Prison Break -- Season Three

[Loren]

As last season neared its end, I was worried about "Prison Break." It had been envisioned and planned as a finite 2-season series upfront, so I wasn't sure how they could milk another season out of the setup. An interview with the creator had him say that once a third season seemed inevitable they started setting it up, but I didn't see the elements there. Only with the last episode or so did I start to appreciate what they'd done.

And tonight, I have to say that they did a good job of giving us a new status quo. We're back in prison, with all the stakes raised. The cast has been pared down a bit, which is probably a good thing. Michael hates Mahone, but Mahone has to make sure Michael gets out alive. T-Bag sets himself up as the pocket-grabbing toady to the big man. And Bellick continues to get the worst treatment life has to offer.

I wondered for a while why Michael didn't remove his shirt. His tattoos don't matter anymore, and he must be sweating up a storm in Panama with long sleeves. Then I realized why: it's too much work for Wentworth Miller to have to put on all those tattoos each week.

So what'd y'all think?

[Armless Penguin]

I thought it was an excellent premiere episode that did a great job injecting life into a situation that we've sort of, kind of already seen before. The status quo is nothing like it was in Fox River, and the interplay between the cast, especially now that they've such a history with each other, is great. Plus, the addition of another mystery which may or may not have to do with the Company is always welcome.

Overall, I'm very excited to see where the show is heading and I'll definitely be tuning in each week.

[Shellhead]

As last season neared its end, I was worried about "Prison Break." It had been envisioned and planned as a finite 2-season series upfront, so I wasn't sure how they could milk another season out of the setup. An interview with the creator had him say that once a third season seemed inevitable they started setting it up, but I didn't see the elements there. Only with the last episode or so did I start to appreciate what they'd done.

And tonight, I have to say that they did a good job of giving us a new status quo. We're back in prison, with all the stakes raised. The cast has been pared down a bit, which is probably a good thing. Michael hates Mahone, but Mahone has to make sure Michael gets out alive. T-Bag sets himself up as the pocket-grabbing toady to the big man. And Bellick continues to get the worst treatment life has to offer.

I wondered for a while why Michael didn't remove his shirt. His tattoos don't matter anymore, and he must be sweating up a storm in Panama with long sleeves. Then I realized why: it's too much work for Wentworth Miller to have to put on all those tattoos each week.

So what'd y'all think?

I lost interest as season two wore on, but it did get wild near the end. The setup for season three is great, and I'm really looking forward to the upcoming episodes again. This premiere was excellent.

Regarding the tattoos, I suspect that you're right about the shirt. They could maybe set up some stencils to quickly apply the tattoos, but why bother if they don't need to do it?

[IamtheRock3]

well they say it a lot of make up time with that tattos

not at the star trek level mind you but still time that they may want to avoid

Very good

You think this prison be expose considering the high profile guys in it now. But still a good set up. Very escape from new york. Good new baddie to.

[StoneGold]

Dude, it's Escape from New York. Big Bad even looks a bit like the Duke.

[asloveislost]

I wondered for a while why Michael didn't remove his shirt. His tattoos don't matter anymore, and he must be sweating up a storm in Panama with long sleeves. Then I realized why: it's too much work for Wentworth Miller to have to put on all those tattoos each week.

So what'd y'all think?


yeah he has to keep a long sleeve shirt on because those temp tatts only last a day or so and they take about 4 hours to put them all on.
so thats the only downfall about having that element in the show.
he should just get them all tattooed on him, it suits him.

as for season 3 i'm really looking forward to this, season 2 kept me in glued the computer screen for 23 or so hours straight as i watched it all one after the other.
:D

[Patman]

It's a decent start to the new season. Didn't need to see Bellick in tighty-whities, though.

[StoneGold]

It's a decent start to the new season. Didn't need to see Bellick in tighty-whities, though.

Everyone needs to see Bellick in his skivvies at some point. It's like a right of passage into manhood.


The more I think about it though, this really is Escape from New York. A prison where the guards only patrol the perimeter and let the inmates do whatever they want. An organization blackmailing an agent to work inside the prison to get their asset out of it. Gladitorial fights. Large, bald black men with beards. A laconic hero. All that's missing is Ernie Borgnine.

[Phil Clark]

I was hooked for the first two seasons, but have decided that this season, I just won't bother. Season one was about executing a planned breakout based on inside information, and doing it under the noses of the guards and other inmates. Tension, suspense, excitement with a bit of political intrigue added in.

Season two was about surviving on the outside, and getting the truth out.

Season three is just a return to season one, but without the plan or inside information. Frankly, I just don't care about a typical prison break story.

[Jared]

If they spend a whole season in this place, the show will lose me, but from the way things have been setup, that seems unlikely.

But I am wondering why Lincoln didn't immediately go to the press. A high-profile American citizen being locked up in a lawless Panamanian prison would draw some attention.

[blackdragon6]

i liked the first 2 seasons but this one seems kinda iffy to me.i agree with jared that if all of this season is spent in the prison it MIGHT lose me.

[Chiasm]

This season looks excellent. I like the fact that its back in prison because the show as at its best when it was confined like in season one.

My only gripe is that they never showed Sara in the episode. You saw the back of a woman's head who is supposed to be Sara but why not just show her. I do know that the reason she's temporarily written out of the show is because Sarah Callies is pregnant. But if your going to just have her and LJ be kidnapped then they could have still used her, especially since they'd only need to show her from mid chest up while sitting in a chair.

[Deathstroke]

This season looks excellent. I like the fact that its back in prison because the show as at its best when it was confined like in season one.

My only gripe is that they never showed Sara in the episode. You saw the back of a woman's head who is supposed to be Sara but why not just show her. I do know that the reason she's temporarily written out of the show is because Sarah Callies is pregnant. But if your going to just have her and LJ be kidnapped then they could have still used her, especially since they'd only need to show her from mid chest up while sitting in a chair.


Boy are you in for a surprise.


