The first season of this show has already come and gone in America, and is just finishing in Australia, but I just got around to watching the first season and thought it was an absolutely fantastic show. I can't say it was completely original - we've seen hundreds of break-out movies and read plenty of books ont he subject - but the idea of the innocent man being busted out by his brother who purposely commits a crime just so he can break out is nice... and the entire map of the prison being tattooed to the guys body? Absolutely inspiring.
The characters are likeable. The ones that aren't plain and simply aren't supposed to be. It in no way makes prison life look glamorous, nor does it put prisoners themselves in a positive light... But the main character, Michael, is someone who is so genuinely nice that you can't help but root for him the entire time, despite some of the underhanded stuff he does from time to time (especially towards the end of the first season).
You know, after the second part of the season was getting ready to start, I thought about watching it. But, I didn't want to come in half way through. I read an article on the show, and it sounded really cool.
Second season started yesterday. It was absolutely amazing... everything the first season was and more...
After finally escaping from the prison, all the prisoners are on the run, but Michael still has tattoos planning the rest of the escape, including how to get them civilian clothes. One important character we thought was dead ends up being alive and well, and another really important character ends up having their brains blown out.
In the previous 2 episodes, Michael and Lincoln have been trying to escape from the FBI agent chasing them and the ex-prison guard bounty hunters who are hot on their trail. We once again encounter Michael's wife, who gives them a hand, and Michael finds out the girl he loves, the doctor with the drug problem, ODed in the season 1 finale.
Also, one of the escaped convicts gets laid (the young dude who talks like 50 Cent, yo), and another gets filled with lead (I would figure he's dead, but they didn't show his body. 100 bullets passing through your chest, head and stomach usually kills you, though).
Yesterday's episode was fantastic. Michael, Lincoln, Tea-bag and that little homie idiot are all after the fortune buried in Utah; but the FBI guy's hot on their trail (despite having to make a pit-stop to get some drugs off his dealer). Tea-bag gets a map of the area they need to search and leads Lincoln and Michael to the homie idiot, who doesn't have it. By the time they get back to Tea-Bag, he'd memorized and eaten the map. Unfortunately, when they got to the spot they needed to search for the money, they find it's been developed into suburban housing.
So 2 weeks later and they're still digging for the money under the house. The way they figured it out was because the money was buried under a silo, they worked out the demolished silo's position by looking at the trees in the area (the shadows of the silo stunted their growth). They've found the money and are on the verge of getting out of there.
The FBI agent, Mahone, is hot on their trail though... and becoming more and more mysterious to viewers as he shoots one escapee in cold blood.
This show's back, and we've learnt more about Mahone's allegiance in this whole thing. Lincoln's managed to get to his son, even though the FBI were watching him. He paid a homeless guy to beat his son up, so they police would take him to the hospital. Michael and Sucre escaped with the money, only to find they didn't in fact have the money (Tea-bag does). Sucre then gets stuck underneath a log, and Michael needs to hatch a plan to get him unstuck.
I thought you had mentioned Prison Break before. I decided to check it out. It is very good. Very well done. I agree it is as good as 24. Although very different. I checked out the first disc last weekend and decided not to watch it anymore. It was too much for me. Too gritty, too real. If it didn't have the tea bag character I maybe could deal.
Anyway, I checked out the second disc this weekend . I am continuing to watch. I am happy to hear they escape. Getting away from that prison stuff might keep me watching.
Keep going with the updates. Good job.
It's great. A lot of people think the whole thing goes too far... like there are too many things standing in their way, holding them back... and too many coincidences. But it's just a show, and pretty exciting.
They say the whole story can go on for 5 seasons, if ratings let it. Not sure if they'll end up back in prison at some point through this all... but it's interesting to see how Michael's plan unfolds.
Season 2 (to me) is a fair bit better than the first. Awesome stuff.
I finished the first season. It was really good. Wow, very suspenseful there at the end. That was sad about Sara. Is she really dead? What character is alive and well in the second season? Is it the guy that was helping Veronica?
Oooh, that whole Veronica situation will be a bit shocking... you'll have to see how that all works out. It's one of the better parts of the series, I think. As is Sara's fate
Is there any way to see the beginning of the second season? They're half-way through it now, will it be replayed? Or will you have to wait for the DVDs?
