Prison Break

The first Prison Break of March is titled ‘Sweet Caroline’ and is the continuation of Michael, Linc, and companies Chicago adventure. Wondering if Michael will ever meet up with the evil President Reynolds? Wonder no more, this is the episode where Michael finally gets some face time with the woman out to destroy him and his brother at any expense.

Prison Break fans are used to leads getting captured from time to time, but be prepared for a major character to go down for some hard time. That character is Sara. Yup, Sara is going to get caught by Mahone and will definitely not be breathing any fresh air for a while. In fact, looking ahead to the Prison Break season finale, expect a lot of major revelations to come out about Sara as she goes to trial. The evidence they fought so hard to get? Thoroughly debunked and of no use to anyone.

Another Prison Break fan favorite is going to have a shocking turn in Sweet Caroline when C-Note makes good on his deal with Mahone and delivers Lincoln! Don’t expect Lincoln to be captured though, two in one show is just sort of incomprehensible, and maybe, just maybe, Sara has something to do with him alluding capture.

With the gang widdled down to just T-Bag and C-Note (hmmm I sense a pattern) still on the loose, sort of, can we expect anybody else to go down before the end of the season? One reliable source says that T-Bag is going to make his way south of the border but may see some action in a bloody close call.

(Thanks to www.spoilerfix.com)

There are only 4 episode left in this season. Here is the schedule.

March 5, 2007 (8pm/7pm): Episode 2.19 - Sweet Caroline
March 19, 2007 (8pm/7pm): Episode 2.20 - Panama
March 26, 2007 (8pm/7pm): Episode 2.21 - Fin Del Camino
April 2, 2007 (8pm/7pm): Episode 2.22 - Sona (Season 2 Finale)

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The Beatles are still listening to the recording and Doc sums up everyone’s opinion with an, “Oh my God!”

Posse Central. Ranger Rabid Mahone’s giving a rundown on the Escapees. Lang brings up Sucre and says he was spotted in Mexico. Bellick shows up, which pleases Mahone about as well as you’d expect. They head to Mahone’s office where Bellick bitches that he hasn’t gotten the reward for Haywire yet and Mahone reminds Bellick that he’s suppossed to be operating “under the radar.” Bellick is his usual ass self and doesn’t care. So Mahone awesomely lays down the law and says Bellick will get the reward money, but if he ever sets foot in Mahone’s office again, he’ll be pushing up daisies. Bellick backs down. Mahone brings up Mexico.

Back to the Beatles. Linc thinks the government will try to discredit the recording if they go public with it. Michael says they need to give it to someone within the government whom they trust. Yeah, that’s a giant list right there. Linc immediately suggests Jane (the blonde chick who’s looking after L.J.). “This is our last shot,” Michael says. Really? Haven’t you guys had, like, a hundred last shots?

Cut to Owen, purchasing a huge-ass rifle and scope. He pays the seller with a bullet to the chest. Bad Owen!

Mahone and C-Note are checking the europeangoldfinch message board and Michael hasn’t checked in, despite C-Note leaving him three messages. Mahone thinks C’s yanking his chain but C assures him that Michael will eventually respond.

Wisconsin. L.J. answers a call from his old man and they catch up. L.J. reports that he’s back in school (under a false name of course) and he’s happy. Linc takes this in and asks to speak with Jane.

Alabama. T-Bag visits a shrink.

More Beatles love. Linc gets off the phone and says Jane gave him the name of an old Silver Fox ally: Cooper Green, former Deputy Attorney General. So they call Green’s office and say they’re the sons of Aldo Burrows. The secretary transfers their call to some dude in a spendy suit. Green already knows about the recording, so Michael tells him to meet him in a park in an hour. He instructs Green to wear a blue suit with red tie. The brothers head out as Doc heads to…

The cemetery, to visit her dad’s grave. Bruce (remember him?) shows up and proclaims his innocence regarding the whole trying-to-kill-Doc-ordeal. He says his line was tapped and he had nothing to do with GJH’s murder. Doc begins to soften.

Fox River. Bellick visits HIC and offers him a transfer to a cushy minimum security facility if HIC spills about Mexico.

So we head to Mexico. Sucre and Maricruz make it to his aunt’s farm.

T-Bag’s chatting with the shrink and brings up the fact that they resemble one another a bit. The shrink agrees and is “So…?” T-Bag answers by braining the poor guy with a statue.

Green’s at the park when a pay phone rings. It’s Linc. He instructs Green to put his spendy suit jacket in the trash. Green complies. Then Linc tells him to go to the fountain on the other side of the park. Green hustles. As he runs, Linc spots a couple of dudes tailing him. Linc calls Michael and reports this. Green makes it to the fountain (barely) and answers another phone. This time Linc tells him to get in the fountain. Heh. Green, once again, complies. One of the tails exposits that this is to drown any mics they may have planted on Green. Once the sopping wet Green exits the fountain, a kid hands him a cell phone. Linc calls and tells him to go into the museum.

