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Babes Behind Bars! (And Michael's Not One of Them)The Final Break - Michael and Dr. Sara's honeymoon gets cut short by the underhanded machinations of assorted law enforcement entities, and Dr. Sara's new life behind bars is further complicated by hostile prison guards, a surprise reunion with an old frenemy, and Lori Petty. |
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4-22 Recap |
Agent Kellerman -- Not Dead!Killing Your Number - The big baddie from seasons one and two returns as the show's resident deus ex machina, promising happy endings for you, and you, and -- not so fast there, beloved mainstay of the show. Also, the One World Conspiracy is taken out by the United Nations. Really. |
05.15.2009 05.21.2009 |
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4-21 Recap |
It's All Over But the MonologuingRate of Exchange - You can tell Prison Break is winding down because the bad guys spend as much time gassing on about their plans as they do waving guns around. Also, Michael rescues Dr. Sara in a very dramatic and highly implausible fashion, even for this show. |
05.15.2009 05.21.2009 |
B |
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4-20 Recap |
It's Like Sophie's Choice, Only with More BeefcakeCowboys and Indians - After Michael manages to successfully steal Scylla away from Christina, both she and General Von Baldy manage to kidnap and/or wound people he really loves. |
05.08.2009 05.14.2009 |
B |
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4-19 Recap |
Jacob Have I loved, Yet Esau I Have Hated …S.O.B. - Hey, remember how this show was about a guy who so loved his brother that he went to prison for him so's he could break them both out? Now Christina comes along to blow holes through the middle of that premise. |
05.01.2009 05.07.2009 |
C- |
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4-18 Recap |
Medea Was on to SomethingVs - Christina Scofield regrets having children, as they refuse to get shot by snipers and they sabotage her plans to kidnap and kill a scientist who could debunk her plans for eco-domination. On the flip side, Dr. Sara discovers she's going to be a mother. |
04.24.2009 04.30.2009 |
B- |
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4-17 Recap |
Mama's FamilyThe Mother Lode - A mother knows when her boys need a helping hand. Take Ma Scofield. She could let Linc expend valuable energy trying to get to the bottom of this Scylla business and possibly wreck her plans for a hostile takeover of The Company. Or she could tell him to cool it with promises of peace, love, and understanding in a post-General Von Baldy world. And if Linc doesn't listen? Well, she can always put a bullet in him. |
04.17.2009 04.23.2009 |
C+ |
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4-16 Recap |
Mother, Jugs and SpeedThe Sunshine State - The One World Conspiracy attempts to mess with Michael's head by dropping the news that his mom is still alive -- then they decide to lobotomize him if he won't play along. Meanwhile, Lincoln fends off Don Self's clumsy leadership attempts while he tracks down Scylla. |
12.22.2008 12.29.2008 |
B- |
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4-15 Recap |
He Sees Dead PeopleGoing Under - Michael's surgery has him communing with the dead -- and the dead tell him to stay tuned for the BS plot contrivance that'll take us into the final third of the season. Meanwhile, Self manages to get Scylla stolen out from under him. OF COURSE. |
12.15.2008 12.22.2008 |
B+ |
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4-14 Recap |
The Brief Wondrous Life of Cole PfeifferJust Business - T-Bag has a Saul-to-Paul conversion courtesy of Gretchen's sister and a traveling salesman, but quickly gets beaten up for his troubles. Meanwhile, Michael and Lincoln try to outfox Don Self, which proves surprisingly difficult. |
12.08.2008 12.15.2008 |
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4-13 Recap |
Happiness is a warm gunDeal or No Deal - And a lot of people get very happy this episode, as the assorted machinations of Don Self, the One World Conspiracy and the U.S. government double the season's body count overnight -- yet leave Michael and company strangely untouched. |
12.01.2008 12.08.2008 |
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4-12 Recap |
To Thine Own Self Be TrueSelfless - Team Scylla pulls off the impossible and manages to outwit the One World Conspiracy, only to discover that one of their numbers has a quite literal interpretation of the phrase "self-interested." Also, dishy Trisha reaches into her cleavage and pulls out some career skills, but it's an example of too little, too late. Skills, not cleavage. |
11.24.2008 12.01.2008 |
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4-11 Recap |
Bad Boys Eventually Get Quiet TimeQuiet Riot - Team Scylla has to pull off the break-into-the-conspiracy HQ caper in total silence. They mostly manage it, too. Meanwhile, T-Bag and Gretchen eliminate a few obstacles on their way to riches. |
