Prison Break Season 1 Episodes

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Pilot

Season 1, Episode 1

August 30, 2005

In the series pilot, Scofield arrives in prison, where he aligns with a former mob boss, and gets an offer from the warden while launching the plan to free his framed brother. Scofield: Wentworth Miller. Lincoln: Dominic Purcell. Veronica: Robin Tunney. Warden Pope: Stacy Keach. Abruzzi: Peter Stormare.

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Allen

Season 1, Episode 2

August 30, 2005

Michael's efforts to obtain things he needs put him in the middle of an erupting race war; Abruzzi loses patience with Michael; and Veronica sees video evidence that helped convict Lincoln, who tells her his side. T-Bag: Robert Knepper. May Tag: Brian Hamman. Leticia: Adina Porter. Giles: Keith Diamond. C-Note: Rockmond Dunbar. Falzone: Al Sapienza. Bellick: Wade Williams. Abruzzi: Peter Stormare. Scofield: Wentworth Miller. Lincoln: Dominic Purcell.

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Cell Test

Season 1, Episode 3

September 5, 2005

Abruzzi is urged to put more pressure on Michael, who tests Sucre with a secret; Veronica goes looking for Leticia; LJ is sentenced to do penance with his father, who's asked whom he wants at his execution. Leticia: Adina Porter. LJ: Marshall Allman. Haywire: Silas Weir Mitchell. Sucre: Amaury Nolasco. Bellick: Wade Williams. Veronica: Robin Tunney. Kellerman: Paul Adelstein.

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Cute Poison

Season 1, Episode 4

September 12, 2005

Michael's new cellmate shows too much interest in his tattoos; Sucre gets an unwelcome surprise visitor; and Veronica gains an ally in appealing Lincoln's case. Haywire: Silas Weir Mitchell. Sarvinn: Frank Grillo. Maricruz: Camille Guaty. Hector: Kurt Caceres. Michael: Wentworth Miller. Veronica: Robin Tunney. Sucre: Amaury Nolasco.

English, Fitz or Percy

Season 1, Episode 5

September 20, 2005

Kellerman leverages Pope to get Michael transferred; Nick finds flaws in the surveillance tape fingering Lincoln; and Michael makes a test run through the hole in his cell. Also, the link between Michael and Lincoln gets out. Fink: Joe Minoso. Nick: Frank Grillo. Kellerman: Paul Adelstein. Veronica: Robin Tunney. Pope: Stacy Keach.

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Riots, Drills and the Devil

Season 1, Episode 6

September 27, 2005

Part 1 of 2. Michael creates a problem with the air conditioning to buy more time out of his cell, but it puts Sara---and his whole plan---in jeopardy; Kellerman gets help on the inside to deal with Lincoln. Bag: Robert Knepper. Bellick: Wade Williams. Sara: Sarah Wayne Callies. Sucre: Amaury Nolasco.

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Riots, Drills and the Devil

Season 1, Episode 7

October 4, 2005

Conclusion. Bellick cozies up to the governor and his hard line against the rioters; Abruzzi lends a hand in laboring on the escape route; Veronica and Nick get a scare in D.C., when they trace the anonymous call that fingered Lincoln. Governor: John Heard. Gus: Peter Reinemann. Fletcher: Michael Stoyanov. Ron: Morocco Omari. Pope: Stacy Keach. Abruzzi: Peter Stormare. Nick: Frank Grillo. Veronica: Robin Tunney.

The Old Head

Season 1, Episode 8

October 24, 2005

Pope gives Bellick free reign to find CO Bob's killer; the threat to Veronica and Nick is proved valid; Lincoln's son is threatened. Westmoreland: Muse Watson. L.J.: Marshall Allman. Hale: Danny McCarthy. Lisa: Jessalyn Gilsig. T-Bag: Robert Knepper. Kellerman: Paul Adelstein.

Tweener

Season 1, Episode 9

November 1, 2005

Abruzzi experiences a loss of power; Lincoln makes contact with LJ; Michael loses patience with T-Bag's ways; another doctor gives Sara information about Michael's past; and Veronica and Nick take a new approach that yields valuable information.