The always smug SAM phones Mahone and informs him that the brothers are in Chicago. He brings up C-Note and says he’s no longer needed. Mahone is to bring about “a death with no questions.”

So Mahone meets with C-Note and says they’re closing in on Michael. He also says he’ll keep his end of the deal (ie dropping charges against Kacie and getting Dede medical attention) as long as C-Note does something for him. He’ll be sending C a package and he wants him to “use it.”

Museum. Linc directs Green to the basement as Bruce and a now thawed Doc arrive at Green’s office and gasp! it’s a totally different guy! Doc asks the real Green where the brothers are, but he is rightly confused. Doc frantically tries to reach Linc. She gets through and tells him that Little Brother is in big trouble.

Linc Runs! while Michael chats with Not Green. Michael asks a series of questions, which Not Green answers. Then Not Green says they need to go back to his car. Michael refuses, but Not Green says he’s asthmatic and his inhaler is in his jacket, which Linc made him throw away. Duh! If someone who normally carries their inhaler in their jacket was told to put down said jacket, they would most likely remove the inhaler and put it in their pants or something. Michael’s a smart boy, I’m sure he’ll figure it out. Anyhoo, he agrees to accompany Not Green to his car. Once outside Michael asks Not Green what kind of medicine he uses in his inhaler. Not Green is sick of all the questions, but relents and answers. It must’ve been the wrong answers, ‘cuz Michael takes Not Green out.

Alabama airport. T-Bag’s booking a flight to Bangkok. The ticket agent informs him that there’ll be connecting flights, including one in Chicago. T-Bag’s fine with that as long as he can leave right away. He’s unhappy to learn that his bag ‘o cash is over the weight limit for a carry-on so he has to check it.

Owen’s in his car listening to Pres Patricia’s appearance schedule on the radio. He then visits his sister. He tells her he’s going to do a horrible thing and he wants her to remember the brother he was while they were growing up.

Mahone’s at the park and calls SAM to let him know that the brothers got away. Again. Mahone asks why they wanted to contact someone from the Attorney General’s office and correctly guesses that Linc’s innocent. SAM’s all, “Yeah?”

Back at the hotel, Michael and Linc regroup. Michael figures it was the secretary who’s working for Them. A knock at the door is answered by Michael. It’s Doc, along with the real Green.

C-Note receives the package and reluctantly opens it to reveal a…noose. Dun!

Sucre and Maricruz plan for the future.

Bellick hops on a plane and gripes that they have no food. Guess who’s having a fine time in first class? Yep, T-Bag.

Kacie visits C-Note and says Dede’s responding to the treatment. What C says in this scene isn’t really important, it’s the fact that he’s trying to say goodbye that’s making me tear up. Man, Rockmond Dunbar acts the hell out of this. Sniff.

At a rally for Pres Patricia, Owen takes out an agent on a rooftop.

Mahone’s still at the park when he figures out that the brothers are in the hotel across the way.

Inside said hotel the Beatles get some bad news: Green says the date stamp on the recording is from when the recording was made, not when the actual conversation was recorded. It can’t be authenticated, therefore it’s legally useless. Linc’s pissed.

Mahone enters the hotel and flashes pics of the brothers. The receptionist hasn’t seen them. Then he shows her a pic of Doc, whom the receptionist recognizes. She gives him the room number.

Michael’s returned to Denialand and says, “It’s not over.” Linc doesn’t want to hear it, but Green pipes up that the recording may not help in a courtroom, but “outside the law”… Seems the recording (which we have yet to hear) isn’t just a conversation between siblings. Pres Patricia did something and she’s up to her ass in guilt. I’m assuming it’s something besides faking her brother’s murder and framing an innocent man for it. “So we blackmail her,” Michael says, catching on. Green: “I’m an officer of the court, I didnt’ say that.” Heh. But he’s totally, “Hell yeah!” Doc asks what they’d blackmail Pres Patricia for. “A presidential pardon,” Michael answers. Linc finds this rather twisted and vaguely amusing: “The woman that set me up is gonna set me free.”

Owen’s still on that roof, prepping his gun.

Sob. C-Note’s in his cell, prepping his noose. Sniffle. Aw man, it looks like he’s really gonna do it. “I love you,” he says before he steps off his bunk…

If you all watched Prison Break last night, you know we were left with a few cliffhangers. First, I hope to God that C-Note doesnt hang himself. Although it looks like that is exactly what he was doing. I like him. I think he is one of the good guys. He loves his family more than anything.

Second, we have Maddam President. I think she is going down one way or another. Either Kellerman will kill her or Linc and Michael will blackmail her. Again, these were both cliffhangers from last night.

