Prison Break: The Complete Second Season

Review By: Dan Deevy
DanDeevy@TheCinemaSource.com

Prison Break: Season 2 is the ultimate game of who do I trust, and who’s going to last! Beginning right where the amazing first season left off, the eight escapees from Fox River Penitentiary are on the run for their lives! With police and FBI hot on their tails, there’s little time to rest and for the viewer it feels very much the same.

Of course by now everyone knows how addictive this show is. Say what you will about the Fox network, if there’s one thing they know how to do, (aside from distorting the actual news) it’s how to keep audiences on the edge of their seats and continually tuning back in week after week to see what happens to their favorite heroes. It began with Kiefer Sutherland’s 24, sadly fell off a little with the unfinished series Reunion, but then happily returns with Prison Break.

The problem with a concept show like this one, which was all about breaking out of prison, was what to do with the show once they actually got out? There were plenty of neigh Sayers who believed life after the escape was just as unlikely for the show as it was for its characters. Fortunately, series creators had just as intricate a plan as their lead X-Con Michael Scofield did and as a result ended up with yet another incredibly successful season of television under their belt. For me, the real question is, how can this possibly go for a third season? That’s gonna be the true test. How far can they ride this new gravy train?

For now though let’s take a look at season two. As most people expected, no one in this show with the exception of stars Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield) and Dominic Purcell (Lincoln Burrows) had a hero shield surrounding them that guaranteed their characters continuance throughout the season. Everyone else was fair game so as you’re watching the show there is the very real, very rare possibility that cast regulars will end up being killed off; it’s all about how long they can last. The season starts with perhaps the most surprising elimination as…

(SPOILER – IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THIS SEASON STOP READING NOW)

Robin Tunney is shot in the head at the end of the first episode. Not only did this take out a very interesting character and a hell of an actress, it also killed the legal side of the show that in the previous season was very prevalent. She was searching for a legal remedy for Lincoln’s problems as Michael was moving forward with his extra-legal plans for saving his brother. As the season continues that legal side is actually replaced with some government intrigue which, while entertaining, never fully replaces her legal savvy, but it adds something different to the season to keep things moving along at a some what different pace.

From then on, ...