Prison Break Season 1 Synopsis:

Michael Scofield is in a hopeless predicament - his brother Lincoln Barrows has been found guilty of murder and thrown into jail. Death row at Fox River Penitentiary. Although all the evidence pointed to Lincoln as the murderer, Michael firmly believed that his brother was innocent. As Lincoln's execution day approached, with no other choice, Michael broke into a bank with a gun, was arrested and imprisoned, and later came to Lincoln's side. As a construction engineer, Michael participated in the renovation project of the prison and knew it well. He designed a complete escape plan. The only purpose of being imprisoned was to rescue Lincoln from birth and restore his innocence.

Veronica Donovan, Lincoln's former girlfriend and the defense attorney in the murder case, believed Lincoln was framed. As the investigation continued, Veronica discovered that this was far from a simple murder. The victim's death involved the interests of many big shots - the figure of the Vice President gradually emerged from behind the scenes. As the investigation deepens, danger is approaching for Veronica. Witnesses are mysteriously killed one after another. Lincoln's family also suffers misfortune. The mysterious figure chasing Veronica turns out to be a secret agent of the FBI.

At the same time, Michael struggled to prepare his escape plan in prison, and unexpected people and things appeared one after another on the road to freedom.

Prison Break Season 1 episode synopsis:

Episode 1

The day after Michael Scofield completed his last tattoo, he held a gun Robbed a bank. After his arrest, he cooperated very well and admitted the crime, so the judge agreed to his request and sentenced Michael to five years in Fox River Prison, a suburb of Chicago.

Michael was placed in cell 40 in Building A. His roommate Fernando Sucre volunteered to introduce him to various characters in the prison, but Michael only wanted to see one person: his brother Lincoln Barros, who was sentenced to death. . But to get close to Lincoln, you have to work in the prison factory, and the factory is in the hands of John Arbus, the former gang boss and today's prison figure.

Michael told Veronica, the lawyer who came to visit him in prison, not to waste time on his case. Lincoln was framed and he did not murder the vice president's brother. If she still thinks about her past relationship with Lincoln, If you are in love, you should try your best to find out the truth of the incident. As far away as Washington, D.C., Special Agents Hale and Kellerman are concerned about Lincoln's execution because Bishop Mike Morrow intends to obtain a reprieve for Lincoln.

Abz received news from his subordinates that someone knew the whereabouts of the witness who put him in jail. In the prison's medical room, Dr. Sarah discovered that Michael had a very strange reaction to insulin injections. Immediately ask the prisoner "Note" to get the medicine he needs to pretend to be a Type I diabetic patient.

Michael entered the prison factory as he wished and met his brother. Lincoln thought that prison escape was impossible. Michael showed him the secret hidden in the tattoo: the blueprint of the Fox River Prison.

Episode 2

Michael hinted at his escape plan to the inmates, Westmoreland laughed at him for wanting to escape after three days in jail, and another crisis is approaching, Fox River Racial conflict in prisons is already on the verge of breaking out.

Michael copied the text "Schweitzer-Allen 11121147" from the tattoo on his arm. He found the screw with the serial number 11121147, but the unscrewed screw was snatched away by the "backpack" and handed over Gave it to follower Maytag. Michael told Lincoln that they were going to escape through the hospital, which was why he was pretending to be a diabetic.

Tim Giles showed Veronica the videotape of the murder scene. Veronica desperately saw that Lincoln had indeed raised a gun at the deceased in the car, but Lincoln explained that at that time, Lincoln Diman was dead and he never pulled the trigger. Special Agents Hale and Kellerman learned from Tim that Veronica was re-investigating the case.

During the prison violence, Michael took the opportunity to approach Maytag and snatch the screws, but Maytag was stabbed to death in the chaos, and "Backpack" blamed Michael for everything.

Michael sharpened the screw into a screwdriver according to the pattern on the tattoo, and used it to unscrew the nut of the bathroom fixture.

With the help of the drug, Michael passed the test for diabetes, but his expression of relief when he learned he had diabetes puzzled Dr. Sarah. On the way back to his cell, prison guard Berwick probably left him with Abz's group. In order to torture the witness about the whereabouts of Fibonacci, Abzi ordered Michael's toes to be cut off.

