Prison Break

Fellow 451press blogger Muhammad has become disillusioned with the current state of Prison Break. He’s hopped off the wagon of fans. He’s written an article about how and why Prison Break couldn’t keep his attention, and subsequently him as a regular viewer.

Well, in the spirit of fun and showing someone the error of their ways I’ve written a rebuttle that can be found over on TV Bender. You can check out the ‘Whys’ and ‘Why nots’ of why we continue (or in his case discontinued) to watch Prison Break.

Whose side are you on?

You REALLY need to check out this YouTube video that shows a little bit about what’s going to happen after the hiatus.

THE “BREAK� IS OVER WHEN

“PRISON BREAK� RETURNS FOR MORE NONSTOP ACTION

BEGINNING MONDAY, JANUARY 22, ON FOX

Series Returns with One-Hour Special Recapping Season Two
Following its action-packed Fall Finale on Monday, Nov. 27 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), PRISON BREAK returns with all-original episodes for the rest of the season, beginning Monday, Jan. 22 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) with a special one-hour recap of Season Two’s first 13 episodes. The final episodes of the season will air without repeats beginning Monday, Jan. 29 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

After engineering a daring escape from FOX River Penitentiary, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), his wrongly convicted brother Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) and six other convicts began the race of their lives to avoid capture and ultimately death at the hands of Alexander Mahone (William Fichtner), the FBI agent in charge of the nationwide manhunt. Michael remains determined to prove his brother’s innocence and reveal the conspiracy that put him on death row, and he and Lincoln have stayed one step ahead of Mahone, who has been revealed to be part of the Company that framed Lincoln in the first place.

In the exciting Fall Finale on Monday, Nov. 27, T-Bag (Robert Knepper) goes postal, determined to track down a missing Mrs. Hollander. Sucre’s (Amaury Nolasco) escape plane faces deadly turbulence while Bellick (Wade Williams) has the tables turned on him upon returning to Fox River. Michael and Lincoln are taken into custody, forcing Mahone and Kellerman (Paul Adelstein) to take drastic measures to ensure that the brothers make it to the prison’s morgue instead of their cells. And a surprising ally changes the game for everyone.

PRISON BREAK is an Adelstein-Parouse Production in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Paul Scheuring, Matt Olmstead, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse, Neal Moritz, Kevin Hooks and Brett Ratner (“X-Men: The Last Stand�) are executive producers. Zack Estrin is co-executive producer.

**THIS IS THE ACTUAL PRESS RELEASE FOR PRISON BREAK. SENT STRAIGHT FROM FOX TO ME. NOTHING HAS BEEN ADDED OR TAKEN AWAY.**

Yahoo! TV is starting to look really, really nice. They’ve got a standalone Prison Break section. Go over and have a gander at it. Videos, interviews, all sorts of goodies for us fans. I’m really digging the new Yahoo! TV.

Poor Bellick, he’s pretty much screwed over (no pun intended). There’s a new warden at Fox River. Bellick thinks that by requesting time at Fox River he’ll be able to have a grand old time with his former guard friends. But, the warden is making an example of Bellick. No more preferential treatment! So, he’s been stuck in the general population. I’m wondering, is that the end of Bellick’s story? Or will T-Bag get caught one day and confess?

By the way things are going, T-Bag will have a million dollar house in California and free reign to kill whomever he pleases. It would seem that T-Bag-besides losing his hand-has really come out on top of things. He’s got a bag with a cool 5 million, he’s just found the house where his old flame used to live, and he’s back for revenge.

I know there are a lot of people out there that are really rooting for T-Bag, but he’s about on my last nerve. He’s smart, slimy, and resourceful. But, that doesn’t negate the fact that I’d love to see someone, anyone, put a bullet in his head.

Still no Haywire in this episode, he’s apparently just disappeared. No matter, my theory on that is that he’s out there so that in an upcoming episode we can lose a “main character� without actually losing any of the main characters. It’s just a matter of time for Haywire. Actually they could probably go throughout this whole season and not show him, because there are so many interesting things going on elsewhere he doesn’t really matter.

Who knew the border patrol could respond so fast? Apparently not Agent Mahone who was stopped before he had a chance to kill Michael and Lincoln. That’s bad for Mahone because the mysterious Agent Kim keeps threatening to release information about Oscar Shales, the ex-convict that Mahone has buried in his back yard under a birdbath.