Does T-Bag actually think he can get away with identity theft? He will get caught sooner or later. He is not as slick as he thinks.

I still dont get the whole Bellick thing. Now he is on his way to Mexico. He is a prisoner for God’s sake. I realize he is in there for a murder he didn’t commit, but no one knows that. He is out just walking around. And is he stupid enough to believe that Agent Mahone will pay him a dime? He will kill him before he gives him any money.

Stay tuned tomorrow for a complete recap of last night’s episode!

Feel free to comment on my comments or add you own comments!

02/14 - Michael and Linc hear the tape on the memory stick that was in Gov. Tancredi’s humidor. It could exonerate Linc, but getting the information is only half the battle. Now they must get it out. In Mexico, meanwhile, Sucre and Maricruz (Camille Guaty) find refuge with his aunt. In Birmingham, T-Bag visits a psychologist. And back in Chicago, C-Note begins to hold up his end of the bargain with Mahone, while Kellerman tends to personal business with the president. Source: TV Guide Online
02/10 - Guest Cast: Reggie Lee as Bill Kim; Cynthia Kaye McWilliams as Kacee Franklin; Camile Guaty as Maricruz Delgado; Joseph Nunez as Manche Sanchez; Jason Davis as Wheeler; Barbara Eve Harris as Lang; Wilber Fitzgerald as Bruce Bennett; Tina Holmes as Kristine Pace; Kevin Dunn as Cooper Green; Taylor Nichols as Dr. Erik Stammel; Conor O’Farrell as Agent Miller. Source: FOX
01/29 - Lincoln, Michael and Sara find the evidence they need to expose the conspiracy; Mahone forces one of the escapees to draw Michael and Lincoln out into the open; T-Bag’s visit to a psychiatrist’s office is more than therapeutic; Bellick is dispatched south of the border; and Kellerman sets his sights on the President. Source: FOX
01/24 - The brothers have a tape with the President’s and Steadman’s voices on it. But when they properly analyze the tape, it’s clear it can’t help them as much as they first thought. A little brainstorming will have Sara, Michael and Lincoln change gears and aim at the President. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat
01/21 - T-Bag meets with psychiatrist Eric Stammel. Of course, T-Bag has an evil plan in the back of his mind, especially since Stammel and he look a bit alike. After pouring his heart out to the shrink, T-Bag gets to business so he can “play doctor.” Michael and Lincoln meet with a man who supposedly knew their father. The man claims he wants to help them get a tape to a judge. Michael grills the man a bit to ensure he is the real thing… Later, Sara tries to locate the brothers… Kellerman visits his sister Kristine who works for a Greenpeace-type organization. They talk about their lovely family. Source: SpoilerFix.com
01/10 - T-Bag is gonna literally play doctor in an effort to evade the police. And the gradual redemption of Kellerman continues: We’re going to learn how he came to be damaged goods when he meets up with his sister and the two have a heart-to-heart. Source: Ask Ausiello @ TV Guide

Since I have been watching Prison Break, I have seen movies with the PB actors in them. I have listed some of them here. See if you remember any of them? Feel free to add any that I missed.

Wentworth Miller-
Stealth
Underworld
The Human Stain
Dinotopia

Robert Knepper-
Hostage
Good Night and Good Luck
Species 3

Amaury Nolasco-
The Benchwarmers
Mr 3000
2 Fast 2 Furious

Dominic Purcell-
Primeval
Blade: Trinity

William Fichtner-
The Longest Yard
Crash
Pearl Harbor
The Perfect Storm
Black Hawk Down
Contact
Armageddon
Malcom X

As promised, here are the answers to yesterday’s quiz.

1. “Manhunt” - Who portrayed the escapees’ new hunter, FBI Agent Alex Mahone?

Your Answer: William Fichtner

2. “Manhunt” - Who’s murdered in this season two premiere?

Your Answer: Veronica Donovan

3. “Otis” - Michael and Lincoln successfully freed LJ from police custody.

Your Answer: False

4. “Otis” - Who did David (Tweener) hook up with to get closer to Westmoreland’s hidden cash?

Your Answer: Debra Jean

5. “Scan” - Where were Maricruz and Hector getting married?

Your Answer: Las Vegas

6. “First Down” - Which of the escapees was killed/apprehended first, as the title suggested?

Your Answer: John Abruzzi

7. “First Down” - Who was with Sarah when Michael called to apologize and assure her?

Your Answer: Paul Kellerman

8. “Map 1213″ - Which inmates do Michael and Linc reconnect with in Tooele, Utah?

Your Answer: T-Bag and Tweener

9. “Map 1213″ - What did Michael and Linc find when they got to the proposed location of Westmoreland’s buried cash?

