An engineer (Wentworth Miller) installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to help his brother (Dominic Purcell), a death-row inmate who insists he did not commit the crime for which he has been sentenced to die and help him escape.
Lincoln Burrows is on death row for the murder of the vice president's brother. He insists he's innocent and only his brother Michael Scofield believes him. As an engineer who helped design the prison where Lincoln is being held, Michael takes drastic measures to help his brother. He gets himself arrested and sent to the same prison so that with his knowledge of the building the two of them can escape together. However, while inside, Michael discovers a massive conspiracy that is determined to see Lincoln's sentence carried out. Breaking out will be more difficult than he thought, but he's still going to try.
I wasn't sure how this show was going to be, it didn't look that
interesting to me. I thought it looked more like a made for TV
movie
than an actual series. I decided to give it a chance and
watched the
premier last night. Let me just say that I'm addicted to the show after
the 2 hour premier. This show was great, the acting, the characters,
the setting, everything was done top notch. The show is filmed in and
around Chicago, the prison they use for the setting was just closed a
couple of years ago, it gives it a very authentic look. If you thought
like I did(how can you make an entire series out of one prison break?),
give it a try, you won't be disappointed. Besides, Fox made an entire
season out of a 24 hour period.