Prison Break History

Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison. The series was produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Original Television and 20th Century Fox Television. Along with creator Paul Scheuring, the series is executive produced by Matt Olmstead, Kevin Hooks, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse, Neal H. Moritz, and Brett Ratner who directed the pilot episode.The series' theme music, composed byRamin Djawadi, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2006.

The series was originally turned down by Fox in 2003, which was concerned about the long-term prospects of such a series. Following the popularity of serialized prime time television series Lost and 24, Fox decided to back production in 2004. The first season received generally positive reviews, and performed well in the ratings. The first season was originally planned for a 13-episode run, but was extended to include an extra nine episodes due to its popularity. Prison Break was nominated for several industry awards, and won the 2006 People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama and was nominated for the 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series Drama. All four seasons have been released on DVD, while the first and third seasons and The Final Break have also been released on Blu-ray Disc. The series has been aired internationally.

The success of the series has inspired short videos for mobile phones, several official tie-ins in print and on the Internet, as well as a video game. A spin-off series, Prison Break: Proof of Innocence, was produced exclusively for mobile phones. The series has spawned an official magazine and a tie-in novel. The fourth season of Prison Break returned from its mid-season break in a new timeslot on April 17, 2009 for the series' last six episodes. Two additional episodes, titled "The Old Ball and Chain" and "Free" were produced, and were later transformed into a standalone feature, titled The Final Break. The events of this feature take place before the last scene of the series finale, and are intended to wrap up unfinished plotlines. The feature was released on DVD and Blu-ray July 21, 2009.

Crew

The season was produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Original Television and 20th Century Fox Television. The executive producers were creator Paul Scheuring, Marty Adelstein, Neal H. Moritz, Dawn Parouse, Brett Ratner and Matt Olmstead. The staff writers were Scheuring, co-executive producers Nick Santora and Zack Estrin, supervising producer Karyn Usher and Olmstead. The regular director throughout the season was Bobby Roth; additional directors were Jace Alexander, Matt Earl Beesley and Dwight H. Little. Its incidental music was composed by Ramin Djawadi.

Filming

The majority of the first season of the series was filmed on location in and around Chicago. After it was closed down in 2002, Joliet Prison became the set of Prison Break in 2005, standing in as Fox River State Penitentiary on screen. Scenes set in Lincoln's cell, the infirmary and the prison yard were all shot on location at the prison. Lincoln's cell is the same one in which John Wayne Gacy was incarcerated. Most of the production crew refused to enter the cell, thinking that it was haunted. Other sets were built at the prison, including the cell blocks that housed the general prison population; these blocks had three tiers of cells (as opposed to the real cell block's two) and had cells much larger than real cells to allow more space for the actors and cameras. Exterior scenes were filmed in areas around Chicago, Woodstock, and Joliet in Illinois. Other locations included O'Hare International Airport in Chicago and Toronto, Ontario in Canada.Prison Break spent $2 million per episode in the state of Illinois, which cost them a total of $24 million in 2005.

Main characters

• Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield
• Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows
• Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre
• Robert Knepper as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell (Does not appear in "Pilot", "Cute Poison" and "English, Fitz or Percy")
• Peter Stormare as John Abruzzi ("Pilot" to "End of the Tunnel, guest star in "The Key" to "Flight")
• Rockmond Dunbar as Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin ("End of the Tunnel" to "Flight", guest star in "Pilot" and "Allen")
• Robin Tunney as Veronica Donovan
• Wade Williams as Captain Brad Bellick
• Sarah Wayne Callies as Dr. Sara Tancredi
• Paul Adelstein as Secret Service Agent Paul Kellerman (Does not appear in "Riots, Drills and the Devil, Part 1" and "The Rat")
• Marshall Allman as L.J. Burrows (Does not appear in "Allen", "Cute Poison", "English, Fitz or Percy", "Riots, Drills and the Devil, Part 2", "End of the Tunnel", "By the Skin and the Teeth", "Brother's Keeper", "The Key", "Tonight", "Go" and "Flight")

Prison Break Season 1 Trailer !!!

Prison Break - Season 1

Prison Break Season 1 started in 2005 and quickly became an incredibly popular show about innocence, murder, and mystery. Many people believed that the first season could have been made into a very high quality film due to the engrossing plot and action, though the writers managed to stretch it into a full four seasons. It all started out with Lincoln Burrows being tried and convicted for murdering a man named Terrence Steadman.


