Prison Break

Season 4 Episode 23

The Final Break

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The Final Break
Sara has been jailed for murder. Wanting to make an example of her, the government has sent her to a women's prison and she faces 25 years to life. Pregnant and fearful for her life, Sara must survive by making an alliance with an old enemy... but she's a marked woman and various attempts on her life lead Michael to take drastic action.

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  • even though the ending sucked it was for the best

    10
    By gaffycool, Mar 09, 2013
    okay, ive read everyones review, and it did confuse me abit when i saw that at the end of episode 22 after seeing his grave (and one would think his death was down to the tumor) that it would have been because of that, but the episode after was not necessary at all, it didnt make sense to put teabag and gwetchin and then also the general all in the same prison, seems abit of a coinsidence, but after all of them signing the agreement in episode 22 and getting ammunity from all their charges, even though they probably had loads of cctv of all of them atleast killing someone, they still had to go and do something silly and release another episode where they have a video of sarah in a random warehouse killing christina.



    anyway I have also seen there are alot of people saying that michael is still alive, but i dont think that is the case at all seeing as there is a tombstone in the end of episode 22 where there is a 4 years on scene, so michael will not be coming back, however it does give the impression that because we didnt see what happened at the end of 23 but just a prison door with the lights off, it can be assumed that michael is still alive and the body in his tombstone is not of him, but lets not run to any assumptions, i think the ending should have just been left at episode 22, the 90 minute spin-off was not needed.

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  • gaming of mind

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    By jao, Sep 27, 2012
    terrible actions . heart breaking, michael is absolute of his action.

  • ideas

    10
    By t2_hart, Jan 18, 2012
    it was sooo sad when micheal died but i think they could bring out more prison breaks and say that micheal was caught by the police but they keepted i quit so that no one tried to break him out of prison again

  • prision break was one of the best movies i have ever seen the ppl that made this was awesome they need to keep up the gr8 work

    10
    By EdwardMalone, Oct 04, 2011
    awesome keep up the gr8 work i hope to see another come out. even thou micheal is dead they can still do another because u still have ppl in prision to break out and i know that the producers could come up with another gr8 showor they could just bring back micheal and say he was mia and that would be even a better plot.i would love to see more of that lets see if the producers come up with something hopefully they will because i do not think anyone else couild come out with a better produced and better directed show.moreless

  • Sarah is jailed for the murder of Michael's mother. Michael, Lincoln, Sucre, and Mahone team up to break her out.

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    By sbrizz, Apr 22, 2011
    I'm sorry. This was a TERRIBLE ending. It made the series finale worse! Happy endings don't always need to happen. However, I've gotten quite tired of writers trying to be "different" with the bitter-sweet endings. It's actually quite refreshing now to see a happy ending. Let's not kid ourselves: THIS IS FICTION. The whole premise of the show is to entertain. Our protagonists have had enough negatives in their back-stories as well as the setbacks that were portrayed throughout the series. This called for a bright ending…Michael and Sarah riding off into the sunset together, exonerated, with their family and friends. There was NO need to bring the tumor back, no need to put Sarah in prison, no need for Michael's suicide to save Sarah. As smart as we've seen he is, he would have come prepared to handle the two hot wires he handles in Sarah's escape scene – without dying. Then he would have found a way to handle the tumor issue which made NO sense in the first place. It was REMOVED by the best doctors in the world!!! I feel cheated after investing 4 years into a beloved series. We always new Michael was going to get out of whatever jam he was in throughout the series. So we always expected he'd have a happy ending with Sarah. Sometimes it's okay to give the viewers what they want. I will now tell everyone NOT to watch the series if they haven't seen it. This ending totally negates the purpose of investing time in it. The first two seasons were the best. The third Season was the weakest and cost the show credibility when Michael had to break out of another prison. The fourth and final season was salvageable IF they would have ended it correctly. The scene in the finale episode where Sarah and Michael are walking on the beach, hand-in-hand should have been the ending. No nose bleeds and no death of the main protagonist. I'd be shocked if the cast actually enjoyed this ending. I'm surprised they didn't contest it and demand a re-write if they could have. If Brett Ratner is responsible for this ending, I now have certifiable contempt for most of his notable post-"Rush Hour" work He botched the third X-Men movie. "X-Men United" and now has destroyed the whole "Prison Break" series in the last 4 episodes. This ending almost ensures that NO one will buy the DVD collection since what you've been hoping for during the entire series (Sarah and Michael having a life together) DOESN'T happen and NEVER will.moreless
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Cast & Crew: STARS

Wentworth Miller

Wentworth Miller

Michael Scofield
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

Gretchen Morgan
Dominic Purcell

Dominic Purcell

Lincoln Burrows
William Fichtner

William Fichtner

Alexander Mahone
Robert Knepper

Robert Knepper

Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell
Amaury Nolasco

Amaury Nolasco

Fernando Sucre
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Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

Alicia Lagano

Alicia Lagano

Agatha

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Damien Leake

Damien Leake

Detective Marlin

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Lori Petty

Lori Petty

Daddy

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Leon Russom

Leon Russom

General Jonathan Krantz

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Kim Coates

Kim Coates

Richard Sullins

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Barbara Eve Harris

Barbara Eve Harris

Agent Felicia Lang

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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

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  • TRIVIA (2)

    • Goof: The Dollar note on the "Tancredi arrested" newspaper clipping has one bar in some shots and two bars in the close ups when Gretchen looks at it. Also, the handwriting is different between shots.

    • This episode takes place after the scene in the series finale where they get exonerated, but before the "4 years later" scenes.

  • QUOTES (1)

    • General Krantz: (to Michael) If I had a list of all the people that might come to visit me, your name would be at the bottom. Somewhere below Jesus Christ and Scooby Doo.

  • NOTES (2)

    • International Airdates:
      Turkey: July 12, 2009 on CNBC-e
      Spain: July 17, 2009 on La Sexta
      Australia: July 22, 2009 on Channel 7
      Sweden: August 17, 2009 on TV3
      Norway: September 17, 2009 on TV3
      Latin America: December 9, 2009 on Canal FX
      Finland: April 27, (Part 1) / May 4, (Part 2) 2010 on MTV3
      Poland: May 16, (Part 1) / May 23, (Part 2) 2010 on Polsat
      Slovakia: August 27/31, 2010 on JOJ

    • This episode never aired on FOX. Instead, it was released as a direct-to-DVD movie."

  • ALLUSIONS (1)

    • When the doctor asks Sara what happened to her face she says she "caught an elbow playing basketball". This is exactly what Michael told Sara about the scar on his head in the season 1 episode "Cute Poison".

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