Sleight of Hand

Season 1, Episode 10

November 7, 2005

Michael must play his ace---and thus cost an innocent life---to keep the plan going; the Secret Service boys get an overseer; Veronica finds why the victim in Lincoln's case was killed. Quinn: Michael Gaston. Falzone: Al Sapienza. C-Note: Rockmond Dunbar. Gus: Petere Reinemann. Abruzzi: Peter Stormare.

And Then There Were 7

Season 1, Episode 11

November 15, 2005

Bellick is suspicious of someone visiting Michael, who asks a new con to perform his old job to retrieve a key element; an old con finds new reason for wanting in on the escape; and Quinn has trouble tying up loose ends.

Odd Man Out

Season 1, Episode 12

November 21, 2005

Alliances and suspicions form as word gets out that there are one too many on the escape team; a collateral cost to keeping the plan alive has a profound effect on Abruzzi. Maggio: Rich Komenich. Maricruz: Camille Guaty. C-Note: Rockmond Dunbar. Tweener: Lane Garrison.

End of the Tunnel

Season 1, Episode 13

November 28, 2005

On the eve of Lincoln's execution, Michael has to break him out of solitary to make the escape; Veronica goes public with what she knows; and Kellerman shows no boundaries in protecting the conspiracy.

The Rat

Season 1, Episode 14

March 20, 2006

The night before Linc's scheduled execution, Michael's escape plan fails, and the would-be escapees must get back to their cells without being caught. It won't be easy. Nor will it be easy for Dr. Sara to persuade her father, Gov. “Frontier Justice Frank” Tancredi (John Heard), to grant clemency. But Veronica and Nick have a legal card left to play---and Michael has one more trick up his sleeve---to keep Linc out of the electric chair. Vice President Reynolds: Patricia Wettig.

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By the Skin and the Teeth

Season 1, Episode 15

March 27, 2006

As he awaits his execution, Linc thinks he sees someone from his past in the viewing chamber. Meanwhile, Veronica presses to have Terrence Steadman exhumed to determine if the body is in fact Steadman's. And it's back to the drawing boards for Michael, who's looking for “a new way out of here.” Vice President Reynolds: Patricia Wettig.

Brother's Keeper

Season 1, Episode 16

April 3, 2006

A flashback episode reveals details about the crime that landed Linc on death row, explains Michael's motives for helping his brother, and looks at reasons why other characters wound up at Fox River. For Sara, the road began in a hospital's drug dispensary. Sucre needed a wedding ring for Maricruz (Camille Guaty). C-Note got a taste of military injustice. And T-Bag found love---for a while.

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J Cat

Season 1, Episode 17

April 10, 2006

The work crew in the guardroom is being stymied by a new crew member---Tweener---and new carpeting, and that means the hole in the floor has to be fixed fast. Meanwhile, Sara tells Pope what she found on Michael's burned back; Brinker tells Kellerman the identity of the man who dropped off the evidence in the judge's chambers; and Linc gets a new execution date.

Bluff

Season 1, Episode 18

April 17, 2006

In the psych ward, Michael must keep Haywire off his meds so he'll be able to replace the missing part of Michael's tattoo. Elsewhere, T-Bag and C-Note team up uneasily to raise money to keep Michael and Sucre's cell in friendly hands; LJ's charged with killing his mother and stepfather as well as attempting to kill Kellerman, who's told by Brinker to lay off Linc, which displeases the vice president. And Nick runs into a man in a trench coat. He's not at all happy about it.

The Key

Season 1, Episode 19

April 24, 2006

Kellerman is the first to arrive at the scene of Linc's accident, followed almost immediately by a Good Samaritan. This does not please Westmoreland. Back at Fox River, Tweener's situation with his cellmate is growing desperate; Abruzzi returns a new man, but T-Bag has an old score to settle; and Michael has figured out a new escape route, but needs an infirmary key to make it work. And in Montana, Terrence Steadman has a tense phone conversation with his sister. Nika: Holly Valance.

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Tonight

Season 1, Episode 20

May 1, 2006

Bellick's discovery puts a gaping hole in Michael's plans and adds an urgency to his recalculations. Meanwhile, Linc is back in an isolated cell, where he's shackled to a wall; Veronica and Nick arrive at an impasse; Vice President Reynolds (Patricia Wettig) feels the heat from her powerful supporters; and Michael confides in Sara. He also completes the Taj Mahal model for Pope. Gov. Tancredi: John Heard. President Mills: Daniel J. Travanti.