Terrance happens to be the brother of the incumbent Vice President, and so Lincoln is given the death penalty. Lincoln's brother, Michael Scofield, believes that his brother is innocent, and devises a plan to get him out of prison to avoid being executed. He figures that the easiest way to get into prison would be earning a sentence, so he commits armed robbery. He is sent to prison where he and his brother try to devise a way to avoid the impending execution. Fortunately, they have a friend on the outside that is working to figure out who framed Lincoln. The friend's name is Veronica Donovan, and in Prison Break Season 1 she makes every possible effort to uncover any motives behind eliminating Lincoln while the two brothers struggle to survive in prison.


Without spoiling too much of the plot of Prison Break Season 1, you will understandably be itching to see what happens each episode, as the characters are developed very well. In other words, you will come to grow and love the imprisoned brothers and feel anxiety as they struggle against all odds. It really makes you think how scary it would be to be wrongfully accused for something and sentenced to death because of it. Would you have someone do everything possible to emancipate you? Would you do the same for a loved one that was errantly convicted?


It is really hard to say without being in that situation yourself, but Prison Break Season 1 is only the tip of the iceberg. The following three seasons really build on the story and the entire conspiracy that started it all, giving you bits and pieces each episode until the fourth season where everything starts coming together. The fact that the writers chose to end the series after four seasons really allows you to watch the show without feeling like they're just stringing you along and it gives them time to answer all your questions.


Watch Prison Break to see how suspenseful and entertaining it really is. The show will really make you think and you will be itching to get to the next episode.

Prison Break - Season 2

The first episode of the season 2 start in a field with the eight escape that are running with the police behind them. After a long run they finnaly get lost by the police and it’S at this moment that they start talking about the 5 millions dollars of DB Cooper that had been hide in Oswego. T-Bag, to be sure they they will not left him alone, handcuff himself to Scofield. After a long walk, they decide to cut the hand of T-Bag. There is the point where the story start, they all go in different way to get the money except Scofield and his brother Linc to go take at the courthouse the son of Linc, LJ. The episode finish with the inspector in charge of this, Mahone, that have found the hard drive of the computer of Scofield that was trowned 
in the river before he got caught.

Prison Break - Season 3

The Season 3 of Prison Break will have a completely new plot. Scheuring quotes “The audience will definitely get closure. It'll feel like this is the endgame of the story, and yet there will be a few unanswered questions."

The third season will have eight major roles, including new additions to the cast. Most of the surviving crew will be brought together somehow, and there will be one or two new faces. When asked about the fate of Mahone played by William Fichtner, fans were told that Scheuring was very happy with William, hinting that Mahone will make a comeback in season 3.

One of the new additions is a female character who is Michael’s equivalent in intelligence, and she will act as a love interest for one of the guys. Who will it be? I'd make a bet on it being Linc, since he gets no loving! But your guess is as good as mine. Scheuring also let slip “And she would seem to be coming down on the side of good initially, but there will be questions [about] whether that's a facade.”

Ausiello quotes: “Paul Scheuring also teased that Season 3 would feature "a different storytelling process" that will begin to "play out in the last couple episodes of Season 2" and "leave some cliff-hangers, including one with Sara."

Sara Tancredi fans may have been worried that she may be killed off because the actress playing her, Sarah Wayne Callies, is pregnant, but Ausiello assures us that she’s safe. He says that Paul Scheuring won’t kill her off because he believes that Sara Tancredi is a strong component in the show. Sarah is due in the late summer, which coincides with the premiere of season 3, and she will be gone for a while, but will be back soon after the birth of her child. Scheuring says that her disappearance will fit into the plot, but refuses to confirm rumours of Sara Tancredi being kidnapped.

Season 3 will provide some of our favourite characters with redeeming moments. Michael Scofield's tattoo still has one more important role to play before the second season ends. Not everyone at the Paley Festival Event will survive to see season three. The show will continue to shoot in Dallas for season three, with secondary units covering Florida and Lousiana. The cast present at the Paley Festival were Dominic Purcell (Lincoln Burrows), Sarah Wayne Callies (Sara Tancredi), Robert Knepper (T-Bag), Wade Williams (Captain Brad Bellick), Rockmond Dunbar (C-Note) and Amaury Nolasco (Sucre).

