Product Description
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Breaking out of maximum security at Fox River was the
easy part. Now, Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) must fight to
survive inside Sona, a hellish Panamanian prison where the only
rule is brutal violence and the only way out is in a body bag.
So, with time running out, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell)
scrambles desperately to free his brother along with the only man
who can deliver Lincoln's captive son from the sinister clutches
of The Company. Packed with intense action and white-knuckle plot
twists, Season Three is Prison Bre--ak's most explosive yet, and
this time, there's no way out!
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After focusing on the breakout (season one) and the
manhunt (season two), season three of Prison Break turns the
concept on its head by throwing everyone involved with the show
so far--fugitives, lawmen, villains--into the same prison. When
we left off in season two's finale, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic
Purcell) had been exonerated of the murder for which he was
framed since the beginning of the series, but Michael Scofield
(Wentworth Miller) landed himself behind bars during the escape
in Panama. It's no coincidence that he's placed in SONA, a remote
place for the lowliest of criminals, along with his pursuers
Agent Mahone (William Fichtner) and Bellick (Wade Willams), and
fellow former inmate Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell (Robert Kneppner),
who naturally cozies up to the crime lord who rules the prison in
an effort to move up in the ranks.
The main premise of Prison Break this time around is Michael
needing to break someone else out of prison for The Company, the
crime network responsible for all nefarious doings on the show.
The Company's rep is a homicidal, sneering assassin named Susan
(sometimes Gretchen) (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe), who's holding hostage
both Lincoln's son LJ and Michael's love Sara until Michael
carries out his mission. The typically false starts,
double-crossings, and man-that-was-close moments you'd expect to
come from a series like this are all there, but this time around
episodes feel scatter, a far cry from the white-knuckle
tension builder that was season one. Fichtner, who joined in the
second season, is a standout as a pill-popping
agent-turned-inmate in withdrawal who must now collaborate with
the man he chased across the country. The new characters
introduced don't have much purpose; the many plot twists (he's a
good guy... no, a bad guy... no, wait, a good guy) leave you a
little less motivated each time to keep tuning in, and the final
straw is one main character's death early in the season
(reportedly because of a contract dispute between the producers
and the actor). Originally planned as a jolt to the series, it
instead angered many fans who had been long awaiting a just
payoff. This would later be rectified before the fourth season,
but there's no telling how many Prison Break fans may have
skipped town before then. --Ellen A. Kim
Beyond Prison Break on DVD
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Stills from Prison Break: Season Three (Click for larger image)