Episode 3

Dr. Sara Tancredi bandaged Michael's wound, but in order not to affect his escape plan, Michael asked Sara not to report the incident as intentional harm.

Lincoln and Michael took the opportunity to discuss the progress of the excavation at work, and Michael decided to test whether his roommate Sucre could keep a secret. Sucre missed his girlfriend Marie Cruz day and night. He saw Michael hiding a mobile phone, but under the threat of prison guard Beric, he revealed Michael's secret. Unexpectedly, the mobile phone was just a model carved from soap. The angry Sucre was moved to another cell, and the mentally ill "Wire" became Michael's new roommate.

Due to being busy with the investigation, Veronica repeatedly rejected her fiancé Sebastian's marriage request, and the two ended up breaking up. When Landika, the only clue to the murder, is kidnapped and shot, Veronica realizes she's facing formidable resistance.

Abdz changed his strategy, and he arranged the "backpack" for Michael, who was bent on revenge. Abz asked when he could get the whereabouts of the witness, and Michael replied: "When we escape from prison, you give me a plane and I give you Fibonacci."

Michael started digging in the dead of night, But he was horrified to find that the "wire" was looking at him. "Iron Wire" said calmly that he never sleeps due to permanent nerve damage.

Episode 4

"Iron Wire", who suffers from mental illness, continues to refuse to take medication. He has become very interested in the tattoos on Michael's body. Not only does he follow Michael everywhere, he even tears his clothes to Copy those tattoos. At the same time, Sucre discovered that his girlfriend Marie Cruz was gradually being deceived by the lies of her suitor Hector. He was afraid that when the 16-month sentence expired, Marie Cruz might have been taken away.

Michael obtained two chemical agents from the prison storage room and Abzi, and poured them into the hospital sewer while injecting insulin. A violent chemical reaction immediately occurred between the two agents, starting Corroded water pipes. Michael, who returned to the cell, deliberately broke his forehead, successfully drove the "wire" away, and welcomed back Sucre, who was also eager to escape.

Veronica sought help from the "Justice Project" office, which specializes in investigating death penalty cases, and Nick helped her discover the stakes involved behind the murder. Secret agents Hale and Klerman searched Veronica's home for an opportunity. A photo of her with Lincoln and Michael aroused their alertness. Realizing that Michael was imprisoned for his bizarre crime, the secret agent decided to immediately transfer Michael to another prison.

Episode 5

Warden Henry Pope refused Michael's relocation order, and Hale and Klerman "persuaded" him with a confidential document. Michael, Lincoln, Sucre and Abz gathered in the shed to go over the details of the escape, unaware that Michael's relocation order had been approved.

Although the relocation order temporarily disrupted the escape plan, under the guidance of Westmoreland, Michael filed a formal complaint. This move bought them at least 30 days.

Veronica and Nick asked expert Fink to study a copy of the surveillance tape at the murder scene. Fink found that although there were no traces of editing in the footage, the gunshots were clearly from later stages. Forged. Veronica and the two were so encouraged that they immediately applied for the transfer of the video tape master, but were told that the evidence room was in a mess due to a burst water pipe and the master tape was no longer usable.

Part of the passage behind the toilet in the cell has been dug through. Hale and Kellerman coerced him into destroying Michael's complaint with the secret of Pope's illegitimate child.

At the same time, Michael successfully rehearsed a jailbreak process under the cover of Sucre and Abzi, and measured the time required for jailbreak and the police response speed.

At the last moment when he was taken out of Fox River Prison, Pope appeared and left Michael behind, determined to confess his past to his wife. In Chicago, Veronica discovered that the video tape copy had been stolen, and she cast her suspicion on Nick.

Hare and Kellerman reported their failure to the boss behind the scenes, and the mysterious woman ordered them to turn their attention to Lincoln: "In addition to the electric chair, there are many ways to kill a death row prisoner."

Episode 6

Michael's excavation work encountered a huge obstacle: a solid cement wall. Although he was sure to dig it out, multiple ward rounds a day made it impossible for him to keep up with the pre-planned escape schedule. Sucre proposes to stir up a commotion, and the ensuing lockdown period will provide ample time, so Michael manages to cause the prison's air conditioning system to malfunction.

