Producer defends 'Prison Break' ending

Prison Break producer Matt Olmstead has defended the show's series finale.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Olmstead explained his decision to kill off the show's main character Michael Scofield.

"It started as a discussion with Wentwoth [Miller] around season two," he revealed. "He brought up a good point: his character's hands are as dirty as anyone's. If you look at the initial act that he committed - robbing a bank to get into prison to break his brother out - there were ramifications to that; a lot of people got hurt.

"We've addressed his guilt throughout the show. But at a certain point, it felt nobler to have the character die so that others could live."

Discussing the two-hour movie, Olstead teased: "The nose bleed that reared its ugly head at the end of [the finale] was a factor in his ultimate demise in that he knew that he probably didn't have that long to live, but it wasn't the sole factor. It informed certain decisions that lead to his demise."

He added: "Sara is on the hook for [killing] Michael's mother and she gets locked up while pregnant. The tables are turned - once a doctor in prison now imprisoned, and Michael's on the outside. The majority of the cast is back. It's Michael, Lincoln, Sara, Sucre, T-Bag, Mahone - all the heavy-hitters."