11.17.2008 11.24.2008 |
B+ |
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4-10 Recap |
Let Four Escaped Cons Bear Bellick …The Legend - and, for his passage/ convenient flashbacks and ret-conning/ Speak loudly for him/ Take up the (miraculously unbloated) body: such a sight as this/ Becomes the field, but here shows that this show has only a nodding acquaintance with plausibility. |
11.10.2008 11.17.2008 |
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4-9 Recap |
Let the Water Wash Away Your SinsGreatness Achieved - Bellick redeems himself for four seasons of sniveling, conniving, bullying and coarse instincts. Mahone hopes to extract some Old Testament-style revenge on Agent Blots Out the Sun, but finds no way to wash away his pain. And finally, there is not enough water in the world to wash out the horrifying image of Gretchen macking on General Von Baldy. |
11.03.2008 11.10.2008 |
B+ |
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4-8 Recap |
Child Roland to Team Scylla Came...The Price - ...his word was "How much for Scofield and Burrows"/ yet he paid the price, much to his sorrow. (In other, less poetic news: the One World Conspiracy's on to Team Scylla.) |
10.20.2008 10.27.2008 |
B+ |
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4-7 Recap |
It's Hard Out There For A Linc …Five the Hard Way - When he's trying to get the data from the fifth cardholder, who may or may not be really into Sucre. Meanwhile, T-Bag attempts to settle a score with Michael, but loses the upper hand. |
10.06.2008 10.13.2008 |
B+ |
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4-6 Recap |
Ocean's Eleven, Meet the Scylla SevenBlow Out - When he's nabbed during a mission, Team Scylla must free Mahone from the pokey and Agent Blots Out the Sun. But who'll save T-Bag from corporate America and Gretchen? |
09.29.2008 10.06.2008 |
B+ |
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4-5 Recap |
Safe and SoundSafe and Sound - Team Scylla pulls off another caper -- this time in a Treasury Department safe -- while Mahone tracks down Agent Blots Out the Sun (hint: look for a localized eclipse) and Gretchen does her nails. |
09.22.2008 09.29.2008 |
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4-4 Recap |
Undercover BrothersEagles and Angels - When Linc and Michael infiltrate a policemen's gala to get the second Scylla key, they have to dress up like a couple of stone-cold cops. But cops don't mean squat when Agent Blots Out the Sun is getting closer to their operation. |
09.15.2008 09.22.2008 |
B |
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4-3 Recap |
Shut DownShut Down - Agent Blots Out the Sun debuts a novel new interrogation technique, and Team Scylla deals with wishy-washy feds, air deprivation and Bellick's top-flight whine sampler. |
09.08.2008 09.15.2008 |
B+ |
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4-2 Recap |
Half In The BagBreaking and Entering - The first step in Operation Avoid Any Jail Time is to retrieve the Scylla data card. It involves Bellick and Mahone man-handling a purse -- but at least they now know how to accessorize. |
09.01.2008 09.08.2008 |
B+ |
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4-1 Recap |
The Gang's All HereScylla - Michael reluctantly gets the gang back together. It's better than jail time. |
09.01.2008 09.05.2008 |
B+ |
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3-13 Recap |
Where The Wild Things AreThe Art of the Deal - They're everywhere: inside Sona, on the outskirts of Sona, and tangling with Susan B. |
02.17.2008 02.23.2008 |
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3-12 Recap |
Somewhere In The DarknessHell Or High Water - The inmates pull off an escape -- well, some of them do, anyway. This is even more remarkable when you consider that it requires a boat and the pilot (Sucre) is stuck at work. |
02.10.2008 02.17.2008 |
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3-11 Recap |
Roll Of Thunder, Hear My CryUnder And Out - A little rain accelerates Michael's escape plans, and a little pain whets both Lincoln and Whistler's motivations. |
02.03.2008 02.10.2008 |
B |
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3-10 Recap |
Out Of The DustDirt Nap - ...comes a solution to T-Bag's problems, a new milestone in Michael's moral development and the indication that we're about to shift into Act II for the season. Or perhaps Act III. |
01.20.2008 01.26.2008 |
B- |
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3-9 Recap |
A Girl Named DisasterBoxed In - Or named Susan B. Anthony. Or possibly Gretchen. Or, after this hour, The Little Mermaid, since she's soaking wet from her waterboarding. Also, Michael is soaking wet from being put in a redneck sauna. |
01.13.2008 01.20.2008 |
B- |
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3-8 Recap |
The Fool Of The World And The Flying ShipBang & Burn - A lot of folks are in contention for the first title, but only two are in the running for the second object -- Whistler, and one very angry Michael Scofield. |
