Prison Break

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Prison Break

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Series information
Title: Prison Break
Medium: television series
Genre: heist

Prison Break is an American television series created by Paul Scheuring. It follows brilliant engineer Michael Scofield, who infiltrates Fox River State Penitentiary with a plan to break out his brother Lincoln Burrows, who is on death row for a murder he didn't commit. The premise of the series plays out as a sort of reverse heist, where instead of breaking into a tightly-secured building, the characters are trying to break out.

Series

The Prison Break series consists of the following parts:

  • Prison Break season 1, episodes 1-22 (2005-2006)
  • Prison Break season 2, episodes 1-22 (2006-2007)
  • Prison Break season 3, episodes 1-13 (2007-2008)
  • Prison Break season 4, episodes 1-22 (2008-2009)
  • Prison Break: The Final Break (2009)
  • Prison Break season 5, episodes 1-9 (2017)

The series originally aired in 4 seasons in the American television network Fox, with the last two episodes being released as the television movie The Final Break. It was later revived for a fifth season.

Characters

See also: List of Prison Break characters

  • Michael Scofield (Lead Mastermind): A structural engineer who architects a plan to save his brother from the death penalty. As part of this plan he gets himself incarcerated in Fox River State Penitentiary, where his brother is being held.
  • Lincoln Burrows (Commoner): Michael's brother, a high school dropout who fell into a life of crime that eventually led to being framed for the murder of the vice-president's brother.
  • Veronica Donovan (Specialist): A lawyer who was Michael and Lincoln's childhood friend, working from the outside of the prison to try to prove his innocence.
  • Sara Tancredi (Specialist): The prison doctor, who Michael befriends after arriving at Fox River. She is also the daughter of Governor Frank Tancredi.

Tricks and Matches

Season 1