Veronica and Nick came to visit Lincoln with good news. Although the original call claiming to have witnessed Lincoln's murder was anonymous, Nick discovered that it came from distant Washington, although this was not enough to postpone the call. A death sentence, but at least a direction for investigation emerged.

The stuffy cell finally triggered a riot among the prisoners. "Backpack" led a group of people to meet Lincoln and the new prison guard Bob. In order to protect Bob, who had always been very kind to him, Lincoln was beaten by "Backpack" Fainting on the ground, Bob was also kidnapped by the prisoners.

In order to speed up the progress, Sucre and Michael entered the hole in the wall to dig together. The "backpack" threw the injured Bob into their empty cell. Unfortunately, Bob knocked down the toilet, " Backpack" thus discovers Michael's secret.

Michael and Sucre were alerted by the noise and returned to the cell. Abzi and "Backpack" suggested killing Bob to silence him, but Michael stopped them. The monitor showed Sarah being surrounded by a group of prisoners in the hospital, and Michael rushed to save her anxiously.

After waking up, Lincoln was very worried about his brother's safety. A prisoner named Turk took the opportunity to lead him to an empty dark room.

Episode 7

The riot in the prison continued to escalate, and Michael crawled towards the hospital with all his strength in the ventilation system. Prisoner Gus asked Pope to restore the air conditioning system as soon as possible, otherwise they would attack the hostages Bob and Sarah. Sucre repeatedly warned "Backpack" not to hurt Bob, and then he got into the hole in the wall to dig alone. Abzi saw the escape tunnel for the first time and joined in the work of digging the cement wall.

The governor of Illinois, Sarah's father, brought the army to Fox River Prison. He told Pope that he didn't care how many prisoners died in the riot. Sarah's safety was his. The only thing that matters. Michael finally climbed to the vent of Sara's office, and with the smoke of the prisoners burning paper, he pulled Sara into the ventilation system.

Nick and Veronica arrived in Washington. They discovered that the victim Stillman's energy plan endangered the interests of all parties in the oil industry. At this moment, they received a threatening phone call.

Lincoln struggled with Turk in a dark steam room. Eventually Turk lost his footing and fell off a 20-foot platform. However, he refused to reveal the motive for murdering Lincoln before he died. Sucre and Abzi worked together to break through the cement wall, and the goal of jailbreak was getting closer.

Sarah escaped from the cell block through the ventilation system with Michael's help, and the riot gradually calmed down, but "Backpack" ignored the stops of Michael and Abz and took advantage of the chaos to stab Bob to death.

Sarah, who was in shock in the ambulance, began to wonder why Michael was so familiar with the structure of the prison.

Episode 8

Prison guard Berwick is desperate to catch Bob's murderer. "Backpack" threatens Michael and Abz. If anyone confesses him, he will The first thing to do is to reveal the jailbreak plan.

Abzi expressed doubts about Michael's plan: they could sneak into the hospital through the hole in the wall, but what should Lincoln do if he was alone on death row? Michael managed to persuade Westmoreland to prevent a fire in a guardhouse, and when they were sent to clear the fire, they took the opportunity to dig a drainage ditch underneath the guardhouse.

Before Nick and Veronica returned to Los Angeles and started investigating, a violent explosion occurred in Veronica's apartment. The two people who narrowly escaped gave up the idea of ??calling the police and hid in the apartment. In a remote hut, the confusing case continues to be studied. Lincoln's son Ridge and his stepfather Adrian lived together. Secret agent Kellerman suddenly appeared at their residence. During the fight, his mother Lisa and Adrian were shot dead. Ridge ran out of the house barefoot, clutching his hand. Clutching the camera phone that took Kellerman's photo.

"Backpack" instigated the follower Cherry to falsely accuse another prisoner Trocchi of being the murderer of Bob. The young Cherry was immersed in a deep sense of guilt.

Kellerman and Hale reported the results of the operation to the Vice President, and it turned out that she was the mastermind behind all the conspiracy.

Episode 9

Learning from the news that his son Ridge was on the run for a double murder, Lincoln remembered the threat that someone had told him that "only one father and son can survive." , he desperately begged Pope to allow him to be released from prison under surveillance to find his son, but there was nothing Pope could do about such a request.