BIG SPOILER FOR SEASON 3:

Michael Ausiello on TV Guide.com broke the news last week sometime that Sarah Wayne Callies is NOT coming back to the show after her maternity leave

[Deathstroke]

Oh, and the show did about 20 or 30 percent the viewers it did for the third season premiere than the second season did. About 7.4 million viewers.

I watched the show, and frankly it was mediocre at best.

[spideyguy0]

Boy are you in for a surprise.


BIG SPOILER FOR SEASON 3:

Michael Ausiello on TV Guide.com broke the news last week sometime that Sarah Wayne Callies is NOT coming back to the show after her maternity leave


Dude, try to be more careful there. I didnt even read what you posted in spoiler text, but there are only a couple things it could be, which I kinda already suspected when I noticed Sara wasnt in the episode (knew it was either cause of a plot twist or cause they didnt want to pay her (big reason why 24 characters are always conspicuously absent for full hours).

[Blueferret]

The Big Bad reminds me of Cerrano on Major League. I keep expecting him to say "F**K this Sh*t, I do it myself".

[Deathstroke]

Dude, try to be more careful there. I didnt even read what you posted in spoiler text, but there are only a couple things it could be, which I kinda already suspected when I noticed Sara wasnt in the episode (knew it was either cause of a plot twist or cause they didnt want to pay her (big reason why 24 characters are always conspicuously absent for full hours).

DUDE,

I put it a spoiler hideyhole for heaven's sake, what more do you want. It's news that's been all over the Net for at least a week.

[Shades0077]

DUDE,

I put it a spoiler hideyhole for heaven's sake, what more do you want. It's news that's been all over the Net for at least a week.

Clearly you should have protected your entire post in spoiler tags.

[Shades0077]

I thought it was a decent enough premiere. I liked Mahone's segments. He doesn't seem like he's going to last long.

So who is the guy that Scofield needs to break out? Obviously the guy down in the prison passing notes and rat meat to Bellick, but who is he, why is he there, what's the Company need him for?

In terms of season construction, I'm thinking that, provided they do the fall/winter break again, the first half up to the break will be busting out of Panama, then the second half will be squaring off with the Company. I think all that needs to happen, because pushing what was supposed to be a 2-season show to 4-seasons might be stretching stuff a wee bit thin.

[StoneGold]

Who was Bellick's tighty whitey buddy?

[Chiasm]

Boy are you in for a surprise.


BIG SPOILER FOR SEASON 3:

Michael Ausiello on TV Guide.com broke the news last week sometime that Sarah Wayne Callies is NOT coming back to the show after her maternity leave

I saw something similar to that by Kristin on E! but she said negotiations were still ongoing.

[Shellhead]

This season looks excellent. I like the fact that its back in prison because the show as at its best when it was confined like in season one.

My only gripe is that they never showed Sara in the episode. You saw the back of a woman's head who is supposed to be Sara but why not just show her. I do know that the reason she's temporarily written out of the show is because Sarah Callies is pregnant. But if your going to just have her and LJ be kidnapped then they could have still used her, especially since they'd only need to show her from mid chest up while sitting in a chair.

I was disappointed that it wasn't her in the morgue. Everybody else brings intensity to the screen in this show, except for Sara, who is as bland as wonder bread. There might have been a couple of good scenes from her in the first two seasons, but mostly she added nothing to the show.

[Deathstroke]

I saw something similar to that by Kristin on E! but she said negotiations were still ongoing.

Here, check out this Big Spoilery LINKAGE (http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Truth-Prison-Breaks/800021797)

[Sean Whitmore]

That's a good point about the tattoos. Since they're largely useless to the story at this point, the writers should really try to invent a reason for him to visit a laser removal place once he gets out of jail.


SEAN

[IamtheRock3]

wow so the mexican guy cant get the girl now, So breaking out was a waste of time. Maybe you should of waited the couple of months dummy

might of been out by now

yea..yea know she would of married that guy. But a girl who cant wait...what was it again 3 months maybe not the best girl


Anyway good episode

like Tbag calling Michale a snake

[Shellhead]

wow so the mexican guy cant get the girl now, So breaking out was a waste of time. Maybe you should of waited the couple of months dummy

might of been out by now

yea..yea know she would of married that guy. But a girl who cant wait...what was it again 3 months maybe not the best girl


Anyway good episode

like Tbag calling Michale a snake

Michael does have a slightly reptilian look, now that you mention it. Of course, by comparison, T-bag looks like a crazed ferret that has been exposed to lethal levels of radiation.

[Jared]

That's a good point about the tattoos. Since they're largely useless to the story at this point, the writers should really try to invent a reason for him to visit a laser removal place once he gets out of jail.


SEAN

It would take many, many visits to get all that work removed. But then again, this *is* Prison Break, where more implausible things have certainly happened.

That really, really sucks about Sarah. I guess they could recast her. Killing her off would be too much, it would probably destroy Michael...or leave him with nothing left but a desire for vengeance. Hmmm...maybe they can squeeze another season out of this story after all.

[Sean Whitmore]

Sooo...gotta be Sarah's head in the box, right?


SEAN

[Shellhead]

Sooo...gotta be Sarah's head in the box, right?


SEAN

That's what I was thinking. I was expecting LJ's finger, but that box is too big. I suppose it could be Link's favorite bowling ball or something, but I doubt it.

[Sean Whitmore]

Morbid as it would be, I'd laugh at some form of, "I barely recognized her" line.


SEAN

[Kareem]

Morbid as it would be, I'd laugh at some form of, "I barely recognized her" line.


SEAN
lol

anyways I hope it is her head. I thought I saw a glimpse of a nose. Wonder what Micheal will do.

[Chiasm]

Sooo...gotta be Sarah's head in the box, right?


