TV Series: Prison Break Season 2

I was a bit doubtful about this season, at the same time secretly hoping that this would be the last, cause what more can you expect from the same attempt of breaking away from the same prison by the same group of people? Could you endure another 14 episodes, frame after frame, of highly tensed situations? Well, I got to watch the first two episodes and then decided to take a break and watched something else more soothing. You’ll have to admit that Prison Break was definitely not some show you’ll want to watch after one tiring day of work, when you want some relaxation; well, at least for me.

Starting again was a bit dragging, but the old spell bound me again after two following episodes. Two thumbs up for the production team who clearly mastered the art of telling suspense story. The question lingered in my mind ever since the end of the first season was “How will they bring the story forward?” Watching half of season 2, I felt as if they gave me a mischievous smile, and answered, “Forward? Who said anything about going forward?”

Using flashback scenes with seamless editing, the season took us about three years ago, giving us glimpses of Sucre’s, T-Bag’s, C-Note’s, Lincoln’s, Veronica’s, and most importantly, Michael Scofield’s life before Fox River. We got to see Michael with a posh office, looking so good in those dark suits (sigh), and a longer detail version of the reason why Michael risked everything to help Lincoln.

And then after that, back to the great escape! After numerous, and I mean numerous, obstacles the escapee team run into—imagining the script team always gathered around brainstorming every possible trouble they can encounter in that prison—Michael finally announced that they would move: TONIGHT! There was no other option cause thanks to Tweener’s ratting, C.O. Captain Bellick had found out their hole under the guard’s room.

It wouldn’t be Prison Break if there were no complications: the accelerated timing, the old Westmoreland got himself badly injured when fighting Bellick, Lincoln was in the solitary cell, and there were three extra men: Tweener the Vanilla Ice kid, Sucre’s cousin Manche, and Haywire for the team. They broke out and made to the other side of the wall, FINALLY, anyway; poor Sucre’s cousin and Westmoreland (sob) didn’t make it, though. All of that, after a long series of me gasping, holding my breath, and calling—together with Linclon, “Come on, Michael! Michael~! Come on, you can do it!” ;-p


But IMHO, I felt that this time there were too many luck elements on Michael’s plan; one of them was depending on Dr. Sara Tancredi’s aptness in helping him. But one can argue that this showed how Michael was a real genius, not only in engineering stuffs but also in psychology—well, that, and the fact that he had kissed her and gave her enough dose of those beautiful piercing eyes of his on regular basis; no one could blame her if she finally granted Michael’s request! If somebody like Wentworth Miller look at me the way that he did Dr. Tancredi… **sigh ;-p

The episodes ended with:
- Turning the table to the Company, The Vice President Reynolds had become the President of the U.S.;
- Lincoln’s son LJ got arrested on attempted murder of Kellerman;
- Veronica found out that Steadman was still alive!
- Lincoln’s and Michael’s father was also still alive, and a former agent of the Company no less;
- Dr. Sara Tancredi was found unconscious because of drugs O.D.;
- The getaway plane for Michael and the escapees got away without them!

And the story continues as Sucre and Michael described it at its best:
”What do we do now?” asked Sucre.
“We run!” Michael answered.

Notes: I was a bit confused after reading tv.com’s reviews; somehow the episodes that I saw (until eps 22: Flight according to tv.com) are still in the first season. The last episode of the second season itself, according to the website, was aired 27 November 2006, only a few days ago. So I guess they’re right and my “suppliers” were the one that got things a bit mix-up.

Writer: Paul T. Scheuring Director: Kevin Hooks Casts: Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Paul Adelstein, Rockmond Dunbar, Robin Tunney, Marshall Allman, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Wade Williams, Sarah Wayne Callies, Stacy Keach (Warden Henry Pope) Images: tv.com