11.11.2007 11.19.2007 |
B+ |
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3-7 Recap |
The Whipping BoyVamonos - Michael takes out some of his grief on Whistler; Linc takes out some of his issues with Susan B....out on her. |
11.04.2007 11.11.2007 |
B- |
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3-6 Recap |
The Higher Power Of LuckyPhoto Finish - That is who Mahone needs to be praying to, as he's got a get-out-of-Sona card. Also, it wouldn't hurt the nearly-killed Whistler to start paying homage as well. |
11.04.2007 11.10.2007 |
C+ |
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3-5 Recap |
Up A Road SlowlyInterference - Linc and Sofia look for places to park the getaway car; Michael looks for ways to make sure there's need for a getaway car. |
10.21.2007 10.28.2007 |
C+ |
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3-4 Recap |
Sarah, Plain And TallGood Fences - Or, as pertains to this show, considerably shorter by a head and dead. Meanwhile, Scofield begins some of that crafty scheming we all know and love. |
10.07.2007 10.14.2007 |
C+ |
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3-3 Recap |
Teddy And His TelephoneCall Waiting - Michael twists T-bag's remaining arm and gets a half hour on Lechero's mobile phone out of the deal. Linc tries to free his loved ones and earns Susan B. Anthony's wrath. |
09.30.2007 10.06.2007 |
B |
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3-2 Recap |
…And Now MiguelFire/Water - Scofield and his mad engineering skillz prove useful -- and remind Mahone, T-Bag, and Bellick that being homicidally inclined is useful only 90 percent of the time. |
09.23.2007 09.30.2007 |
B |
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3-1 Recap |
Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayOrientación - Mahone has to go through withdrawal and killing yet another person as he saves a surly Scofield from certain death. Also, the One World Conspiracy finagles a way to justify Michael's second trip to prison. |
09.16.2007 09.23.2007 |
B+ |
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2-22 Recap |
Agent Kim -- dead! Also, many other conspiracy stooges!Sona - Yup -- Agent Kim is now working for the Conspiracy Invisible. Meanwhile, we have a maybe-death (Sucre's) and a death I have not yet begun to come to grips with (Kellerman's). Also, Michael ends up back behind bars. Enjoy your summers, everyone! |
04.01.2007 04.07.2007 |
C |
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2-21 Recap |
Yet ANOTHER hooker -- dead!Fin Del Camino - T-Bag may or may not have killed her -- but he is responsible for leading Michael directly into a trap set by the One World Conspiracy. |
03.25.2007 04.01.2007 |
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2-20 Recap |
Some poor Mexican hooker -- dead!Panama - Three guesses as to which unidextrous nut job killed her and the first two don't count. Meanwhile, the Fibbies miss catching Michael, but they get a small measure of satisfaction out of bagging his girlfriend. |
03.18.2007 03.25.2007 |
B |
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2-19 Recap |
Madame Evil's administration -- dead!Sweet Caroline - Our Conspiracist-In-Chief steps down after she's put between a rock and a hard place, also known as "Both Michael and Agent Kim threaten to disclose all the nasty little secrets she'd prefer to keep quiet." Meanwhile, Mahone messes with Dr. Sara's head. |
03.04.2007 03.10.2007 |
B |
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2-18 Recap |
Another innocent civilian -- dead!Wash - T-Bag kills his doppelganger, assumes his identity, and begins the long trek from 'Bama to Bangkok. Meanwhile, Michael & co. try to determine if the recording they have will exonerate Lincoln. |
02.25.2007 03.03.2007 |
B- |
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2-17 Recap |
Niedermeyer -- dead!Bad Blood - You realize I've been building up to this all year, right? Anyway, Pope reunites with the people who lost him his job, Sucre reunites with Maricruz, T-Bag reunites with the Alabama soil, and C-Note reunites with the penal system. |
02.18.2007 02.24.2007 |
B+ |
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2-16 Recap |
Haywire -- dead!Chicago - Mahone takes down another member of Team Escarpara (or maybe he merely does nothing to prevent another Team Escarpara member from going down) while Michael and Sara reunite. |
02.04.2007 02.10.2007 |
B+ |
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2-15 Recap |
Sasha's dad -- dead!The Message - Team Escarpara adds another body to the count. Meanwhile, Michael and Linc hold the airwaves hostage and Madame President Evil reaches out to her ex. |
01.28.2007 02.03.2007 |
B- |
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2-14 Recap |
Agent Von Blondie -- dead!John Doe - Mahone decides that it is okay to shoot the messenger. And in other plotlines, T-Bag makes himself a family, and the boys team up with Kellerman to kidnap Steadman. |
01.21.2007 01.27.2007 |
B- |