SEAN

Yep. It has to be something large because of the size of the box and that you could see that the bottom of the box was seeping blood out of it. It can't be LJ's head for several reasons some of which are plot related and some which are casting related. They want to control Linc and the best way to do so is to kill Sara and make Linc think they could do the same to LJ. I doubt Linc will tell Michael what happened because if he does then Michael will just give up and that will doom LJ.

And from a casting sense its a way for the writers to write Sara out of the show since Sara Calles isn't coming back. But the actor who plays LJ is there so it makes sense to keep him.

[Shades0077]

Sooo...gotta be Sarah's head in the box, right?


SEAN

It has to be. And I totally called it when the Company chick said there was something waiting for Linc.

[saintsaucey]

yup deffinantly her head in a box which is sad cause i liked her character

the show is deffinantly going good in my opinion love the new villian guy and how t-bag immediately got in with him the show has got maybe two years more after this one

[marshal99]

Don't think so , too soon at this point and too sudden , since the writers have wrote themselves into the corner with the michael/sarah romance. Michael have talk about nothing but sarah in the first 3 episodes.

All are rumors at this point that she's not coming back , there's no official confirmation.

[Loren]

the show is deffinantly going good in my opinion love the new villian guy and how t-bag immediately got in with him the show has got maybe two years more after this one

I can see it now:

Prison Break Season 4 - In order to keep Michael and Linc quiet after the Sona breakout, the Company sets them up to be imprisoned in the heart of China. Even if they make it out of the jail alive, how can they hope to get out of the world's largest Communist country?

Prison Break Season 5 - Michael and Linc are transported back in time to 1960 San Francisco, where they're locked up in Alcatraz. Can they engineer a breakout from the most impenetrable prison in history?

Prison Break Season 6 - Michael and Linc end up imprisoned in an alternate reality where magic and wizards are a reality. Can they evade the Dementors' gaze so as to escape from Azkaban Prison?

[Deathstroke]

Don't think so , too soon at this point and too sudden , since the writers have wrote themselves into the corner with the michael/sarah romance. Michael have talk about nothing but sarah in the first 3 episodes.

All are rumors at this point that she's not coming back , there's no official confirmation.

Ummm...yes there was official confirmation.

[Jared]

Looking on the bright side for Michael, there's still that super hot stripper.

[StoneGold]

Looking on the bright side for Michael, there's still that super hot stripper.

I didn't think Bellick was all that hot.

http://koolbirks.com/misc/prisonbreak2/22/vlcsnap-12392820.jpg

[marshal99]

Ummm...yes there was official confirmation.

Link/Source please.

[Gavin Higginbotham, BotF]

I didn't think Bellick was all that hot.

http://koolbirks.com/misc/prisonbreak2/22/vlcsnap-12392820.jpg

Ah, that's just because he's not dancing around there. He looks so much hotter when he's limping across the floor to try and get water. :)

[IamtheRock3]

got to admit, the idea for melting the metal was pretty clever

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

got to admit, the idea for melting the metal was pretty cleveri'm actually glad they had the balls to kill off sarah.but i think they should have done it with the overdose in season 1.

[KenK]

i'm actually glad they had the balls to kill off sarah.but i think they should have done it with the overdose in season 1.

Was it really balls if you factor in the actress's departure due to her pregnancy? Were they just gonna do "from behind" views of her even after she would have been released?

[Chiasm]

This show has to have one of the highest death counts for regular characters of any show ever done.

DB Cooper (I can't remember the name he used), Veronica, Bertuzzi, Tweener, Haywire, Bellick's partner, Kellerman, and now Sarah. And I've probably forgotten a few. Its just odd in a way how the show just keeps killing its cast and doesn't slow down. Its one thing when you kill off a character who only shows up once in a while like Michael and Lincoln's dad but another when you kill someone who was there most every episode. Only Michael, Lincoln, Sucre, Bellick, T-Bag, and LJ are left. And LJ may as well be off the show given how limited his appearances are.

[marshal99]

I still think that it isn't her , a replica perhaps. It's not like Linc would morbidly touch it to see whether it is really real.

I am hoping that nearing the end of the season , when Michael finally beat the company and rescue LJ , they find sarah still alive to the shock of everyone. It would seemed a absolutely pointless death just like that considering she was so crucial to the plot of season 1 & 2 and if it wasn't her , Michael would never have escaped fox river. :(

Linc was right , so many deaths because of him , all because of him.

[StoneGold]

I still think that it isn't her , a replica perhaps. It's not like Linc would morbidly touch it to see whether it is really real.
(

You're holding out hope against hope, aren't you? More likely than a replica is an actual head with plastic surgery to look like Sara. More realistic than latex. Still creepy. But it's probably her. There's not much of a reason for it not to be her. It frees up Pretty to go bang his new B-ball boytoy.

[Jared]

Somehow, T-Bag is going to outlive everybody. If the actress hadn't left, I'd suspect it might actually be a fake. But she's dead.

I'm liking Jodi Lynn O'Keefe as "Susan B. Anthony". I don't think I've seen her since Nash Bridges...and maybe one of those awful Crow sequels. She's only gotten hotter.

[Deathstroke]

It's her. She's DEAD DEAD DEAD.

Go to TVGuide.com, click on The Ausiello Report. It has an interview with one of the Prison Break producers.

She's DEAD. Dead. Dead.

AND GONE. And not coming back.

[Sean Whitmore]

This show is really firing on all cylinders. Last year, it was just something I sat through until Heroes was on. This year, once I've finished yawning my way through Heroes, my mind's back to remembering how great Prison Break was.

Actress or no, I think it was a mistake killing Sarah off, at least this early. In my mind, there's no way for our heroes to "win" now. The very best they can hope for at this point is not to lose TOO badly...and we're, what, 4 episodes in?


SEAN

[Shellhead]

This show is really firing on all cylinders. Last year, it was just something I sat through until Heroes was on. This year, once I've finished yawning my way through Heroes, my mind's back to remembering how great Prison Break was.

