Season 1
🎬 22 Episodes 📅 2005 ⏱ 45 min
Michael Scofield does not enter prison as a victim; he enters as part of a plan calculated down to the smallest detail. His brother Lincoln Burrows is waiting on death row for a crime Michael believes he did not commit, so the quiet engineer chooses the impossible: he commits a crime on purpose to get into the same prison, carrying the escape blueprint on his own body. But what begins as a precise rescue mission quickly expands into a larger fight against guards, inmates, betrayals, and a political conspiracy reaching far beyond the prison walls. Prison Break builds its tension around one relentless question: can one man’s brilliance save his brother from a system determined to bury the truth?
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📊 Season Stats
22
Episodes
2005
Year
45
min / ep
16.5
Watch Hours
1/5
Season No.
⭐ 9.4
Best Episode
Ep. 21 · Go
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🎬 Episodes 22 episodes
1
⭐ 8.0
Pilot
Michael Scofield, a structural engineer, attempts to rob a bank in order to get incarcerated at Fox River State Penitentiary, where his brother Lincoln Burrows, accused of murdering the Vice President's brother, is scheduled to be executed. At Fox River, Michael approaches a number of inmates, all o…
🎬 Brett Ratner ✍️ Paul T. Scheuring
2
⭐ 8.3
Allen
Michael seeks help of his fellow prison inhabitants to execute his escape plans.
🎬 Michael W. Watkins ✍️ Paul T. Scheuring
3
⭐ 8.4
Cell Test
When Michael reveals his escape plan to Sucre, Sucre chooses to be no part of it, and requests a cell transfer. Michael gets a new cellmate called Haywire.
🎬 Brad Turner ✍️ Michael Pavone
4
⭐ 8.4
Cute Poison
Veronica keeps uncovering new information regarding Lincoln's case and decides she wants to work on the case full-time. When no one wants to help her on the case, Nick Savrinn (an attorney) offers his assistance and the two of them visit Lincoln.
🎬 Matt Earl Beesley ✍️ Matt Olmstead
5
⭐ 7.9
English, Fitz or Percy
Kellerman and Hale blackmail Warden Pope. Michael finds out he might get out earlier than anticipated. Veronica becomes uncertain of her allies.
🎬 Randall Zisk ✍️ Zack Estrin
6
⭐ 8.9
Riots, Drills and the Devil (1)
Michael creates a lockdown by sabotaging the air conditioning in order to execute his breakout plan properly, and unintentionally causes a riot that gets Sara into huge trouble. Meanwhile, an ex-con is blackmailed into seeing to that Lincoln is killed.
🎬 Robert Mandel ✍️ Nick Santora
7
⭐ 8.9
Riots, Drills and the Devil (2)
While the riot intensifies, Abruzzi and Sucre join forces. Michael must decide whether or not to save the life of Dr. Tancredi.
🎬 Vern Gillum ✍️ Karyn Usher
8
⭐ 8.6
The Old Head
Michael finds out a storeroom fundamental to his escape plans has been converted into a break room. Veronica and Nick are being threatened.
🎬 Jace Alexander ✍️ Monica Macer
9
⭐ 8.6
Tweener
Abruzzi's demotion in the prison hierachy puts the entire escape plan at risk. Michael finds himself in the uneviable position of trying to protect T-Bag's new "fish" and facing the threat of T-Bag exposing the plan to the guards. The inmates dig themselves into a hole.
🎬 Matt Earl Beesley ✍️ Paul T. Scheuring
10
⭐ 8.6
Sleight of Hand
Michael is forced to give up Fibonacci's location to Philly Falzone, and Kellerman and Hale get a little unwanted help to track down LJ who has gone missing. Veronica and Nick uncover evidence against the man Lincoln was convicted of murdering.
🎬 Dwight H. Little ✍️ Nick Santora
11
⭐ 8.5
And Then There Were 7
The escapees and Dr. Tancredi are shocked when they learn the identity of Michael's visitor, who brings with her a very important piece of the escape plan.
🎬 Jesús Salvador Treviño ✍️ Zack Estrin
12
⭐ 8.6
Odd Man Out
Michael sees proof his plan is working, so he begins to overcome the last obstacle. As the escape draws near, the group tries to reduce its number by one and targets T-Bag.
🎬 Bobby Roth ✍️ Karyn Usher
13
⭐ 8.9
End of the Tunnel
With Lincoln's execution scheduled for the following day, Veronica comes out of hiding to contact him and gains an ally. Kellerman makes the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the conspiracy. Michael looks for a way to get Lincoln out of solitary confinement in time for the escape that evening. The inma…
🎬 Sanford Bookstaver ✍️ Paul T. Scheuring
14
⭐ 8.8
The Rat
Veronica and Nick request a judge to postpone Lincoln's execution. A C.O. becomes suspicious about a broken door.
🎬 Kevin Hooks ✍️ Matt Olmstead
15
⭐ 8.5
By the Skin and the Teeth
As Lincoln is about to be executed, he briefly sees his father in the viewing room. A phone call from judge Kessler delays the execution. After reviewing the newly surfaced evidence, the judge orders the exhumation of Steadman's body.
Michael creates a new, more dangerous, break-out plan, involving…
🎬 Kevin Hooks ✍️ Nick Santora
16
⭐ 8.5
Brother's Keeper
Flashbacks shed light on the past actions that led to the incarceration of Lincoln, Sucre, T-Bag and C-Note. Basis of Michael's ingenious break-out plan are revealed. Dr. Tancredi memorizes how she ended up in Fox River State Penitentiary.
🎬 Greg Yaitanes ✍️ Zack Estrin
17
⭐ 8.7
J-Cat
Lincoln is worried about Michael's sanity while Michael has trouble remembering some parts of the prison schematics. Sucre has to conceal the hole in the guard's break room. Warden Pope transfers Michael to solitary after he declines his request.
🎬 Guy Ferland ✍️ Karyn Usher
18
⭐ 8.6
Bluff
In an effort to recreate the missing piece of the tattoo, Michael gets transferred to the psych ward, seeking the help of Haywire. T-Bag and C-Note have to join forces.
🎬 Jace Alexander ✍️ Nick Santora
19
⭐ 8.7
The Key
Michael must get the key to the infirmary and enlist the help of an old face, while Lincoln learns the identity of his kidnapper and another inmate learns of the escape.
🎬 Sergio Mimica-Gezzan ✍️ Paul T. Scheuring
20
⭐ 8.9
Tonight
Westmoreland wants Michael to speed up the planned escape, and gets Bellick one step closer to unraveling it. Michael has to decide whether to involve Sara in the breakout plan. Tweener's devotion is put to a test. Veronica finds out that her ally unexpectedly has a connection to an inmate serving t…
🎬 Bobby Roth ✍️ Zack Estrin
21
⭐ 9.4
Go
Everyone's ready to make their escapes across the high wire. Veronica and Nick realize they may be in over their heads. And Agent Kellerman helps Vice President Reynolds calm down before her debate.
🎬 Dean White ✍️ Matt Olmstead
22
⭐ 8.9
Flight
As the escape is in progress, Warden Pope and Captain Bellick begin a search to detain the escapees. Michael and co. have to reach the aircraft fast as the police is hot on their heels. Veronica discovers a major piece of evidence that could prove Lincoln's innocence. The Vice President is worried a…
🎬 Kevin Hooks ✍️ Paul T. Scheuring