Weekly Review 6 - Prison Break

Abruzi is in hospital with a slit throat, and Lincoln is taken to solitary after punching a guard (who was about to discover the hole), so the five remaining inmates must figure out what to do about their escape plan. Michael wants to delay the escape but the other four want to leave as soon as possible. Following threats from his co-conspirators, Michael decides that they must leave that evening at 9pm. Back in his cell, Michael cut open his arm and removed a hidden pouch which contains a black pill. He then borrows Sucre’s crucifix and hides the pill inside it. With his brother’s execution now only 36 hours away, Michael prays with a priest and asks him for a favour – would he mind giving a crucifix to his brother, Lincoln? Lincoln receives the crucifix containing the pill and a note instructing him to eat it at 8:10. When Lincoln does so he becomes violently ill, and is taken to the prison’s infirmary. Dr Tancredi believes Lincoln suffers from food poisoning, and the five inmates use the tunnels beneath the prison to make their way to the infirmary. They arrive at the room underneath the infirmary containing the pipe Michael previously corroded; however, the pipe has now been replaced. Michael tries to remove it, and Lincoln helps from the room above. Their attempts fail as the pipe cannot be removed.

I enjoy Prison Break as unlike other crime dramas I’ve seen, it shows the criminals point of view more than the police or the victims. Still in this drama the set pieces are similar although less frequent e.g. crime scenes aren’t involved, where as interrogation, laboratory etc. are included. In a way the narrative is restrictive as we know as much as the criminals attempting to escape, however we are unaware that other characters have more knowledge. Most of the main characters are criminals in this crime drama, and are each stereotypical as they play the ‘thug’ characters – up to no good all of the time. The way they dress connotates this as they alter their prison uniforms to make themselves stand out, as well as the majority of the characters being tattooed.