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As viewers, we should be taken on a journey alongside the protagonists and have a sense of narrative progression every week. This was totally non-existent in this episode, as Scofield and his men were turned back into fugitives from the police, only to be released from captivity once they'd been captured. What was the point? It reeked of stalling tactics designed to stretch out this season's story.
Wyatt's torture of Bruce Bennett was similarly drawn out, with some misguided attempts to invoke a degree of visual subjectivity through Bennett's hallucinations. As for T-Bag's sojourn, he spent the episode arranging a meeting. Sadly, it wasn't with his agent to negotiate a transfer on to another show.
It was left to William Fichtner's brilliance as the turmoil-ridden Mahone to ensure that there was no channel hopping. His grief over the slaying of his son feels very real and the image of him shaking in the corner of a room like a wounded animal lingers on. It was also a nice touch for Burrows to seemingly make peace with him.
However, the episode as a whole showed that the hunt for Scylla is far from a thriller. Improvement is needed - and fast - or else a sense of deja-vu relating to last year's lacklustre season won't be far away.
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Each episode gets better everytime you watch it. It's not about who does it or what gets done it matters that it gets taken care of the way it should or shouldn't. That the way this show is. This is one of THE best shows ever made! Everyother show is stupid reality or just plain ridiculous. It keeps you interested every show, every episode!!
i think it was great i have watched all 4 seasons of prison break and i love them all from the first time i watched wentworth miller i wonted to meet him i love him so much.
awsome
I luv PB since the first season, Season 3 was a bit...slow moving, season 1 & 2 really had me at the edge of my seat, season 4, well so/so so far, bit strange, that they now have to fight such bis enemy, that indeed could have had them all caught n killed at ease, if they really wanted it. They haven't been that slow, when it was about gettin Linc convicted and strapped to the electric Chair in Season 1, it seemed, like it couldn't happen fast enough for them. And why wouldn't they kill Gretchen aswell, has she maybe any more use for them? Furthermore I find the idea of Michael havin all those plans in mind good on one hand side and strange in the other. Just imagine, he had all that steps planned to escape from Fox River back then...is there anyone, that can think 1000 Steps ahead like then and then I'm gonna need that car to escape, than and then I need that and do that. To be honest, I don't think, that this can all be thought of before, such Ideas would come gradually...or maybe he's too much of a genius for me to comprehend! nevertheless I am addicted to Prison Break and can't wait to see a new episode every week (Not at last because of Wentworth! (-; ) and I will keep watchin it untill the bitter end, whenever that may be, that's for sure! Never been a big fan of action loaded movies and series, since PB I defo am! Prison Break rockz'
Average at best. A real shame because I used to be on the edge of my seat in earlier seasons. Completely agree with the review. They should have locked up Sarah in a women's prison and ditched the rest of the usual cast for newbies :-D
it's just great,plain and simple!
I love Michael Scofield .. I hope Prison Break continue 4 evaa ... I'm addicted to it n accidted to him moree .. :D:D
I'll have to agree with the review. The torture of Bruce Bennett was very drawn out, In fact that was the reason I was put of by this episode as it was very slow moving. As well as that we had a number of shots of Bellick trying to pursuade Sucre to do a runner (bit of a waste of time). So in my opinion this is the worst episode of Prison Break I have seen so far, and I hope it gets better, otherwise I'll just stop watching it.
Good and accurate review. Although I still watch it, it's certainly past it's sell-by date. Like last weeks opener. Michael asked that his tatoo be removed because he was worried about it giving him away, yet walks round bold as brass with the same hair cut etc as he's had for months (or however long has passed in the show). If the Company was half as slick as is made out, they would have been able to dispense of Mike and Linc ages ago. In the opener Mike was stood right next to Whistler when he bought it and later on Linc was once again relied on to wrestle an armed Company man to the ground and not get shot. Yawn.
Loving Prison Break... Can't get enough. I'm always left wanting more.
I'm in agreement with most of those that have commented here, in that DS has got it totally wrong. I thought last week was good and this week even better.
In contrast to the DS reviews I thought this episode was much better than the premiere. I thought it was a pretty good episode but certainly not up to the high standard that has been set in previous seasons. Being able to move past the many flaws of the premiere meant that the episode was far more watchable.
this show is the frickin best i loved the third season just as any other!! and this season as feel is going to be better its been brilliant so far,the only problem i got with this season is that they skipped so much like sona burning and how they managed to get away, but apart from that i feel it has not lost any os its intenseness!!!
i don't agree with you ben prison break is the best show and has been consistently brilliant since the start. yes the third season was not as good as the previous ones but it still made us hold our breaths in suspense every week. as for the present fourth season, i personally feel that it is back to excellence of the first two seasons.
i personally thought this episode was good and so did many other review sites. So to me this "review" has no meaning at all because it was a decent episode! On a personal note mahone & linc were the highlights of this ep the two actors were brilliant in the episodes final scene
It was miles ahead in quality compared to the 2-hour opener last week - this was at a perfect pace, had some touching/comedic moments and best of all it had be on the edge of my seat, something that Prison Break hasn't made me do since season 2. Bravo to the producers for turning this show around! I think that season 4 could be potentially better than seasons 1 & 2.
The entire Scylla plot just seems like one giant stall tactic to me. The Company is far too ambiguous an enemy to be fought by any conventional means so there needs to be some magical key that will ensure their downfall. You can't spend an entire season chasing one so there has to be six - and then they need to be decoded. The idea has some merit - and hopefully we'll see some variety to the methods used to obtain further keys rather than the espionage techniques used so far - but it also seems like something out of a computer game.
You were right about season 3 but this season is just brilliant. Maybe you should stick to reviewing Doctor Who and Spooks: Code 9 if all you're looking to do is write negative things about a show.
i thought the episode was brilliant every episode is better than the previous episodes i think its wicked best show since it came out
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true there are episodes quite redundant, but the way each and every character portrays their role makes them more natural human beings. and true enough for each society with a government to rule there is alkways a hidden agenda lurking around. the story may need another twist and turn here and there but over all an episode to watch. anybody who needed suspense and thrill out of their daily routine, prison break is for you. KUDOS!!!