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2-13 Recap |
Denise -- dead!The Killing Box - Who is Denise and why should you care? Well, she's one of the two people T-Bag offs on his way to Susan's this week. Also, Michael and Linc do a lot of not-escaping right up to the end of the episode. |
11.26.2006 12.02.2006 |
B- |
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2-12 Recap |
Aldo Burrows -- dead!Disconnect - Michael and Aldo's reunion is acrimonious and awkward, so Aldo spares them all further social embarrassment by getting shot clean through the liver. Also, Bellick's on the hook for Roy's murder, and Kellerman gets an unnecessarily harsh job review from Agent Kim. |
11.19.2006 11.25.2006 |
C+ |
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2-11 Recap |
Geary -- dead!Bolshoi Booze - The unkillable T-Bag racks up another entry in the season two body count. Sucre saves Michael from an appearance as a recap headline, and Kellerman moves closer to making next week's blurb headline read "Dr. Sara -- dead!" |
11.12.2006 11.18.2006 |
B+ |
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2-10 Recap |
The Bozo Fetts' beautiful friendship -- dead!Rendezvous - Once they slap eyes on their ill-gotten millions, the Geary/Bellick partnership goes out like a light. Meanwhile, Michael and Sara have an awkward reunion, as do Lincoln and his dad. |
11.05.2006 11.11.2006 |
B |
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2-9 Recap |
Oscar Shales -- definitely dead!Unearthed - Michael manages to intuit in mere minutes what an entire FBI hasn't been able to figure out in years. Also, the only Team Escarpara member who doesn't have his plans go horribly awry is C-Note. |
10.29.2006 11.04.2006 |
B- |
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2-8 Recap |
An innocent civilian -- dead!Dead Fall - Dr. Sara continues to prove she's the anti-Veronica, Michael and Sucre compete in the escapee triathlon (running, biking, getting stuck underwater) and Linc engineers a fed-free reunion with L.J. |
10.22.2006 10.28.2006 |
B+ |
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2-7 Recap |
Tweener -- dead, yo!Buried - The little screw-up gets killed by Mahone following a near-solid hour of unexpected moral fortitude. Meanwhile, Dr. Sara gets sucked deeper into conspiracy when the One World Order offs her dad. |
10.01.2006 10.07.2006 |
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2-6 Recap |
Tweener's chance for a new life -- dead!Subdivision - The little screw-up gets apprehended by Mahone following a near-solid hour of screw-ups. Meanwhile, the rest of Team Escarpara inadvertently stumbles into an episode of The Red Shoe Diaries. |
09.24.2006 09.30.2006 |
B |
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2-5 Recap |
Road trip romance -- dead!Map 1213 - Tweener, T-Bag, and the brothers all meet up in Tooele. Sucre finds out that Maricruz is not worthy of his perfervid devotion. C-Note takes up some extra time. |
09.17.2006 09.23.2006 |
B- |
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2-4 Recap |
Abruzzi -- dead!First Down - Abruzzi meets Mahone -- and his maker -- in a motel parking lot. Michael learns that the woman you married as part of your prison escape plan isn't always the most trustworthy of souls. |
09.10.2006 09.16.2006 |
B- |
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2-3 Recap |
Michael and Lincoln -- not dead!Scan - Although they've now set up a car accident to make Mahone believe otherwise. Also, the writers push roughly four other plotlines into motion. |
09.03.2006 09.09.2006 |
B- |
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2-2 Recap |
Dr. Gudat -- dead!Otis - The man performs a medical miracle by reattaching T-Bag's hand, and the ungrateful patient offs him for his trouble. Also, Michael fails in his second prison breakout attempt. |
08.27.2006 09.02.2006 |
B |
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2-1 Recap |
Veronica -- dead!Manhunt - The season's first significant fatality is the overmatched girl sleuth. Fortunately, Team Escarpara seems to be doing better. |
08.20.2006 08.26.2006 |
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1-22 Recap |
He's handy in a tight spotFlight - Although nobody on Team Escarpara has died in this round of the escape attempt, they do end up down an appendage once the intra-team fighting breaks out. |
05.14.2006 05.20.2006 |
B |
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1-21 Recap |
Unready, Unsteady, GoGo - Team Escarpara takes off, and the escape is surprisingly glitch-free. That means only one probable fatality. |
05.07.2006 05.14.2006 |
B |
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1-20 Recap |
Ready, steady, goTonight - Team Escarpara's timetable just got radically compressed, and the boys spend all day trying to put all the pieces together before that night, when they run. |
04.30.2006 05.07.2006 |
B |
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1-19 Recap |
