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They were in prison at first, then on the run from the law, then thrown back in another prison again. Where could Michael and co end up now? Well it seems where they need to go is LA and while they aren’t doing the usual breaking out seen in past seasons, this time they are instead rather trying to break in. At first I was unsure whether the show had enough steam to produce another suspenseful year, but after having watched the first three episodes of the fourth season I have a nice idea of where the show may be heading and what’s new. If you don’t want to hear anything about these episodes then I warn you to look away now.
There is a time gap between the end of last year’s season and the beginning of this year’s so it does feel slightly disjointed as you begin to try and pick up what’s happened to the characters. Lincoln is happy with LJ and Sofia; Belleck, Sucre and T-Bag have escaped Sona; Mahone is now working for the Company and Michael is setting his plan for revenge into action. We are told briefly how and why these events have happened but not in enough detail. The same goes for Sarah’s “unexpected” return. In probably one of the worst kept secrets the character Sarah Tancredi makes her return after supposedly having her head taken off last season. While it is nice to see her back, the explanation of how she escaped and why she isn’t dead wasn’t really divulged enough to make complete sense. But I can imagine a flashback episode will come up somewhere down the line filling in the blanks nicely.
With each of our characters getting caught by the police one by one, an agent named Donald Self offers them a choice. Try to take down the company and obtain a computer card named Scylla in which case they will all get a clean slate, or simply go back to prison. After realising there’s no escaping the company a team is formed and that appears to be what the season is going for this year. What starts as a simple plan to make a copy of Scylla quickly escalates into a discovery that it’s actually broken up into six computer cards and really gives a reason for the show’s season to go on for a further nineteen episodes.
“Scylla” is your introduction to the season. We see where the characters are, get introduced to some new ones and have a few surprises along the way too. While some were more predictable than others it kept what little pace there was trudging along. “Breaking & Entering” was more in line with what we’re used to from the series with Michael forming a plan while we watch it unfold to some success. While it wasn’t the usual dramatic, tense action we’ve seen before that is all forgiven after watching what was undoubtedly the best episode of the bunch, “Shut Down.” With news that Scylla is now six cards Self’s superior is sure the team will fail so decides to shut down the whole operation. With time running out the group are desperate to find another clue that will lead to a card in order to avoid going back to prison. This whole episode had what you’d want with the only real niggle being that the Wyatt torture scenes went on too long and dragged the pace slightly. Throughout the course of these three hours T-Bag seems to not play as a big a role as I’d liked. He has now used Whistler’s bird book to find documents, his apartment and is now even lined up for a job in his name. His disturbing and ruthless character isn’t really shown much here (minus a meal in the desert) and I miss the times where he would go around leaving a trail of bodies behind.
With a new season, comes new characters. Season two saw the excellent addition of Alexander Mahone, season three saw a few more add to the roster and now in season four we get a further trio. First up is a sort of Kellerman replacement named Agent Wyatt. A silent killer whose sole mission is to go on the hunt for the brothers and eliminate them. He’s not a bad character, and has already shown his cold-blooded nature but he hasn’t the same impact as someone like Kellerman. Next is Agent Self who is helping the team with their mission in taking down the company and finally Roland a computer nerd also lending a hand hacking into computers and supplying a little comedy to the mix. All the main characters have received a fair amount of screen time each obviously with Michael and Lincoln taking a bundle of it, but I would have liked to see some more involving scenes with Belleck and Sucre especially after hearing about their time in Sona.
While “Scylla” started off a little slow, and “Breaking & Entering” just didn’t have the same tension we’ve come to expect from Prison Break, “Shut Down” was a return to form. You were on the edge of your seat throughout, the pace flowed much better and there were some wonderfully well acted moments especially with Dominic Purcell and William Fichtner. At first I was slightly worried but now I’m looking forward to the rest of what Prison Break has to offer this year.
There is a time gap between the end of last year’s season and the beginning of this year’s so it does feel slightly disjointed as you begin to try and pick up what’s happened to the characters. Lincoln is happy with LJ and Sofia; Belleck, Sucre and T-Bag have escaped Sona; Mahone is now working for the Company and Michael is setting his plan for revenge into action. We are told briefly how and why these events have happened but not in enough detail. The same goes for Sarah’s “unexpected” return. In probably one of the worst kept secrets the character Sarah Tancredi makes her return after supposedly having her head taken off last season. While it is nice to see her back, the explanation of how she escaped and why she isn’t dead wasn’t really divulged enough to make complete sense. But I can imagine a flashback episode will come up somewhere down the line filling in the blanks nicely.
With each of our characters getting caught by the police one by one, an agent named Donald Self offers them a choice. Try to take down the company and obtain a computer card named Scylla in which case they will all get a clean slate, or simply go back to prison. After realising there’s no escaping the company a team is formed and that appears to be what the season is going for this year. What starts as a simple plan to make a copy of Scylla quickly escalates into a discovery that it’s actually broken up into six computer cards and really gives a reason for the show’s season to go on for a further nineteen episodes.
