As the escape is in progress, Warden Pope and Captain Bellick begin a search to detain the escapees. Michael and company struggle to reach the airfield as the police is hot on their heels. Veronica discovers a major piece of evidence that could prove Lincoln’s innocence. The Vice President is worried about losing her authority.
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Everyone’s ready to make their escapes across the high wire. Veronica and Nick realize they may be in over their heads. Agent Kellerman helps Vice President Reynolds calm down before her debate.
Westmoreland wants Michael to speed up the planned escape, and Bellick gets one step closer to unraveling it. Michael has to decide whether to involve Sara in the breakout plan. Tweener’s devotion is put to a test. Veronica finds out that her ally has a connection to an inmate serving time at Fox River.
Michael must get the key to the infirmary and enlist the help of an old face, while Lincoln learns the identity of his kidnapper and another inmate learns of the escape.
In an effort to recreate the missing piece of the tattoo, Michael gets transferred to the psych ward, seeking the help of Haywire. T-Bag and C-Note have to join forces.
Lincoln is worried about Michael’s sanity while Michael has trouble remembering some parts of the prison schematics. Sucre has to conceal the hole in the guard’s break room. Warden Pope transfers Michael to solitary after he declines his request.
Flashbacks shed light on the past actions that led to the incarceration of Lincoln, Sucre, T-Bag and C-Note. The basis of Michael’s ingenious break-out plan is revealed. Dr. Tancredi recalls how she ended up in Fox River State Penitentiary.
As Lincoln is about to be executed, he sees his father in the viewing room. A phone call from Judge Kessler delays the execution. After reviewing the newly surfaced evidence, the judge orders the exhumation of Steadman’s body. Michael creates a new, more dangerous, break-out plan, involving going through the prison yard. An accident puts [...]
Michael and the other prisoners attempt to return to their cells without being detected. Veronica and Nick take Lincoln’s case before a judge. Sara asks her dad, the governor, to review Lincoln’s case. Michael tries to postpone the execution by fiddling with the chair’s wirings.
A bleeding Abruzzi is transported to a hospital. With Lincoln’s execution scheduled for the following day, Veronica comes out of hiding to contact him and gains an ally. Kellerman makes the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the conspiracy. Michael looks for a way to get Lincoln out of solitary confinement in time for the escape that [...]