I really was thrown for a loop during the first forty minutes of this episode. As I’ve been saying all along, someone is going to switch sides be it Kellerman or Mahone. As we all found out Kellerman is pretty ticked off about having his life erased. I just didn’t think it would take Kellerman that long and set up such an elaborate escape plan. And I had NO idea he’d take out Mahone in the process.

I thought the ending was great. But, it seems as if the hiatus is truly going to take effect and we’ll all be waiting until January to find out what happens.

Just a question: Did anyone recognize the man in the shadows that finally showed his face at the end? The man that was with Mr. Kim. Here’s a screencap of him.

Until next year…

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If you wanted to whet your appetite for tonight’s episode click over on this link.

It’ll take you to the Prison Break page of TV.com. Under videos click on Killing Box (Episode Clip) to see a clip from tonight’s episode. I don’t really have to say this, but just a tiny spoiler warning

Barring any unforeseen announcements by FOX it seems that tonight’s episode, “The Killing Box” will sadly be the last episode until 2007. All recent sources are pointing to a planned hiatus. I’m sorry for getting anyone’s hopes up about Prison Break not going on hiatus, but it seems that it is now.

The description from TV.com:

Bellick is anything but happy about his sudden homecoming—to Fox River.

Elsewhere, Michael and Lincoln might face a homecoming of their own. Mahone and Kellerman use everything they got to make certain that Michael and Lincoln do not get through their road trip alive.

Sucre’s getaway plane encounters some difficulties. T-Bag closes on Mrs. Hollander.

Truthfully I’m really up in the air about what’s going to take place tonight. But, I’m sure we’ll all be left hanging.

One good thing is that apparently Prison Break was slated to come back from hiatus in March (like last year) but will be returning in January after 24 premieres. At least we wont have to wait until March

On page 32 of the most recent TV guide is a short article about Prison Break.

First off, it would seem that I must print a retraction from a past post or two mentioning that Prison Break wasn’t going on hiatus. There were numerous sources declaring that it wasn’t going on hiatus, but in the end it seems that it is

TV guide certainly thinks so. Since in the article called “Taking a Break,” they keep mentioning the ‘mid-season’ and ‘fall’ cliffhangers. Also, there’s an add for the episode in the back of the magazine by the Monday night schedule declaring in big, white block letters, “Fall Finale TONIGHT!” I am inclined to think that FOX decided to have Prison Break, take a break after all.

I did want to talk about the article though. It’s very interesting. Co-executive producer Zack Estrin was interviewed, he also wrote the ‘Fall Finale’ (coming up this Monday entitled “The Killing Box”).
He was quoted as saying:

“Several characters will find themselves behind bars at the end of this week’s episode.”

Mr. Estrin continues:

“This is a pivotal episode because the brothers find themselves back at the center of the conspiracy. (Michael and Lincoln) Realize that running is no longer an option–they have to stand and fight.”

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Here’s the Spoiler update from around the different Spoiler facets of the internet.

If you don’t want to be spoiled then don’t jump on over, but it seems like a few of my predictions are going to be coming true
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Michael and Linc’s futures are about as unclear as whether or not Prison Break is going to be on hiatus until January.

Things are just not going right for anyone. Except apparently Haywire, who for all intents and purposes has found his way to Holland.

First off, what is Bellick thinking that the cops won’t check Geary’s phone message. I was sitting there watching, just waiting for some guy to walk in with a tape recorder, and then it happened. The jig is up for Bellick. I sure hope his story isn’t completely over. I hated him as a guard but I liked him as a desperate nobody out for revenge, although he’s a moron. I mean really, tying up T-bag’s bad hand to the radiator?

We got to see C-note this episode, who is also taken an approach to thinking the Bellick way; delaying the inevitable. Did C-note just think that he and his family were going to camp-out for the rest of their lives in North Dakota? While we’re on that subject, love does make people do some crazy things, but why in the world did his wife go along with something like this? Especially with young girl in the mix. I was thinking that C-note was going to jump out of the motor-home and give himself up when his wife was being arrested. It would seem though, that he’s going to have to give himself up to save his family sometime in the near future.