“Scylla” is your introduction to the season. We see where the characters are, get introduced to some new ones and have a few surprises along the way too. While some were more predictable than others it kept what little pace there was trudging along. “Breaking & Entering” was more in line with what we’re used to from the series with Michael forming a plan while we watch it unfold to some success. While it wasn’t the usual dramatic, tense action we’ve seen before that is all forgiven after watching what was undoubtedly the best episode of the bunch, “Shut Down.” With news that Scylla is now six cards Self’s superior is sure the team will fail so decides to shut down the whole operation. With time running out the group are desperate to find another clue that will lead to a card in order to avoid going back to prison. This whole episode had what you’d want with the only real niggle being that the Wyatt torture scenes went on too long and dragged the pace slightly. Throughout the course of these three hours T-Bag seems to not play as a big a role as I’d liked. He has now used Whistler’s bird book to find documents, his apartment and is now even lined up for a job in his name. His disturbing and ruthless character isn’t really shown much here (minus a meal in the desert) and I miss the times where he would go around leaving a trail of bodies behind.
With a new season, comes new characters. Season two saw the excellent addition of Alexander Mahone, season three saw a few more add to the roster and now in season four we get a further trio. First up is a sort of Kellerman replacement named Agent Wyatt. A silent killer whose sole mission is to go on the hunt for the brothers and eliminate them. He’s not a bad character, and has already shown his cold-blooded nature but he hasn’t the same impact as someone like Kellerman. Next is Agent Self who is helping the team with their mission in taking down the company and finally Roland a computer nerd also lending a hand hacking into computers and supplying a little comedy to the mix. All the main characters have received a fair amount of screen time each obviously with Michael and Lincoln taking a bundle of it, but I would have liked to see some more involving scenes with Belleck and Sucre especially after hearing about their time in Sona.
While “Scylla” started off a little slow, and “Breaking & Entering” just didn’t have the same tension we’ve come to expect from Prison Break, “Shut Down” was a return to form. You were on the edge of your seat throughout, the pace flowed much better and there were some wonderfully well acted moments especially with Dominic Purcell and William Fichtner. At first I was slightly worried but now I’m looking forward to the rest of what Prison Break has to offer this year.
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They were in prison at first, then on the run from the law, then thrown back in another prison again. Where could Michael and co end up now? Well it seems where they need to go is LA and while they aren’t doing the usual breaking out seen in past seasons, this time they are instead rather trying to break in. At first I was unsure whether the show had enough steam to produce another suspenseful year, but after having watched the first three episodes of the fourth season I have a nice idea of where the show may be heading and what’s new. If you don’t want to hear anything about these episodes then I warn you to look away now.
There is a time gap between the end of last year’s season and the beginning of this year’s so it does feel slightly disjointed as you begin to try and pick up what’s happened to the characters. Lincoln is happy with LJ and Sofia; Belleck, Sucre and T-Bag have escaped Sona; Mahone is now working for the Company and Michael is setting his plan for revenge into action. We are told briefly how and why these events have happened but not in enough detail. The same goes for Sarah’s “unexpected” return. In probably one of the worst kept secrets the character Sarah Tancredi makes her return after supposedly having her head taken off last season. While it is nice to see her back, the explanation of how she escaped and why she isn’t dead wasn’t really divulged enough to make complete sense. But I can imagine a flashback episode will come up somewhere down the line filling in the blanks nicely.
With each of our characters getting caught by the police one by one, an agent named Donald Self offers them a choice. Try to take down the company and obtain a computer card named Scylla in which case they will all get a clean slate, or simply go back to prison. After realising there’s no escaping the company a team is formed and that appears to be what the season is going for this year. What starts as a simple plan to make a copy of Scylla quickly escalates into a discovery that it’s actually broken up into six computer cards and really gives a reason for the show’s season to go on for a further nineteen episodes.
“Scylla” is your introduction to the season. We see where the characters are, get introduced to some new ones and have a few surprises along the way too. While some were more predictable than others it kept what little pace there was trudging along. “Breaking & Entering” was more in line with what we’re used to from the series with Michael forming a plan while we watch it unfold to some success. While it wasn’t the usual dramatic, tense action we’ve seen before that is all forgiven after watching what was undoubtedly the best episode of the bunch, “Shut Down.” With news that Scylla is now six cards Self’s superior is sure the team will fail so decides to shut down the whole operation. With time running out the group are desperate to find another clue that will lead to a card in order to avoid going back to prison. This whole episode had what you’d want with the only real niggle being that the Wyatt torture scenes went on too long and dragged the pace slightly. Throughout the course of these three hours T-Bag seems to not play as a big a role as I’d liked. He has now used Whistler’s bird book to find documents, his apartment and is now even lined up for a job in his name. His disturbing and ruthless character isn’t really shown much here (minus a meal in the desert) and I miss the times where he would go around leaving a trail of bodies behind.
