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Prison Break Season 1 Episode Guide

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  • Pilot

    Episode 1 Originally aired:  August 29, 2005

    Michael Scofield commits a bank robbery so that he can be put into a prison with his brother, Lincoln Burrows, who was sentenced to death for a murder he swears he didn't commit -- the murder of the Vice President's brother. Lincoln's son, LJ, gets caught by police pedalling pot. Michael gets insulin injections from the prison doctor, Dr. Sara Tancredi, who is also the governor's daughter. The Prison Wa…more

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  • Allen

    Episode 2 Originally aired:  August 29, 2005

    Michael continues to plan his and his brother's escape. His path crosses an inmate named T-Bag when he tries to remove a screw from some bleachers. Mafia friends of Abruzzi visit and put pressure on him to get an informant's whereabouts from Michael. The white and black prisoners prepare for a race conflict and Michael is caught between the two sides as he needs something from each. As the prison erupts in a r…more

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  • Pilot; Allen

    Episode 3 Originally aired:  August 29, 2005

    The brother of death-row inmate Lincoln Burrows intentionally gets himself incarcerated, then plans to use his skills as a structural engineer to free him.

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  • Episode 4 Originally aired:  August 29, 2005

    A man hatches an elaborate scheme to break his brother out of prison before his scheduled execution.

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  • Cell Test

    Episode 5 Originally aired:  September 5, 2005

    After cutting off Michael's toe, Abruzzi tries to befriend him in an effort to learn the whereabouts of the snitch. Sucre not only turns Michael down for help in the prison break, he gets a cell transfer and Michael's new cellmate, straight from the psycho ward, is even less helpful. Veronica follows the path to stay Lincoln's execution and uncover the greater truth behind his "set up" but the Secr…more

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  • Cute Poison

    Episode 6 Originally aired:  September 12, 2005

    Michael's odd cellmate Haywire fixates on his tattoo. Sucre reconsiders Michael's offer of escape when he learns of Maricruz's indiscretions. Lincoln has awful nightmares about his eventual execution. Veronica finds a partner who may be interested in clearing Lincoln, but also might not be. Michael injures himself to lose Haywire and gets Sucre back in the cell, but the Special Agents who want Lincoln dead…more

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  • English, Fitz or Percy

    Episode 7 Originally aired:  September 19, 2005

    Kellerman and Hale demand Michael's transfer from the prison which makes him push up his timetable and cut down his escape party to one. Michael reveals to the warden, and therefore the entire prison, that Lincoln is his brother. Michael stages his escape to decide what street to take during the real break: English, Fitz or Percy. The warden bends to the pressure from the Secret Service Agents and agrees to Michael…more

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  • English Fitz or Percy

    Episode 8 Originally aired:  September 19, 2005

    Kellerman and Hale pay a visit to Warden Pope; Michael learns that he may be getting out of Fox River sooner than he expected.

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  • Riots, Drills and the Devil

    Episode 9 Originally aired:  September 26, 2005

    A riot breaks out in the prison, endangering lives and the plan. Nick and Veronica follow clues to Washington, D.C. after Nick reveals that the call that busted Lincoln the night of the murder came from there. Lincoln tries to protect a C.O. Sara is endangered by the inmates in the infirmary as the riot spreads.

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  • Part 2

    Episode 10 Originally aired:  October 3, 2005

    Michael attempts to save the life of Dr. Sara even as Abruzzi and Sucre work at breaking through a wall. An inmate attacks Lincoln in an attempt to kill him. Veronica and Nick have their lives threatened as they follow leads to prove that Lincoln was set up.

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  • Behind the Walls

    Episode 11 Originally aired:  October 15, 2005

    Clips from the season's episodes.

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  • The Old Head

    Episode 12 Originally aired:  October 24, 2005

    Michael must enlist the help of Westmoreland when he discovers that a shack critical to the escape plan has been changed into a C.O. space. LJ's mother and stepfather are killed by the Agents and while he evades their capture, he's set up for the murders. Veronica and Nick barely escape an explosion meant to take their lives. T-Bag lets a crony to take the fall for the guard's death. The mystery woman pull…more

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  • Tweener

    Episode 13 Originally aired:  October 31, 2005

    When Abruzzi can't make payments to Bellick, the crew is shifted from their P.I. duty and it endangers the escape plan. T-Bag tries to pick up a new arrival when his previous one kills himself. LJ is trailed by the Secret Service Agents, but finds his way to Nick and Veronica. Sara learns more about Michael as a person when she visits a former psychiatrist who treated him.