I'll tell you, at first I was kind of mad at where they ended the first season, until I realized the second season is them on the run. Which kind of makes sense, they can't just get out of prison and disappear... like that's it. Stupid me...
He did not watch it. I got him the movie The Big Labowski. He is all into that right now. I think the only other thing he is watching is Lost. I watch stuff a lot after he goes to bed or when he is on the computer.
I just rented the first DVD of House. I have never watched it before. It is pretty good. Interesting. I think it probably gets better. Do you know what season they are on now? I will look for a thread.
Sandy June said this in post #15 : He did not watch it. I got him the movie The Big Labowski. He is all into that right now. I think the only other thing he is watching is Lost. I watch stuff a lot after he goes to bed or when he is on the computer.
I just rented the first DVD of House. I have never watched it before. It is pretty good. Interesting. I think it probably gets better. Do you know what season they are on now? I will look for a thread.
You bought him a Lebowski DVD? Awesome
Guess that's why he's been leaving Dude-related MySpace messages.
I'm watching the show even though I didnt see all of season one or some of the first episodes in season 2. It's a great show.
I have one question though and I'm hoping one of you can help me out. In the most recent episode, 11 I think it is, one of the prision guards asks a call girl to do someting involving a glass coffee table. I'm pretty sure I have a fairly good idea what it is but could someone explain that one to me. I'm not 100% sure, but I think he wants a cleveland steamer.
Yeah, like a lot of the shows lately, you've got to see what happens from beginning to end, and can't just watch random episodes. That's how they hook ya'!
You so don't want to know what it means. I regret the day I bothered to look it up
Yeah I really hate I didn't get to see all the episodes, but not so much that I'm gonna go buy the season on dvd. I've pretty much caught myself up on whats going on, but if they show reruns I'd watch, might help explain some stuff.
I'm just wondering what's going to happen to sara.
And sandy you really dont want to know. Grant hope you didn' t look it up because of my post, if so srry haha. I had a guy ask me if he could give me a boston steamer once. I didnt know weather to take it as a complement or an insult. either way, EWWW!
I don't know when they are going to show Prison Break reruns from season one. I tried to google it for you but I didn't find anything helpful. It does cost a lot to rent all the dvds. You can pay a monthly fee at blockbuster and it is cheaper.
that is a good idea. if i ever get the chance to just veg out and watch reruns I'll go get it from blockbuster. if only i can remember when i get the chance
Another new episode last night. Pretty cool. Lincoln and Michael have been in a car accident, and the FBI guy has a gun pointed at them. Some Jets are going after Sucre, who is in a plane at the moment.
How will they ever escape? I don't know, but they always manage it
Yeah, the finale was awesome. The show's awesome in general, but the next leg of it will be even better.
More episodes in January, but they're breaking for the Christmas and New Year period. Good that, so I won't miss any.
I'm surprised how fast people recover in the show, though. Lincoln was shot in an episode earlier this season, and it's only like a week and a bit later, and now he's fine. And Tea-bag's missing hand isn't giving him too much trouble, I've noticed well, realism on TV is no fun, I guess.
If they give out Emmy's -- T-bag (Robert Knepper) has to get one for his slimy portrayal of a convict. He's sooo believable. For best ex-con, Wentworth Miller is my fave, next to Sucre and C-Note. God, I hope they don't get killed off in the finale.
I think the guy that plays t-bag is a really good actor too. My favorite scene with him that I have seen so far is in the first season. When the guard yells "PI" and Tea-bag struts throgh the middle of the floor, then they show that yucky girl wanna be.
Kellerman's an ass. He was all shifty when he was getting something out of it, but when he realized the consequences of his actions, he decided to switch sides. He'll bite it eventually, I'm sure.
T Bag makes everybody's stomach's turn that's why he's so good.
I'm sure he will bite it, but I still like kellerman. I always thought there was a good guy in there somewhere. like you could tell he really didnt want to kill sara. But in his line of work its follow orders or they are going to take YOU out.
but I know he was still kind of an ass. haha
. I am continuing to watch. I am happy to hear they escape. Getting away from that prison stuff might keep me watching. 
well, realism on TV is no fun, I guess.
that's why he's so good.