Actress or no, I think it was a mistake killing Sarah off, at least this early. In my mind, there's no way for our heroes to "win" now. The very best they can hope for at this point is not to lose TOO badly...and we're, what, 4 episodes in?


SEAN

I have a feeling that Michael will eventually get some attention from that hot fake nun.

[Jared]

Actress or no, I think it was a mistake killing Sarah off, at least this early. In my mind, there's no way for our heroes to "win" now. The very best they can hope for at this point is not to lose TOO badly...and we're, what, 4 episodes in?


While it definitely makes casts an even more tragic shadow over the show, I don't know if that's necessarily a bad thing. I doubt many fans of the The Shield or 24 truly expect a rosy ending for the protagonists there. The Sopranos finale was poorly received because Tony *didn't* get whacked on-camera.

I'm liking this Punja...sorry, Panamanian prison setup a whole lot better than I thought I would when the season began. But it's still been less than a week in show-time, so I wonder how long they can stay. There's no way that the whole season can take up a week, and it may seem like a really cheap ploy to get the deadline extended.

[Super Sonic]

I'm liking this Punja...sorry, Panamanian prison setup a whole lot better than I thought I would when the season began.


I marked. x_x

[IamtheRock3]

ok I know this show not supsose to be realistic

but what I dont get is this

If the guards can just run in and take over the prison THAT easy,why didnt they do it before. Pretty sure the prison is an embassment for them. Cause today they were able to do it without any bloodshed on either part, and realtivly no fear

And the corparation so powerfull, why dont they send michale some material, prison aint that big. Yea know there evil, but a lot of that just COUNTER PRODUCTIVE if they want whistler out


Either way despite that still a good episode

Give a constant michale so screwed feel. Have no idea on how they heck they get out. And what the Ace in the hole they have in the box

[Shades0077]

Give a constant michale so screwed feel. Have no idea on how they heck they get out. And what the Ace in the hole they have in the box

My guess for what's in the box is snorkeling stuff. Linc made a point of asking the guy how far out international water is. I think he's going to have a boat waiting out in the water for them, and everyone is going to have to swim. I'm probably wrong, because that would be one hell of a swim, but I can't think what else could be in the cooler that would fit.

[Shellhead]

My guess for what's in the box is snorkeling stuff. Linc made a point of asking the guy how far out international water is. I think he's going to have a boat waiting out in the water for them, and everyone is going to have to swim. I'm probably wrong, because that would be one hell of a swim, but I can't think what else could be in the cooler that would fit.

Sarah's head would fit in the cooler. Not saying that's what he put in there, just that it would fit.

[Shellhead]

I can't justify it, but I like Mahone. He's a murderous drug addict bastard who sold his soul to the government, but I admire his ferocious toughness. And there's something about his odd face that somehow seems honest. I hope he manages to go cold turkey and pulls his crap together in time for the breakout. I guess that can't actually happen, given that the breakout is in less than 24 hours.

[Super Sonic]

Ok, I didn't really get the whole cup thing at the end, anyone mind explaining to this simpleton?

[Chiasm]

Ok, I didn't really get the whole cup thing at the end, anyone mind explaining to this simpleton?

My guess is that since they know the guy is a coffee junkie that either Lincoln or Sucre will slip him a roofie.

[Chiasm]

I'm glad to see that it appears they will be leaving the prison. Its cool on the short term but its already feeling kind of redundant after the much better first season.

I'm curious how the the story will get T-Bag and Bellick out with them. No way is the show going to leave T-Bag in Sona since I think the last episode of the series is already written to have Michael kill T-Bag.

[StoneGold]

I'm glad to see that it appears they will be leaving the prison. Its cool on the short term but its already feeling kind of redundant after the much better first season.

I'm curious how the the story will get T-Bag and Bellick out with them. No way is the show going to leave T-Bag in Sona since I think the last episode of the series is already written to have Michael kill T-Bag.

Nah, Mike's no killer. That's been made overly clear.

[Shades0077]

Sarah's head would fit in the cooler. Not saying that's what he put in there, just that it would fit.

I suppose that could work too. Michael will see her head and flip out and get superstrong and carry everyone to safety.

[IamtheRock3]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/071026a.php


All I know is the gay actuib will increase by 400 percent

And I have no complaints about that

[Jared]

My god, that reads like an April Fool's gag. But if there's one network than can take a premise like Women in Prison and do it up all classy-like, it's Fox.

[IamtheRock3]

how can you doubt the genius that brought us

Celebrity boxing


Think the promblem is the writers pretty assurant that prison break will end next season and they want to milk it

Really the connection to prison break is slim

[Shellhead]

Oh wow. Only halfway through this night of back-to-back new episodes, and I'm stunned. This show used to have a formula of a cliffhanger before every commercial break, but there is so much going on that the thrills are coming faster than the commercials can keep up. And the close of this first hour was a total shock that I didn't see coming at all.

[IamtheRock3]

yea thought scofiled snapped for a second

Surprise The cop didnt tell the other cops what going down in the prison and how scofield family is kidnapped

I mean he has nothing to gain

but also nothing to lose from that

[Shellhead]

yea thought scofiled snapped for a second

Surprise The cop didnt tell the other cops what going down in the prison and how scofield family is kidnapped

I mean he has nothing to gain

but also nothing to lose from that

I suspect that they have just been ordered to execute Mahone, and he is going to resist with extreme prejudice, then go on the run again.

Also, I can't wait to see how Sucre throws a monkey wrench in Susan B. Anthony's plan. This will probably sound extremely misogynistic, but I hope this episode ends with Linc punching Susan B. Anthony to death. What happened to her was a shame, but how she chose to live with it is monstrous.

[IamtheRock3]

I suspect that they have just been ordered to execute Mahone, and he is going to resist with extreme prejudice, then go on the run again.

Also, I can't wait to see how Sucre throws a monkey wrench in Susan B. Anthony's plan. This will probably sound extremely misogynistic, but I hope this episode ends with Linc punching Susan B. Anthony to death. What happened to her was a shame, but how she chose to live with it is monstrous.