With a new season, comes new characters. Season two saw the excellent addition of Alexander Mahone, season three saw a few more add to the roster and now in season four we get a further trio. First up is a sort of Kellerman replacement named Agent Wyatt. A silent killer whose sole mission is to go on the hunt for the brothers and eliminate them. He’s not a bad character, and has already shown his cold-blooded nature but he hasn’t the same impact as someone like Kellerman. Next is Agent Self who is helping the team with their mission in taking down the company and finally Roland a computer nerd also lending a hand hacking into computers and supplying a little comedy to the mix. All the main characters have received a fair amount of screen time each obviously with Michael and Lincoln taking a bundle of it, but I would have liked to see some more involving scenes with Belleck and Sucre especially after hearing about their time in Sona.
While “Scylla” started off a little slow, and “Breaking & Entering” just didn’t have the same tension we’ve come to expect from Prison Break, “Shut Down” was a return to form. You were on the edge of your seat throughout, the pace flowed much better and there were some wonderfully well acted moments especially with Dominic Purcell and William Fichtner. At first I was slightly worried but now I’m looking forward to the rest of what Prison Break has to offer this year.
There is a time gap between the end of last year’s season and the beginning of this year’s so it does feel slightly disjointed as you begin to try and pick up what’s happened to the characters. Lincoln is happy with LJ and Sofia; Belleck, Sucre and T-Bag have escaped Sona; Mahone is now working for the Company and Michael is setting his plan for revenge into action. We are told briefly how and why these events have happened but not in enough detail. The same goes for Sarah’s “unexpected” return. In probably one of the worst kept secrets the character Sarah Tancredi makes her return after supposedly having her head taken off last season. While it is nice to see her back, the explanation of how she escaped and why she isn’t dead wasn’t really divulged enough to make complete sense. But I can imagine a flashback episode will come up somewhere down the line filling in the blanks nicely.
With each of our characters getting caught by the police one by one, an agent named Donald Self offers them a choice. Try to take down the company and obtain a computer card named Scylla in which case they will all get a clean slate, or simply go back to prison. After realising there’s no escaping the company a team is formed and that appears to be what the season is going for this year. What starts as a simple plan to make a copy of Scylla quickly escalates into a discovery that it’s actually broken up into six computer cards and really gives a reason for the show’s season to go on for a further nineteen episodes.
“Scylla” is your introduction to the season. We see where the characters are, get introduced to some new ones and have a few surprises along the way too. While some were more predictable than others it kept what little pace there was trudging along. “Breaking & Entering” was more in line with what we’re used to from the series with Michael forming a plan while we watch it unfold to some success. While it wasn’t the usual dramatic, tense action we’ve seen before that is all forgiven after watching what was undoubtedly the best episode of the bunch, “Shut Down.” With news that Scylla is now six cards Self’s superior is sure the team will fail so decides to shut down the whole operation. With time running out the group are desperate to find another clue that will lead to a card in order to avoid going back to prison. This whole episode had what you’d want with the only real niggle being that the Wyatt torture scenes went on too long and dragged the pace slightly. Throughout the course of these three hours T-Bag seems to not play as a big a role as I’d liked. He has now used Whistler’s bird book to find documents, his apartment and is now even lined up for a job in his name. His disturbing and ruthless character isn’t really shown much here (minus a meal in the desert) and I miss the times where he would go around leaving a trail of bodies behind.
With a new season, comes new characters. Season two saw the excellent addition of Alexander Mahone, season three saw a few more add to the roster and now in season four we get a further trio. First up is a sort of Kellerman replacement named Agent Wyatt. A silent killer whose sole mission is to go on the hunt for the brothers and eliminate them. He’s not a bad character, and has already shown his cold-blooded nature but he hasn’t the same impact as someone like Kellerman. Next is Agent Self who is helping the team with their mission in taking down the company and finally Roland a computer nerd also lending a hand hacking into computers and supplying a little comedy to the mix. All the main characters have received a fair amount of screen time each obviously with Michael and Lincoln taking a bundle of it, but I would have liked to see some more involving scenes with Belleck and Sucre especially after hearing about their time in Sona.
While “Scylla” started off a little slow, and “Breaking & Entering” just didn’t have the same tension we’ve come to expect from Prison Break, “Shut Down” was a return to form. You were on the edge of your seat throughout, the pace flowed much better and there were some wonderfully well acted moments especially with Dominic Purcell and William Fichtner. At first I was slightly worried but now I’m looking forward to the rest of what Prison Break has to offer this year.