Cell Test

Season 1, Episode 3, Aired
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When Michael reveals his escape plan to Sucre, Sucre chooses to be no part of it, and requests a cell transfer. Michael gets a new cellmate called Haywire.
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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 16, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show prison break michle needs to know if he can trust his prison cell mate. and so he goest to his brother to tell this information. to tell him they need him to be in on it so he can do the digging in the cell. and not rat him out. so he pretends to hide a cellphone in a locker and he sees it and interested in becasue he is having girfrend problems becasue the person he wants to marry is getting interest in a another man. and she does not want to wait for a baby. and so michels brother goes and tells the head guard that to question a man about a cell phone for exchange for cigs and to get more time on the yard. so the gurd goes to question and threatens him with losing his room to spend time with her he does not give in and he loses it. and then he goes to michle and asks for the cell but thing is its just a bar of soap and he gets pissed off he goes to tell him in the cells to talk to him but he is getting a transfer and wants nothing to do with his plan. and a new person comes in to take his place his name is haywire and michle trys to start doing some work but thing is haywire never really sleeps this was a good epmoreless

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  • Lowered intense, but managed to be Great!!!

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    By Dante_Edy, Jun 29, 2009 Report Abuse
    This episode is a littler weaker than the previous one.

    This is due to the lower intensity. However, things go well and the episode managed to be great.

    The tension was created since we had two problems for michaels from the previous episode, abruzzi and t-bag, the way this episode tried to create more tension was great, because michael is not JEt Li, so how he will escape forom this? Again, the writers managed to pull this off, tied the two problems for now, like they did in the previous episode.

    This means that all the 4 mini - plots, only 3 remains, however, a new mini plot arrived, since Michael needed to know if he could trust in his cell mate. This plot is not over, and this create another mini plot for now, since Michael has a new Cell Mate that doesnt....well, you will see the great cliffhanger.moreless

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  • Amazing.

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    By Sarah_LOST, Feb 01, 2009 Report Abuse
    Michael plans to test whether Sucre, his cellmate, can keep a secret, but it backfires when Sucre wants nothing to do with the escape plan. T-Bag wants revenge on Michael and Abruzzi tries to get Fibonacci's location a different way. i really, really liked this episoed, but I'm starting to hate T-Bag. I dont really know him yet, and I need to get warmed up to him. Plus he scares the hell out of me. There was so much going on in this episode, and its awesome. there was alot of tension and it was awesome. I cant wait to watch more and more episode on this show, I'm so excited to watch the next one.moreless

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  • good

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    By efc91, Aug 18, 2008 Report Abuse
    After Michael is bandaged up in the infirmary (after the two smallest toes on his left foot were cut off) he meets with Veronica Donovan to talk about Lincoln Burrows' exoneration. While painting a room, Michael hides a cell phone in a small power box in the wall. Sucre sees this and starts to imagine if he could use it whenever he wanted. However, Lincoln tells a guard that Sucre has a cellphone in his possession. When Sucre is asked about the phone from a guard, he denies it, even to the point of losing his conjugals. This proves to Michael that his cellmate can hold a secret. Great episode not the best of the season but still a good episode.moreless

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  • A good episode.

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    By therockstop, Jun 24, 2008 Report Abuse
    Cell Test was a well written episode. We find some things falling into place for Michael while some fall out of place. Michael finally gets Anbruzzi to come on board with the plan but Sucre decides he wants nothing to do with being Michael's cellmate after finding out he is going to try and escape. Sucre requests and gets a transfer leaving Michael with a new mate who happens to have a condition where he never sleeps. Overall this was a good episode but one thing I thought strange was how quick Lincoln and his son have reconciled. I think the writers should have drawn that out a little longer as It just seemed way to quick and that made if feel out of place to me.moreless

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    • When Michael and Lincoln are talking about Abruzzi through the fence you can clearly hear Dominic Purcell's Australian accent. Edit
    • Goof: When Michael is talking to Veronica in visitation, Michael said Lincoln had "60 days to live". This means Michael had about a month to organize everything for his breakout plan. However, in the Pilot episode, Sid the tattooist comments that Michael got his full tattoo "in a few months". Edit
    • Silas Weir Mitchell (Haywire) originally wanted the part of T-Bag. Edit

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    • This episode marks the first appearance of Haywire. Edit

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    • Lincoln: Louis, take these off. (gesturing to the hand shackles) C.O. Patterson: Sink, I can't do that. Lincoln: Come on, I'm in a cage. Ten minutes. Please! It's my kid. Edit
    • Sebastian: Look. I'm going to make this real easy for you. Do you want to get married? Or not? Veronica: I don't know. Sebastian: (sarcastically) Wonderful. Edit
    • Hale: (about to execute Leticia) I'm sorry. You gotta believe that. Edit

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    • With Haywire as his new cellmate, Michael tells his brother, "Lincoln, we have a problem." This refers to the common saying, "Houston, we have a problem." The tagline for the 1995 film, Apollo 13, it went from being a genuine formal report of a potentially life-threatening issue to being used colloquially, even humorously, to comment on all types of problems. Edit
    • Abruzzi: Maybe the Beatles were right after all – maybe all you need is love. This is a reference to the hit 1967 song by the Beatles, All You Need Is Love. Edit
    • The informer's name, Fibonacci, is a reference to an Italian mathematician. He is best known for the discovery of the Fibonacci numbers, referred to in the Dan Brown Novel, The DaVinci Code. Edit

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