Yea chopping of some chicks head kind of hard to make me feels tears for the woman. Maybe someone she knows is kidnapped

[IamtheRock3]

that a good twist

Now I dont know if the twist will make that much sense if I really look at the pass episode. seem to be it an easier way to get the guy out if that powerfull

[Shellhead]

That second episode was really intense, but kind of frustrating. Lots of things happened, and yet the overall storyline didn't move, in terms of an actual escape. However, this episode did set some important things into motion. The new escape team, the expected revelation about Whistler, the continued undermining of the prison boss's authority. However, it was all worth it to see what Linc did to Susan B. Anthony, even though he had to deal with the aftermath.

[Deathstroke]

Detailed spoilers?

[Shellhead]

They have decent recaps at TWoP, usually very detailed:

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/portal/site/TelevisionWithoutPity/menuitem.5853592f3d9209d415fc0f1045001d30/?vgnextoid=82c2b829275b2110VgnVCM1000006dc1d240RCR D&ShowName=Prison+Break

The recap for the latest episode should be up in a day or two.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

the expected revelation about Whistler, .WHAT... Blade is in this???!!!! :eek: ,(sorry i haven't been completely in the loop about season 3)

[Loren]

yea thought scofiled snapped for a second

I saw through it, but only because a minute or two earlier, Lechero had said "There will be no football today." Which, of course, was their planned diversion. So it was awfully convenient when Michael suddenly did something that drew all the prisoners back to the center.


Surprise The cop didnt tell the other cops what going down in the prison and how scofield family is kidnapped

Wait...which cop? Did I miss something?


I suspect that they have just been ordered to execute Mahone, and he is going to resist with extreme prejudice, then go on the run again.

Mahone's moments bothered me a bit. His desire to get back to Sona was understandable enough, but he left the prison within an hour of the planned escape. But he was still worrying about how fast things were moving long after he had time to get back and escape with them.

Now, of course, I imagine he'll end up back in Sona and able to take part in the delayed escape, but that doesn't explain his state of mind. He also doesn't know that Michael turned over the knife, so although he's kinda wishing he could go back, he doesn't realize that he's a marked man INSIDE the prison now too.


This will probably sound extremely misogynistic, but I hope this episode ends with Linc punching Susan B. Anthony to death.

Nah. You were absolutely right about it being mighty satisfying to see him beat her up. I trust we'll get a good sequel to that moment.

[Shellhead]

Mahone's moments bothered me a bit. His desire to get back to Sona was understandable enough, but he left the prison within an hour of the planned escape. But he was still worrying about how fast things were moving long after he had time to get back and escape with them.

Now, of course, I imagine he'll end up back in Sona and able to take part in the delayed escape, but that doesn't explain his state of mind. He also doesn't know that Michael turned over the knife, so although he's kinda wishing he could go back, he doesn't realize that he's a marked man INSIDE.

Good points about Mahone. Maybe I'm wrong and there is something else going on, but it seems like they are planning to wring the info out of him and then kill him. It does seem like a plot hole that he would be wanting to get back into Sona when the escape has already happened, as far he knows.

Another possible plot hole will be Michael's reaction to seeing Whistler talking to Susan, aka Gretchen. He is seeing that conversation at a considerable distance, and has never met Susan/Gretchen, or for that matter, Whistler's girlfriend. So for all Michael knows, this is Whistler simply talking to his girlfriend. But we haven't actually seen how Michael reacts yet, so maybe my concern is misplaced. Or maybe I'm wrong, because Linc has given Michael detailed physical descriptions of both women, off-screen.

[Loren]

Another possible plot hole will be Michael's reaction to seeing Whistler talking to Susan, aka Gretchen. He is seeing that conversation at a considerable distance, and has never met Susan/Gretchen, or for that matter, Whistler's girlfriend. So for all Michael knows, this is Whistler simply talking to his girlfriend. But we haven't actually seen how Michael reacts yet, so maybe my concern is misplaced. Or maybe I'm wrong, because Linc has given Michael detailed physical descriptions of both women, off-screen.

I think this all depends on Michael's reaction. If we assume that Michael hasn't seen either woman (and I know Sophia's been in the vicinity of the prison before; I just don't think she's spoken to Whistler when Michael could see), Michael's response could simply be "Who came to visit you?", without admitting that he saw the encounter. Michael's curiosity could be piqued by the fact that Whistler and Gretchen didn't have anything resembling an emotional/romantic encounter at the fence. No leaning on the fence to be closer, no touching of hands, etc. It was a very distant, business-like talk.

And once Whistler has lied to Michael, I expect Michael will try to confirm that ID with Linc, since it's well established that he's suspicious of Whistler.

[IamtheRock3]

I saw through it, but only because a minute or two earlier, Lechero had said "There will be no football today." Which, of course, was their planned diversion. So it was awfully convenient when Michael suddenly did something that drew all the prisoners back to the center.



Wait...which cop? Did I miss something?



Mahone's moments bothered me a bit. His desire to get back to Sona was understandable enough, but he left the prison within an hour of the planned escape. But he was still worrying about how fast things were moving long after he had time to get back and escape with them.

Now, of course, I imagine he'll end up back in Sona and able to take part in the delayed escape, but that doesn't explain his state of mind. He also doesn't know that Michael turned over the knife, so although he's kinda wishing he could go back, he doesn't realize that he's a marked man INSIDE the prison now too.



Nah. You were absolutely right about it being mighty satisfying to see him beat her up. I trust we'll get a good sequel to that moment.


The cop I mean mahoe
And mahoe odd behavoir could be explain with him currently being a crack head

[Chiasm]

Sigh!:( They are still in prison. I saw the first hour on Monday but only now got around to seeing the second part. I was really hoping they would be out of prison by now. I loved season I and them being locked up the whole time was very good but its not working for me this season. They need out of Sona and quick.