I just wanted to comment on the ability of the newspaper in this show. The newspaper is the number one enemy of the convicts. It seems that every time they think they are in the clear the dreaded newspaper shows its face again at the most inopportune times; showing the reader the exact picture of the exact escapee sitting in front of them.

Sara lived. See I told you. But, wow she can hold her breath. Every time someone has to hold their breath on TV or in the movies, I unconsciously try to hold mine along with them. She sure got out of that chair fast, only to burn Agent Kellerman with an iron right on the chest. I always have a problem with these scenes where from sheer luck someone escapes their captor. Now I don’t have a problem with the luck, what I have a problem with is that when the captive has incapacitated their captor they NEVER pick up the gun and shoot them.

Finally, Michael, Linc, and Sucre have run into Agent Mahone yet again. This time while meeting with their father. Now their father is dead. Sucre is on a plane being followed by an Air Force jet, and Michael and Linc are kneeling on the pavement with Agent Mahone point a gun at them. What’s going to happen?

A few questions I have:

Where was L.J. this episode?
Where was Michael and Linc’s Dad’s entourage, which could’ve saved them?
Now that Agent Kellerman is being erased from everything. Now that he’s becoming a ghost, is he going to switch sides to get revenge on the mysterious Bill Kim? (I think he will).


Until next week…

Prison Break, Disconnect, Michael Scofield, FOX

Here’s an interview with TV Guide where Sarah Callies talks about her character Sara, and the predicament she’s in when the last episode ended. If you all remember she was face down, tied to a chair, in a tub full of water with Agent Kellerman looking on.

I said in my last review that I don’t think she’s going to bite the dust, and by the sounds of this interview it seems like somehow she’ll escape her drowning fate.

It doesn’t come right out and say it, but she talk as if she’s still filming episodes with the cast. The first question seems a bit cryptic, but makes me pretty sure she’s still on the show:

TVGuide.com: So, how long can you hold your breath? I’m worried about you there.
Sarah Wayne Callies: [Laughs] Much longer than I had thought originally.

Tune in tonight to find out if I’m right…

I love these little YouTube, American Express sponsored previews of upcoming episodes of Prison Break. The ad at the first looks really cheesy, but it’s all good, because these little previews are great if you’re a spoiler junkie like me.

Again don’t watch this preview if you don’t want to be a little bit spoiled. All I’ll say is that it’s Bellick answering a few more questions for the police woman, about Geary.
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This is probably the greatest news of the TV season this year. It’s official Prison Break will not be taking an extended hiatus from showing new episodes. That’s great news for fans. It seems that the networks are starting to listen to their actual viewers.

Although Prison Break will take a couple nights off for college bowl games, and the premiere of 24 it will run straight through. In January it will go back to it’s original action-packed lineup with 24.

I’m really excited for this news.

{Random Note}–Yesterday I was watching Good Night and Good Luck, and guess who was in it? T-Bag. It was weird to see him playing something other than a creepy child molester with a suggestive nickname.

No hiatus for Prison Break?

It seems like FOX is sure leaning that way. According to this article on Mediaweek, FOX is thinking about just running Prison Break’s 22 episodes straight through instead of taking it off the air until January.

Fox is leaning toward running 22 consecutive episodes first-run of Prison Break this season straight through, choosing not to pull the series at the end of the November sweeps as it did last season, before bringing it back in March, Preston Beckman, executive vp, strategic program planning at Fox said today at the International Radio & Television Society breakfast session.

I second that motion!
I think that it’s a great idea. I can understand the reasoning behind all the hiatuses going on. But, I think that Prison Break run all the way through would be great. That means I’ll have one of my favorite shows to watch over the long Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

I guess we’ll see in the coming days or weeks if this is definite.

As I mentioned in my review this week Prison Break really delved into the innocent lives being lost in Michael’s quest for Lincoln’s exoneration. Michael has seriously started thinking about what kind of consequences his actions are causing.

I really like where this is all going. Most movies and TV shows brush away the innocent lives being lost, as if they were not meaningful. The innocent lives are treated like the extras that play them.

But, when Michael finally thought back to the beginning and all the people that have been hurt or killed because of his plan, maybe he shouldn’t have done it in the first place. Michael has had to become a criminal in the most literal sense. That’s got to be hard on anyone.
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