Your Answer: a housing development

10. In season two, who did T-Bag find reattach his severed hand?

Your Answer: an animal doctor

Here is a PB quiz. Submite your guesses and I will post the answers tomorrow!

1. “Manhunt” - Who portrayed the escapees’ new hunter, FBI Agent Alex Mahone?

John Heard
William Fichtner
Lance Henriksen
Josh Morrow

2. “Manhunt” - Who’s murdered in this season two premiere?

Tweener (David)
LJ Burrows
Veronica Donovan
T-Bag (Teddy Bagwell)

3. “Otis” - Michael and Lincoln successfully freed LJ from police custody.

True
False

4. “Otis” - Who did David (Tweener) hook up with to get closer to Westmoreland’s hidden cash?

Sue Ann
Kelly
Debra Jean
Abby

5. “Scan” - Where were Maricruz and Hector getting married?

Las Vegas
New York City
Miami
Denver

6. “First Down” - Which of the escapees was killed/apprehended first, as the title suggested?

Benjamin Franklin (C-Note)
Michael Scofield
Tweener (David)
John Abruzzi

7. “First Down” - Who was with Sarah when Michael called to apologize and assure her?

Paul Kellerman
Veronica Donovan
Governor Tancredi
LJ Burrows

8. “Map 1213″ - Which inmates do Michael and Linc reconnect with in Tooele, Utah?

Abruzzi and Tweener
Tweener and Sucre
T-Bag and Tweener
C-Note and Abruzzi

9. “Map 1213″ - What did Michael and Linc find when they got to the proposed location of Westmoreland’s buried cash?

a housing development
a hospital
a strip center (shopping area)
the Tooele police department

10. In season two, who did T-Bag find reattach his severed hand?

a chiropractor
an animal doctor
a nurse
an EMT

In case any of you want to write to your favorite Prison Break star, here is the address you can write to. Just address it to your favorite star.

Prison Break
20th Century Fox Television
Acme Productions
10201 West Pico Boulevard
Building 38, Room 125
Los Angeles CA 90035

Previously Doc and Michael were entering the cigar club. They poke around, but Doc is recognized so they split.

Minneapolis. Private Perturbed Mahone lands and calls his positively adorable son, Cameron, who’s still in the hospital, but recuperating. They chat and Mahone’s phone rudely beep beeps ‘cuz Lang is on the line. She informs her boss that C-Note has been id’d from the diner. She also says that Dede’s been sick a lot so she’s checking into local hospitals in southeast Minnesota, my own backyard.

Michael and Doc get back to the other half of the PBCT. Michaels shares the information that Pope is also a member of the club so…

We head to Pope’s house. The man himself answers the door to find Doc, who asks for a moment of his time. Pope’s all, “Nuh huh, lady,” and is so not pleased when a brooding Michael pops in as well. I sure wouldn’t mind, God Miller looks hot.

Credits.

Pope’s pissed. Michael used him and blah blah. Doc brings up GJH’s murder and shows Pope the key.

Alabama. T-Bag and his hostages are still on the road. They pull up outside a shitty rundown house, T-Bag’s old home.

Mexico. Sucre’s still in his stolen car when it either breaks down or runs out of gas, no se. A guy pulls over and offers Sucre a ride. Sucre says his girl’s coming in on a flight and the guy is all, “What a coincidence! It just so happens I’m airport security and we’re expecting an American fugitive.” Sucre sits back and revels in the awkward.

Mpls. C-Note brings Dede to a hospital.

Pope’s house or shall I refer to it as The Vatican? Pope’s still pissed. Get over it already, dude. He won’t listen to the fugitives and says he’s gonna call the authorities. Michael’s all, “I don’t think so,” as he pulls a gun. “I don’t want to hurt you, Henry.” “Said by the man with the gun,” Pope shoots back. Michael babbles about Linc’s innocence. Pope’s not having it and points out that Michael’s not going to convince him of anything by holding a gun on him. So Michael sets the gun on the counter.

C-Note can’t get someone to look at Dede so they leave. And who should arrive just as they are exiting? Why it’s the lunatic with the federal badge (no, not Bellick and where has he gotten off to?). Mahone gives chase and corners C-Note and Dede as they board a bus. Mahone orders C to put his little girl down, but she won’t let go. As the bus doors close, Mahone warns C, “Don’t let her pay for your mistakes.”

The Vatican. Pope’s still not on board, so Michael offers him a deal, which we don’t get to hear.

Vomit, Southern style. T-Bag finds a ratty old dictionary and flashes back to his glorious childhood. His father/uncle made him memorize the dictionary (which explains why he’s so wordy) and show off his knowledge for his friends. Then he molested him as a reward. Ew! Ew! Ew! God, that scene was so creepy, vile, disturbing…actually I could use T-Bag’s skills with synonyms.

