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Prison Break

Prison BreakNetwork: FOX
Episodes: Ongoing (hour)
Seasons: Four

TV show dates: August 29, 2005 – May 15, 2009
Series status: Cancelled/ended

Performers include: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Wade Williams, Sarah Wayne Callies, William Fichtner, Paul Adelstein, Marshall Allman, Rockmond Dunbar, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Robin Tunney, Stacy Keach, Leon Russom, Phillip Edward Van Lear, Peter Stormare, Muse Watson, Frank Grillo, Jason Davis, Christian Stolte, Patricia Wettig, Barbara Eve Harris, Michael Rapaport, Reggie Lee, Matt DeCaro, Mac Brandt, Chris Vance, Danay Garcia, and Lane Garrison.

TV show description:
This drama follows Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) as he works to free his older brother Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) from a maximum security prison. “Linc” has been wrongfully convicted of the murder of the Vice-President’s brother and is scheduled to be executed.

Michael takes drastic measures to get himself incarcerated alongside his brother and, once inside, begins to execute an elaborate escape plan.

In prison he meets cellmate Fernando Sucre (Amaury Nolasco), psycho Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell (Robert Knepper), mob boss John Abruzzi (Peter Stormare), David “Tweener” Apolskis (Lane Garrison), Charles “Haywire” Patoshik (Silas Weir Mitchell), warden Henry Pope (Stacy Keach), correction officer captain Brad Bellick (Wade Williams) and prison doctor Sara Tancredi (Sarah Wayne Calliesz).

Among those fighting for the brothers on the outside are lawyer/friend Veronica Donovan (Robin Tunney) and Lincoln’s teenage son, L. J. Burrows (Marshall Allman).
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Series Finale

The series has ended.

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What happened next?

A two-hour “movie” is being released on DVD in July 2009 that will wrap up the series.

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Behind the Scenes

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• The Vice-President’s brother Terrence Steadman (whom Lincoln supposedly murdered) has been played by two actors. John Billingsley originated the role in season one but it was played by Jeff Perry in the season two. The recasting was done as a result of Billingsley being signed as a regular on the ABC series The Nine.
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• Dominic Purcell was cast three days before the start of production. Purcell auditioned for the role of Lincoln Burrows while recurring as Tommy Ravetto on North Shore. Series creator Paul Scheuring initially felt Purcell was “too much of a pretty boy” but won the role. When Purcell arrived on the set with a shaved head, Scheuring was amazed at the physical likeness of the two actors playing brothers.
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joker18 March 20, 2010 at 4:59 pm

i do not like the finale f prison break because i fine it is the best series ever an people are waiting to see what life would michael and his brother would be living after the company has been destroyed an it would be really surprising what would season 5 would be about .

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Barbara July 21, 2011 at 1:02 am

Mu husband and I are on *58 and I cannot tell you how “compelling” this series is. We are so sorry that we weren’t aware of it sooner, but now enjoy it so much. Insentive to get all our stuff done, a couple of tall cool drinks and we are down for the whole afternoon.,
This is our first series since retirement and now we really know WHY we are so happy to be retired. Thank each of the writters, directors, set people, lights “sets”, it is just all we can tell our friends about. I admire the comentary, the scens have to be graphic, the action is violent but still no obsenatives. The Stars are Marvelous. The crosses and the loyalties,
I LOVE THIS SHOW. The Quality of this entire series is just phenominal and really has given us hours of enjoyment, plus some georgeous pictures of Mexico. Thank You, Thank You. Hope to hear that this cast will be reassembled for another similar series. Barbara

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linda January 4, 2012 at 2:04 pm

I loved this show so much, Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell were amazing actors I think everyone did a great job and I will love to see season five I just staring watching this show in netflix and me my husband and my son were hooked with this show and I didn’t like the way it ended it up with Michael dying but they never said anything about the police finding his body it will be amazing knowing he will come out alive like Sara did I think it will be a come up for Fox to come out with season five.

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