Drama with Wentworth Miller. When his brother is sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, a structural engineer sets in motion an elaborate plan to break him out of a top-security prison.
As Lincoln Burrows awaits his fate on Death Row, his brother gets himself incarcerated too in a rescue bid.
Tensions simmer inside as Michael tries to obtain a drug that will make him test positive for diabetes.
Michael encounters problems bringing Abruzzi and Sucre into his plan, and Lincoln's execution date nears.
Michael obtains some caustic chemicals to use in his plan, and Haywire develops an obsession.
Kellerman and Hale blackmail Warden Pope, and Michael learns that he might get out early.
Michael's ploy to buy some work time leads to a riot, and Kellerman wants Lincoln dead.
Cult US prison show. As the riot rages, Michael risks everything to rescue Sara.
Michael tries to tunnel into a guards' room, and Kellerman and Hale attempt to kill Veronica.
T-Bag loses a slave and targets another, and Kellerman and Hale follow LJ.
Abruzzi convinces Michael to tell Falzone about Fibonacci to regain control of the work team.
The escapees and Dr Tancredi are shocked when they learn the identity of Michael's visitor and abettor.
Tensions mount after Lincoln warns Michael that someone in the group will have to remain behind.
With Lincoln's execution now just a day away, Michael tries to get him out of solitary.
The escapees return to their cells as Veronica and Nick ask a judge to postpone Lincoln's execution.
A face from Lincoln's past haunts him on the day of his execution, and Veronica tries to raise the dead.
Flashbacks reveal the stories that led to the incarceration of Lincoln, Sucre, T-Bag and C-Note.
Lincoln worries about Michael's sanity as he has trouble remembering some parts of the prison schematics.
Michael gets transferred to the psych ward in an effort to recreate the missing piece of the tattoo.
Lincoln is rescued by a face from the past while an old inmate returns to Fox River.
Westmoreland takes drastic action to stop Bellick, and Michael begs Sara to help him.
With Bellick tied up and Pope taken hostage, Michael starts the escape.
Veronica heads to the Vice President's hideaway.