[Chiasm]

Sigh!:( They are still in prison. I saw the first hour on Monday but only now got around to seeing the second part. I was really hoping they would be out of prison by now. I loved season I and them being locked up the whole time was very good but its not working for me this season. They need out of Sona and quick.

[Chiasm]

A few new questions and Michael is being taken from Sona but where?

Anyone know how many episodes / scripts they actually have done? I never hear about this show and how the strike will affect it.

Edit: The January preview tells where Michael went. He goes to a hot hold cell outside the walls.

[IamtheRock3]

pretty darn good

Question though, can you over turn a pardon just cause the person gave a bad witness testimoney, Cause mahone basicly told them what he agreed to, he just did it cracked up is all. Didnt lie

I mean a deal is still a deal

the previews looks good

but really for a secret orgnazation they aint exactly low key. How does this stuff NOT make the news considering who in the Jail

[Shellhead]

I really love watching Linc punch people in the face. I hope one this season's dvd set includes a greatest "hits" segment.

Another solid episode. This show has been firing on all cylinders this season, making up for the mess that was season two.

It was surprising that Mahone actually got to testify at that hearing, though it's a shame that he went to pieces due to his addiction. It did feel somewhat forced that he's going back to Sona.

The Company is sure having a bad month. Gretchen's ambitious rescue mission fail, and it was almost comical the way "James" just couldn't find the right time to shank Michael. It was weird to see that name on his real passport, because that's the name of one of my uncles.

I'm glad that Sucre is still around, even though it doesn't make sense for him to risk his life for the brothers, over and over again. His plan with Linc looks interesting, with that isolated shack and the recording of gunshots. Hope he doesn't end up dead.

It will be really tough waiting until January for the next episode. I wonder if this break was what Fox had planned, or if this is the immediate impact of the writer's strike. I thought that I read somewhere that they already had 13 episodes ready to show for this season.

[IamtheRock3]

I really love watching Linc punch people in the face. I hope one this season's dvd set includes a greatest "hits" segment.

Another solid episode. This show has been firing on all cylinders this season, making up for the mess that was season two.

It was surprising that Mahone actually got to testify at that hearing, though it's a shame that he went to pieces due to his addiction. It did feel somewhat forced that he's going back to Sona.

The Company is sure having a bad month. Gretchen's ambitious rescue mission fail, and it was almost comical the way "James" just couldn't find the right time to shank Michael. It was weird to see that name on his real passport, because that's the name of one of my uncles.

I'm glad that Sucre is still around, even though it doesn't make sense for him to risk his life for the brothers, over and over again. His plan with Linc looks interesting, with that isolated shack and the recording of gunshots. Hope he doesn't end up dead.

It will be really tough waiting until January for the next episode. I wonder if this break was what Fox had planned, or if this is the immediate impact of the writer's strike. I thought that I read somewhere that they already had 13 episodes ready to show for this season.


Still how many episode of that 13 have they shown

The writers strike may be LONG, may want to have some shows saved if it like a year

hope not

[Shellhead]

Still how many episode of that 13 have they shown

The writers strike may be LONG, may want to have some shows saved if it like a year

hope not

Eight episodes so far this season. This break gives Fox some serious breathing room... they could hold out until late February on the writers' strike. Of course, the last strike went 22 weeks, so this one might last longer.

[Loren]

It will be really tough waiting until January for the next episode. I wonder if this break was what Fox had planned, or if this is the immediate impact of the writer's strike. I thought that I read somewhere that they already had 13 episodes ready to show for this season.

Fox announced this break almost a month ago (http://www.prisonbreakbuff.com/2007/10/17/prison-break-four-month-hiatus/), so the writers' strike almost certainly didn't have anything to do with it. I think they're just trying to emulate the non-stop format that some cable shows have utilized, breaking the season into two no-repeat 12-episode sets.

What's strange, though, is that when Fox originally announced this break, they said the show would return in April with new episodes. Didn't last night's promo say the show was returning in January? They actually seem to have accelerated their schedule. What does this mean for the Terminator show?

[blackdragon6]

What does this mean for the Terminator show?

probably nothing seeing as how its now being advertised for January.

[IamtheRock3]

Fox announced this break almost a month ago (http://www.prisonbreakbuff.com/2007/10/17/prison-break-four-month-hiatus/), so the writers' strike almost certainly didn't have anything to do with it. I think they're just trying to emulate the non-stop format that some cable shows have utilized, breaking the season into two no-repeat 12-episode sets.

What's strange, though, is that when Fox originally announced this break, they said the show would return in April with new episodes. Didn't last night's promo say the show was returning in January? They actually seem to have accelerated their schedule. What does this mean for the Terminator show?

Well 24 been postspone

That may be why

[IamtheRock3]

petty intesne stuff

like how the guard took that guy down in the fight with the cheating tactic

but man this the most out in the OPEN cladestine conspircy group out there. Firs they do a massive attack on the prison. Then they kill the warden... I mean none of his men going to ask questions

no American guys investigatiing all these weird things, now that the group kind of expose...nothing

[blackdragon6]

this season is so......frustrating....i mean get something done already..........

[Ronald Bryan]

this season is so......frustrating....i mean get something done already..........
Blame the Fox execs for loving the prison too much.

[Loren]

but man this the most out in the OPEN cladestine conspircy group out there. Firs they do a massive attack on the prison. Then they kill the warden... I mean none of his men going to ask questions

The killing of the warden very much aggravated me. More than any other scene I can recall this season, it required somebody to act like an utter idiot. (OK, Mahone begging to go back to prison even though the time for the escape had already passed was pretty doggone stupid too. But that was plot hole stupid, not onscreen stupid.)

The warden clearly believes Gretchen is guilty, and he has every reason to think she has accomplices. She practically tells him as much. Despite this, he takes along only one other guard with him.