Owen and Linc chat on a rooftop overlooking the cigar club. Linc can’t get over the fact that Owen spent all of last season and the better part of the current season trying to kill him. Owen gives his standard response, “Just following orders.” So Linc brings up Pres Patricia. He recalls that NuSteadman said that Owen was in love with her. Owen dismisses this, “You don’t love someone that loves power more than life.” “Bitter, huh?” Linc asks. “Am I?” Linc’s response is all eyebrows and smirks and it’s hilarious. Anyhoo, Owen changes the subject, saying there’s no way they’re gonna survive this. Linc channels Michael when he says he has faith that they’ll make it. Owen’s Buddy Bringdown and says sooner or later They will get to them, but he plans on taking as many down as he can. “She must’ve really broken your heart, Paul.” Heh.

SAM’s sitting around being all smarmy and teeny and generally evil. He gets the news that Doc was spotted at the cigar club so he orders a jet to Chicago. Going out in the field again, SAM? We know you hate that.

Mexico. Sucre and the security guard arrive at the airport and part ways. Another security dude shows the first guy Sucre’s pic and he’s all, “Oh shit! I gave that guy a ride here!” They hustle us to commercials.

After said commercials, Sucre runs up to MariCruz and they smooch. It’s sweet. Sucre tells her, “I got three words for you.” “Yeah?” “We gotta run!” Heh. So they do.

Cigar club. Doc hands Pope the key and he heads into the club. Michael and Doc cutely banter in the car while Owen and Linc keep watch on the roof. Inside Pope retrieves the recording and asks to borrow a guy’s computer.

Alabama. T-Bag shares with SM that he “can’t procreate.” His words. He says that’s a good thing, ‘cuz it’ll mean the end of the Bagwells. He sees Zach and Gracie as his “salvation.” Barf. He asks SM if she could ever learn to love him and her answer is negative. And we all know how well T-Bag handles rejection.

C-Note brings Dede to a shabby clinic and offers the lazy ass doctor four hundred bucks to take a look at his daughter. He informs the doctor that she has a kidney disease. Well, that’s one question answered.

Linc and Michael converse via cell as Pope exits the club. Gah! SAM shows up! He tries to be menacing, but considering the fact that he’s all of two feet tall and has to crane his neck to look Pope in the face, he’s really not. SAM orders Pope to empty his pockets and Pope resists the urge to bitch-slap the little gnat, but SAM’s cohort shows off his gun (dirty!) to show he means business. Everyone sees that Pope’s in trouble, so Michael guns the car right into SAM. Awesome! Then Linc barrels up, boots SAM (Go Linc!) and punches the snot outta him. He turns and calmly walks back to the car as Owen shoots SAM’s cohort. Owen hustles to the car, but what’s this? It appears that my BFF has gone and locked the doors. Hee! The brothers and Doc speed away, leaving Owen standing on the sidewalk, reliving his high school memories of being excluded by the in-crowd. He spares a glance at a bloodied SAM then takes off.

Alabama. The cops show up and find SM and the kids locked in the cellar. They say they got a call about a hostage situation, but SM points out that no one knew where they were. Cut to a shot of T-Bag sobbing by the side of the road.

No good news for C-Note, I’m afraid. Dede’s in renal failure and needs dialysis. They can’t do that at the clinic, but what they can do is shove a big ass needle in her throat to prep her for treatment somewhere else. C balks. He grabs Dede and leaves.

The PBCT, currently minus one of its founding members, (kinda like when John left the Beatles, so the PBCT shall be referred to the Beatles from here on in) arrive at The Vatican. Pope and Michael get out of the car, the latter informing his brother about his deal with Pope. Michael offered to turn himself in if Pope helped them. Linc takes this about as well as you’d expect. He gets all shouty (and hot). Pope takes this in and tells Michael to go. He says he listened to the recording and it’s important. He figures there’ll be people out there who will want it destroyed. Michael thanks him and the Beatles depart.

As C-Note rocks Dede he totally loses it. Sniff. I am not crying. Shut up!

Lang calls Mahone, saying he’s got a call. It’s C-Note. He offers to turn himself in if Kacie is released. Mahone points out that C-Note’s not really in the position to make demands. So C offers him something else.

Dede’s lying in a hospital bed and Mahone gives her a teddy bear. He informs C-Note that Kacie’s been released and reminds C to hold up his end of the bargain. “I will,” C promises. “I’ll get you Scofield.” Dun!

The Beatles stop at what I presume is a motel and set up a laptop. The get ready to play the recording, but…wuh? That’s it. That’s the end of the episode. No racing Prison Break theme, just a shot of Miller and Purcell standing in what appears to be a big ass tunnel. What is up with ending the episodes minus the theme? And as hot as Miller is, that color doesn’t look the greatest on him.

Last night’s episode of Prison Break was one of the best episodes of this season so far, in my opinion. I have a few thoughts that I thought I would share with you.