Prison Break - Season 4

In Prison Break Season 4, After engineering an escape from the hellish Panamanian prison Sona, brothers Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows are determined to seek justice against The Company, the shadowy group responsible for destroying their lives and killing the woman Michael loves, Dr. Sara Tancredi. During their quest for vengeance, Michael’s world is turned upside down when he learns that Sara is still alive. Realizing the only way they will truly be free, Michael and Lincoln avenge to find Sara and take down The Company. With the help of a government handler, they assemble a group of allies and familiar faces including Mahone, Sucre and Bellick to aid in their seemingly impossible task. Unfortunately for the brothers, they must also enlist T-Bag, who unknowingly possesses a vital clue to help them pull off their most difficult challenge yet. They’ll soon discover the only thing harder than breaking out is breaking in.

Cast: Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows, Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield, William Fichtner as Alexander Mahone, Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre, Wade Williams as Brad Bellick, Robert Knepper as T-Bag, Sarah Wayne Callies as Dr. Sara Tancredi, Chris Vance as James Whistler, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as Susan B. Anthony, Danay Garcia as Sofia.

Prison Break - The Final Break

Two lovers have been through hell and back fighting for their lives. When they finally attempt to start a life, one is apprehended by the FBI for a murder that was actually self-defense. In prison, she becomes increasingly vulnerable. After a beat down from the guards and a bounty for her head, her husband reunites with old friends and attempts 'The Final Break'.

The story starts off with Sara being arrested for the murder of Christina Scofield, during her and Michael's wedding party. At the female penitentiary, some new characters are introduced, along with returning character Gretchen.

Across the yard is a neighboring men's prison, where General Krantz and T-Bag are being held. Receiving word of Sara's incarceration, Krantz puts out a $100,000 bounty on Sara's head. Sara is quickly poisoned, but is given medical treatment. She assumes Gretchen was behind the poisoning.

Michael soon learns of the bounty, and decides that he must break her out. He once again enlists Lincoln and Sucre's help. Lincoln and Sucre stake out the prison, taking photographs of the cameras and creating a rough layout of the prison. Gretchen sees Lincoln and Sucre, and forcibly asks Sara to include her in any escape plan that may be developing.

After meticulously analyzing the photographs and plans of the prison, Michael finds a fault in the security system. Mahone then arrives and offers his aid, although his true intentions are unclear, as he had just been offered reinstatement with the FBI on the condition that he find and report any evidence incriminating Michael.

Michael exploits the fault to come up with an escape plan, which he relays to Sara using a hidden message written in a letter. While he is out however, FBI agent Wheatley breaks into Michael's apartment, and sees the plans laid out on table. When Michael arrives, he points out that the plans look very incriminating, but Michael claims that he was merely looking for any faults, so that he could describe them to the prison warden, in the hopes that she may grant him visitation rights.

Visitation rights are eventually granted, so Michael visits Sara and, because the visit is supervised, subtly asks her if she understood the hidden message, which she implies that she does. However, just after leaving the prison, Michael finds out that Agent Wheatley also discovered the fault which Michael planned to exploit, and sees the camera system being adjusted, putting a halt to the escape plan.

Meanwhile, Sara joins the "family" of the leader of the prisoners, an inmate who goes by the name of "Daddy", in order to join the work detail and gain access to the yard.

Michael soon comes up with a daring plan which Lincoln strongly recommends against, to somehow parachute right outside the Prison Yard and rescue Sara. Realizing the difficulty of such a task, Michael asks Lincoln to enlist the aid of T-Bag. Since T-Bag would clearly be hold a grudge against Michael, Michael tells Lincoln to offer him a cash reward of $5,000. During the meeting, T-Bag demands a greater reward than the brothers can provide. But, because the General refused to provide any financial incentive for T-Bag's help, T-Bag tells Lincoln how he may rob the man who holds the General's $100,000, in exchange for which he would be willing to help. Lincoln agrees to steal the money, and tells T-Bag to simply pull the fire alarm at the opportune time. Lincoln and Sucre then proceed to successfully rob the man, and guarantee the transfer of funds to T-Bag.

Wanting to get to Sara, Gretchen persuades one of the guards to search Daddy's room. The Guards do so, and, finding drugs in the trash can, take Daddy to lockup.

