Prison Break...No Escape In Sight

Just having finished its second season, Fox’s hit show Prison Break has left viewers somewhat disappointed. After providing a thrilling first season, producers of the show have seemed to have run out of ideas and left the viewer with more of the same. This series is about a man named Michael Scofield who cleverly executes a plan to break his innocent brother out of prison. Scofield is an absolute genius and prepares his escape plan down the very last step- even going as far as to disguising the blueprints of the prison as a tattoo on his back. Surviving multiple obstacles, Scofield, his brother (Lincoln Boroughs), and five other inmates escape the prison and become national fugitives. Slowly, four of the five inmates are killed off, leaving Michael, his brother, and one other inmate to fend for themselves. However, despite his efforts to prove Lincoln’s innocence, Michael is thrown back into another unruly prison (Sonna), as the first season comes to a close. Filled with action packed scenes and genius escape plans, the first season skyrocketed in rating leaving viewers anxious for the show to start up again. How wrong their anxiety would be.
As the second season began, viewers soon noticed a flaw. People could not help noticing that the second season is a carbon copy of the first season; the only difference being new prison with new obstacles. While producers build up every episode to be the “escape” from Sonna, something always gets in the way and Michael is forced to rework his plan. Besides meeting many new intriguing characters in the second season, it is too hard to ignore the constant similarities to the first. It is almost if the producers have run out of new ideas and have reused those of the first season in a different environment. Despite all my criticism, I still have hope for what was once my favorite show on television. Even with its repetitive episodes, Prison Break’s season two ends with a twist that could prove to be some hope for the following season. With season 3 beginning in January, Prison Break and its producers are on a short leash in my book. Only because of the brilliance of the first season, will I give the show one final chance to prove me wrong and return to the ingenious originally that it once had.