Creators:
Paul ScheuringComposer:
Ramin DjawadiCast:
Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Robert Knepper, Amaury Nolasco, Sarah Wayne Callies, William Fichtner, Wade Williams, Peter Stormare, Rockmond Dunbar (more)VOD (3)
Seasons(5) / Episodes(90)
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Season 1 (2005) - 22 episodes
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Season 2 (2006) - 22 episodes
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Season 3 (2007) - 13 episodes
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Season 4 (2008) - 24 episodes
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Resurrection (2017) - 9 episodes
Plots(1)
Most men would do anything to get out of Fox River Penitentiary, but Michael Scofield will do anything to get in. His brother Lincoln has been sentenced to die for a crime he did not commit, and the only way to save him is from the inside out. Armed with prison blueprints and an impossibly intricate escape plan, Michael gets himself incarcerated, and the race against time is on. Now, he'll need all of the cunning, daring, and luck he can muster along with the assistance of some of the prison's most vile and dangerous felons. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user Isherwood (1)
Prison Break (2005)
It rarely happens, but Prison Break is one of the few series in which the obvious plot contrivances are easily overlooked due to their perfect execution. The abundance of heart-stopping moments in which the protagonists "break out" of prison, and where at every second we anticipate the unexpected appearance of a guard or another inmate, has almost unhealthy effects in this particular installment. The genius of the entire escape plan, along with its execution, would be nothing without the excellently written and acted characters. They form Prison Break into a genre delicacy that, while lacking the bleakness of Midnight Express, also struggles to find the positive moods of The Shawshank Redemption. Thus, the only fault lies in the endless waiting for the next episodes, but for that, Prison Break can't really be blamed.
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