As Prison Break wraps up the season, I'll give Michael this: The man can improvise. He's the MacGyver of on-the-fly plots and plans. Continue reading »

Prison Break lives up to its name again, as a bunch of folks do, indeed, break out of prison. Of course, it wouldn't be our show if things didn't go horribly awry. Even Michael Scofield can't plan for everything. Continue reading »

It's that time again on Prison Break: Time for a motley band of desperate criminals with varying degrees of social acceptability (not to mention sanity and/or personal hygiene) to forcibly rejoin society. Continue reading »

While Michael, Alex and Whistler toil in the tunnel, everything topside goes topsy-turvy on Prison Break. Continue reading »

Prison Break is back after Episode Break, and the intervening weeks have not improved the logic, pacing or editing of the show. There was lots of noise and activity, but damned if I know what actually happened. Continue reading »

Since the Writers Guild strike magically made Monday (Nov. 12) night's Prison Break into the fall finale, the episode offered a chance to do a wee bit of reflection on the season's progress to date. Continue reading »

Seven days. Michael Scofield had to get Whistler out of Sona in seven days. If Michael didn't get Whistler out of Sona in seven days, LJ and Sara were going to die. He had seven days to break out of a prison that was best described as unbreakoutable. Seven days. Whoops. Nevermind. Continue reading »

They're going backwards on Prison Break. Returning on Monday (Oct. 22) after one week-long baseball hiatus and before a second week-long baseball hiatus, Prison Break delivered a placeholder episode that saw Michael make no progress at all in his escape aspirations, but sure left viewers with plenty of questions. Continue reading »

I don't like to be wrong, but when I'm wrong, I'm happy to admit it. And five minutes into Monday (Oct. 8) night's episode of Prison Break, it was clear that I was wrong about the contents of the box that we left in Linc's hands at the end of last week's show. Continue reading »

Dear David Fincher, I hope that you don't mind that we decided to rip off the ending of your very fine movie Seven for the shocking cliffhanger to our frequently less-than-fine FOX series. Rest assured that we didn't steal it entirely. Gwyneth Paltrow's head is quite safe. Yours in thievery, The Producers of Prison Break. Continue reading »

Were the last two lines of Monday (Sept. 24) night's Prison Break uttered by Michael and James Whistler or by the show's creative team? Continue reading »