After some months of waiting and anticipation, Prison Break finally returned on air last Monday, January 14. Since the WGA cut off their latest season, fans have been patiently waiting for the continuation of their favorite show. The episode "Boxed In" revealed what happened to Michael and what he has become. We were also given a chance to glimpse into the show's preview for winter episodes. This new preview excited us with fresh plot twists and tickled our curiosity with the characters' behaviors.
Michael is detained and he has to talk his way out. Sucre, who continues to make deliveries to Sona, receives a proposal from Susan. Whistler also receives an offer from T-bag, an offer that Sofia is not comfortable with. Mahone, on the other hand, is set to return to Sona but before he gets the chance to leave, Agent Lang surprises him with a parting gift. A seemingly mysterious American woman claims she needs to speak to Michael. Rumor has it that this new character is being planted for Prison Breaks' future plans of spin-off, with stories set in a women's prison milieu.
The show also presented more interesting details about the other characters in Sona. While Lechero gets caught up in the middle of a mutiny, Bellick ends up being engaged in a fight to death on the prison yard. Michael has finally decided to confess the truth to the new head of Sona. He admits that he's been planning an escape all this time. We are yet to find out if that move will do him good. Lincoln and LJ are given the opportunity to reunite for a while. This reunion set-up is being used by Susan to motivate Lincoln. In the turn of events, Michael manages to get himself imprisoned again and he goes back to the same goal: trying to break out. With Michael as the lead of the group, Lechero, Whistler and Mahone dig their way out of Sona.
Prison Break will be ending this coming February. To give way to the State of the Union address, no Prison Break will be aired on January 28. The show will resume on Monday, February 18, for it's 3rd season's finale.
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It was previously reported that the cast and crew of Prison Break concluded the production of the last available script in Dallas , Texas . Now that all the work is done, they're off to having a free schedule, and for series actor Wade Williams, it also means having to put everyday living on a tighter budget and trying to look for other projects to keep him busy.
"My instinct is that this strike could go on for a while ? the stakes are high and the players are dug in," the 45-year-old actor, who plays Brad Bellick on Prison Break, wrote on the show's TV Guide blog. "I'm just gonna save my dough and hopefully get a gig in the mean time. We'll see what the future brings. It's not time to worry yet."
Moreover, Williams has decided to stay in Dallas , Texas , since his daughter is attending school there. The other cast and crew, however, opted to move out of their apartments, since production will resume on an indefinite date.
Wade Williams also added that they still have five new episodes to look forward to, and hopes that this could at least console the fans who have been deprived of their favorite show due to the writers' strike.
"In the USA , they will begin airing the new episodes on January 14, 2008, and continue them into February. I'm not sure what the foreign airdates will be," Williams explained. He also said that this season was his favorite "so far ? despite my wardrobe and the brutal prison SONA ? with all the new complicated characters, the unimaginable deaths. I think it's been Prison Break at it's ruthless best."
While Prison Break is taking a hiatus, rumors have circulated that a spin-off featuring female counterparts of the Fox River convicts will be taken to production, but the network has not confirmed these talks yet. Despite this, Williams seems to like the idea, and is in full support of it.
"We have been hearing rumors about a spin off called Prison Break: Cherry Hill about a women's prison," he revealed. "The rumors going as far as whispering that they were looking for the lead female actor for the show! I don't know how true any of them are, but it sounds like a cool idea to me."