Prison Break
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Prison Break

📅 Aug 2005 📺 5 Season(s)
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Synopsis

Lincoln Burrows is currently on death row and scheduled to die in a few months for an assassination his younger brother Michael is convinced he did not commit. With no other options and time winding down, Michael takes drastic measures to get himself incarcerated alongside his brother in Fox River State Penitentiary. Once he's inside, Michael - a structural engineer with the blueprints for the prison - begins to execute an elaborate plan to break Lincoln out and prove him innocent. When Michael arrives at Fox River State Penitentiary, he meets the prison denizens who will, unknowingly, help in his escape plans - his cellmate, the lovelorn Sucre; beautiful prison doctor Dr. Sara Tancredi, who happens to be the governor's daughter; former mob boss John Abruzzi; and Warden Henry Pope. Meanwhile, outside the prison walls, the brothers' childhood friend and Lincoln's lost love, attorney Veronica Donovan, works within the law to free them; Lincoln's teenage son LJ may be going down a path similar to his convicted father's; and Secret Service Agent Paul Kellerman's investigation into Lincoln's case proves that there may be a national conspiracy.

🎭 Stars & Actors

Dominic Purcell
Dominic Purcell
Lincoln "Linc" Burrows
Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller
Michael Scofield
Robert Knepper
Robert Knepper
Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell
Amaury Nolasco
Amaury Nolasco
Fernando Sucre
Sarah Wayne Callies
Sarah Wayne Callies
Sara Tancredi
Wade Williams
Wade Williams
Brad Bellick
William Fichtner
William Fichtner
Alexander "Alex" Mahone
Paul Adelstein
Paul Adelstein
Paul Kellerman
Rockmond Dunbar
Rockmond Dunbar
Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Gretchen Morgan
Marshall Allman
Marshall Allman
LJ Burrows
Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney
Veronica Donovan

Season and episode guide

Season 1

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is framed for the death of the vice president's brother. But his own brother will not let him be executed for a crime he didn't commit, and the two plan to escape before his sentence is carried out.

22 episodes · 2005
  1. 1. Pilot (Aug 30, 2005)
  2. 2. Allen (Aug 30, 2005)
  3. 3. Cell Test (Sep 6, 2005)
  4. 4. Cute Poison (Sep 13, 2005)
  5. 5. English, Fitz or Percy (Sep 20, 2005)
  6. 6. Riots, Drills and the Devil (1) (Sep 27, 2005)
  7. 7. Riots, Drills and the Devil (2) (Oct 4, 2005)
  8. 8. The Old Head (Oct 25, 2005)
  9. 9. Tweener (Nov 1, 2005)
  10. 10. Sleight of Hand (Nov 8, 2005)
  11. 11. And Then There Were 7 (Nov 15, 2005)
  12. 12. Odd Man Out (Nov 22, 2005)
  13. 13. End of the Tunnel (Nov 29, 2005)
  14. 14. The Rat (Mar 21, 2006)
  15. 15. By the Skin and the Teeth (Mar 28, 2006)
  16. 16. Brother's Keeper (Apr 4, 2006)
  17. 17. J-Cat (Apr 11, 2006)
  18. 18. Bluff (Apr 18, 2006)
  19. 19. The Key (Apr 25, 2006)
  20. 20. Tonight (May 2, 2006)
  21. 21. Go (May 9, 2006)
  22. 22. Flight (May 16, 2006)

Season 2

In the second season of Prison Break, Michael, Lincoln and six other inmates, including pickpocket Tweener and the mentally unstable Haywire, have ultimately escaped from Fox River.

22 episodes · 2006
  1. 1. Manhunt (Aug 22, 2006)
  2. 2. Otis (Aug 29, 2006)
  3. 3. Scan (Sep 5, 2006)
  4. 4. First Down (Sep 12, 2006)
  5. 5. Map 1213 (Sep 19, 2006)
  6. 6. Subdivision (Sep 26, 2006)
  7. 7. Buried (Oct 3, 2006)
  8. 8. Dead Fall (Oct 24, 2006)
  9. 9. Unearthed (Oct 31, 2006)
  10. 10. Rendezvous (Nov 7, 2006)
  11. 11. Bolshoi Booze (Nov 14, 2006)
  12. 12. Disconnect (Nov 21, 2006)
  13. 13. The Killing Box (Nov 28, 2006)
  14. 14. John Doe (Jan 23, 2007)
  15. 15. The Message (Jan 30, 2007)
  16. 16. Chicago (Feb 6, 2007)
  17. 17. Bad Blood (Feb 20, 2007)
  18. 18. Wash (Feb 27, 2007)
  19. 19. Sweet Caroline (Mar 6, 2007)
  20. 20. Panama (Mar 20, 2007)
  21. 21. Fin Del Camino (Mar 27, 2007)
  22. 22. Sona (Apr 3, 2007)