C-Note is absolutely amazing! Bottom line! The man turned himself in and went back to prison just to make sure his daughter, Dede, got the medical care she desperately needed. And he made sure his wife was released from jail so someone would be there to care for and look after Dede. It was a tear-jerking part.

We also saw the somewhat softer side of T-Bag. After holding Susan and her kids hostage in his childhood home, he called the cops and told them a hostage situation so they could be released. I think T-Bag is a horrible criminal but he apparently does have a heart after all.

Anyone else have any other opinions?

Episode 2.17: Bad Blood
Airdate: February 19, 2007

02/10 - In Chicago, Michael and Sara seek out Pope (Stacy Keach) after their first attempt to get at the evidence in Gov. Tancredi’s cigar-club humidor is thwarted. In Minneapolis, Mahone closes in on C-Note and an ailing Dede. In Alabama, T-Bag takes the Hollanders to his boyhood home and makes an offer to Susan. And in Mexico, Sucre must hitchhike to his rendezvous with Maricruz at the Ixtapa airport after running out of gas. He gets a ride easily enough—with an airport security guard. Source: TV Guide Online
02/10 - Guest Cast: Camille Guaty as Maricruz Delgado; Reggie Lee as Bill Kim; K.K. Dodds as Susan Hollander; Rachel Loera as Theresa Delgado; Barbara Eve Harris as Lang; Helena Klevorn as Dede Franklin; Zachary Friedman as Cameron Mahone; Michael Gohlke as Young Theodore; Joel Stoffer as Old Man Bagwell. Source: FOX
01/29 - Michael and Sara realize that Warden Pope (guest star Stacy Keach) is the key to recovering information that will bring down “The Company”; Mahone corners another escapee; C-Note fears for his daughter’s life; Sucre learns the dangers of hitchhiking en route to reuniting with Maricruz; and T-Bag walks down memory lane when he takes the Hollander family to his childhood home. Source: FOX
01/29 - Stacy Keach resurfaces on Prison Break, as Michael and Sara realize that Pope might hold the key to bringing down the Company. Source: TV Guide Online
12/29 - T-Bag is at the Alabama home where he grew up. In the flashbacks set 30 years back, T-Bag’s father drinks with two of his buddies while T-Bag is playing with a GI Joe. The two friends make fun of Old Man Bagwell’s IQ. The conversation shifts about T-Bag and the old man claims the boy was adopted. To prove his point, he has his son recite ten synonyms for a word chosen by one of the buddies. Source: SpoilerFix.com
12/20 - An upcoming episode will feature flashbacks of a 9-year-old T-Bag and his father. T-Bag’s father, who is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, has his son study the dictionary. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat

I figured that I would start a post and see who everyone’s favorite character on Prison Break and why? So I will start. My favorite character is Michael. I think that anyone who risks everything to clear his brother’s name is one awesome guy. He stagged a bank robbery to get into prison. He knew his brother was innocent and he set out to prove that.

Things keep heating up on Prison Break. Just when Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) and Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) thought they’d turned the tables on their pursuers, they’re on the run again. They even found the president’s brother, who Lincoln was framed for killing, but he took himself out of the equation by killing himself. Lincoln continues to be on edge, repeatedly threatening to kill their new ally Kellerman (Paul Adelstein) because he remembers when he was a bad guy. Dominic Purcell seems cool and smooth though, hanging out at TV network parties just ready to talk about the show.

Crave Online: What do you think of Prison Break continuing to change the dynamic?

Dominic Purcell: I think the dynamic of the show is continuing to rise. People are just loving the show and I don’t think Prison Break has a problem with dynamics. It’s just getting more and more intense. I suppose there’s an unusual dynamic between Kellerman and Lincoln and Michael. Lincoln’s having to justify his reasons to why he shouldn’t kill Kellerman so yeah.

Crave Online: Will you get to do any more stunts as you guys run?

Dominic Purcell: The other day I was on a moving train on the roof and that was kind of terrifying. The stunt man was insisting that I was going to be all right but I felt very precarious up there.

Crave Online: Do they let you do a lot yourself?

Dominic Purcell: Yeah, I’m a physical kind of guy. I’ve always liked being physical. It takes a stuntman to really say, “Look, we don’t want you to do this. No, no, I’m serious, you’re not going to do this” to get me not to do my stuff.

Crave Online: Did you expect Prison Break to become such a hit?

Dominic Purcell: Well, you never expect a show to be a massive hit around the world. You just don’t expect that. The best you can hope for when you sign up for a TV show or a pilot is that it gets picked up. That’s your first step. The second step is ratings. So no, I didn’t expect it to do what it’s doing.

Crave Online: Did you always know you’d make it to season two?