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Go

Season 1, Episode 21

May 8, 2006

Michael, shank in hand, confronts Pope in his office as the escape plan begins to unfold. And while Bellick remains bound and gagged, his truck is found in the parking lot. In Chicago, meanwhile, Nick tells Veronica about his double life while Sara struggles with her decision about whether to help Michael.

Flight

Season 1, Episode 22

May 15, 2006

All the escapees but two make it over the wall, but that doesn't mean they're home free. Meanwhile, Pope finds out that Sara “had a thing” for Michael; Brinker tells the vice president that the Company is cutting her off; and Veronica finds Terrence Steadman's Montana hideout. Gov. Tancredi: John Heard.

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Episodes

Prison Break

Structural engineer Michael Scofield gets himself sent to jail so he can plan an escape for his brother, a death-row inmate who says he's been framed.

Michael tries to get his hands on two items: a drug that will help him test positive for diabetes and a large bolt that he can use in his escape plan.

Michael encounters problems bringing Abruzzi and Sucre into his plan. Meanwhile, Lincoln considers having a family member attend his execution.

Michael obtains some caustic chemicals to use in his escape plan. Later, his new cellmate, Haywire, develops a fascination with Michael's tattoo.

While Kellerman and Hale push Michael's transfer, he stalls it to test the first part of his escape plan.

Michael's ploy to buy work time by prompting a cellblock lockdown leads to a full-scale riot. Meanwhile, Kellerman hires an inmate to kill Lincoln.

During the prison riot, Michael rescues Sara, the assassin tries to kill Lincoln, and Bellick defies Pope to talk to the governor.

As Michael tries to figure out how to tunnel into a building that houses a guards' break room, Kellerman and Hale attempt to kill Veronica and LJ.

T-Bag loses one slave and targets another. Meanwhile, Abruzzi's demotion within the prison hierarchy jeopardizes the escape plan.

To regain control of the work team and restore their chances of escape, Abruzzi persuades Michael to tell Falzone where he can find Fibonacci.

Michael builds a device to help figure out how much time his group will have to escape, and Westmoreland joins the breakout team.

Lincoln warns Michael that someone in the group will have to stay behind. Later, Abruzzi threatens to kill T-Bag if he doesn't drop out of the group.

As Lincoln's execution nears, Michael puts the plan in motion. Meanwhile, Kellerman confronts Hale, and Veronica makes an announcement to the media.

As Michael tries to delay Lincoln's execution by altering the electric chair's wiring, Veronica and Nick attempt to get Steadman's body exhumed.

Lincoln gets a stay when a judge orders Steadman's body to be exhumed, and Sucre calls in a favor to help Michael verify a new route to the infirmary.

Flashbacks shed light on how inmates Michael, Lincoln, Sucre, C-Note and T-Bag came to reside in the prison and how Sara ended up working there.

Michael is thrown into solitary confinement. Meanwhile, Sucre is left to pave over the escape hole in the guards' break room.

As Michael tries to get Haywire to recall the missing tattoo piece, other team members must keep Bellick from auctioning off Michael and Sucre's cell.

Michael tries to figure out how to get the infirmary key from Sara. Meanwhile, Lincoln learns about his dad's role in the events that ruined his life.

With the escape hole discovered, the cons have to make their break. But with Lincoln under 24-hour watch, he may have to be left behind.

After Michael forces Pope to transfer Lincoln to the prison infirmary, the escapees manage to get safely to Sara's unlocked office.

With the escape discovered, Bellick heads a massive manhunt for the cons as the vice president makes a shocking power play.

Michael and his group give Bellick the slip, forcing him to relinquish command to an FBI special agent, who cracks the code to Michael's escape plan.

Mahone uses LJ as bait to trap Lincoln and Michael. Later, a desperate courthouse rescue brings the brothers face-to-face with their pursuer.

Michael's most valuable asset falls into Mahone's hands. Meanwhile, the fired Bellick drafts a partner to help get the escapees back in prison.