Season 3

Just when they thought they were out, they are pulled back in for the most dangerous escape ever.

13 episodes · 2007
  1. 1. Orientación (Sep 18, 2007)
  2. 2. Fire/Water (Sep 25, 2007)
  3. 3. Call Waiting (Oct 2, 2007)
  4. 4. Good Fences (Oct 9, 2007)
  5. 5. Interference (Oct 23, 2007)
  6. 6. Photo Finish (Nov 6, 2007)
  7. 7. Vamonos (Nov 6, 2007)
  8. 8. Bang and Burn (Nov 13, 2007)
  9. 9. Boxed In (Jan 15, 2008)
  10. 10. Dirt Nap (Jan 22, 2008)
  11. 11. Under and Out (Feb 5, 2008)
  12. 12. Hell or High Water (Feb 12, 2008)
  13. 13. The Art of the Deal (Feb 19, 2008)

Season 4

The major storyline for the fourth season is about a team recruited by Homeland Security agent Don Self to obtain the Scylla. Although the team initially believes it to be The Company's "black book," it is later revealed to contain information on an advanced renewable power cell. 

22 episodes · 2008
  1. 1. Scylla (Sep 2, 2008)
  2. 2. Breaking and Entering (Sep 2, 2008)
  3. 3. Shut Down (Sep 9, 2008)
  4. 4. Eagles and Angels (Sep 16, 2008)
  5. 5. Safe and Sound (Sep 23, 2008)
  6. 6. Blow Out (Sep 30, 2008)
  7. 7. Five the Hard Way (Oct 7, 2008)
  8. 8. The Price (Oct 21, 2008)
  9. 9. Greatness Achieved (Nov 4, 2008)
  10. 10. The Legend (Nov 11, 2008)
  11. 11. Quiet Riot (Nov 18, 2008)
  12. 12. Selfless (Nov 25, 2008)
  13. 13. Deal or No Deal (Dec 2, 2008)
  14. 14. Just Business (Dec 9, 2008)
  15. 15. Going Under (Dec 16, 2008)
  16. 16. The Sunshine State (Dec 23, 2008)
  17. 17. The Mother Lode (Apr 18, 2009)
  18. 18. VS. (Apr 25, 2009)
  19. 19. S.O.B. (May 2, 2009)
  20. 20. Cowboys and Indians (May 9, 2009)
  21. 21. Rate of Exchange (May 16, 2009)
  22. 22. Killing Your Number (May 16, 2009)

Resurrection

In the next action-packed chapter of PRISON BREAK, original series stars Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callies, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Rockmond Dunbar and Paul Adelstein are reunited for an all-new adventure spanning the globe. When clues surface that suggest a previously thought-to-be-dead MICHAEL SCOFIELD (Miller, "The Loft") may be alive, his brother, LINCOLN BURROWS (Purcell, "DC's Legends of Tomorrow"), reunites with Michael's wife, SARA (Callies, "Colony," "The Walking Dead"), and Fox River State Penitentiary's most notorious escapees to engineer the series' biggest breakout ever.

9 episodes · 2017
  1. 1. Ogygia (Apr 5, 2017)
  2. 2. Kaniel Outis (Apr 12, 2017)
  3. 3. The Liar (Apr 19, 2017)
  4. 4. The Prisoner's Dilemma (Apr 26, 2017)
  5. 5. Contingency (May 3, 2017)
  6. 6. Phaecia (May 10, 2017)
  7. 7. Wine-Dark Sea (May 17, 2017)
  8. 8. Progeny (May 24, 2017)
  9. 9. Behind the Eyes (May 31, 2017)
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