He doesn't approach the shack as if it might be a trap. Or that LJ might simply have somebody else watching him (even if she was his 'babysitter,' would Gretchen seriously leave him unattended?). They drive right up to the front, and he then goes straight up and opens the door. Doesn't even draw his gun. He acts like he was strolling into an already-controlled area.

For no reason whatsoever, the warden lets Gretchen out of the car. She doesn't even do it herself; he actively opens the door for her. And why? He's only walking about ten feet, to an unlocked door. Plus, just for good measure, he turns his back on her from the moment he lets her out.

He's a prison warden and a military veteran. I can forgive him for not going the extra mile and not cuffing her feet (thus preventing her from roundhouse kicking the guard), and even for failing to find the blade, but cuffing her hands in front? What a dumb, rookie mistake for a man in his position to make.

[IamtheRock3]

not to mention she would be the lead suspect in the guys murder


let pretty DAMM sure she be hanging out in the hotel bar next week sipping drinks like nothing happen

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

Blame the Fox execs for loving the prison too much.i honestly thought it was just gonna be a minor detour in the plot. but it looks like its basically the whole season's premise (which turns me off)

[Chiasm]

The killing of the warden very much aggravated me. More than any other scene I can recall this season, it required somebody to act like an utter idiot. (OK, Mahone begging to go back to prison even though the time for the escape had already passed was pretty doggone stupid too. But that was plot hole stupid, not onscreen stupid.)

The warden clearly believes Gretchen is guilty, and he has every reason to think she has accomplices. She practically tells him as much. Despite this, he takes along only one other guard with him.

He doesn't approach the shack as if it might be a trap. Or that LJ might simply have somebody else watching him (even if she was his 'babysitter,' would Gretchen seriously leave him unattended?). They drive right up to the front, and he then goes straight up and opens the door. Doesn't even draw his gun. He acts like he was strolling into an already-controlled area.

For no reason whatsoever, the warden lets Gretchen out of the car. She doesn't even do it herself; he actively opens the door for her. And why? He's only walking about ten feet, to an unlocked door. Plus, just for good measure, he turns his back on her from the moment he lets her out.

He's a prison warden and a military veteran. I can forgive him for not going the extra mile and not cuffing her feet (thus preventing her from roundhouse kicking the guard), and even for failing to find the blade, but cuffing her hands in front? What a dumb, rookie mistake for a man in his position to make.

And lets not forget that he had several soldiers with him when he seized Gretchen. And again while torturing her. So he leaves with her and turns up dead. You would think someone would put together the obvious and be interested in talking to Gretchen now since she should be an obvious suspect. Maybe they will deal with this later but given Prison Break's frequent plot stupidity I doubt it.

[IamtheRock3]

dang that was a pretty high body count

guess nobody will f with the guy now. Hope the mexican guy dont turn on them. Sense I want to see what lincoln plan is and not have the girl pull a DR DOOM and say

"HAHAHAH KNEW ABOUT YOUR PLAN all the time, For you see you are like a FISH on my Hook, a MOUSE IN MY MAZE, for I have factor every consitency ahhahahahahahahha"

[blackdragon6]

i honestly thought it was just gonna be a minor detour in the plot.
co-sign...

[IamtheRock3]

dont beleave whistler little act for a second

[Jared]

Looks like Sucre is going to end up in Sona while Michael and the gang bust out. Poor guy. All he wants to do is get home and make sweet love to his hot hot woman. Oh, and look after their kid, I guess.

[Bouncing Boy]

Looks like Sucre is going to end up in Sona while Michael and the gang bust out. Poor guy. All he wants to do is get home and make sweet love to his hot hot woman. Oh, and look after their kid, I guess.

I'm not so certain of that, did you see the smile on Sucre's face when the break out was starting? It looks to me like him being detained was part of Linc's plan.

[sehthan]

I'm not so certain of that, did you see the smile on Sucre's face when the break out was starting? It looks to me like him being detained was part of Linc's plan.

I think he was smiling that the jeeps he'd sabotaged were giving out. I don't see how being detained could be part of the plan. How would they have arranged that? Then again, I don't want to "underestimate" this show.

[ForeverTaskmaster]

Geeez, who would have ever thought that J-LOK could play such a nasty mean b***h ? By far the nastiest b***h I have ever seen in a movie or tv show.

These days I call Prison Break Milk Break. It's because they are milking every episode for what it's worth. However, I just can't stop watching the show. It's so addictive.
And when o when are we gonna see the real T-Bag. He has been way too calm.

[IamtheRock3]

pretty itense episode. Lot of cliffhangers throught. Michale can be a real bastard when he want to

Guess Tbag will use the book to save his butt

[Chiasm]

Uh oh. Sucre is going to end up in Sona.

[KenK]

Uh oh. Sucre is going to end up in Sona.

Looks more like he'll end up UNDER it!!:D

[Jared]

Will Bellick finally die already?

Damn Whistler is a clever bastard, faking the ankle injury the whole time.

[ForeverTaskmaster]

Awesome episode, although milked once again. :-)
Whistler is one sneaky dude, but that was to be expected. J-LOK is _0_. Can't wait to see the next episode. I will feel robbed if Scofield and Susan don't meet eye to eye.

[marshal99]

I really can't imagine how they can continue beyond this season. They have taken every possible route to prolong the show.

Next season , Michael tries to break Sucre out of prison. :p

[Chiasm]

I really can't imagine how they can continue beyond this season. They have taken every possible route to prolong the show.

Next season , Michael tries to break Sucre out of prison. :p

Probably be more like Michael and Lincoln on a crusade to get back at everyone who has screwed with them the last few years.

[marshal99]

Probably be more like Michael and Lincoln on a crusade to get back at everyone who has screwed with them the last few years.

Don't see how , they have been fighting a losing battle from the beginning and losing everyone close to them - veronica , sara , their dad etc. They barely have the resources to survive , much less get back at the government black ops back in the states.

[Chiasm]

Anyone heard if there are going to be more episodes this season? Or if there is going to be a season IV? Because this is a bad place to leave off if this is all there is.

