Nolasco
Fernando Sucre
Inbar Lavi
Sheba
Augustus Prew
David 'Whip' Martin
Mark Feuerstein
Jacob Ness
Said Bey
terrorist
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show made 'prison break' a genre verb and launched the 'tattoo as puzzle' trope copied endlessly in the 2000s. Without it, no Money Heist.
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