Dominic Purcell: I didn’t think that far ahead. I was much more just driven to making sure that the potential was utilized and I believe it was. Prison Break’s become this phenom around the world now. It’s the number one show, well it’s in the top five of every country in the world. It’s like number 2 in Oz, number one in South Africa, number three in London, it’s huge in France. It’s the fastest selling DVD in Japan. Again, it’s massive in Australia. We have a great story here and people dig it. So now I’m kind of expecting it to last for a long time because there’s a lot of money involved. This is going to be a big moneymaker for Fox.

Crave Online: Why do you think it’s a worldwide phenomenon?

Dominic Purcell: I think primarily the rest of the world for some reason is quite kind of interested in American drama. There’s something there that they love about it. We’re talking about a show that’s unique, it’s refreshing, it’s different. It’s not your procedural drama kind of thing. There’s a lot of elements there. You’ve obviously got hunky guys and great stories. We’re dealing with prison, convicts. You’ve got a great guy in Wentworth in the first season, fresh new face. It had all the elements of doing really, really well.

Crave Online: Women like the big sweaty guys, right?

Dominic Purcell: The good thing about the show is that the audience is both, and it’s mainly a younger demographic. I think that’s one of the reasons why we don’t do the 18, 20, 25 share. We do the 12 share because the audience that sees the show are young. When you look at, say, an example, CSI, you’ve got 12 million young people watching CSI and you’ve got 12 million people watching Prison Break, I’m just using it as an example. But with CSI you’ve got another 10 million people who are above the demographic. So we just bring in a core kind of group.

Crave Online: What has it changed for you so far?

Dominic Purcell: Lincoln’s looking after the Purcell family, let’s put it that way. I don’t know. I don’t think there’s been a great change in me. I think I’m getting older, obviously. I’m just happy to be working.

Crave Online: How do you see the brothers relationship evolving?

Dominic Purcell: I think the relationship hasn’t had time to really grow. It hasn’t had time to really gestate because they’re much more concerned about trying to evade the law. But there have been glimpses. There have been moments of insight into the way the guys are ticking but we haven’t had an opportunity to really explore that yet because the brothers are so caught up in that frenetic world of escaping. As an actor, you’d love to. Michael and Lincoln have to service the plot at present and the other characters are the guys that are getting all the fun stuff to do. Michael and Lincoln are just having to deal with the A story.

Crave Online: What’s your real relationship like?

Dominic Purcell: I just have the utmost respect for Wentworth just as a person. He’s very polite, genteel private guy. He’s a good friend.

Crave Online: What do you relate to about Lincoln?

Dominic Purcell: Michael’s sensitive and Lincoln’s sensitive even though he disguises it through his brutality and his armor that he has. The two characters have a similar kind of sense of humor which we’ll be seeing this year. Lincoln tends to call Michael on sh*t a lot and vice versa. So there are a lot of similarities.

Crave Online: Do you ever wish you had switched parts?

Dominic Purcell: No. I never wanted that role. I was always fascinated with Lincoln.

Crave Online: Even when he was stuck in the cell most of last year?

Dominic Purcell: Yeah, I mean, as an actor, I was getting bored towards the end of the show because I thought we had kind of exhausted the hole. And it was hard, but that’s my job to come up with imagination for the role and I always knew that we were breaking out and then so this year is wonderful in that we’re getting to see Lincoln and Michael and all the characters in a different light. But the story was what it was and I said before, then it became my responsibility and my job to use my imagination to create new things for Lincoln to worry about. I’m just thankful that we’re out now because now I feel Lincoln is like reborn. I’m taking this guy in a completely different direction. Well, not a completely different direction but certainly you see a lot more shade and color to Lincoln this year.

Crave Online: Do you have brothers?

Dominic Purcell: Yeah, I have five brothers.

Crave Online: Did you and Wentworth bond to give yourselves that kind of bond?

Dominic Purcell: Not really. We just good friends. Wentworth and I are pretty easygoing guys. Went’s obviously very, very private but we have a great relationship in that we come to work and we can easily discuss certain things and it’s not a problem. There’s no censorship between us. So Went’s always offering things and likewise. Wentworth and I have to work out, and are working out, the history between the brothers and the way they interact, the way they did before they were incarcerated. That’s been one of the funs and joys of doing this season.

Crave Online: How much is on the page vs. you and Wentworth filling in backstory?

Dominic Purcell: The majority of it is on the page but as actors, we get onto the set and we flesh out stuff. The good thing about this show is that the writers are not married to the words. They trust the actors and that these are the guys, we live within the character. We know these guys more now than the writers. The writers obviously are all about objectives and the structure of the story, but if I read a scene or a line and I’m like, “No, no, no, the wording’s wrong. Lincoln wouldn’t say it like this.” I have the liberty to go to the writers and say, or even on the day change it without them knowing just as long as I don’t change the intent of what the writer wants me to say.