[blackdragon6]

Anyone heard if there are going to be more episodes this season? Or if there is going to be a season IV? Because this is a bad place to leave off if this is all there is.they have no one to blame but themselves for not moving the story forward. in fact i think season 3 was a complete waste of opportunity...

[edhopper]

Not me, I really liked this season. And I hope we see a season IV.
Fox did say this was the season finally, so I guess we have to wait until they anounce what's on next year.

[Super Sonic]

This Season was depressing, a mere shell of the previous seasons.

[marshal99]

This Season was depressing, a mere shell of the previous seasons.

Pretty much like Heroes , this season isn't that bad but the strike cut short the length of the season and the actress quitting did not helped one bit. They had to wrap up the season quick due to lesser episodes.

A lot of shows have to wrap up with fewer episodes and that tends to cramp up the storytelling.

[Jared]

I think there's enough set up here for another season. Michael wants vengeance. Whistler, Gretchen and Mahone are still after...something. And Sucre is in Sona, along with T-Bag and Whistler's journal.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

This Season was depressing, a mere shell of the previous seasons.agreed, the first 2 seasons was outstanding. but this season served no purpose except to make the word prison break relevant again...:rolleyes:

[Deathstroke]

agreed, the first 2 seasons was outstanding. but this season served no purpose except to make the word prison break relevant again...:rolleyes:

Which is pretty much why I gave up watching the show.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Which is pretty much why I gave up watching the show.

Which makes you eminently qualified to post here. :D

[ForeverTaskmaster]

What an awesome episode. Even if there would not be more Prison Break episodes it would have been some sort of closure. Awesome season with an even more awesome Jodi-Lynn O'Keefe. JLOK was really a psycho b***h and totally stole the show.
I never thought much of JLOK but after her stint on Prison Break she showed she had some real acting chops.

And if they ever make a L.E.G.I.O.N. movie Wentworth Miller should be Vril Dox.

[karaokefanboy]

Threw up these thoughts on my blog, echoing some of youse guys' sentiments:

If Prison Break never aired another episode, I’d be completely happy with that.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t dislike the series. In fact, I liked this past season the best. Each season has had its distinguishing characteristics, from the first’s planned escape, to the second’s fugitive treasure hunt, but the third season, dropping Michael and company in the no holds barred, perpetually sweaty Panama, truly tested each enduring character’s real mettle. Watching Lincoln strong arm his way through his brother’s master plan was an exciting exercise in the timeless brains over brawn dilemma, and beholding Bellick’s and Mahone’s “badge syndrome” disintegrate into pure bestial self-preservation was a justified delight two years in the making. Of course, Wentworth’s Scoffield remains the world around which these tough guys orbit, and his emotional stability in the face of frustration and death is admirable -- the most unbelievable element in a world of aligning coincidence and conspiracies. This Panama prison brought out his best and worst, and sans tattooed pre-planning, put his intelligence and integrity to the utmost test. He passed.

So, the season finale, and we have Michael pursuing the conspiracy that framed his brother and killed his beloved. Though many questions are still unanswered, again, I’d be satisfied with this as a resolution, if only to affirm that Scoffield is the kind of guy that always needs a cause. If he, Lincoln, LJ, and Sara rode off into the sunset, I don’t think he’d be happy for long. Come on, this is the guy that tattooed a cryptic blueprint on the better part of his body and help up a bank at gunpoint to save his brother. Can anyone walk away from such a righteous, complicated project and not suffer some post-traumatic stress? Further, Lincoln, LJ, and Sofia look like a nice happy family now, and though Sucrae is back in jail, he wasn’t exactly innocent in the first place. That T-Bag has become the self-proclaimed king of said prison, well, talk about a pig in . . . you know.

If Prison Break fails to pull anything off successfully, it’s increasing tourism for Panama. Based on this season, Panama is one half naïve tourist trap, one half corrupted justice system. I’d hate to short change the guy from whom I’m buying that snow globe -- I’d end up holding T-Bag’s pocket.

[Jared]

[QUOTE=ForeverTaskmaster;6368561
I never thought much of JLOK but after her stint on Prison Break she showed she had some real acting chops.[/QUOTE]

She is quite the vixen. Who would have thought that the girl from Nash Bridges actually could go on to better things?

[Shellhead]

I nearly gave this show up during the second season. In the prison, there are natural reasons to hold the core cast together, due to the confines of the setting, and the shared desire to break out. But once they were on the run, it took a lot of plot devices to keep bringing these characters back together, again and again. But there were still flashes of excellence in that second season... not enough to keep me recording the show, but enough to catch more than half the episodes anyway.

The third season started out great with the brutal Panamanian prison, and I honestly think that it stayed great this season. If nothing else, we got an outstanding villain, Susan B./Gretchen. I mean, I generally take the viewpoint that women should not be abused, but I have never wanted so badly to see a chick get punched in the face as Susan B., and this show delivered the goods.

Yeah, there were some contrivances to milk the suspense from this show, but I think the results have been generally very good. Plenty of tv shows deliver maybe one or two suspenseful moments per episode, if that, but this show went for and got a serious cliffhanger before every commercial break, and sometimes even more than that.

This season finale was unsatisfactory in some respects, but I think that it's appropriate to blame that on the writer's strike. This show need a full third season to wrap things up, so if we do get another season, I expect that it will be padded out unnecessarily.

The number of ways that Michael jacked the bad guys around this episode was great. The way he kept causing them to relocate before making the trade was smart, and the museum idea was brilliant, with those metal detectors, the armed security guards and then finally the deliberate triggering of the alarm.

There was just enough wrapup of some of the storylines that I will be okay if don't get a fourth season. And there was just enough quality that if we do get a fourth season, I will be tuning in.

[IamtheRock3]

thing about the museum trick I like is it wasnt over Elaborate

The episode had a lot of

"Thats makese sense why didnt I think of that" tricks