Bellick captures Michael and his team, but it's not the police reward he's after. Elsewhere, T-Bag has a close call with the cops in Nebraska.

The brothers finally arrive in Utah, only to discover that they aren't alone. Meanwhile, an unsuspecting Sara invites Kellerman to her apartment.

With the millions buried somewhere under a housing development, Michael must coax the map out of T-Bag's head as Mahone gets ever closer to his prey.

The escapees find the treasure, but Sucre has other plans. Elsewhere, Lincoln risks everything to get to LJ, and Sara lands on The Company's hit list.

With the money gone and the police closing in, Michael and Sucre's only chance of escape is across the river -- but the water conceals a deadly trap.

Michael pays a visit to Mahone's ex-wife and pieces together the agent's dark secret. Elsewhere, Kellerman is on Sara's trail.

While Bellick is busy getting T-Bag to give up his secret -- the hard way -- Michael and Sara reunite. But their time together is cut short by Mahone.

To reunite with Michael, Lincoln must leave LJ behind. Elsewhere, T-Bag escapes the police but pays a devastating price, and Kellerman tortures Sara.

C-Note seeks medicine for his daughter. Bellick becomes the focus of an investigation. Aldo makes his peace with Michael but pays the ultimate price.

Michael and Lincoln are en route to Fox River, but Mahone and Kellerman do everything in their power to make sure the brothers are dead on arrival.

Kellerman brings Michael and Lincoln face-to-face with Steadman, but their plans unravel. Meanwhile, Bellick crosses the wrong prisoner at Fox River.

While on the run with Kellerman, Michael and Lincoln reveal their story on national television, and Michael gets a coded message to Sara.

During a diner robbery, C-Note must weigh his daughter's health against the life of a waitress. Elsewhere, Kellerman solves the riddle of Sara's key.

Michael and Sara turn to Pope to get the evidence that will topple The Company. Meanwhile, an escapee must choose between his daughter and his pals.

Michael, Lincoln and Sara finally hear the proof that can set Lincoln free, but they'll need another ally on the inside to get the truth out.

Michael finally comes face-to-face with the president. Meanwhile, C-Note is offered an out if he'll double-cross Mahone.

With the brothers preparing to sail away to freedom, Sara is forced to sacrifice herself to ensure their safety.

Michael is determined to get the $5 million and to put an end to T-Bag's reign of terror. Meanwhile, Sara goes on trial.

Michael attempts to save himself and Lincoln from Mahone's double cross. Elsewhere, a surprise witness at Sara's trial changes everything.

In Sona prison, Michael runs afoul of the penitentiary's criminal kingpin. Elsewhere, Lincoln's search for Sara has dire repercussions.

Michael tries to secure the safety of fellow prisoner James Whistler, who holds the key to Michael's freedom. Meanwhile, Lincoln investigates Sofia.

Michael hits a series of dead ends but learns more about Whistler, who tells Michael the truth. Meanwhile, Lincoln tries to rescue Sara and LJ.

As Mahone begins to hallucinate and T-Bag climbs in the prison hierarchy, Michael sets an escape plan in motion.

Michael attempts to execute a successful escape. Meanwhile, a new inmate arrives who may know something about Whistler's past.

Whistler is accused of murder just before the escape. Later, Mahone is offered a better deal, and Lincoln and Sofia must drug the guard.

Shifting loyalties abound as Michael and Whistler are forced to fight to the death. Meanwhile, Lechero's power is compromised.

Susan makes a last-ditch effort to get Whistler out of Sona immediately -- and the plan makes everyone else expendable.

A new warden at Sona places Michael in solitary confinement but eventually offers him hope. Later, Mahone and T-Bag join the tunnel escape party.

Michael, Mahone, Whistler and Lechero try to escape through the tunnel. Meanwhile, Sofia discovers a wallet hidden inside Whistler's bag.

As Michael finalizes plans for the escape, his fellow plotters begin to turn on him. Meanwhile, Whistler ponders a betrayal when Sofia is threatened.

Michael, Whistler and McGrady escape from Sona -- but not everything goes according to plan, and the exchange is compromised.

As the third season draws to a close, LJ and Whistler are exchanged, but more surprises abound. Meanwhile, T-Bag's scheming finally pays off.