Escaping from the prison of loveThe Key - After Dr. Sara correctly figures out that she got played by Michael and his wife, she not-breaks-up with him for real. |
04.23.2006 04.29.2006 |
B- |
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1-18 Recap |
Perhaps a new team captain?Bluff - Although Michael has a fruitful stay in the Whack Shack -- crafts to give Dr. Sara, tattoo sketches to take with him -- the rest of the team laps him in the productivity department. |
04.16.2006 04.22.2006 |
B- |
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1-17 Recap |
"You're a Waste of My Fries"J-Cat - Bellick decides to meddle in Tweener's social life after the inmate fails to deliver any dirt on Michael; Team Escarpara members take one for the team. |
04.09.2006 04.15.2006 |
B+ |
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1-16 Recap |
He ain't dead, 'cause he's my brotherBrother's Keeper - A filler episode reveals that Madame Vice President and Mistress of Evil may have a lot in common with Michael. (No, not a tattoo.) |
04.02.2006 04.08.2006 |
B+ |
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1-15 Recap |
Whoever had "burn" in the office pool winsBy The Skin And The Teeth - Michael gets yet another injury in his effort to scout out a new escape route. |
03.26.2006 04.01.2006 |
B |
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1-14 Recap |
The Best Laid Plans Of Rats And MenThe Rat - After the elaborate escape plan falls apart, Michael's bid to break the electric chair fails. |
03.19.2006 03.24.2006 |
B |
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1-13 Recap |
The light you see at the end of the tunnelEnd Of The Tunnel - is just the rush from an oncoming train. Or so it seems to Michael as he copes with more setbacks. |
11.27.2005 12.04.2005 |
C+ |
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1-12 Recap |
Well, now you've done it, T-BagOdd Man Out - The would-be cotillion king ends up making the escape plan more complicated while trying to simplify it. |
11.20.2005 11.25.2005 |
B |
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1-11 Recap |
Kellerman! Baby! Come back! All is forgiven!And Then There Were 7 - Quinn's tenure as Magnificent Bastard looks like it's over, and our favorite SS agent's back on top. Also: Westmoreland decides to go on prison break with the boys after all. |
11.13.2005 11.19.2005 |
B |
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1-10 Recap |
Score one for the DarwinistsSleight Of Hand - All Michael's posturing over Fibonacci turns out to have been a big fat bluff, and C-Note recruits himself for Team Escarpara. |
11.06.2005 11.12.2005 |
C+ |
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1-9 Recap |
T-Bag's twitterpated for TweenerTweener - Having driven Seth to suicide, T-Bag sets his sights on a new inmate. Michael decides to put a stop to it. |
10.30.2005 11.05.2005 |
B- |
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1-8 Recap |
Linc gets his kicks on Rt. 66The Old Head - Won't he get hip to this timely tip, when he makes his prison break trip? And get his kicks on Rt. 66, which passes beneath the prison. |
10.23.2005 10.29.2005 |
B- |
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1-7 Recap |
Well, look what you've done now, MichaelRiots, Drills And The Devil, Part II - The riot continues, the body count rises, and a wall comes tumbling down. |
10.02.2005 10.07.2005 |
B |
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1-6 Recap |
Unquiet riotRiots, Drills And The Devil, Part I - Bellick goads the prisoners into rioting, with nasty results for a rookie CO. |
09.25.2005 10.01.2005 |
B |
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1-5 Recap |
It's so hard to find good conspiracy participantsEnglish, Fitz Or Percy - The world's most baffling conspiracy soldiers on, trying to separate Michael and Linc. They are not successful. |
09.18.2005 09.21.2005 |
B |
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1-4 Recap |
Wire TransferCute Poison - Michael needs to figure out a way to get Haywire out of his life. Sucre needs to figure out a way to get Maricruz back in his. As luck would have it, their interests seem to converge. |
09.11.2005 09.16.2005 |
B- |
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1-3 Recap |
Cellular DegenerationCell Test - Things get even worse for Michael, as he pisses off Sucre and gets stuck with a new cellmate who never sleeps. In other news, Leticia is murdered, and Sebastian dumps Veronica. Well, at least things are looking up for Sebastian. |
09.04.2005 09.10.2005 |
B |
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1-2 Recap |
Missing The Corner Pocket ShotAllen - For about ten minutes, Michael agrees to be someones prison bitch. Then a prison riot derails that bad idea. |
08.28.2005 09.03.2005 |
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1-1 Recap |
He is a man of constant smirkingPilot - Michael's been planning, all this time / to bid farewell to life on the outside / and free his brother, who committed no crime. |
08.28.2005 09.01.2005 |
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