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    Based on 114 ratings
  • Sleight of Hand

    Episode 14 Originally aired:  November 7, 2005

    Philly demands Fibonnaci's location in exchange for returning Abruzzi to power and Michael has to contemplate the worth of the plan versus the life of an innocent man. The Vice President calls in assistance and the man immediately seizes control from Kellerman and Hale and tracks down Veronica's hidden location. Yet another inmate learns of Michael's plan to escape and joins his team.

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  • And Then There Were 7

    Episode 15 Originally aired:  November 14, 2005

    Quinn discovers the cabin in the woods with LJ, Nick and Veronica in it. Michael's wife comes to the prison for a conjugal visit and delivers him a credit card. Bellick believes he recognizes her. Michael gets Tweener to steal a watch back from a C.O. Pope tells Westmoreland that his daughter is dying from cancer and Westmoreland approaches Michael to get in on the escape plan. Bellick remembers where he first sa…more

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  • Odd Man Out

    Episode 16 Originally aired:  November 21, 2005

    The group learns that all seven of the escapees won't be able to make it. T-Bag comes forward to squash any ideas of cutting him out by saying that he's told someone on the outside about the escape plan as insurance. Abruzzi's decision to take out T-Bag's insurance policy claims the life of an innocent child. Bellick confronts Michael on the credit card secreted to him by his wife. Sucre learns from Ma…more

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  • End of the Tunnel

    Episode 17 Originally aired:  November 28, 2005

    Abruzzi is airlifted out after his run-in with T-Bag. Michael is denied access to Lincoln by the warden after Lincoln is separated from the population because of the attack on a guard. Michael leads the team towards freedom with the execution looming, but they hit a snag when a grate has been replaced and Michael can't compensate.

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  • The Rat

    Episode 18 Originally aired:  March 20, 2006

    Michael and the rest of the prisoners stealthily sneak back into their cells, and Michael decides to try and defuse the electric chair's circuitry. Nick and Veronica try to get a stay of execution for Lincoln, while Sara tries to get her governor father to examine Lincoln's situation.

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  • By the Skin and the Teeth

    Episode 19 Originally aired:  March 27, 2006

    Veronica revisits the deceased Steadman’s body as Lincoln awaits his execution and begins to have terrible visions of his past. Meanwhile, Michael tries to devise a new plan while tackling responsibilities as a guard.

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    Based on 107 ratings
  • Brother's Keeper

    Episode 20 Originally aired:  April 3, 2006

    The story behind Lincoln’s imprisonment becomes known, along with that of C-Note, T-Bag and Sucre, while Dr Tancredi goes into detail about her arrival at the penitentiary. Meanwhile, more of Michael’s plan comes to light.

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  • J Cat

    Episode 21 Originally aired:  April 10, 2006

    When Michael won't name names, Warden Pope places him in solitary. Lincoln fears for Michaels sanity, Sara is determined to figure out his secrets and Michael is struggling with some missing pieces of the prison schematics.

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  • Bluff

    Episode 22 Originally aired:  April 17, 2006

    Michael attempts to remind Haywire about the missing piece of the blueprint tattoo, while Bellick would rather auction Michael's cell off to the highest bidder. C-Note and Tea-Bag hook up in a high stakes, winner take all poker game but Sucre's cousin seems to be in control of this match.

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  • The Key

    Episode 23 Originally aired:  April 24, 2006

    Michael is ready to take his relationship with Sara to the next level, but it's not because of love. A well connected man reveals himself to Lincoln, Tweener has a decision to make as to what side he's on and Bellick may finally learn the whole truth.

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  • Tonight

    Episode 24 Originally aired:  May 1, 2006

    Bellick attempts to plug a hole in the escape plan under instruction from Westmoreland forcing Michael to have to shorten the timetable. Michael feels he now has no choice but to include Sara in the plan, betraying his father figure. Tweener pledges his allegiance to Michael, an act that may get him out of jail for free. Meanwhile Veronica's life is in jeopardy, largely due to an ally of hers and there surprising conn…more

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  • Go

    Episode 25 Originally aired:  May 8, 2006

    Dr. Sarah questions if she should leave a light on and the door open for Michael, who must betray the Pope in order to carry out his escape plan. Veronica finds evidence that points her to Montana, but realizes that her closest ally may actually be her greatest enemy. Michael, Lincoln and the other inmates make a break for it, but after the alarm is sounded, find out who will make it over the wall, who will be left behind…more

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  • Flight

    Episode 26 Originally aired:  May 15, 2006

    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 about losing her authority.

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    Based on 118 ratings

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