A group of new prisoners arrived at Fox River Prison. While Sucre was observing the new people with interest, Michael watched as Cherry committed suicide but was helpless... And in another corner of the prison, there was Some keen eyes watched every move of Michael and others.

Nick told Veronica that although the investigation was full of dangers, they could no longer hide and waste time. He decided to go to the victim's widow first. Stilman's biggest enemy during his lifetime must have been these things. The mastermind behind the scenes.

Tuna, a newly imprisoned mulatto, was ostracized by both blacks and whites in prison, and "Backpack" took the opportunity to approach him with malicious intent. Abz's prestige was shaken for the first time in many years. Due to the delay in obtaining the whereabouts of the witness, the gang appointed his cellmate Gus to take his place. His monthly payment to prison guard Berwick was thus interrupted, and the prison The factory was no longer under his control.

Lincoln finally received the news from his son. Li Jie escaped from the pursuit of secret agents and came together with Veronica.

Episode 10

Abz urges Michael to reveal the whereabouts of the witness Fibonacci as soon as possible, otherwise they will not be able to use the work of the prison factory to cover their escape operations. Michael's moral heart is undergoing torture: In order to save his brother, can he endanger the life of another innocent person?

Secret agents Hale and Kellerman received a call from Vice President Caroline. She was quite dissatisfied with their work. A man named Quinn would guide their actions. Kellerman angrily accused the Vice President of not letting Quinn intervene in Stillman's murder, because the power of the "company" he represented far exceeded the sphere of influence of the Vice President and even the White House.

Michael was coerced into telling the whereabouts of Fibonacci, and Abzi regained management rights of the prison factory. Philippe Falzone led his troops to Canada to murder Fibonacci. Unexpectedly, groups of police were waiting for him for a long time.

Michael, Sucre, and Abz basically dug through the drainage ditch under the ruins of the guardhouse. The "note" who had been secretly observing their actions suddenly appeared. Due to the situation, Michael's escape team added one more person. .

Veronica responded to her ex-fiancé’s greetings through chat software, but on the other end of the Internet, Sebastian had been shot and killed, and Quinn had tracked him using the Internet.

Episode 11

The excavation work of Michael and others is still continuing. The "backpack" needlessly provokes racial hatred with the "note". At this time, Sucre, who is on the lookout, warns the prison guards. Coming. The prison guard's goal is to find Michael and inform him of the visit of "Mrs. Schofield" in front of everyone's surprised eyes.

Michael met Nika in the separate conjugal visiting room, and she handed him a credit card. Westmoreland was told his daughter had esophageal cancer and was only weeks away, but the court would not allow him to visit except for a funeral. Desperate Westmoreland found Michael and he wanted to join their escape plan.

Nick tells Veronica that the development of the situation has been unexpected. The truth about Stillman's murder is not only related to Lincoln's life and death, but there is also evidence that the Vice President obtained information from Stillman's energy research plan. Millions in funds were misappropriated for elections. At this moment, Quinn broke into their hiding place. Nick was injured and Veroni was unable to move. They had no choice but to abandon the car and drive away. Michael drove away Tuna.

Meanwhile, Berwick discovered the parking area and Tuna's handprint. Under Pope's questioning, Katie finally revealed that Sarah had a crush on Michael. Michael and others escaped the helicopter search and came to a farmhouse, where they found a car but no engine. Tieshi "borrowed" a bicycle and continued his escape. Berwick found the abandoned car and was pretty sure they hadn't gone far. The plane waiting for Abzi aroused the suspicion of the administrator and asked people to inquire about his details. Sucre and others pushed down the "backpack" and tried to cut the handcuffs but failed. Abzi picked up an ax and cut off the "backpack's" hand. The others were stunned, and the escape team lost another person.

The company decided to use a poison to get rid of the vice president who had become an obstacle, but the president died unexpectedly. The vice president survived the disaster and naturally succeeded him on the throne. Chicago police broke into Sarah's home and found her unconscious on the sofa after an overdose of morphine. Veronica sneaks into the house and appears in front of Terrence, who was "killed" by Lincoln. The remaining five people broke through the police defense line and ran towards the plane. As they approached, the plane that couldn't wait finally took off and roared over their heads. The police car that found the trace was speeding towards them, and the five people could only continue running towards the dark wilderness.