Crave Online: What shows do you follow every week?

Dominic Purcell: I don’t watch TV dramas. I watch ESPN, HBO boxing, National Geographic Channel and I kind of like to get some DVDs, movies that I haven’t seen and I just pop them in. That’s usually what I do. Oh, Entourage is one of my favorite shows. I love Entourage.

Crave Online: Would you be good in prison?

Dominic Purcell: No. I don’t think anyone’s good in prison. Prison is a terrible, terrible place. Obviously, I’ve done a lot of research on it and it can destroy anyone. I know the etiquette, what to do because from my research, part was talking to inmates and what have you but no, I wouldn’t be good.

Crave Online: What’s the worst crime you ever committed?

Dominic Purcell: I got into a fight when I was 18, I was drunk and I got put into a holding cell for the evening.

Crave Online: What was the fight about?

Dominic Purcell: I can’t remember. I just woke up. They didn’t charge me though.

Crave Online: Shooting in Dallas this year, what do you do there on your days off?

Dominic Purcell: Well, man, I’m a big reader and I kind of, on my days off, I like to read in the mornings. I hang by the pool because it’s so hot. I swim a lot. There’s a boxing gym where I live and I work out there. It’s been an experience in patience for me. I’m a surfer and it’s hard for me to not be near the water, and I have my family. But I’ve really been very happy with the way people of Dallas have treated all of us. They’ve been very hospitable. At the end of the day, man, I’m usually really tired. It’s pretty exhausting but I love Dallas. I love how there seems to be a great infrastructure there somehow. Everything’s clean and well put together and people are very, very friendly. I’m enjoying my time there.

Crave Online: Is moving around part of the life of an actor?

Dominic Purcell: Well, it seems to be for me. Some actors get lucky. They do shows and it’s always at home. For me, I haven’t done one yet. I did a movie in Africa, I’m doing in Dallas, I was in Chicago, I was in Canada. I’m just everywhere.

Crave Online: Where do you consider home?

Dominic Purcell: America.

Crave Online: Is your family in Dallas with you?

Dominic Purcell: It’s hard, man. We’ve got four kids. I’ve got to do that commute thing. My kids are in school and what have you, so we’ll just see. Obviously next year, if and when the show moves to a different location, they’re going to have to come with me. But we’ll just see what happens. They’re getting fed up with it. My daughter actually said this morning, “I don’t want to get on another plane.”

Crave Online: Do you think you’ll stay in Dallas next year?

Dominic Purcell: I think third season, I think there are whispers of it maybe being in Florida or Louisiana at this point. That’s what I’ve heard. Whether or not that eventuates, who knows? It also depends on where they want to take the show, where the writers want to set the show.

Crave Online: Are you worried you might go back to prison?

Dominic Purcell: If anyone’s going to be behind bars, I could imagine Michael being behind bars and Lincoln trying to break him out maybe.

Crave Online: How does your family deal with your new fame?

Dominic Purcell: They’re very happy for me. My mother lives in Ireland and Europe and I visited them at Christmas. They were fascinated with the amount of times I was recognized and people freaking out that Lincoln Burrows was walking down a little Irish street. I’m very appreciative and humbled by the success of Prison Break. I’m in a unique position.

Crave Online: Are you a cool dad?

Dominic Purcell: Yeah, man, I’m a hands on dad. I love my kids more than anything. It’s very important to me. I’d give myself a 10 out of 10 for being a dad.

Crave Online: Why do you think Australians are rising to the top of entertainment right now?

Dominic Purcell: I think one of the reasons is the industry back in Australia is very, very small. So the people that make it in Australia, I’m just talking about in Oz, have to have a lot of talent because it’s so competitive. And they bring that kind of thing to the states. I’m not putting down any actors, I’m just saying the majority of them are theater trained, classically trained kind of thing. It’s hard to pinpoint.

Crave Online: Is there any backlash from home for leaving for Hollywood?

Dominic Purcell: No, they get it down there. The industry in Australia has a lot of problems. The government, John Howard hasn’t really supported the arts in any way. The last prime minister that did was Paul Keating and he was amazing to the arts. We’ve lost a lot of funding. I think the stories that are coming out of Australia are just; the people of Oz, the audience in Australia are just not interested. So I think something has to happen there to get the audience back into the movie theaters and support Australian films.

Crave Online: Is it true you used to cut grass to make money?

Dominic Purcell: Yeah, I was a landscape gardener. I left school and didn’t really know what I wanted to do, and I got into landscape gardening. Thankfully, I’m not digging holes anymore.

Crave Online: And you were having a wild time back then?

Dominic Purcell: Yeah, I was pretty wild, silly and stupid. I haven’t had a drink now in 15 months, been sober for a while. I’ve managed to clean up my way. It’s the best thing I ever did. It was time and it’s time to grow up.