While waiting near the showers, Sara is attacked by a fellow member of the family, but Gretchen comes to her rescue, inadvertently killing the attacker in the process. Gretchen then pleads with Sara to bring her along in the escape, because she wishes to see her daughter, Emily, and give her a personally made gift. When one of the guards tells Daddy of the death of her family member, and mentions that Sara and Gretchen are thought to be behind her killing, Daddy becomes infuriated.

Following several phone calls with Agent Wheatley, in which Mahone divulged Michael's plot including the parachuting plan, it appears as though Mahone has betrayed Michael. But Michael continues to trust him, and gives him a piece of paper and a DVD which he says to give to Sara, in the event of his death. Michael then visits Sara once more, telling her that the previous escape plan has been rendered impossible. But he cryptically tells her of a new plan, in which she must get to the chapel, which is linked to the outside via an underground connection to an administrative building.

Daddy is eventually freed from Lockup, and appears to be quietly stalking Sara and Gretchen. Just before the escape begins, Gretchen distracts a guard, and Sara confronts Daddy. Following a short explanation, Sara picks a fight with Daddy and purposely pushes her into a powerful and frightening inmate, who then retaliates by attacking Daddy. At the same time, Gretchen punches the guard and knocks her to the ground, but gets stabbed in the leg during the altercation. Sara quickly grabs the guards' keys, and the two of them hide in the kitchen amidst the chaos.

Michael then begins the escape. Knowing of the plan thanks to Mahone's information, agent Wheatley orders all lights to be shut off, and positions armed officers ready to kill, near Michael's landing site. When the parachute lands, it is riddled with bullets. However, when Wheatley approaches, the parachuter is revealed to be simply a dummy, and Michael is seen sneaking out from under Wheatley's car, and runs into position.

With the escape underway, Gretchen admits to Sara that she cannot continue on without help, due to her injuries. Gretchen then asks her to choose, either to leave her behind or help her along. Sara chooses to help Gretchen, because she rescued her during the attack. However, as they run to the chapel, Gretchen is spotted by guards. She is asked whether she is alone, but Gretchen refuses to divulge Sara's presence, and stalls the guards by telling them she merely wished to escape to be with her daughter. Though Sara is almost spotted when a guard comes closer, she manages to unlock the door and get into the Chapel, at which point the guards are called away, and Gretchen is again taken into custody. But before leaving, Sara sees the necklace that Gretchen made for Emily on the ground, and, knowing that she got away thanks to Gretchen, picks it up so that she may pass it on to her daughter.

Michael finally meets with Sara, and they wait sit, waiting. Sucre is supposed to transfer the money to T-Bag's bank account, but sees that the bank is closed. When T-Bag finds out that the transfer did not take place as promised, he angrily reveals the plot to the warden, and tells her that he was instructed to pull the fire alarm. The warden responds by turning all fire alarms off.

This however, turns out to be part of Michael's plan, as he figured that T-Bag would reveal the plan. With the alarms off, he then heats up a locked door with a blowtorch, managing to force it open. However, when they try to escape through the next door, which is electronically locked, they reach a roadblock. Knowing that this was a possibility from the beginning, Michael asks Sara to run as soon as the door opens, and leave him behind, since the only way to open the door is to manually cause a power surge that will certainly kill him. Sara refuses to leave if Michael cannot go with her, but he emphasizes that there is no other way, touching her stomach and saying that he will be going with her. In one final act of sacrifice, Michael causes the surge, and sparks are shown coming from the fuse box. Sara then runs out, with Lincoln, Sucre, and Mahone waiting with a van just outside. Stunned, Sara is unable to describe to Lincoln what just happened. Mahone, who purposely misled the Agents, revealed that he knew of Michael's plan from a previous discussion, and simply tells Lincoln, "He's Gone". They get into the van and drive away, still shocked over Michael's fate.

Back at the prison, T-Bag is put into solitary confinement for aiding Sara's escape, since he told the warden to shut off the fire alarms.

Mahone finally gives Sara the paper and the DVD which Michael left for her. The paper reveals a medical exam which Michael recently underwent, revealing that his brain tumor had returned, and that his condition was terminal. Finally, Lincoln and Sara sit in a boat, and view the DVD. It is a prerecorded message in which Michael explains his motivation for sacrificing himself, tells Sara and Lincoln that he loves them, and asks them to watch over each other. The video, and the entire series, culminates in Michael's final proclamation: that they are all, finally, "free."