Michael receives unbelievable news when he seeks revenge for Sara's death. Meanwhile, T-Bag is deserted in Mexico during his flight to freedom.

The gang has to break into the well-guarded home of Company man Stuart Tuxhorn. Elsewhere, T-Bag must go to extremes to survive.

Michael and the team have one day to locate the next cardholder or they risk going back to prison. Meanwhile, Mahone seeks revenge on Wyatt.

To get the next data card, Michael, Lincoln and Sucre must crash a police benefit. Meanwhile, T-Bag arouses suspicion on the first day at his new job.

The gang, with Don's help, must break into a safe at the Treasury Department to get the next Scylla card. Elsewhere, Gretchen manages to escape.

Mahone is arrested, putting the whole gang at risk -- and Mahone squarely in Wyatt's sights. Meanwhile, T-Bag's charade is discovered.

Lincoln, Sucre, Sara and Roland follow a Scylla cardholder to Las Vegas, where Roland has his device commandeered after he gets caught gambling.

A daring plan is hatched to get the final card from Pad Man, and an uneasy alliance is formed with Gretchen -- but there's a traitor among the ranks.

The team needs to make their way through a 30,000-gallon water main to get to Scylla. Meanwhile, T-Bag fends off an investigation.

Michael collapses and must go to the hospital. Elsewhere, Sucre steps on a land mine, and Trishanne's surprising secret is uncovered.

The team carries out their plan to steal Scylla, accompanied by an ailing Michael. Meanwhile, Gretchen encounters a setback in getting the sixth card.

Michael and the gang pull off the Scylla heist from deep within Company headquarters -- but a terrible surprise awaits them.

As the gang deals with Don's betrayal, Lincoln is captured. Meanwhile, Don forces Gretchen to help him by holding her daughter and sister hostage.

Don and Gretchen, Michael and The Company are all after Scylla. Elsewhere, T-Bag has to make a tough decision as he holds Gretchen's family hostage.

When Michael undergoes surgery, he has visions of Westmoreland. Meanwhile, Lincoln and Sucre try to retrieve Scylla before Don and Gretchen sell it.

Lincoln, Don, Gretchen and T-Bag go to Miami to retrieve Scylla. Elsewhere, Michael learns something shocking about his mother as he's held captive.

The Company pits Lincoln, Mahone, T-Bag and Don against Michael and Sara in a race to retrieve Scylla -- and all roads lead to the brothers' mother.

Michael and Lincoln square off over Scylla as Christina sets her plan in motion. Meanwhile, T-Bag causes a scene at the Indian embassy.

Michael has an uneasy reunion with Christina, who drops a bombshell regarding Lincoln. Elsewhere, Lincoln races to stop Christina's deadly plan.

Pandemonium erupts at the Panda Bay Hotel after an assassination at the global energy conference.

As familiar faces return to help Michael in his quest to bring down The Company, Lincoln makes a discovery about his relationship to Michael.

After the general catches the brothers and raises the stakes by abducting more of their relatives, Michael escapes with Scylla.

Michael orchestrates his final prison break to free the vulnerable Sara.

After receiving some shocking news from a newly-freed T-Bag, Lincoln pays Sara a visit to discuss Michael's fate.

Sara looks to an old nemesis for information. Lincoln and C-Note search for a contact. Michael hatches a scheme with the help of his cellmate.

Michael's escape plan takes an unexpected turn. T-Bag pays Sara a visit. Lincoln searches for a way out of Yemen.

With time running out, Michael is forced to consider a dangerous deal. Meanwhile, T-Bag makes a startling discovery.

Sara struggles with whether to believe Jacob's explanation, C-Note puts a new plan into action, and Michael fills in Lincoln about Poseidon.

Michael, Lincoln and the gang race across the desert with Cyclops in close pursuit. A&W and Van Gogh come face to face with the King.

A desperate Lincoln calls on Sara for medical advice. Michael makes a damning discovery. A&W and Van Gogh field some tough questions.

A suspicious text from Sara raises red flags. Michael calls on Sheba and C-Note for backup. Lincoln books a flight.

With lives on the line, Michael plays a deadly game with Poseidon. Meanwhile, Sara receives information from an unexpected source.